Announces a...
Decade of the Mind
Symposium
May 21 & 22, 2007
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Announces a...
Decade of the Mind Symposium May 21 & 22, 2007 |
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Symposium Times Monday: May 21, 2007 9:00am-5:00pm Tuesday: May 22, 2007 8:30am-1:30pm |
The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University is proud to announce a symposium gathering the leading researchers on many varied disciplines of brain study... including neuroscience, neurobiology, computer science, psychology, robotics and economics. The speakers will converge at George Mason University to talk about their area of study and discuss the viability of a possible decade-long research initiative into the MIND. Speakers George Bekey • John Holland • Nancy Kanwisher Mortimer Mishkin • Dharmendra Modha Marcus Raichle • Gordon Shepherd Vernon Smith • Giulio Tononi Page Updated: 18-May-2007
Symposium Schedule Monday, May 21, 2007 9:00—9:45am Opening Greetings: Alan G. Merten, GMU President; James Albus, Senior Fellow, National Institute of Standards & Technology; James Olds, Krasnow Institute, Director Morning Moderator: Giorgio Ascoli 9:45—10:45am Speaker: Gordon Shepherd "The Languages of the Brain and the Mind" 10:45—11:45 Speaker: Mortimer Mishkin "Cognitive Memory and the Hierarchical Organization of the Hippocampal System" 11:45—12:45 Speaker: Nancy Kanwisher "Functional Specificity in the Cortex: Selectivity, Experience & Generality" 12:45pm—2:00 Lunch Break Afternoon Moderator: Avrama Blackwell 2:00—3:00 Speaker: John Holland "Models of Innovation" 3:00—4:00 Speaker: Dharmendra Modha "Towards Engineering the Mind by Reverse Engineering the Brain" 4:00—5:00 Speaker: Giulio Tononi “Consciousness and the Brain” Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Morning Moderator: Rob Shumaker 8:30—9:30am Speaker: George Bekey "The Promise and Problems of Robot Intelligence" 9:30—10:30 Speaker: Marcus Raichle "Image of Mind- An Update " 10:30—11:30 Speaker: Vernon Smith "Neuroeconomics: How Can It Help Us Understand Exchange Systems?" 11:30—12:00pm Break Plenary Session Moderator: George Johnson 12:00—1:30pm Media-Friendly Plenary Session: All Speakers The "Decade of the Mind" Symposium is free but registration is required. Please register via the link above and bring your printed/numbered ticket to the symposium on each day. Decade of the Mind Symposium events to be held at the: Johnson Center Cinema GMU's Fairfax, VA campus. Map 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030Directions to the Fairfax Campus Any questions? Contact symposium coordinator, Sara Bradley
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