<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="">Dear
Colleagues,</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style="">The NIH BRAIN Initiative is holding an upcoming special
session entitled “BRAIN and the Future of Computing: Embodied NeuroAI Perspectives”
on <a name="OLE_LINK47"><span style=""><b>Tuesday June 18<sup>th</sup> at 11:15am ET </b></span></a>at the </span></span><a href="https://brainmeeting.swoogo.com/2024/home"><span style=""><span style="">10th Annual
BRAIN Initiative Conference</span></span></a><span style=""><span style="">. Over the last 10 years, the BRAIN Initiative
has spearheaded new tools and large-scale data to understand the brain. In this
exciting discussion panel, BRAIN will kick off the conversation about exciting
new directions at the intersection of neuroscience and AI research. Register to
attend virtually or in-person at </span></span><a href="https://brainmeeting.swoogo.com/2024/begin"><span style=""><span style="">https://brainmeeting.swoogo.com/2024/begin</span></span></a><span style=""><span style="">. In-person
registration ends on <b>Friday May 31</b>.</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""><u>What:</u> A symposium panel</span></span><span style="color:var(--ui-page-color-fg);"> and discussion on NeuroAI
research at the 2024 BRAIN Initiative Conference.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""><u>When:</u> Tuesday June 18, 2024 from 11:15am to
12:15pm ET.</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""><u>Where:</u> Attend virtually or in-person at the White
Flint Amphitheater, North Bethesda Marriott Hotel (5701 Marinelli Rd,
Rockville, MD 20852). All BRAIN Initiative Conference information can be found
at </span></span><a href="https://brainmeeting.swoogo.com/2024/home"><span style=""><span style="">https://brainmeeting.swoogo.com/2024/home</span></span></a><span style=""><span style="">.</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""><u>Why:</u> Solving core shared problems in understanding
brains and AI could reveal fundamental principles of cognition, behavior, and
new paradigms of efficient brain-inspired computing for health and technology. This
panel will discuss critical questions including the brain-body basis of intelligent
behavior, and how AI and neuroscience can best work together.</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span style=""><span style=""><u>Who:</u> <b>Tony Zador</b>, Cold Spring Harbor Lab
(Moderator): “Towards an embodied Turing test”. <b>Henry Yin</b>, Duke University:
“Basal ganglia, analog computing, and neural control for flexible robotics”.
<b>Kim Stachenfeld</b>, Google DeepMind & Columbia: “Deep learning for physical
simulation and graph neural network approaches”. <b>Gina Adam</b>, George Washington
University: “Neuromorphic computing designs and new neurotechnologies with
biomedical applications”.</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span style=""><span style="">See you there!</span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="color:rgb(33, 33, 33);">__________________________________________</span></a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><b><span style="color:rgb(31, 56, 100);">Joseph
D. Monaco, Ph.D.</span></b></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="color:rgb(33, 85, 138);">Scientific
Program Manager [C] (NINDS/OD)</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><i><span style="color:rgb(97, 97, 101);">Office
of the BRAIN Director</span></i></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:joseph.monaco@nih.gov" title="mailto:joseph.monaco@nih.gov"><span style=""><span style="color:rgb(0, 120, 215);">joseph.monaco@nih.gov</span></span></a><br></p><div><br></div></body></html>