Connectionists: [Updated Deadline] CFP for MemARI Workshop @ NeurIPS'22

[Shailee Jain]

*[UPDATED DEADLINE: Mon *September 26, 2022 23:59 AOE]
Hello!

We invite submissions to the NeurIPS 2022 workshop on Memory in Artificial
and Real Intelligence (MemARI). One of the key challenges for AI systems is
to understand, predict, and model data over time. Pretrained networks
should be able to temporally generalize, or adapt to shifts in data
distributions that occur over time. Our current state-of-the-art (SOTA)
still struggles to model and understand data over long temporal durations –
for example, SOTA models are limited to processing several seconds of
video, and powerful transformer models are still fundamentally limited by
their attention spans. By contrast, humans and other biological systems are
able to flexibly store and update information in memory to comprehend and
manipulate streams of input.

How should memory mechanisms be designed in deep learning, and what can
this field learn from biological memory systems? MemARI aims to facilitate
progress on these topics by bringing together researchers from machine
learning, neuroscience, reinforcement learning, computer vision, natural
language processing and other adjacent fields. We invite submissions
presenting new and original research on topics including but not limited to
the following:

   1.

   Computational models of biological memory
   2.

   Role of different biological memory systems in cognitive tasks, with
   implications for AI algorithms/architectures
   3.

   Biologically-inspired architectures to improve memory/temporal
   generalization
   4.

   New approaches to improving memory in artificial systems
   5.

   Domain-specific uses of memory mechanisms (for ex., for lifelong
   learning, NLP, RL etc.)
   6.

   Empirical and theoretical analyses of limitations in current artificial
   systems
   7.

   Datasets and tasks to evaluate memory mechanisms of artificial networks

Important dates:

   -

   Paper submission deadline: Mon September 26, 2022 23:59 [Anywhere on
   Earth]
   -

   Decision Notification: Fri October 14th, 2022 [17:00 hrs PT]
   -

   Workshop date: Dec 2, 2022 in-person @ New Orleans

Submission instructions:

   -

   Submission Portal: MemARI OpenReview
   <https://openreview.net/group?id=NeurIPS.cc/2022/Workshop/MemARI&referrer=%5BHomepage%5D(%2F)>
   (currently accepting submissions)
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   All submissions must be in PDF format.
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   Submissions are limited to four content pages, including all figures and
   tables; additional pages containing only references are allowed.
   -

   Please use the NeurIPS 2022 LaTeX style file
   <https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2022/PaperInformation/StyleFiles>. Style
   or page limit violations (e.g., by decreasing margins or font sizes) may
   lead to automatic rejection
   -

   All submissions should be anonymous.
   -

   Per NeurIPS guidelines, previously published work is not acceptable for
   submission.

Reviewing process & Acceptance:

   -

   The review process is double-blind.
   -

   Accepted papers will be presented during a poster session, with
   spotlight oral presentations for exceptional submissions. (with
   accommodation for virtual attendees)
   -

   Accepted papers will be made publicly available as non-archival reports,
   allowing future submissions to archival conferences or journals.

Please direct questions and all future correspondence to
memari-workshop at googlegroups.com. More information on the workshop can be
found on the MemARI website <https://memari-workshop.github.io/>.

Organizers:

Uri Hasson, Princeton University

Ken Norman, Princeton University

Alex Huth, UT Austin

Mariya Toneva, MPI for Software Systems

Shailee Jain, UT Austin

Javier Turek, Intel Labs

Vy Vo, Intel Labs

Mihai Capotă, Intel Labs
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