Connectionists: [seminar.wwtns] World wide VVTNS series: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 11:00 am EST| Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo

[David Hansel]

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You are cordially invited to the lecture given by

Chris Eliasmith

University of Waterloo
 on the topic of

The algebra of cognition

The lecture will be held on zoom on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at *11:00
am EST *
To receive the zoom link: https://www.wwtns.online/register-page

*Abstract: *In recent years, my lab and others have demonstrated the value
of vector symbolic algebras (VSAs) for capturing a wide variety of neural
and behavioural results. In this talk I discuss the surprising and
compelling variety of tasks and styles of reasoning that are well-suited to
descriptions using a specific VSA. These tasks include path integration,
navigation, Bayesian reasoning, sampling, memorization, and logical
inference. The resulting spiking neural network models capture various
hippocampal cell types (grid, place, border, etc.), behavioural errors, and
a variety of observed neural dynamics.

*About VVTNS : Launched as the World Wide  Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar
(WWTNS) in November 2020 and renamed in homage to Carl van Vreeswijk in
Memoriam (April 20, 2022), Speakers have the occasion to talk about
theoretical aspects of their work which cannot be discussed in a setting
where the majority of the audience consists of experimentalists. The
seminars, **held on Wednesdays at 11 am ET,**  are 45-50 min long followed
by a discussion. The talks are recorded with authorization of the speaker
and are available to everybody on our YouTube channel.*
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