Connectionists: CNS*2025 Workshop "Brains and AI" - Speaker Lineup and Schedule

[Vassilis Cutsuridis]

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the upcoming *CNS*2025 Workshop* *"Brains and
AI"*, to be held on *Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Florence, Italy*. This
workshop will explore the intersection of neuroscience and artificial
intelligence - bringing together researchers applying AI to brain data and
those leveraging insights from neuroscience to build better AI systems.

https://users.sussex.ac.uk/~tn41/CNS2025_workshop/
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Advances in neuroscience techniques have dramatically increased the volume
of data we can now collect from animal and human brains. However, this
surge in data has introduced new challenges in extracting meaningful
insights. Fortunately, these developments have coincided with breakthroughs
in artificial intelligence (AI), which holds the potential to transform how
we analyze and utilize scientific information. While there is significant
potential here, we are just starting to figure out how to apply modern AI
models to interpret and process scientific data, and significant challenges
remain. The trend of applying AI to better understand the brain concurs
with another reviving trend: applying knowledge from neuroscience to
developing new AI. Indeed, despite the tremendous progress, the existing
generation of AI shows significant limitations, including a lack of
continual learning, poor generalization, dependence on enormous amounts of
data for training, bias, and safety problems. These are features where the
biological brain excels, highlighting the strong need to learn once more
from neuroscience how to develop the next generation of AI. The proposed
workshop will combine these two complementary trends, bringing experts from
the field together to discuss how AI can facilitate new scientific
discoveries and how knowledge of the brain can help improve AI.

Below is the list of confirmed speakers:

   - Fleur Zeldenrust
   - Vassilis Cutsuridis
   - Spyridon Chavlis
   - Andreas Tolias *(online)*
   - Robert Legenstein
   - Max Garagnani
   - Martin Trefzer
   - Julian Göltz
   - Maxim Bazhenov
   - Dhireesha Kudithipudi
   - Thomas Nowotny

The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion and open debate.

We look forward to your participation in what promises to be a
thought-provoking and engaging event.

Thomas Nowotny, Vassilis Cutsuridis, Maxim Bazhenov
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