1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
July 16, 2015
Killarney, Ireland

Invited Talks

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Yoonsuck Choe
Texas A&M University, USA

1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
De-Shuang Huang
Tongji University, China

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
Asim Roy
Arizona State University, USA

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Leonid Perlovsky
Harvard University, USA

2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Juyang Weng
Michigan State University, USA

3:30 - 4:30pm
Discussuon Session
Questions (uncder construsction)

- In what sense is the brain similar and at the same time dissimilar to a computer?

- How can this comparison help us design a new kind of computer?

- Does distributed representation make a neural network a serial processor?

- Is there a doubt that single cells can have “meaning and interpretation?”

- Are aesthetic emotions different from basic emotions?

- What are their functions in cognition?

- How many aesthetic emotions exist?

- How can we measure aesthetic emotions?

- How can Universal Turing Machines help us understand brain operations?

- Are brains super Universal Turing Machines?  If yes, in what senses?