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Registration is now closed. We are at full capacity with approximately 80 registered AI and Neuroscience enthusiasts. We are looking forward to seeing you in September.

Welcome to NEAT, Neuro-AI-Talks in Osnabrück, an event for EU-based research groups working at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The focus of NEAT is to foster connections and discussions among attendees, sharing new ideas, projects, and directions, as well as exploring potential collaborations. The event is aiming for a rather small group of attendees, approximately 70 to 80 people, invite only, to encourage an open and relaxed exchange.

Each research group is welcome to join with 3 to 4 members and their PI. Questions? Feel free to contact Katja Ruge at katja.ruge(at)uni-osnabrueck.de.

Important dates

  • Registration deadline: 31 March 2023
  • Hotel reservation deadline: 31 July 2023
  • Welcome reception: 24 September 2023
  • Main event: 25 September 2023
Matthew Larkum

Keynote 1

Prof. Matthew Larkum

Decoding the cortex: deep pyramidal insights into computation

Mariya Toneva

Keynote 2

Prof. Mariya Toneva

Language modeling beyond language modeling

Venue

NEAT took place in the Bohnenkamphaus, a conference venue at the heart of the botanical gardens of the Osnabrück University.

Bohnenkamphaus venue

Hotels

Special prices were negotiated for NEAT participants in Osnabrück hotels. Rooms were reserved at this rate until 31 July 2023. The booking codeword for both hotels was “neat 2023”.

Vienna House Remarque

  • Walking distance to venue: 15 minutes
  • Single room: 109 Eur/night per room
  • Double room: 109 Eur/night per room
  • Booking codeword: neat 2023

Hotel website

Walhalla Hotel

  • Walking distance to venue: 18 minutes
  • Single room: 94 Eur/night
  • Double room: 104 Eur/night
  • Booking codeword: neat 2023

Hotel website

Main workshop dinner

The joint workshop dinner took place at the Portobar in Osnabrück, reachable on foot from the event and hotel.

Address: Weidenstraße 2, 49080 Osnabrück

Portobar

Portobar website

Due to generous donations by the sponsors, the workshop dinner was free of charge, registration required.

Schedule

Sunday September 24, 2023

  • 17:00 to 19:00 Welcome reception
  • 19:00 to 22:00 Dinner matching

Similar to CCN mind-matching, scientists were matched according to their research interests. Mind-matched groups had joint dinner at local restaurants.

Monday September 25, 2023

  • 08:30 to 09:00 Registration
  • 09:00 to 09:15 Welcome
  • 09:15 to 10:15 Keynote 1, Matthew Larkum
  • 10:30 to 11:15 Science Shuffle
  • 11:15 to 12:45 Poster Session 1
  • 13:00 to 14:30 Poster Session 2
  • 14:30 to 15:30 Debate Pods
  • 16:00 to 17:00 Keynote 2, Mariya Toneva
  • 17:00 to 17:30 Closing Remarks
  • 19:00 Joint Dinner

Posters

  1. Katja Seeliger: Investigating the sensitivity of higher order visual areas with brain-optimization of common convolutional neural network architectures

  2. Sushrut Thorat: Characterising representation dynamics in recurrent neural networks for object recognition

  3. Jessica Thompson: Numerical reasoning with dual-stream neural networks

  4. Alessandro T Gifford: A large and rich EEG dataset for modeling human visual object recognition

  5. Ayu M I Gusti Bagus: High-Level Visual Cortex Representations Linearly Generalize Like Humans, Unlike current ANNs

  6. Adrien Doerig: Visuo-semantic transformation in the human brain and DNNs

  7. Kai Sandbrink: How is control sensed and integrated into decision-making?

  8. Johannes Singer: Revealing the locus and content of behaviorally relevant information about real-world scenes in human visual cortex

  9. Laura Hansel: MorphOcc: Implicit Model for Representing Neuronal Morphologies

  10. Ahmed ElGazzar: Modelling neural dynamics with neural differential equations

  11. Agnessa Karapetian: Empirically identifying and computationally modelling the brain-behaviour relationship for human scene categorization

  12. Siddharth Chaturvedi: Embodied Intelligence in Simple Dynamical Systems

  13. Sari Sadiya: Relating Artificial and Cognitive Representations

  14. Giacomo Aldegheri: Computational models of relational processing in human scene-selective cortex

  15. Micha Heilbron: Higher-level spatial prediction during natural scene perception in mouse visual cortex

  16. Maartje Koot: The Role of Predictive Dynamics in ANN Image Classification

  17. Joachim Bellet: Dynamic selectivity of visual features in macaque monkey prefrontal cortex: A comparative analysis with deep neural networks

  18. Noor Seijdel: Network depth improves scene segmentation: a critical test with computer generated images

  19. Michaela Vystrcilova: Benchmarking system identification models of the retina

  20. David Richter: What did you expect? Prediction error tuning in sensory cortex

  21. Farbod Nosrat Nezami: Time scale-plasticity learning rule for dendritic neuron model to achieve online time-invariant sequence processing

  22. Gabriele Merlin: Language models and brain alignment: beyond word-level semantics and prediction

  23. Elaheh Akbarifathkouhi: Using CNNs to understand why we have an other-race effect

  24. Victoria Bosch: End-to-end topographic networks as models of cortical map formation and human visual behaviour: moving beyond convolutions

  25. Timo van Kerkoerle: Temporal dynamics of feature selectivity in neuronal populations in macaque monkey prefrontal cortex

  26. Philip Sulewski: The Active Visual Semantics Dataset: Understanding visual intelligence in action

  27. Cliona O’Doherty: Time as a teacher - infant AI & fMRI

  28. Justus Hübotter: Spiking neural networks for robot control

  29. Sebastian Musslick: Augmenting EEG with Generative Adversarial Networks Enhances Brain Decoding Across Classifiers and Sample Sizes

  30. David-Elias Künstle: Psychophysical scaling with ordinal embedding methods

  31. Peter König: Improved spatial knowledge acquisition through sensory augmentation

  32. Brett David Roads: Enriching ImageNet with Human Similarity Judgments and Psychological Embeddings

  33. Johannes Mehrer: Topographic ANNs predict neural and behavioral responses to causal perturbations

  34. Shreya Kapoor: Perception of Mooney faces: Extreme Generalization through Inverse Rendering?

  35. Daniel Anthes: Diagnosing Catastrophe: Large Parts of Accuracy Loss in Continual Learning can be Accounted for by Readout Misalignment

  36. Clemens G Bartnik: Human perception of navigational affordances in real-world environments

  37. Katharina Dobs: Using DNNs to understand why face perception works the way it does

  38. Dota Tianai Dong: How are Language and Vision Dynamically Integrated in the Brain During Naturalistic Movie Viewing

  39. Lea-Maria Schmitt: What recurrent dynamics underlie perceptual inference?

  40. Maria Eckstein: Predictive and Interpretable: Combining Artificial Neural Networks and Classic Cognitive Models to Understand Human Learning and Decision Making

  41. Pavithra Elumalai: Models for area V4 in free viewing macaques

  42. Amber Brands: Spatiotemporal adaptation through divisive normalization improves deep neural network recognition of objects in noise

  43. Davide Cortinovis: The role of action-related properties in shaping the object space in the biological and artificial brain

  44. Niklas Müller: Investigating the Impact of High-Quality Natural Image Data for Training DCNNs

  45. Bernhard Egger: ReWaRD: Retinal Waves for Pre-Training Artificial Neural Networks Mimicking Real Prenatal Development

Event sponsors

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