Grand Challenges Workshop + Industry Roundtable

The Wu Tsai Institute and Yale Ventures present a team-science workshop and industry roundtable as part of the Institute's Grand Challenges in Cognition: Foundation Models of the Brain.

Multidisciplinary Yale teams will share ambitious research proposals to advance our understanding of cognition through foundation models of the brain. Teams will propose new computational approaches for integrating diverse, multimodal neuroscience data that span domains such as methods, species, age groups, spatiotemporal scales, and tasks. Presenters will address challenges around data collection and curation and describe informatics platforms for accessing data. 

Industry guests representing research from NVIDIA, Toyota, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Biohaven Pharmaceuticals will share their perspectives on current advances in their fields. 

Attendees will gain insight into future directions of research in machine learning and neuroscience and benefit from ample time for questions and discussion, with the hope of identifying opportunities for collaboration.

Agenda

1:00 pm  |  Opening remarks by John Lafferty followed by the Industry Roundtable

Guests from industry discuss current and future directions of foundation models in their sectors.

2:15 pm  |  Break

2:30 pm  |  Grand Challenges Proposals Workshop 

Three collaborative groups present ambitious ideas addressing challenges related to data collection and curation, informatics platforms, and computational approaches.

4:00 pm  |  Integrative discussion

4:30 pm  |  Reception

For any questions, please contact wti@yale.edu.