The Brain Prize Lectures - Winners of The Brain Prize 2024
Lectures on Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience
The Lundbeck Foundation has the pleasure of inviting you to hear The Brain Prize winners of 2024 deliver their Brain Prize lectures.
Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky have made pioneering contributions to the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the principles that govern the brain’s structure, dynamics and the emergence of cognition and behaviour.
The lectures will take place at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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We look forward to welcoming you.
Programme
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16.00Welcome by Martin Meyer
Director of The Brain Prize, The Lundbeck Foundation -
16.05Chair of The Brain Prize Selection Committee,
Professor Richard Morris, introduces Brain Prize winner, Professor Larry Abbott. -
16:10Professor Larry Abbott:
"Stability and Change in Neural Systems" -
16:40Professor Richard Morris, introduces Brain Prize winner, Professor Terry Sejnowski.
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16:45Professor Terry Sejnowski:
“Brains and AI” -
17:15Professor Richard Morris introduces Brain Prize winner, Professor Haim Sompolinsky.
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17:20Professor Haim Sompolinsky:
“How the Brain Generates a Mind’’ -
17:50Reception
The Brain Prize Winners 2024
The winners
William Bloor Professor, Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia's Zuckerman Mind, Brain, Behavior Institute, USA. |
Professor, Head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and the Francis Crick Chair, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, USA. |
Copyright/photographer
Kris Snibbe/Harvard University
Professor, Harvard University, USA and Hebrew University, Israel |
The Research
Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky have made pioneering contributions to the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the principles that govern the brain’s structure, dynamics and the emergence of cognition and behaviour.
