The Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence Ensembles Symposium, jointly organised by the UIC Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Research Hub, the Guangdong Key Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Model Data Processing, and UIC Turning AI Association, was held at UIC on 24 May. Experts and scholars from home and abroad shared their research results and views in the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
Chair Professor and Vice President (Research and Development) of UIC, Prof Jia Weijia, delivered a keynote speech from the aspects of the development and working principle of artificial intelligence and its future direction.
Prof Jia Weijia introducing the audience to the development of artificial intelligence
Vice President (Research and Development) of Hong Kong Baptist University, Prof Guo Yike, delivered a speech with the theme of 'A Novel Brain Decoding Technology Based on Generative Models'.
Prof Guo Yike giving the speech via video
Dr Wei Donglai, a researcher from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Hanspeter Pfister Laboratory, introduced the 'Machine Intelligence from Cortical Network (MICrONS) Project' from the perspective of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, which has been deployed by the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
Question sessions on the spot
In the panel discussion session, Prof Yuan Li from the College of Education for the Future of Beijing Normal University, Chair Professor from the Division of Science and Technology, Prof Wang Qing-Guo; Programme Director of Applied Economics of the Division of Business and Management, Dr Darren Weng; Programme Director of Computer Science and Technology, Prof Amy Zhang; Associate Professor Luciano Zubillaga from the Division of Culture and Creativity, and Dr Luo Zongwei from Data Science Programme of the Division of Science and Technology. The panel all shared their views on hot topics, including whether artificial intelligence will reach the same level as human intelligence and the plan of implanting chips in the human brain. All topics were based on the basic information, current development and future trend of the field, and their research results.
Panel session
From MPRO
Reporter: Xia Meng
Editors: Samuel Burgess, Deen He, Zhang Fan
