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Does the Brain Do Gradient Descent?

Explore the brain's potential use of gradient descent in learning processes with Konrad Kording in this engaging recorded session.

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By Konrad Kording, Jason Eshraghian, Fabrizio Ottati
July 11, 2023
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About the Speakers

Konrad Kording

Konrad Kording

Professor at UPenn, researching credit assignment in the brain and causality in biomedical research. Trained at ETH Zurich, UCL, and MIT.
Jason Eshraghian

Jason Eshraghian

Assistant Professor at UC Santa Cruz, leading UCSC Neuromorphic Computing Group. Focuses on brain-inspired circuits for AI & SNNs. Maintainer of snnTorch.
Fabrizio Ottati

Fabrizio Ottati

AI/ML Processor Engineer at NXP, PhD from Politecnico di Torino. Focuses on event cameras, digital hardware, and deep learning. Maintains Tonic & Expelliarmus.
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