Highlights of “Building Minds”

For those who missed “Building Minds: Microchips & Molecules”, here is a taste of the action. For all who packed the CNSI auditorium in May for our annual interdisciplinary symposium, here is a quick trip down memory lane. Enjoy!

Gimzewski ('15 symposium) — Gimzewski (’15 symposium)

UCLA’s James Gimzewski cited Alan Turing in his talk describing his research on computer chips that mimic human neural connections.

Busbice ('15 symposium) — Busbice (’15 symposium)

Timothy Busbice shared video of his robot implementing the C. Elegans connectome, which holds promise for self-navigating mars rovers.

Koene ('15 symposium) — Koene (’15 symposium)

Randal Koene shared the future of whole-brain emulation and mind uploading, and recent advances in the field.

Keele ('15 symposium) — Keele (’15 symposium)

Brian Keeley discussed how we can enhance our existing senses and also develop new ones, such as for magnetic fields.

panel ('15 symposium) — panel (’15 symposium)

panel #2 ('15 symposium) — panel #2 (’15 symposium)

panel #3 ('15 symposium) — panel #3 (’15 symposium)

After each of our speakers gave their individual talks, they engaged with audience questions in a lively panel discussion, moderated by UCLA Psychology’s Dr. Martin Monti.