As part of the festivities surrounding MIT’s 150th anniversary, there will be a 3-day symposium, “Brains, Minds and Machines” May 3-5, which includes linguistics and cognitive science as well as neuroscience and AI. The co-organizers are Irene Heim, Tomaso Poggio, and Josh Tenenbaum. Events begin at 4PM on Tuesday May 3, and the opening panel which starts at 5pm is as follows:
Keynote Panel
The Golden Age—A Look at the Original Roots of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Neuroscience
- Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor, Eugene McDermott Professor in the Brain Sciences and Human Behavior, MIT
- Sydney Brenner, Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center, Salk Institute
- Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, MIT
- Marvin Minsky, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Emeritus, MIT
- Barbara Partee, Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Patrick H. Winston, Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, MIT
Moderator: Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor, Deptartment of Psychology, Harvard University
Also of interest, a panel on Wednesday the 4th:
11 am-12:30 pm
Language and Thought
- Susan Carey, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
- Gennaro Chierchia, Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics and Chair, Deptartment of Linguistics, Harvard University
- Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor, Deptartment of Psychology, Harvard University
- Patrick H. Winston, Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, MIT
Moderator: Irene Heim, Professor of Linguistics and Department Head, MIT
