20 years BCCN Berlin Symposium

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With this symposium, the BCCN Berlin wants to celebrate the 20. anniversary of the Center and its achievements with the Center's members, alumni, students, and (invited) guests.

We are delighted that Andreas Herz, former director of the BCCN Berlin will tell us a bit about the Center's history. He, our great invited speakers and all guests will contribute to a lively, inspiring and fun symposium.

Organisers:

Steering Committee of the BCCN Berlin and the Interdisciplinary Center Computational Neuroscience.

 

Here are some impressions:

President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Ikebana arrangement
Coffee Break	Q&A
Q&A	Christof Koch
Dora Angelaki	Vice Dean Charité
Vice President TU Berlin	Dora Angelaki and Michael Brecht
Michael Brecht opening the symposium	Andreas Herz
View from the back	Christof Koch and Klaus-Robert Müller

^{Copyright Photos: "Alexander Lammers/Bernstein Network"}

Program, June 12, 2024
14.00 - 14.10	Opening/Welcome, Michael Brecht
14.10 -14.20	History/retrospect, Andreas Herz, LMU München
14.20 - 14.50	Greetings Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal, President Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kintscher, Vice Dean, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Prof. Dr. Fatma Deniz, Vice President, Technische Universität Berlin
1. Session, Chair:  Susanne Schreiber
14.50 - 15.30	Explainable AI for Obtaining Insight, Klaus-Robert Müller BIFOLD und Technische Universität Berlin
15.30 – 16.10	The Physics of Sentience, Karl Friston University College London, London, UK
16.10 – 16.40	Coffee Break
2. Session, Chair:  Henning Sprekeler
16.40 – 17.20	Latent Cause Inference and Mental Health, Yael Niv Princeton University, Princeton, USA
17.20 – 18.00	Consciousness and its Physical Substrate – Progress and Problems, Christof Koch Allen Institute, Seattle, USA
18.00 - 18.40	Belief Embodiment through Eye Movements Facilitates Memory-Guided Navigation, Dora Angelaki, New York University, New York, USA
19:00	Dinner Reception