Brains@Bay Meetup - Exploring Neuromodulators and How They Might Impact AI (Apr 13, 2022)
Channel: Numenta
Date: 2022-04-15

Follow-up Q&A and slides will be posted soon - check the meetup page for updates. 
Slides: https://numenta.com/resources/videos/brainsatbay-neuromodulators-and-ai
Link to meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Brains-Bay/events/284481247/

In this Brains@Bay meetup, we discuss how the principles of neuromodulators in the brain can lead to more flexible and robust machine learning systems. 

First, Skrikanth Ramaswamy (Newcastle University) gave an overview of the biological organizing principles of neuromodulators in adaptive cognition and highlight the competition and cooperation across neuromodulators. 

Then, Jie Mei (the Brain and Mind Institute) discussed ongoing research on bio-inspired mechanisms of neuromodulatory function in DNNs, and propose a computational framework to inspire new architectures of “neuromodulation-aware” DNNs.

Finally, Thomas Miconi (ML Collective) talked about his work on evolving neural networks, endowed with plastic connections and reward-based neuromodulation, based on a computational neuroscience framework.

To learn more about Brains@Bay, visit our Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Brains-Bay/

0:00 Introduction
1:39 Skrikanth Ramaswamy: A primer on neuromodulatory systems 
33:19 Jie Mei: Implementing multi-scale neuromodulation in artificial neural networks 
1:07:54 Thomas Miconi: How to evolve your own lab rat
1:33:22 Discussion + Q&A
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