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Modeling Human Cognition with RNNs and Curriculum Learning, w/ Kanaka Rajan - #524
FromThe TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
Modeling Human Cognition with RNNs and Curriculum Learning, w/ Kanaka Rajan - #524
FromThe TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Today we’re joined by Kanaka Rajan, an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai. Kanaka, who is a recent recipient of the NSF Career Award, bridges the gap between the worlds of biology and artificial intelligence with her work in computer science. In our conversation, we explore how she builds “lego models” of the brain that mimic biological brain functions, then reverse engineers those models to answer the question “do these follow the same operating principles that the biological brain uses?”
We also discuss the relationship between memory and dynamically evolving system states, how close we are to understanding how memory actually works, how she uses RNNs for modeling these processes, and what training and data collection looks like. Finally, we touch on her use of curriculum learning (where the task you want a system to learn increases in complexity slowly), and of course, we look ahead at future directions for Kanaka’s research.
The complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/524.
We also discuss the relationship between memory and dynamically evolving system states, how close we are to understanding how memory actually works, how she uses RNNs for modeling these processes, and what training and data collection looks like. Finally, we touch on her use of curriculum learning (where the task you want a system to learn increases in complexity slowly), and of course, we look ahead at future directions for Kanaka’s research.
The complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/524.
Released:
Oct 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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