Topic:
Speech, Language and Imagination: Motor-to-Sensory Transformation as a Possible Common Computation Underlying Human Cognition
Date & Time:
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 16:45 to 17:45
Speaker:
Xing Tian, Assistant Professor of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, NYU Shanghai
Location:
Room 310, NYU Shanghai | 1555 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
NYU Shanghai STEM seminar series is a weekly seminar series on every Wednesday, starting from 12th October 2016.
Please see below schedule of STEM seminar series in this Fall Semester.
- 10/12: Zheng Zhang, Professor of Computer Science
Talk Title: Deep Learning and AI: Myth, Facts, Opportunities and Challenges
- 10/19: Sukbin Lim, Assistant Professor of Neural and Cognitive Sciences
Talk Title: How Does the Brain Work to Memorize - Network Models for Learning and Memory
- 10/26: Tim Byrnes, Assistant Professor of Physics
Talk Title: Quantum Technology: Overview and Using Bose-Einstein Condensates for Computing
- 11/2: NO SEMINAR
- 11/9: Jun Zhang, Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Talk Title: The Physics of Animal Swimming and Flight
- 11/16: William James Glover, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Talk Title: Chemistry by Fiat: Using Electrons as Reaction Coordinates
- 11/23: Day before Thanksgiving break NO SEMINAR
- 11/30: Xing Tian, Assistant Professor of Neural and Cognitive Sciences
Talk Title: Speech, Language and Imagination: Motor-to-Sensory Transformation as a Possible Common Computation Underlying Human Cognition
- 12/7: John Zhang, Professor of Chemistry
- 12/14: Pilkyung Moon, Assistant Professor of Physics
Talk Title: Moiré Pattern in Crystals and Hofstadter’s Fractal Butterfly
- 12/21: Last day of exams NO SEMINAR