NSF AI Institute for
Artificial and Natural Intelligence
Workshop on Emerging Trends in AI
May 5th and 6th
8:30am to 5:30pm
Pulitzer Hall - 2950 Broadway New York, NY 10027
This two-day workshop brings together leading experts in machine learning (ML) and neuroscience to examine two emerging themes: (1) the relationship between brain resilience and algorithmic robustness, and (2) the role of ML-driven data generation in social sciences and the possible acceleration of scientific discovery. The workshop will hold two panels: one on how insights from ML and neuroscience can potentially inform each other toward the development of more resilient and robust systems, and the second on the ethical and practical implications of synthetic data in shaping research outcomes and policy decisions.
The workshop will be hosted by Columbia Engineering, the NSF AI Institute for Artificial and Natural Intelligence (ARNI), and Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.
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What are the algorithms of Intelligence?
The NSF AI Institute for Artificial and Natural Intelligence (ARNI) connects a decade of progress in AI to the revolution in our understanding of the brain. ARNI meets the urgent need for new paradigms of interdisciplinary research between neuroscience and AI. We pursue both theoretical and use-inspired work that will accelerate progress in both fields, and broaden their transformative impact on society in the next decade.
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ARNI's Director, Richard Zemel, led the opening panel session on "New Frontiers of AI." Alongside him, ARNI faculty members Christos Papadimitriou and Elias Bareinboim delivered lightning talks, exploring the foundational principles of AI advancements and their broad impact on industry and society.
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ARNI Director Zemel goes to Washington to explain to Congress how Columbia's new AI institute will connect major progress made in AI systems to our understanding of the brain.

ARNI is part of a cohort of National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes funded by the National Science Foundation. The NSF, in collaboration with government agencies and private sector leaders, has now invested close to half a billion dollars in the AI institutes ecosystem—an investment that expands a collaborative AI research network into almost every state. To learn more about ai institutes please visit aiinstitutes.org.
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