9th Annual Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy, October 21st - November 2, 2011

Aug 01, 2011

The MIT Intelligence Initiative supports the Festival della Scienza 2011, Genoa, Italy

Event website: http://www.festivalscienza.eu/site/en/home.html

9th Annual Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy
October 21 - November 2, 2011

In the year of the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification, the Genoa Science Festival aims at presenting a wide array of hints, experiences and excellences of the recent past able to project Knowledge into the future, into the next 150 years. Far from just being a mere historical celebration, the Genoa Science Festival is to sketch future scenarios, going back to the roots of Science, Research and Technology to build up the New World.

Prof. Tomaso Poggio has been invited to organice panel discussions, on Saturday, October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd, as part of the 9th Annual Festival of Science.

Knowledge-Based Economies and Institutions Such As MIT
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Panelists:
Rafael Reif, Provost and Maseeh Professor in Emerging Technology, Electrical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Susan Whitehead, Vice Chairman, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Member MIT Corporation
Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director, Instituto Italiano di Technologia (IIT); Founder and Director of the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) of INFM, Professor of General Physics at the Engineering Faculty, University of Lecce
Mario Rasetti, President of ISI, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Director of the Graduate School at Politectnico di Torino

Moderator: Tomaso A. Poggio, Eugene McDermott Professor, Founding member McGovern Institute, Director of CBCL, Member of CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


Science and Engineering of Intelligence
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Evolution of Intelligence, Neuroscience of Vision and Motor Control, Human perception

Panelists:
Matt Ridley, scientist, journalist, author of `The Rational Optimist: How prosperity evolves,’ Co-founder, International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne
Nikos Logothetis, Director of the Department Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen
Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor, Founding member McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Anya Hurlbert, Director of Institute of Neuroscience and Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Moderator: Tomaso A. Poggio, Eugene McDermott Professor, Founding member McGovern Institute, Director of CBCL, Member of CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Learning, Developing robotic intelligence, Brain implants, Making Machines see
Panelists:
Alessandro Verri, Professor of Computer Science DISI, Università degli Studi di Genova, Director of the Center for Computational Learning, Chairman of the Board of Department Chairmen of the University of Genova, Chairman of the Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione
Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director, Instituto Italiano di Technologia (IIT); Founder and Director of the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) of INFM, Professor of General Physics at the Engineering Faculty, University of Lecce
Kobi Richter, Founder, Chairman and CTO of Medinol
Amnon Shashua, Co-founder of Mobileye, Sachs Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moderator: Tomaso A. Poggio, Eugene McDermott Professor, Founding member McGovern Institute, Director of CBCL, Member of CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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