TNC Neurocolloquium – "World Modeling in the NeuroAI Era"

Dan Yamins – Thursday, June 25th, at 16:15 (CEST)

The Tübingen Neurocampus (TNC) would like to invite you to the 4th talk of the TNC Neurocolloquium for the Summer Term 2026 on Thursday, June 25th, at 16:15 in the AI Center Lecture Hall (Maria-von-Linden-Straße 1 (MvL1), A2 (A-223)). The event will be held in a hybrid format, both in person and via Zoom. During the Q&A session, questions from the audience in the lecture hall will be given priority.

Please note the change in location from earlier announcements!

IMPRS Students‘ Favourite Lecture: Dan Yamins (Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA)

Title: World Modeling in the NeuroAI Era

Host: Alina Krause & Benedikt Stöckle (IMPRS – Mechanisms of Mental Function and Dysfunction)

Abstract: I will discuss how a new class of world models can be useful for solving AI problems and modeling the brain. Probabilistic Structure Integration (PSI) has three basic components: (i) an efficiently-learnable probabilistic graphical model of the world, (ii) generic zero-shot structure estimation via causal inference in the underlying model, and (iii) a generic mechanism for re-integrating extracted structures as novel token types, continually improving the underlying model. I will discuss these core PSI principles, how they have generated state-of-the-art results in a variety of computer vision competencies, how they can apply beyond vision, and how PSI can help us toward improved brain and cognitive models.

Zoom Link:
https://med-uni-tuebingen-de.zoom-x.de/j/67376450018?pwd=JWR8hBBBbbjpPwJj41TwhGAMGKAsFa.1

Meeting-ID: 673 7645 0018

Password: 111033

 

As usual, the 2025 GTC master's student will be present on site.

 

If you are interested in this topic, we encourage you to visit the websites of the participating labs and join the talk.

Everyone is cordially invited! Afterwards, there will be a get-together with drinks and Butterbrezeln for everyone to enjoy.