Event
QLS Seminar Series - Chris Eliasmith
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 12:00to13:00
The algebra of cognition
Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo
Tuesday February 25, 12-1pm
Zoom Link:Ìý
In Person: 550 Sherbrooke, Room 189
Abstract:ÌýIn recent years, my lab and others have demonstrated the value of vector symbolic algebras (VSAs) for capturing a wide variety of neural and behavioural results. In this talk I discuss the surprising and compelling variety of tasks and styles of reasoning that are well-suited to descriptions using a specific VSA. These tasks include path integration, navigation, Bayesian reasoning, sampling, memorization, and logical inference. The resulting spiking neural network models capture various hippocampal cell types (grid, place, border, etc.), behavioural errors, and a variety of observed neural dynamics.