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Events for April 24, 2025
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Semiconductors and Microelectronics Technology seminar - Wolfgang Maass, Thursday, April24th at 2pm in EEB 248
Thu, Apr 24, 2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Wolfgang Maas, Institute of Machine Learning and Neural Computation Graz University of Technology
Talk Title: Recent brain-data and theories suggest new ways of porting cognitive function into neuromorphic hardware through on-chip learning
Series: Semiconductors & Microelectronics Technology
Abstract: I will discuss experimental data and models for BTSP (Behavioral Time Scale Synaptic Plasticity), the only known mechanism for 1-shot learning in the brain. I also will explain how BTSP can be used to create content-addressable memories and to learn cognitive maps that enable flexible goal-directed behavior. References and a simple model for BTSP have already been published (Yujie Wu and Wolfgang Maass, Nat. Comm. 2025). The other material is unpublished.
Biography: Wolfgang Maass - Since 2023: Director of the ELLIS Unit Graz (ELLIS = European Lab for Learning and Intelligent Systems). 1992-2017 Founder and Head of the Institut fuer Grundlagen der Informationsverarbeitung (Institute of Theoretical Computer Science) at Graz University of Technology. Since 1991 Professor of Computer Science at the Graz University of Technology in Austria (since 2017 without teaching duties except education of Phd students, leader of research projects). 1986 - 1991 Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois in Chicago. 1984 - 1986 Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois in Chicago. 1975 - 1984 Postdoc at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Chicago, and the University of California at Berkeley.
Host: Prof. Jayakanth Ravichandran, Prof. J. Joshua Yang, Prof. Chongwu Zhou, Prof. Stephen Cronin, and Prof. Wei Wu
More Information: Wolfgang Maass Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
