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The Origins and Future of Pattern Processing and Intelligence: From Brains to Machines Workshop Agenda March 11-12, 2016 Tempe Mission Palms Hosted by The Origins Project with the National Institutes of Health All events held at Tempe Mission Palms Hotel unless otherwise noted FRIDAY March 11 EVENT LOCATION Arrivals 12:30- 1:30pm Welcome Lunch Buffet • Vegetarian and meat options available Dining Room, Tempe Mission Palms 1:30- 3:30pm Welcome: Lawrence Krauss Session 1: Self-Assembly and Experience- Dependent Remodeling of the Human Brain • Mark Mattson "Superior Pattern Processing is the Essence of the Evolved Human Brain" • Michael Stryker "How Photon Patterns Sculpt the Developing Visual Cortex" • Michael Meaney "How Early Life Experiences Instill Persistent Cognitive Patterns" • Jay Giedd, "The Dynamic Adolescent Brain" TBD Tempe Mission Palms 3:30- 4:00pm Break - coffee and snacks available Break Room, Tempe Mission Palms 4:00- 6:00pm Session 2: Encoding and Generating Patterns: Language, Reasoning, and Creativity • Barbara Landau "Language, Maps, and the Patterns of Human Communication" • Tom Mitchell "On fMRI Studies of Lexical Analysis: Findings and Implications" • Tamiko Azuma "Semantic Cognition within Healthy and Impaired Aging Parameters" • Jordan Grafinan "Emotional Intelligence: Meet Me at the Corner of Cognition and Emotion" • Danai Koutra "Studies of Brain Networks and Creativity" TBD Tempe Missi