Faculty & visiting speakers
Self-contained seminars, public lectures, and invited talks.
Shows how non-neural voltage gradients store anatomical target memories across tissues, enabling planaria and amphibians to regenerate complex organs without micromanaged DNA blueprints.
Michael Levin explores the convergence of biological and computational systems in understanding the origins and mechanisms of inspiration and complex cognition.
A detailed talk on advancements in biomedical synthetic biology, focusing on engineering novel biological functions and systems for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
Matthias Scheutz (Tufts University) critically assesses the promises and challenges of robot foundation models, questioning whether current generative AI approaches will genuinely overcome long-standing obstacles in robotics.
Dr. Edo Dotan presents recent advancements and applications of deep learning methodologies within biological research at the Tufts Allen Center's computational subgroup.
Exploring computational paradigms beyond the classical Turing Machine, this talk delves into the theoretical foundations for creating aware and continuously adapting systems.
An interdisciplinary talk exploring the biology and computer science of inspiration, conceptualizing patterns as behavioral policies and their origins and applications.
Proposing a multi-scale, popularity-based model of consciousness, this talk explores implications for cognitive rates, scale-invariant cognition, and the nature of conscious experience.
Quantum orbitals, proton gradients, bioelectric patterning, and paleogenomics
MIT · Yale University · Royal Institution +2
