Anthony Zador, MD, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dr. Anthony Zador works at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. He is the Alle Davis Harris Professor of Biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he served as Chair of Neuroscience. 

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A Neuroscientist's Guide to Artificial Intelligence
Monday, March 31, 2025, 4 pm
Staller Center Main Stage 
Livestreamed at stonybrook.edu/live

Over the past decade, AI has made stunning advances, from mastering language to solving the structure of proteins. These breakthroughs arise from over forty years of work in neural networks, where ideas from neuroscience have inspired solutions in AI.

In this lecture, Dr. Anthony Zador will explore how reverse engineering the brain's computations has driven progress in both fields, and how this back-and-forth between neuroscience and AI is set to grow even stronger — with brain-inspired designs driving new AI advances while AI tools transform our understanding of how the brain works.

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