Séminaires du DIC

Jean-Rémy KING - 19 mars 2026 à 10h30 au PK-5115 (201, ave President-Kennedy, 5e étage) TITRE : Emergence of Language in the Human Brain RÉSUMÉ  Deep learning algorithms offer new methods to understand and model how language is processed in the human brain. Using both encoding (representation -> brain) and decoding (brain -> representations), we show…

Jacob FELDMAN - 5 mars 2026 à 10h30 au PK-5115 (201, ave President-Kennedy, 5e étage) TITRE :  Human vs Machine in the Game of Hidden Rules RÉSUMÉ  Comparisons of human and machine intelligence are often grounded in supposition, unencumbered by empirical data about human performance. In this talk I'll present results comparing human and machine performance…

Gary LUPYAN - 19 février 2026 à 10h30 au PK-5115 (201, ave President-Kennedy, 5e étage) TITRE :  The unreasonable effectiveness of pattern matching RÉSUMÉ    Large language models (LLMs) can often recover the meaning of texts in which most or all content words have been replaced by nonsense strings—so-called “Jabberwockified” language. In this talk, I argue…

Thomas SERRE - 12 février 2026 à 10h30 au PK-5115 (201, ave President-Kennedy, 5e étage) TITRE : Cortical feedback mechanisms in visual reasoning: From perceptual grouping to abstract compositional reasoning RÉSUMÉ  This talk examines how cortical feedback facilitates compositional visual reasoning, distinguishing biological from artificial vision. Same-different judgments—fundamental symbolic operations that newborn ducklings master from single…

Rajesh P. N. RAO - 5 février 2026 à 10h30 au PK-5115 (201, ave President-Kennedy, 5e étage) TITRE : Predictive coding and generative models in natural and artificial intelligence RÉSUMÉ  This talk explores how predictive coding principles illuminate the computational foundations of both natural and artificial intelligence. Rao will examine his recent work on Dynamic Predictive…

Systematicity in language models' knowledge and self-knowledge