Event
Second edition of Life, Structure, and Cognition (LSC): Evolution & Learning
LSC, for Life, Structure, and Cognition, is a new initiative led by Yves Barral (ETH Zurich), Mikhail Gromov (IHES, University of Paris-Saclay), Eugene Koonin (NIH), and Robert Penner (IHES, University of Paris-Saclay). The 2023 edition will take place from June 26 to 30, 2023, at IHES, with the theme “Evolution & Learning”.
Over the course of a week, 2023 LSC will bring together scientists from all fields to present the latest progress in understanding evolution as a process of learning, and conversely, evolution of learning, in the context of their respective disciplines.
A conference for the general public will also be held at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris. Given by Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, director of the Flowers team at INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest and Université de Bordeaux, it will focus on evolution and learning.
To find out more about the 2023 LSC event, and to learn more about the program, visit the dedicated web page.
Guest speakers at 2023 LSC are:
- Yves Barral, ETH Zurich
- Michael Barnett, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
- Anjali Bhat, University College London
- Dániel Czégel, Center for Ecological Research (Hungary) & Arizona State University
- Aliaksandr Damenikan, ETH Zurich
- Agathe Du Crest De Villeneuve, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
- Steven A. Frank, UC Irvine
- Mikhail Gromov, IHES & NYU
- Larry Guth, Geometry, MIT
- Solange Haas, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Gautier Hamon, INRIA Bordeaux
- Yi Huang, Tsinghua University
- Philippe Huneman, CNRS/Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
- Dan Jarosz, Stanford University
- Eugene V. Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health
- Yann LeCun, Courant Institute, New York University & Meta AI
- Purificación López-García, CNRS & Université Paris-Saclay
- Thomas Michaels, ETH Zurich
- Nicolas Minc, Institut Jacques Monod, U. Paris Cité/CNRS
- Rosalyn Moran, King’s College London
- Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, INRIA Bordeaux
- Bob Penner, IHES & UC Los Angeles
- Paul Rainey, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, ESPCI Paris
- Grégoire Sergeant-Perthuis, INRIA Paris
- Eörs Szathmáry, Eötvös University
- Yukiko Yamashita, MIT
- Adam Yanai, Boston University
- Itai Yanai, New York University Langone Health
The goal of the 2023 LSC is to provide an annual update on the latest advancements in LSC components and to explore the modalities for cooperative progress between Biology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The objective is to investigate how biological systems evolved cognitive functions, using AI both as a concept toolbox and as a tool; and in turn, to investigate how biological systems can serve as models for understanding and stimulating new advances in AI.
The idea is to organize an annual evaluation, expert discussion, and lecture series on these topics, given by world experts covering multiple disciplines.
