Book: Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse.All are welcome, even if you haven't read the book. Feel free to bring your own tea or coffee and enjoy a great conversation with fellow book lovers.If you are interested in joining the discussion, please email this.is.jemma.koo@gmail.com.

Date/Time: Friday April 25, 2-4pm ESTIn-person location: 46-6011 (Simons Center for the Social Brain)Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/3188129440Title: Multi-Object Working Memory and Motion Prediction in the Primate BrainAbstract:Primates excel at rapid learning and flexible generalization in many domains. For example, we can learn how to drive a car after just a few hours of practice, then readily generalize when driving an unfamiliar car. Rapid learning and flexible generalization are thought to rely on a reusable mental model of the world in terms of objects and how objects move. However, the mechanisms by which the brain represents scenes of objects and predicts their motion are largely mysterious. To address this knowledge gap, we studied (i) how the brain represents multi-object scenes, and (ii) how the brain predicts the motion of an object through time. For both of these questions, we considered long-standing cognitive theories and tested these theories in neural data, namely neural activity recorded from monkeys trained on multi-object representation and prediction tasks. In this defense I will present the outcomes of this work, focusing primarily on the neural mechanisms of motion prediction.

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Ten minutes for your mind@2:50 every day at 2:50 pm in multiple time zones:Europa@2:50, EET, Athens, Helsinki (UTC+2) (7:50 am EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88298032734Atlantica@2:50, EST, New York, Toronto (UTC-4) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349851047Pacifica@2:50, PST, Los Angeles, Vancouver (UTC=7) (5:50 pm EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85743543699Almost everything works better again if you unplug it for a bit, including your mind. Stop by and unplug. Get the benefits of mindfulness without the fuss.@2:50 meets at the same time every single day for ten minutes of quiet together.No pre-requisite, no registration needed.Visit the website to view all @2:50 time zones each day.at250.org or at250.mit.edu

Speaker: Andrei Negut (EPFL)In person or on Zoom: https://mit.zoom.us/j/92441268505Title: q-characters for quantum loop algebrasAbstract: The representation theory of quantum affine algebras has been the subject of intense study for almost 30 years, an important aspect of which are the q-characters introduced by Frenkel-Reshetikhin. I will survey recent developments that generalize this framework (specifically that of the Hernandez-Jimbo category O) to quantum loop groups associated to any Kac-Moody Lie algebra, and introduce new shuffle algebra tools for the computation of q-characters.

For Massachusetts Space Week... Be a planetary explorer!Join EAPS Professor Post-Tenure Richard Binzel as your guide for a tour of our Solar System, from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor!Please register for tickets for one of the following times — Space is limited!Friday, April 25 — 11:00 a.m.Friday, April 25 — 3:00 p.m.Saturday, April 26 — 9:00 a.m.Saturday, April 26 — 12:30 p.m.Saturday, April 26 — 3:00 p.m.Sunday, April 27 — 11:00 a.m.Sunday, April 27 — 12:30 p.m.Learn more and follow the tour with the Infinite Solar System Online Guide — mobile phone and tablet-friendly! Starting point of the tour is the third floor lobby of MIT’s Building 7.Can’t join us for a guided tour? No problem! You can take a self-guided tour anytime during MIT visiting hours.Questions about the tours? Contact Allison DrovairosWhat is Massachusetts Space Week, organized by the Space Consortium?Massachusetts Space Week is an annual, week-long celebration that seeks to bridge the gap between academia and the broader community and to foster a shared enthusiasm for space science, through engaging events such as a Space Film Festival, a Space Career Fair, and more than 80 space events statewide.Launched in 2017, The Space Consortium is an MA-based 501(c)(3) non-profit led by academics and researchers working in space-related fields which organizes a series of space education & outreach initiatives, including Massachusetts Space Week and The Space Consortium (SC) Space Days, to help democratize space knowledge and connect MA-based space experts and enthusiasts with each other and with the public. Supported by the Massachusetts Space Grant, Massachusetts Space Week and The SC Space Days stand as testaments to grassroots collaboration & community effort among space experts across the state, aiming to make space science accessible to all.