Close Modal The Mind of a Fly with the Prophet of the Connectome, Dr. Sebastian Seung A Lee & Nile Albright Annual SymposiumJoin us at the Museum for the Lee and Nile Albright Annual Symposium, featuring visionary neuroscientist Dr. Sebastian Seung in an inspiring exploration of the human brain and the power of collective discovery. It’s all a part of Being Human. Over a decade ago, Dr. Sebastian Seung foretold the future of neuroscience in his popular TED talk and book. Now the future has arrived. Neuroscientists have achieved a remarkable milestone: a complete map of the 140,000 neurons in a fruit fly brain. This “fly connectome” was hailed as revolutionary—but can a digital map of a dead brain, however intricate, really reveal the mind of a fly?Join us at the Museum of Science, Boston for the Lee and Nile Albright Annual Symposium, featuring visionary neuroscientist Dr. Sebastian Seung, Professor of Neuroscience and Computer Science at Princeton University. In this captivating program, Dr. Seung will unveil the dazzling beauty of neural networks and guide us in deciphering their meaning—helping us understand what such maps can (and can’t) tell us about the workings of a mind.Dr. Seung will also explain how citizen scientists collaborated alongside professional scientists in FlyWire, the online community that proofread and annotated the fly connectome.Don’t miss this extraordinary evening of science, discovery, and imagination as Dr. Seung shares how cutting-edge research—and a global community of gamers—are helping unlock the secrets of the brain. Register for the Event Date and Time Monday, October 13 | 7:00 pm Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price Free with Pre-Registration Language English Register for the Event Date and Time Monday, October 13 | 7:00 pm Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price Free with Pre-Registration Language English Over a decade ago, Dr. Sebastian Seung foretold the future of neuroscience in his popular TED talk and book. Now the future has arrived. Neuroscientists have achieved a remarkable milestone: a complete map of the 140,000 neurons in a fruit fly brain. This “fly connectome” was hailed as revolutionary—but can a digital map of a dead brain, however intricate, really reveal the mind of a fly?Join us at the Museum of Science, Boston for the Lee and Nile Albright Annual Symposium, featuring visionary neuroscientist Dr. Sebastian Seung, Professor of Neuroscience and Computer Science at Princeton University. In this captivating program, Dr. Seung will unveil the dazzling beauty of neural networks and guide us in deciphering their meaning—helping us understand what such maps can (and can’t) tell us about the workings of a mind.Dr. Seung will also explain how citizen scientists collaborated alongside professional scientists in FlyWire, the online community that proofread and annotated the fly connectome.Don’t miss this extraordinary evening of science, discovery, and imagination as Dr. Seung shares how cutting-edge research—and a global community of gamers—are helping unlock the secrets of the brain. Featuring Sebastian Seung Anthony B. Evnin Professor, Neuroscience Institute; Computer Science Department at Princeton University Dr. Seung has done influential research in both computer science and neuroscience. Over the past 15 years, he helped pioneer the new field of connectomics, applying deep learning and crowdsourcing to reconstruct neural circuits from electron-microscopic images. His lab created Eyewire, a website that has recruited over 300,000 players from 150 countries to play a game to map neural connections. His book Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are was chosen by the Wall Street Journal for its Top 10 nonfiction list in 2012.Before joining the Princeton faculty, Dr. Seung studied at Harvard University, worked at Bell Laboratories, and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an external member of the Max Planck Society and winner of the 2008 Ho-Am Prize in engineering.
