Bayesian probabilistic methods have gained prominence in the last two decades as the presently most promising avenue to model basic and higher brain functions in humans and animals. Although there is a steadily accumulating behavioral evidence supporting this claim, the neurophysiological results are much more scarce despite the appearance of multiple viable proposals how the brain might implement such computations. Related to this, computational frameworks clearly outlining how to link behavioral and physiological findings are also rare. Following the spirit of the two highly successful previous meetings on the topic, the goal of the present workshop is to bring together international researches who are at the forefront of this evolving field, to discuss the advances and apparent perils of taking a probabilistic normative approach to cognition and brain functioning. The two‑and‑a‑half‑day meeting will follow a strict agenda discussing the most pertinent questions that will be identified prior to the meeting by E‑mail interaction between the participants. As it happened with the previous two meetings, we expect that the discussions and conclusions of the meeting will set the research agenda of quite a number of the research group represented at the meeting for the coming years.
The incomplete list of participants includes:
Richard Turner University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Christina Savin University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Ralf Haefner Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
Marjena Popovic Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
Peter Latham The Gatsby Unit, UCL, London, UK
Sophie Deneve Ecole Normal Superieure, Paris, France
Peggy Series, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Matthias Bethge Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany
Jeff Beck, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA
Jonathan Pillow University of Texas, Austin, USA
Constantin Rothkopf Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Frankfurt, Germany
Agnieszka Grabska-Barwinska The Gatsby Unit, UCL, London, UK
Gergo Orban Wigner Institute, Budapest Hungary
Alex Pouget University of Geneva, Switzerland
Mate Lengyel University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK and CEU, Hungary
Balazs Ujfalussy University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Guillaume Hennequin University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Jozsef Fiser CEU, Budapest, Hungary