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You are cordially invited to the lecture

Michal Irani

The Weizmann Institute

on the topic of

Reading Minds & Machines

The lecture will be held on zoom on February 18, 2026, at 11:00 am ET

To receive the link: https://www.wwtns.online/register-page

Abstract:

1. Can we reconstruct images that a person saw, directly from their fMRI brain recordings?

2. Can we reconstruct the training data that a deep-network trained on, directly from the parameters of the network?

The answer to both of these intriguing questions is “Yes!”

In this talk I will present some of our work in both domains. I will then show how combining the power of Brains & Machines can lead to significant breakthroughs in both areas, and potentially bridge the gap between Minds and Machines. Finally, I will show how combining the power of Multiple Brains (with NO shared data) may lead to new breakthrough discoveries in Brain-Science, and allow mapping of information between different brains.

About VVTNS : Launched as the World Wide Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar (WWTNS) in November 2020 and renamed in homage to Carl van Vreeswijk in Memoriam (April 20, 2022), Speakers have the occasion to talk about theoretical aspects of their work which cannot be discussed in a setting where the majority of the audience consists of experimentalists. The seminars, held on Wednesdays at 11 am ET, are 45-50 min long followed by a discussion. The talks are recorded with authorization of the speaker and are available to everybody on our YouTube channel.

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