2025 Frontiers in Science: Intelligence

2025 Frontiers in Science
Intelligence: From AI to the Brain — and Back

Hosted by the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech
April 3, 2025 | The Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech
 
 

About the conference

This year’s Frontiers in Science conference will showcase cutting-edge research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the cognitive sciences — highlighting how AI is transforming our understanding of the brain, and how neuroscience and psychology are informing new developments in AI. Read about 2024 Frontiers. 

Registration

Attendance is by invitation only. To suggest participants or request an invitation, please contact: events@cos.gatech.edu

Parking and Directions

  • Free campus transportation is available through the Stinger Shuttle Gold Route.
  • Parking at the Academy of Medicine is available for a $5 fee. 
    • Access the E84 parking lot by turning right onto 7th Street NW. 
    • The parking lot will be the first right (behind the Historic Academy of Medicine). 
  • Additional paid parking is available on the Centergy Parking Deck at 815 Williams Street NW

Event Schedule

8:30 - 9:10am
Welcome
8:30 - 9:00am Coffee and Check-In
Coffee and pastries will be served.
9:00 - 9:10am Opening Remarks
  • Susan Lozier, Dean of the College of Sciences, Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair, Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
9:10 - 11:10am
Cognitive Science & AI: Decoding Thought Processes
9:10 - 9:30am Introduction
  • Robert Wilson, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology
9:30 - 10:20am Keynote
  • Ida Mommenejad, Principal Researcher in Reinforcement Learning at Microsoft
10:20 - 11:10am Panel | Advancing Cognitive Science with AI
  • Dobromir Rahnev, Associate Chair of Research and Blanchard Early Career Professor in the School of Psychology 
  • Sashank Varma, Professor in the School of Psychology
  • Anna Ivanova, Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology
  • Christopher Rozell, Julian T. Hightower Chair and Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
11:10 - 11:25am
Coffee Break

Light refreshments will be served.
11:25 - 12:30pm
Neuroscience & AI: A New Era of Brain Research
11:25 - 12:15pm Panel | Advancing Neuroscience with AI
  • Farzaneh Najafi, Assistant Professor in the School of Biological Sciences
  • Audrey Sederberg, Assistant Professor in the Schools of Psychology and Physics
  • Anqi Wu, Assistant Professor at the School of Computational Science and Engineering
  • Wenjing Liao, Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics
12:15 - 12:30pm Poster Spotlight
Highlights from student and post-doctoral research posters will be shared.


 
12:30 - 2:00pm
Networking Lunch and Poster Session

Food and beverages will be served.
2:00 - 4:30pm
Pioneering the Future
2:00 - 2:10pm Afternoon Opening Remarks | AI at Georgia Tech
  • Tim Lieuwen, Executive Vice President for Research, Regents’ Professor, David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering​​​​​
2:10 - 2:40pm Keynote
  • Hal Greenwald, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
2:40 - 2:55pm
Coffee Break

Light refreshments will be served.
2:55 - 3:45pm Panel | Advancing AI with Cognitive Science and Neuroscience
  • Hannah Choi, Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics
  • Tansu Celikel, Professor and Chair in the School of Psychology
  • Nabil Imam, Assistant Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering
  • Ratan Murty, Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology
3:45 - 4:30pm Panel | Our Future... with AI
  • Hal Greenwald, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Ida Mommenejad, Principal Researcher in Reinforcement Learning at Microsoft
  • Robert Wilson, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology
4:30 - 5:30pm
Networking Reception

Food and beverages will be served.