Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin–Madison Date/Time: Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 11:00 am Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Human-robot interaction is often framed in terms of interfaces, autonomy, or task performance. In this talk, I argue that HRI is more productively understood as the study of distributed cognitive systems where […]
Read More Eren Günseli Sabancı University Date/Time: Thursday, 11 December 2025, 16:30 pm Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Working memory is often described as a mental workspace that actively keeps task-relevant information online. Yet, sustaining such activation is metabolically costly and unnecessary when familiar contexts or rules can automatically cue what […]
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We are proud to announce the GraphTeacher, which is now published in IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence! GraphTeacher tackles a core NLP challenge—scarce labeled data—by integrating GNNs into the fine-tuning of transformer encoders to exploit unlabeled data while excluding test nodes from the graph, eliminating re-graphing and enabling inductive, single-instance inference. 🔬 Evaluated on GLUE […]
Read More İsmail Uyanık Hacettepe Üniversitesi Date/Time: Thursday, 06 November 2025, 16:30 pm Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: The central nervous system (CNS) processes sensory information obtained through various sensory structures in the body. These include signals with a wide variety of spatiotemporal features, such as different speed and propagation patterns. […]
Read More Emin Çelik Postdoctoral Researcher Max Planck Institute for Software Systems Date/Time: Tuesday, 09 October 2025, 16:30 pm Place: SC106 National Magnetic Resonance Research Center Seminar Room Abstract: Can language models help us make sense of how our brains process language when we read or listen? In this talk, I will tell you about how […]
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