SNG Conference - Dr Ian Charest

Dr Ian Charest is a cognitive computational generally interested in high-level vision and audition. He leads the Charest Lab at the University of Birmingham and the Centre for Human Brain Health, where he and his team investigate object recognition in the brain using neuroimaging techniques such as magneto-electroencephalography (M-EEG), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). His work makes use of advanced computational modelling and analysis techniques, including machine learning, representational similarity analysis (RSA), and artificial neural networks (ANNs), to better understand human brain function. The current topics of research in the lab include information processing in the brain during perception, memory, and visual consciousness when recognising and interpreting natural scenes and visual objects. The laboratory is currently funded by an European Research Council - Starting Grant (ERC-StG 759432) to investigate object recognition, visual consciousness, with a focus on individual differences in brain and behaviour.

Conference summary: inferring the semantic content…