09:05:44 Welcome here, and thank you so much for coming and participating from the 3 of us.
09:05:51 This is very much the moment where we think, okay, our job is done.
09:05:56 We got this started. It's rolling now, and we pass the button onto you.
09:06:00 So the work is now on your side, and I mean I mean, I mean this partly as a joke, but I think it's very true that it.
09:06:11 The success of this will depend on your participation, and how interactive you make it, how engaged you're in.
09:06:16 So we're very much hoping for for that just in an anecdote matter.
09:06:23 And Joseph and I started working on this for years ago, but we actually only met.
09:06:31 I met Matto yesterday, and Joseph 2 days ago on Saturday.
09:06:36 For the first time, and it was really interesting. Actually, is this zoom room Covid life?
09:06:43 Feeling that you've met with somebody for so long that you feel like you know them.
09:06:49 And it wasn't weird at all to meet in person.
09:06:51 For the first time it felt very natural, and Joseph and I realized yesterday that since we met within 48 h we had bought about 20 bottles of alcohol, including one gallon of gin and I don't know what this means about our friendship, whether it's doomed or it's
09:07:10 the beginning of.
09:07:15 We haven't drunk it yet. No, no, but we'll work on it.
09:07:19 Okay, so let me just start with a little history on the Cathol LAN Institute, because I think it's very interesting.
09:07:27 It's a very, very unique concept. So what happened is the National Science Foundation in 79, 90, 79.
09:07:34 Putha called for theoretical physicists to so put forward concepts, ideas of institutions, models that that they thought were novel and would work as a way to bring science forward, and a few young physicists put forward this concept of the Katp and this was Funded by the
09:08:03 Nsf. And well funded by Fred Kathle.
09:08:07 The 7.5 million, that at the time that were invested here they built a building.
09:08:13 They recruited Walter Kahn, who gives the name to the Conh Hall, which is the building where we are.
09:08:21 And yes, since then, basically, the idea is that this institution is basically providing our hosting programs.
09:08:29 So people think of a good idea that is worth discussing.
09:08:35 Propose the program. If it's then, as you know, we will come here and discuss it.
09:08:40 And they typically have 2 programs running in parallel. They are typically theoretical physics programme.
09:08:46 But every year they they bring one or 2 biology, neurobiology programs.
09:08:51 And they have a strong component on computational nearest.
09:08:58 Computational theory. And yeah, this is actually it was in one of these organized by client David Kleinfeld and Tania Sharp, that it was organized 5 years ago, where I thought actually this would be an ideal a place to have a program on Statistical learning and with their with the cheekiness or
09:09:24 foolishness that comes from entering a field completely, tangentially, I decided that I was going to organize a program of statistical learning and then I was discussing this with Peter Diana, and he suggested that I contact matte and so mattee was interested he was
09:09:42 enthusiastic, and that was actually the first breath of life into the program.
09:09:47 Then matter? Suggested Joseph, as the cognitive neuroscience aspect so the idea was to bring together, and computational theory computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, which are 2 fields with statistical learning has been studied for a long time the concepts are there and
09:10:07 neurobiology, where it's we can really study the mechanisms, the circuits.
09:10:13 But where the structure is not yet there, let's say the concepts are not well established, and the idea was to bring these 3 fields together to to interact.
09:10:28 And and yeah, think of the future, of how to study statistical learning.
09:10:34 And that was it. We submitted an application which fell very natural.
09:10:38 Actually, we didn't have to fit the ideas in 20 format.
09:10:43 It just felt very natural that this was something that made sense we submitted the first application in 2,019, and we were suggested to resuppit.
09:10:53 So we submitted again, a year later, and it was funded, and this was, we heard at the beginning of 2,021, and we had gotten a summer programme, which is also very nice, because, of course, the summer programs are quite so popular.
09:11:09 And that's been it. We were meeting at the beginning.
09:11:14 Well, depending when we were submitting the application more regularly, but otherwise every 2 months, and then every month, and then every 2 weeks, and then the last 3, 3, 4 months, with the meeting every week to organize this, and it's been, I have to say, on my side it's been an absolute pleasure to work.
09:11:31 With them. It's been a wonderful experience to feel that they immediately were totally engaged, and they made this program also their baby.
09:11:44 So it's been really a very interesting and practical productive collaboration.
09:11:53 I think, and just to tell you a little bit about the structure that we're going to follow.
09:11:58 So we didn't want people to come here and just spit out their basically their usual talk.
09:12:05 We wanted to go to the Meta level and try to get some perspective, discuss.
09:12:11 The history of the field are different views on different questions.
09:12:15 So we decided we came up with this concept of the sovereign of the day, with Sod.
09:12:23 So we basically decided that each day somebody would be the sovereign of the day.
09:12:29 The sword, and they would choose a subject that they thought was relevant for statistical learning.
09:12:34 And would organise how they wanted to do it, and the idea was that they wouldn't just come here and talk about their work.
09:12:41 But they would try to engage other colleagues that were working on similar things, so that they would give a review talk on the question and have round table discussions, and you will see different people have chosen different formats.
09:12:52 Of course we had less days than participants, so you had. We had to choose people.
09:12:58 But this that's doesn't mean that those that are not thoughts are just expected to sit there passively and listen.
09:13:05 We expect everybody to participate. And I think everybody can contribute.
09:13:10 And this is going to fill the mornings from 90'clock to 1230, most days.
09:13:15 The day's ann unusual day. We're studying with the sod in the afternoon.
09:13:20 Their afternoons are free time. So you can basically organize it as you wish.
09:13:27 You can work on your own thing. It's a good idea to use that time, maybe to interact with other people, and maybe even start collaborations.
09:13:36 You can also organize spontaneously some sessions.
09:13:41 So if you feel there is an interest on some specific subject that has not been covered by the sort that you can say Ok, on this day in the afternoon, I'm going to have a session on this particular subject, and this has worked really well in the past.
09:13:56 So it's very much encouraged. Let me see that I don't forget.
09:14:04 We have, a couple of holidays. So then, the June nineteenth, junteenth, it's Ashley Kishore's day, and we decided we just couldn't afford to have more holidays, because yesterday for example, was a Monday that we couldn't use there's another Monday that we will also not
09:14:25 use because it's the third of July. So it's kind of between the Fourth of July and the weekend.
09:14:29 So we decided we couldn't afford to have more holidays.
09:14:32 So on that day we're going to work as usual, but the Fourth of July will, of course, be a holiday.
09:14:44 We thought we wouldn't be very welcome in the Us.
09:14:44 If we decided to work on the Fourth of July, there is on the fifth week there is a conference.
09:14:51 It's a fantastic program it's been organized by Jennifer Rymond.
09:14:55 And it's on time. Scales of plasticity.
09:14:58 And the idea is to dig into the mechanisms that might help join the time.
09:15:03 Scales of behavior, or the time scales of memory with the time.
09:15:08 The molecular timescales, and I think that's going to be absolutely fantastic.
09:15:12 It's a 4 4 day long conference Monday to Thursday, and at the end of the program each of us supposed to fill in an activity report.
09:15:23 It says, have put it all I show you now where it is.
09:15:26 You're supposed to basically write when you were here. What kind of activities scientific activities you had?
09:15:35 So? Who have you started collaborations with? How is this going to affect your work in the future?
09:15:40 So the idea is to get a feeling for the impact. And this we are going to really follow it up and make sure you do, because we're going to use your activity.
09:15:48 Reports to write our summary report of the programme, so we'll need that, and also, very importantly.
09:15:55 And I've also put it in in one of the documents in the folder.
09:15:59 If there's any publication that comes out of discussions from here.
09:16:04 So I was influenced by the program. Please acknowledge the program.
09:16:09 That's, of course, very important for Kitp. And now let me just show you.
09:16:19 So you have the famous for participants, folder, and this is where you have several things I'm just going to show you 3 of them, because the other ones, I think, are pretty self explanatory.
09:16:32 The participants by a week. This is quite useful, because you can see for the 3 fields cognitive neuroscience neurobiology and theory.
09:16:41 Who is here when?
09:16:44 So if you're, for example, as a thought, or if you're interested in collaborating, you can check.
09:16:50 Who is there in the question and answer documents that was originally used for issues that had to do with their arrival here?
09:17:00 These have been moved to the bottom. So this is before arriving in Katp.
09:17:06 And now we've added a few other things. So, for example, communication with other participants, you can use either these email lists.
09:17:15 The first one is a general email list that will access all participants of the program.
09:17:23 Associated participants. This means H. Is students and post-docs that Pis have brought, but also participants are signed in to to participate online or through a zoom, and the brain.
09:17:39 The brilliant 23 local. This is the one that will access only the invited Pr.
09:17:48 And we're considering starting to use more and more the slack channel.
09:17:52 I see many, many of you have joined the general Channel, but I'm not sure how many of you are using it, because we had an issue with the email lists that many emails were going to the to the to the junk.
09:18:09 Of people's servers. So we decided that maybe for local things we would.
09:18:18 It would be better to use the slack channel, so just be aware that we will be posting things in slogan.
09:18:23 Maybe. Hey, attention. Just very mundane things. The blue key.
09:18:34 I was told to tell you this, the blue key. It gives you access to common areas of K Atp.
09:18:40 When I say Kotp, I really mean the con hole.
09:18:43 This bill, so it gives you access to the library. To this, for example, this auditorium, or other auditoria, when there's stuff is out, which is after 5.
09:18:53 There is a bike room for those that have bikes.
09:18:55 There's a bike room in the next building. You'll need to get up by key for that to use it.
09:19:06 And I think that's all. With respect to that.
09:19:15 There is a coffee, tiny little kitchen, 2 doors along the corridor.
09:19:24 You will all get your Macs. That's like a ritual and caitp to get the Mag with your name, and you can get coffee there throughout the day.
09:19:32 And at 3 there is this tradition that is, the coffee and cookies, and if you come at 2 min past 3 there will be no cookies left.
09:19:41 So if you want cookies, make sure you have 3. You'll see people hovering already.
09:19:45 There at 5 min to 30'clock.
09:19:54 The Thursday Women's Lunch. So this is something that started in Kotp a while ago.
09:20:00 Where one day, and they let people organize it as they wish.
09:20:05 One day, a week, or as they want, there will be a lunch just for women, and the parallel program has to suggest that we join them.
09:20:16 They do it on Thursdays at 1230, but because our program finishes at 1230, they would do it at one.
09:20:23 It's in the Tower, and I would recommend females in the program to do this.
09:20:29 I mean, just just looking around and makes me realise we really need this, because there, the proportion of females here is a appallingly low, even though we really did make an effort to try to keep the numbers really, very very even so yeah, participate.
09:20:50 And the code of conduct. If there are any issues that come up with other participants that are difficult and just.
09:21:03 To give you 2 examples. Let's say I'm continuously asking questions throughout the talks and Matthew and Joseph don't dare to tell me.
09:21:13 I cannot imagine a situation where Matthi just would not dare to tell me or anybody anything.
09:21:17 But anyway, the hypothetical world that's say they are too shy to tell me that I'm being a pain.
09:21:24 So then you would contact Lars Billson, the director of the Institute, and he would tell me, look, or in the monger residence, let's say I could drank every night, and I act in a propriately towards some of you.
09:21:38 So the same, you would contact the director, and they would deal with this, and they do this.
09:21:44 They say they've had to do this a few times very year, and and it's totally Ok.
09:21:49 So don't be in a situation where you feel like uncomfortable, and it's spoiling your your experience.
09:21:59 The program. Please do check this program because there's the program on the website, the official program that will only advertise these talks which I put on line, that are also on Zoom.
09:22:12 And they will actually be recorded. You can also access them afterwards.
09:22:15 But there's a lot of other stuff that is going on that relates to our program.
09:22:20 That will not be there. So please check the Google Doc. The social events are marked in blue, as you see here.
09:22:28 This is for the barbecue that happened yesterday. And then there would be other other things that we will that we will put here.
09:22:38 So for this sort I've been copying. You have this sod excel sheet where you've right where you've written what you're what your day is going to be about, and a little bit the schedule just have a look at this program, and maybe modify the schedule.
09:22:56 Here in the program, because sometimes in your schedules you have, like 3 lines of things that you're going to talk about.
09:23:02 And for the programme it's easier if we have like a title. And if you could be so kind as to put your affiliation, if you haven't done it already, would save us a lot of time Googling you and putting the the correct affiliation.
09:23:19 But yeah, do check the program, because there will be a lot of information in there and then just pretty much done.
09:23:29 So the Mongol residence, as you all know, there is a common kitchen, and in this common kitchen we will have.
09:23:37 We already have a fridge. One of these huge fridges that is for us.
09:23:42 It will have brain learn written on it. We will also have, or do we do have a huge freezer and a few shelves where we can keep things, the things that we're keeping?
09:23:53 There are things for common events, so please do not just come looking for a bottle of wine on a day when you're feeling depressed and take it from there because these are for the common barbecues, and so I mean or if you do, let us know don't keep alcohol
09:24:14 when you tidy up after a common barbecue, don't put the alcohol anywhere where kids can access it, because the residents will have kids running around during the day.
09:24:23 So put the alcohol high up or not there at all.
09:24:29 There is Ping Pong in the basement. You know that, and we should maybe organize a championship or something like that.
09:24:37 There's also a bike room. It's a I rented a bike.
09:24:41 I had never done it in Katp before, and it's fantastic.
09:24:43 It's really a great experience, and I've put also in the questions and answers document I've put where you can rent a bike.
09:24:51 And for the social events. We're going to have a social star ever photo Joseph's wise, and I'm really looking forward to having her here from Saturday this Saturday on, and we are going to collect money because things are expensive, and it puts people in a difficult situation if they
09:25:12 have to put the money forward by everything and then collect it.
09:25:16 So we thought the best way is just have a pot of money, but probably the most just way of doing it would be to get people to put a certain amount per week so if you're coming for 3 weeks, you put 3 times that amount if you come in for one week you just put them on and their amount is undecided.
09:25:34 yet we are trying to figure out, based on how much if Joseph and I have spent in the last 3 days, how much we should put.
09:25:44 But it might be something like 40 $50 per week, and then we will just have that pot buy.
09:25:51 The idea is not to feed everybody, but to really just buy the basics like alcohol, and maybe some snukes and things like that, and that like we did yesterday.
09:26:02 The food for your dinner, for the barbecue. Each brings its own, because some people will eat 2 kilos of meat and others.
09:26:11 Acorn.
09:26:31 And 2.
09:26:36 Yeah, that would do like a regular basis. Thursday. Okay?
09:26:54 Some mine, so cheese!
09:27:01 Very. This is the idea.
09:27:06 If there's needable desire getting together.
09:27:22 Yes, in any way.
09:27:29 But there's things that the things that the.
09:27:36 Perhaps organized some sort of things that.
09:27:51 So several ways, by that. So all those things are right.
09:27:57 But only.
09:28:08 And that's that's it. Pretty much so. Yeah, and enjoy this.
09:28:13 I think it's really a unique experience. These programs I don't know any other institution that does things like this.
09:28:20 And and enjoy this participate. And yeah, let's let's make this a very productive productive program.
09:28:32 Yeah, we need to check.
09:28:38 Is the Google dot creator.
09:28:41 So, it's super. So I get like there's so many channels.
09:28:49 Yeah, I'm really glad you bring this up, because it's been an issue.
09:28:54 So every email we've sent for me was a bit painful because we had to communicate with you.
09:29:01 But at the same time we didn't want to spam you in any way.
09:29:04 So that's why we had this folder where we try to put all the information there.
09:29:12 Still, people sometimes don't find the information there. This is also an issue, and you will see also in the Kotp website pretty much any question you might have.
09:29:21 You will find the answer somewhere is finding it. That's that's the problem.
09:29:27 So email was the right way to do it when we were all far away.
09:29:32 I think here maybe slack feels more natural because it's more immediate.
09:29:38 It's I don't want to have to send everything through different channels.
09:29:41 The program has a different objective. I think so. We will not be telling you about every event through slack.
09:29:50 I mean, for example, I think, like an email will be more about general things or new ideas that we're having.
09:29:59 So the program should have also them. The social events, their.
09:30:08 Suggestions, I don't have to check all of these.
09:30:16 Okay, so there is going to be. I think the idea is that the the program Google, Doc, and in general the contents of the shared folder are being Updated as we go and you know, I have to figure out the programs new things happening updates to talks stuff like that every now and then
09:30:37 we will probably, and never to do that for every major update.
09:30:40 We will also send a message on slack and an email.
09:30:44 Just a moment that there's there's an update.
09:30:45 On slack. And then there's an update. Maybe we will also include the content of the update.
09:30:49 But in principle, if you are following docklight. You know, if you're on top of it, that should be enough.
09:30:53 Also, if you are on top of slack, that's fine.
09:30:55 We started using flag because for a lot of people, our emails them consistently to junk I don't know what's sorry what's happened to the United States every day in the world.
09:31:08 On the other hand, some people don't seem to be all that familiar with slack.
09:31:11 So we kept the beginning option. But yeah, the parallelism.
09:31:16 It's really a prevalence. It's not a way research.
09:31:21 You can't update the Google Doc. I think it's view only for you.
09:31:26 So if you want to update Google, Doc, you will need to go through us.
09:31:29 We might open it for anything at some point, but for now you will need to go through us for the Google Doc.
09:31:35 Yes, and you can just come and talk to us. It's amazing.
09:31:45 Oh, yeah, yeah, just yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. So first of all, there's got it's, you know, Jack, I think in general, it's gonna be a free mic policy.
09:31:53 So, if there is a you know, at the beginning of its session you can just come and make an announcement that okay, in the afternoon we are going to do this, and if you want to have if you want to make sure that you have a good reach, then you can also announce us like on slack. You can it's it's you have
09:32:08 all access to sending messages on site.
09:32:12 And you can throw those post messages on the email list as well. It's again.
09:32:20 So that's up to you. I would actually be open to making them the program editable.
09:32:27 Yeah, if you play that, you will use it just to put your affiliations.
09:32:32 For example, and the titles of your talks. Then, yeah.
09:32:40 And the Monga residence. There is a blackboard at the entrance.
09:32:43 We will announce daily things will be announced.
09:32:46 There. So as you come in, you can see what's going on.
09:32:50 Also.
09:32:54 Anything else you want to add.
09:32:59 You have your offices, so you will each get a key to an office that you will share with somebody else.
09:33:06 We are all on this first floor corridor at the end.
09:33:14 Here at the office as you come in on the right hand side with me.
09:33:19 Baby rob has. Yes, it's very quick. You just give an emergency name, and then get the keys on your mug.
09:33:27 That's it. Basically the financial issues. They will also explain to you how to get the Family Rise fund, for example. And all these things.
09:33:38 That the best is to they will explain it to you, and they will be able to guide you through the process.
09:33:48 Or if you have a J. One, for example, how to do the check-in, and so on.
09:33:56 Next step next step. So the plan now, as you've all checked already in the program, and seeing the next step, is to have this introduction slides, which I'm sure you've all uploaded into the TV and then the fast the speed dating and this afternoon what's the decision
09:34:22 Aaron on the beginning? Are we starting at 1, 30, or at 115?
09:34:28 The thing is, we have to back at the room at quarter to 5, so it's what did we put in the press?
09:34:39 I think we put 115. No, but then yesterday we were saying.
09:34:48 I try to edit the program hot. What do you want me to put 1 30 to 5?
09:34:56 And then 1 15 to quarter to 5.
09:35:01 Sorry. 1, 32, 2, 3, and then 3, 15 to quarter to 5.
09:35:10 Because then you have the 3 h and a half like everybody else.
09:35:20 Okay. And just so that you know, we have to upload the program of every week.
09:35:25 The Thursday before, so it helps us to know what the program is.
09:35:33 Basically come and knock on your door.
09:35:41 Be doing that. Yeah. Also, you can see in the program for today that there is going to be these one-site introductions commencing very soon.
09:35:54 Now there's now a good, you know, over 20, one-star presentations, I believe.
09:36:01 Thank you, both of you, for that, in case you haven't had a chance to.
09:36:05 They're yours, as you can see, there's going to be a coffee break that's gonna be your last chance.
09:36:11 Please please make use of that. We need those. This is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the crowd.
09:36:17 Apart from this big meeting, but you know, kind of to everyone at once what at once.
09:36:24 So yeah, if you haven't done it yet, please don't freak anymore.
09:36:29 Okay.
09:36:33 Okay, so it's what it says on the cover. So we are doing the introduction right now that we will have the last light introduction.
09:36:42 Yeah, yeah, that's what we wrote in the email. So it's just 90 s.
09:36:48 Sorry. It's 90 s where you basically tell the others what you want them to know about you. Probably science.
09:36:55 But probably science, but we've also been adding 2 or 3 words of social things that might be of relevance for other people like, if you like to play ping pong, you can put it there.
09:37:08 But it's mainly about the science, which is really 90 s.
09:37:11 It's just to give people the gist of what are the questions?
09:37:17 And yes to answer your question. The moves through everyone who's here and who has their slide, including the affinates. So it's not just the so just give some of the are not aware most people here have been invited, you know, on their own right, because we can only invite, pis as
09:37:37 participants, but there was also an opportunity for tis to bring some so called affiliates, so essentially, most of the pages students with them, and they have found that which is great.
09:37:49 So we also have some affiliates with us here, and the affiliates are also participating in both.
09:37:54 The first of all, the ground rules that they are essentially participants, just as anybody else.
09:38:00 So naturally they will be part of the most. I introductions as well as this community.
09:38:09 When new people arrived, everyone gets up by the start.
09:38:12 So we will have this so the speed I think we have, because there's a very natural kind of clustering of people are running now, big one, and there's another class that only 3.
09:38:30 So the speed thing we are, you can see, during those month days the last line introductions.
09:38:32 I'm not sure if we are doing it on everyone what's the final plan for that Monday?
09:38:37 We decided just a third of July, which is the beginning of Week 4. We might add some opportunity for people who arrived.
09:38:56 The vast majority of people are running.
09:39:07 Hello? Question.
09:39:14 On some statistics I just come to. We've exchanged over a thousand emails, but we are organizing this and.
09:39:29 We also piloted. In some sense, I think, the whole idea of this workshop in that.
09:39:34 Actually, some of those meetings are not about starting to discuss the science, and are respective kind of ideas and views of them, and I think.
09:39:49 Different study points, but it also said, like that there was a place for conversions, and exactly what we need.
09:39:59 But it felt very natural. And one thing we we noticed that we also communicated with the thoughts is that sometimes the language it's different, that we use either the same word to mean very different things or different words to mean the same thing.
09:40:17 So when when you discuss, be very aware of this, that sometimes people will not understand you, not because you're talking nonsense, but just simply because you're using words that for them means something else.
09:40:27 And this is part of the exercise. I will end up speaking the same language.
09:40:37 I think exhibition.
09:40:54 It's like a I wonder what causes this for lunch?
09:40:58 Some other places around. Yes.
09:41:05 Before, so I can tell you somethings, I know, but there will be other things that I don't know.
09:41:10 So keep exploring. And tell us so. There's the obvious places here across you just basically walk across the pathway.
09:41:17 And then, if you go in that direction and their left when you get to the end left, there is also an area that has some some cafes.
09:41:28 There's a subway, and and there is another big mensa. I don't know.
09:41:35 The name of the building is maybe 10 min walk from here it's where the shop is, so there there is a big building that also has a mensa here before.
09:41:47 Sometimes folks.
09:41:53 So if you could fix. And really that was actually possible.
09:41:59 Those of you who think you have like local knowledge. These are the things you could put your hands up so that people know no.
09:42:16 A lot of the of the sharing forms of refinement.
09:42:27 We're following that testifying, I think bugs mine.
09:42:30 We were all full. We're such fun as here.
09:42:37 And then there's the beach, just really 50 meters from here and there is a lagoon.
09:42:44 Then.
09:43:07 Alright!
09:43:11 Stories.
09:43:20 Are sounders.
09:43:24 All around them.
09:43:41 Bye!
09:43:45 Yes.
09:43:56 Hmm!
09:44:11 Okay.
09:44:27 So we have till 10. Right, if you want to do your checking quickly.
09:44:50 Now!
09:44:54 Stand, so we will use this computing, for we can point.
09:45:02 That's why we did it on Google.
09:45:09 I'm here starting with yours.
09:45:15 Yeah.
09:45:17 And we start at 10, and then from 1030 to 11 every day.
09:45:22 We'll have the coffee break. Thank you.