Catalyze Dallas Founder and Managing Director Joe D Cruz Named to Board of Directors for The Center for Advanced Defense Studies
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DALLAS, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Catalyze Dallas founder and managing director Joe D Cruz has been named to the Board of Directors for The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), an international nonprofit dedicated to providing data-driven analysis and evidence-based reporting on global conflict and transnational security issues.
At Catalyze, D Cruz works with defense companies to commercialize their investments in innovation, a role that uniquely suits him to support C4ADS efforts to bridge the intelligence gap between traditional public sector and profit-driven institutions.
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Computational Model Reveals How the Brain Manages Short-Term Memories
December 17, 2020
Summary: A new computational algorithm shows how the brain maintains information in the short term using specific types of neurons.
Source: Salk Institute
If you’ve ever forgotten something mere seconds after it was at the forefront of your mind–the name of a dish you were about to order at a restaurant, for instance–then you know how important working memory is. This type of short-term recall is how people retain information for a matter of seconds or minutes to solve a problem or carry out a task, like the next step in a series of instructions. But, although it’s critical in our day-to-day lives, exactly how the brain manages working memory has been a mystery.
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Terrence Sejnowski, Kay Tye and Ben Tsuda. Credit: Salk Institute slideshow
Getting computers to “think” like humans is the holy grail of artificial intelligence, but human brains turn out to be tough acts to follow. The human brain is a master of applying previously learned knowledge to new situations and constantly refining what’s been learned. This ability to be adaptive has been hard to replicate in machines.
Now, Salk researchers have used a computational model of brain activity to simulate this process more accurately than ever before. The new model mimics how the brain’s prefrontal cortex uses a phenomenon known as “gating” to control the flow of information between different areas of neurons. It not only sheds light on the human brain, but could also inform the design of new artificial intelligence programs.
Salk scientists develop computational model showing how the brain maintains short-term memories
If you ve ever forgotten something mere seconds after it was at the forefront of your mind the name of a dish you were about to order at a restaurant, for instance then you know how important working memory is. This type of short-term recall is how people retain information for a matter of seconds or minutes to solve a problem or carry out a task, like the next step in a series of instructions. But, although it s critical in our day-to-day lives, exactly how the brain manages working memory has been a mystery.