Marina Cobal

professor of Physics University of Udine

Marina Cobal is Full Professor of Physics at the University of Udine, an Associate Member of INFN and President of the International Foundation Trieste. Her scientific career has developed in the field of experimental particle physics, with research experience at Fermilab (USA) and CERN (Switzerland), where she worked as a Fellow and later as a Staff Member. She has taken part in some of the leading international collaborations in high-energy physics, including CDF, ATLAS and FCC, contributing to research on the fundamental constituents of matter and the laws that govern the Universe. Her doctoral work was recognised for its contribution to the discovery of the top quark. She is the author or co-author of more than 1,500 scientific publications and has received the Laura Bassi Career Award of the Italian Physical Society. Today she is committed to promoting dialogue between science, innovation, education and society.

Past talks

Sun. 27 September

at 15:00 - 16:15

15:00 - 16:15

Sunday 27 September

Area Talk 2
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste, TS

TRIESTE

INSIDE THE MIND: COMPARING INTELLIGENT MACHINES AND THE HUMAN BRAIN

How does an artificial intelligence take decisions? And does our brain really work so differently? Advanced algorithms now forecast the weather and analyse complex data, yet they often remain hard to interpret. Three PhD students guide the audience through the new intelligences, from AI to neuroscience, looking at more transparent models, explainable predictions and the workings of the nervous system. A tour of research supported by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) 2021–27, exploring how thought arises and what it means for everyday life.

Intervengono

Sara Candussio

PhD student in Natural language processing University of Trieste

Marina Cobal

professor of Physics University of Udine

Giulia Salzano

PhD student in Neurobiology SISSA

Enrico Santi

PhD student in Parallel and high-performance computing University of Udine

Ketty Segatti

central director of the Specialised operational unit for research, innovation, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and other EU funds, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

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