Program
Day 1. June 15th.
..-9:15 Welcome coffee
9:15 -9:30 Welcome note - Evgeny Osipov
9:30-10:30 Keynote 1. Thinking about Vector Symbolic Architectures (Dr. Ross Gayler). Abstract.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 Keynote 2. Hierarchies in hyperdimensional spaces (Prof. Dmitri Rachkovskij). Abstract.
12:00 - 12:30: Presentations of the workshop challenges. See challenge descriptions here.
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:30: Lightning talks session 1 Abstract (up to 20 minutes each)
15:30 Coffee break
15:30-18:00 Workshop challenge activities
18:00-20:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
20:00-22:00 FREE TIME
22:00-23:00 MIDNIGHTVSA SESSION (HYBRID ONLINE AND PHYSICAL)
Day 2. June 16th.
9:30-10:30 Keynote 3. What can transformers and VSA learn from each other? (Dr. Tony Plate). Abstract.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 Keynote 4. Spikes for Cognition: Hyperdimensional Computing with Spiking Phasors (Prof. Jeff Orchard). Abstract.
12:00-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:30 Ligtening talks 2 (up to 20 minutes each) and Work-in-progress talks (up to 10 minutes each) Abstract
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-16:30 General assembly: reports on workshop challenges, concludinbg remarks.
16:30 WORKSHOP ENDS