Symposium on Active Inference
- Location: Lorentz lecture hall (A1.44) at the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw (KOG), Steenschuur 25, Leiden
- Date and time: Friday, 24 January 2025 from 12:30 to 17:30.
- Register here to attend.
What is this about?
The Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University is organizing a symposium on active inference, a framework that posits perception, planning, and action as a probabilistic inference problem.
Approximate schedule
- 12:30-13:00 Welcome coffee
- 13:00-13:05 Introduction
- 13:05-13:50 Keynote: Brain pathology and neuronal computation by Thomas Parr
- 13:55-14:25 Natural Artificial Intelligence by Bert de Vries
- 14:30-15:00 Making Up Your Mind: A computational model of metacognitive mechanisms in implicit-explicit attitude interaction by Casper Hesp
- 15:00-15:15 Break
- 15:15-15:45 Learning what matters: attention in the predictive brain by Heleen Slagter
- 15:50-16:20 Playfulness and the meaningful life: an active inference perspective by Julian Kiverstein
- 16:25-16:55 Modeling mental health problems – an act of inference by Rutger Goekoop
- 17:00-17:20 Panel discussion
- 17:30-18:30 Drinks
Questions that you might have
Who are eligible to participate?
Registration is open to all interested parties.
Will the sessions be recorded?
Yes, we are arranging this in accordance with speaker permission.
Who are the organizers?
- Michiel van Elk
- Roy de Kleijn
- Huseyin Beykoylu
- Olivier de Winter
I have another question
If you have any questions that are not answered on this information page, feel free to send an email to Roy de Kleijn: kleijnrde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.