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SUMMARY:Speech recognition from brain scans - Dulhan Jayalath (Oxford (PNP
 L))
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240124T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240124T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nDecoding inner monologues from brain signals could 
 be hugely impactful. It has the potential to significantly improve the liv
 es of those who currently can't communicate. In the past five years\, ther
 e have been several notable breakthroughs in this area\, using deep learni
 ng to decode brain signals directly into meaningful text through both surg
 ically invasive and non-invasive methods. In this talk\, I will discuss th
 ese breakthroughs and the current state-of-the-art in brain-speech decodin
 g methods from the perspective of a deep learning researcher. I will also 
 discuss the primary challenges we face in this field and our plans to over
 come them. While the implications of successful decoding are vast\, this f
 ield also navigates complex ethical considerations and the future of this 
 work not only has the potential to improve brain-computer interfaces (BCIs
 ) for communication\, but also extends into many broader applications.\n\n
 Bio:\nDulhan is a DPhil student in the Autonomous Intelligent Machines and
  Systems (AIMS) CDT. At PNPL\, his work focuses on leveraging deep learnin
 g to find efficient representations of brain signals for downstream tasks 
 (e.g. phoneme recognition from heard speech brain data). Prior to joining 
 PNPL\, he worked on multi-agent RL and reasoning with graph neural network
 s at the University of Cambridge. Before this\, he completed his BSc in Co
 mputer Science at the University of Southampton\, where he researched comp
 uter vision systems for visual navigation. He has worked on large language
  models at Speechmatics and developing assembly-level machine learning ker
 nels for new hardware at Arm.\n\nTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l
 /meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWM3YWRlM2EtNDBmZC00YzJkLThjYmEtNTNkM2FlYmY4N2M2
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 f91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222d6d82c4-6b2c-4f77-b979-7c49923c3b36%22%7d\nSpeake
 rs:\nDulhan Jayalath (Oxford (PNPL))
LOCATION:Wolfson College (Levett Room)\, Linton Road OX2 6UD
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