This focused program was proposed with the purpose of exploring the application of computational neuroscience to address issues in artificial intelligence (AI), and vice versa. For example, mechanisms of compensating transmission delays in the brain are relevant to the processing of dynamical information in AI, and mechanisms of transforming external information from the body-centered frame to the world-centered frame is relevant to navigation in robotics. Conversely, studies on how deficiencies in AI affect the performance can also shed light on neural disorders such as the Alzheimer Disease.

The program brings together a number of prominent researchers in Statistics, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics with interests in big data to share their research findings, to exchange ideas, and to encourage interactions and collaborations amongst participants.