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Brains, Minds, and Machines Open House

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

4:00 - 6:00 pm

100 College Street
Floor 11, Workshop 1116

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Join the Wu Tsai Institute for an Open House to learn about the Graduate Certificate in Brains, Minds, and Machines, a new opportunity for PhD students to engage in cross-disciplinary training that bridges biological, psychological, and computational approaches, to develop an integrated foundation for studying cognition.

On October 22 at 100 College Street, meet Wu Tsai Faculty Members, explore the Institute's Shared Research Facilities, and discover how the certificate can enhance your graduate training. The event concludes with a reception to connect with faculty, current fellows, and peers, along with an opportunity to visit the Institute’s Shared Research Facilities. 

View the Open House agenda below, and contact wti@yale.edu with questions.

Yale PhD students in their first year, from any department, can apply for the Graduate Certificate in Brains, Minds, and Machines, which would begin in their second year and includes interdisciplinary coursework, experiential learning, and professional development.

Open House Agenda

Wu Tsai Faculty Member and director of the Brains, Minds, and Machines Graduate Certificate, Sam McDougle, will give opening remarks.

Into the deep: Next-generation optical microscopy for deep tissue imaging of the nervous system

A NeuroAI approach to studying offline learning in the sleeping brain

Scaling up computational cognitive science

WTI will share details and answer questions about the Graduate Certificate in Brains, Minds, and Machines.

Refreshments will be available in the WTI lounge. Additionally, during the reception at 5:10 and 5:40 pm each Wu Tsai Shared Research Facility will run demos so you can explore the resources the Institute has to offer.

BrainWorks (Floor 1) Non-invasive human brain imaging 

The Plexus (Floor 10) Innovative microscopy 

The Matrix (Floor 11) Data visualization and high-performance computing