02-24-2005, 12:25 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear Friends,
The Penn State Vedic Society is extremely honored to host eminent scholar and scientist, Prof. Subhash Kak on Feb 25th and 26th, 2005. Prof. Kak is the Donald C. & Elaine T. Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs at Louisiana State University, LA. He will deliver special lectures on two very interesting and thought-provoking topics: The Aryan Invasion Theory & Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence. We look forward to seeing you all. Please visit:
http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/vedicsociety...es/kak.htm for the graphics version.
Session topics:
1. The Aryan Invasion Theory and India's History (25th Feb, Friday, 6:30 pm, 102 Thomas, FREE ENTRY)
Abstract: India's early political history and its culture and society have been traditionally analyzed on the basis of the invasion of the Aryans into the country around 1500 BC. The current status of this theory will be discussed and the newest findings from archaeology, genetics, and history of science that have a bearing on this question will be presented.
2. Consciousness and AI (26th Feb, Saturday, 11:30 am, 102 Thomas, FREE ENTRY AND FREE LUNCH)
Abstract: Consciousness is the ultimate scientific mystery. Will machines ever be conscious? Does consciousness reduce the quantum wave function? What does neuroscience have to tell us about it? These questions will be examined in this talk.
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About the speaker:
Dr. Subhash Kak joined the Louisiana State University faculty in 1979, with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has worked in the areas of wireless, data security, neural networks, information technology, and quantum information processing. His research on neural networks has focused on instantaneously trained neural networks (INNs) and their applications to prediction, data compression, and communications.
Personal webpage: http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/hist.html
Dr Kak is the Donald C. & Elaine T. Delaune Distinguished Professor at LSU and a prominent thinker. Some of his accomplished books include:
1. The wishing tree.
2. In the search of the cradle of civilization (co-authored with G.Feuerstein and D. Frawley).
3. The Gods Within: Mind, Consciousness and the Vedic Tradition.Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2002. ISBN 81-215-1063-5.
4. Computing Science in Ancient India, 2000. ISBN: 81-215-0985-8. (with T.R.N. Rao) (USL Press, Lafayette, LA, 1998).
Technical books include:
1. Advances in Communications and Signal Processing, Springer-Verlag, 1989. (with W.A. Porter).
2. Advances in Computing and Control, Springer-Verlag, 1989. (with W.A. Porter and J.L. Aravena).
3. The Architecture of Knowledge: Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, Computers and Consciousness, CSC/MLBD, 2003.
With Best Regards,
Team Vedic Society.
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The Penn State Vedic Society is extremely honored to host eminent scholar and scientist, Prof. Subhash Kak on Feb 25th and 26th, 2005. Prof. Kak is the Donald C. & Elaine T. Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs at Louisiana State University, LA. He will deliver special lectures on two very interesting and thought-provoking topics: The Aryan Invasion Theory & Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence. We look forward to seeing you all. Please visit:
http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/vedicsociety...es/kak.htm for the graphics version.
Session topics:
1. The Aryan Invasion Theory and India's History (25th Feb, Friday, 6:30 pm, 102 Thomas, FREE ENTRY)
Abstract: India's early political history and its culture and society have been traditionally analyzed on the basis of the invasion of the Aryans into the country around 1500 BC. The current status of this theory will be discussed and the newest findings from archaeology, genetics, and history of science that have a bearing on this question will be presented.
2. Consciousness and AI (26th Feb, Saturday, 11:30 am, 102 Thomas, FREE ENTRY AND FREE LUNCH)
Abstract: Consciousness is the ultimate scientific mystery. Will machines ever be conscious? Does consciousness reduce the quantum wave function? What does neuroscience have to tell us about it? These questions will be examined in this talk.
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About the speaker:
Dr. Subhash Kak joined the Louisiana State University faculty in 1979, with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has worked in the areas of wireless, data security, neural networks, information technology, and quantum information processing. His research on neural networks has focused on instantaneously trained neural networks (INNs) and their applications to prediction, data compression, and communications.
Personal webpage: http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/hist.html
Dr Kak is the Donald C. & Elaine T. Delaune Distinguished Professor at LSU and a prominent thinker. Some of his accomplished books include:
1. The wishing tree.
2. In the search of the cradle of civilization (co-authored with G.Feuerstein and D. Frawley).
3. The Gods Within: Mind, Consciousness and the Vedic Tradition.Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2002. ISBN 81-215-1063-5.
4. Computing Science in Ancient India, 2000. ISBN: 81-215-0985-8. (with T.R.N. Rao) (USL Press, Lafayette, LA, 1998).
Technical books include:
1. Advances in Communications and Signal Processing, Springer-Verlag, 1989. (with W.A. Porter).
2. Advances in Computing and Control, Springer-Verlag, 1989. (with W.A. Porter and J.L. Aravena).
3. The Architecture of Knowledge: Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, Computers and Consciousness, CSC/MLBD, 2003.
With Best Regards,
Team Vedic Society.
(www.thevedicsociety.org)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->