Keynote Lecture: Doris Tsao

Doris Tsao, UC Berkeley
Chief Scientist, Astera Neuro and Professor, UC Berkeley

Doris Tsao is the Chief Scientist for Neuro at Astera and Professor at UC Berkeley in the Neuroscience Department. She is known for elucidating the anatomical anatomy and coding principles of the primate face-processing system and for demonstrating its integration into a broader map of object space. Her recent theoretical work proposes a topological account of how object representations emerge in the visual system. She now aims to build on these advances to develop a deeper understanding of perception and consciousness through large-scale, causal manipulation of neural circuits.