Boston Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM

7:00 PM, Tuesday, 3 March 2026

MIT Room 32-G449 (Kiva) and online via Zoom

DNA for Knowledge --- Underlying Structure for Knowledge

Aviv Segev

Please register in advance for this seminar even if you plan to attend in person at

https://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/4417715580010/WN_Fw_b-NE0Tk-h5Aln176FXg

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Indicate on the registration form if you plan to attend in person. This will help us determine whether the room is close to reaching capacity. We plan to serve light refreshments (probably pizza) before the talk starting at around 6:30 pm. Letting us know you will come in person will help us determine how much pizza to order.

We may make some auxiliary material such as slides and access to the recording available after the seminar to people who have registered.

Abstract:

Biology has DNA, Chemistry has the periodic table, and Physics has those weird equations. This talk will propose the idea that knowledge has an underlying structure. How you can approach this theoretical challenge of an Invisible Brain and how you can analyze knowledge in research work and compare it to neuron activity. From the idea that neuron-less knowledge processing can be viewed in forests to common knowledge processing patterns in networks of different systems. And last we'll discuss the idea of creating a Game of Knowledge.

https://researchoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Aviv-Segev.pdf describes how this can be applied to understanding neuron-less data sharing in forests.

Bio:

Aviv Segev is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science of the School of Computing at the University of South Alabama. His research interest is looking for the DNA of knowledge, an underlying structure common to all knowledge, through analysis of knowledge models in natural sciences, knowledge processing in natural and artificial neural networks, and knowledge mapping between different knowledge domains. In 2004 he received his Ph.D. from Tel-Aviv University in Technology and Information Systems.

Directions to 32-G449 - MIT Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA: Please use the main entrance to the Stata Center at 32 Vassar Street (the entrance closest to Main street) as those doors will be unlocked. Upon entering, proceed to the elevators which will be on the right after passing a large set of stairs and a MITAC kiosk. Take the elevator to the 4th floor and turn right, following the hall to an open area; 32-G449 will be on the left. Location of Stata on campus map

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