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• CBMM Research Continues! After the conclusion of CBMM, we are continuing the research on the foundations of intelligence. To check our progress look at our blog posts at https://poggio-lab.mit.edu/blog/
• The Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) Concludes A note from CBMM's co-Director Tomaso Poggio.
• Words for Kathleen & Kris A note from CBMM's co-Director Tomaso Poggio.
• The Center for Brains, Minds & Machines (2013-2025) Our final message:
• A fond farewell! Join us in celebrating the work and contributions of Kathleen Sullivan and Kris Brewer to the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines. We are wishing them farewell and best of luck on their next endeavors, while celebrating the end of CBMM.
• Brains, Minds + Machines Summer Course | MBL Woods Hole, MA An intensive three-week course which gives a “deep end” introduction to the problem of intelligence.

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The Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (CBMM) is a multi-institutional NSF Science and Technology Center dedicated to the study of intelligence - how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines.

The Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) is a multi-institutional NSF Science and Technology Center dedicated to the study of intelligence - how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines.

After the conclusion of CBMM, we are continuing the research on the foundations of intelligence. To check our progress, look at our blog posts here - https://poggio-lab.mit.edu/blog/

Brains, Minds, and Machines Summer Course

A CBMM flagship program, the Brains, Minds, and Machines Summer Course is an immersive 3-week course that provides a broad introduction to research on human & machine intelligence, combining three core disciplines — computation, neuroscience, and cognition — where students learn about common empirical & theoretical methods used in the field, and compelling results of this research, with an emphasis on the scientific mission of the Center.read more »

The Science of Intelligence Learning Hub

Explore the science of intelligence through lectures, tutorials, and courses offered by the CBMM community, and experiment with modeling and data analysis tools used in neuroscience, cognitive science, and AI, to study intelligence in brains and machines!read more »

#TeachMeSomething

How are we able to see (how the brain works)?

#MITTeachMeSomethingTuesday How are we able to see (how the brain works)?

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Featured news

What Can a Cell Remember? [Quanta Magazine] August 5, 2025 A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory... see more news »

Seminars + events

With the ending of CBMM, Center events will not continue. But, please enjoy the listings, videos and other associated materials from our past events using the link below. see more events »

CBMM spotlight

Lorenzo Rosasco: Machine Learning Associated Research Thrust(s): Theoretical Frameworks for Intelligence see more spotlights »

Highlighted publications

T. Poggio, “A Perspective: Sparse Compositionality and Efficiently Computable Intelligence”. 2026. T. Poggio, “Associative Memory as the Core of Intelligence in Technology and Evolution”. 2026. CBMM Memo No: 158 R. Dubach, Abdallah, M. S., and Poggio, T., “Multiplicative Regularization Generalizes Better Than Additive Regularization”. 2025. see more Publications »

Featured video

DeepMind CEO’s Former Mentor: AI is Intelligent, Not Conscious If robots experience real pain, are they conscious? I spoke with Tomaso Poggio about future of AGI, AI's impact on human society, the signs of sentience in AI, and AI predictions. Tomaso Poggio is... see more videos »