Brain x Machine Intelligence Lab

Brain x Machine Intelligence Lab @ KAIST

Laboratory for brain and machine intelligence, KAIST

Course recommendation for Brain x AI study


Basic Tech Tree for undergraduate students (recommended but not mandatory)

  • Linear algebra, probability, statistics

  • Programming courses

  • Brain science basic courses

  • Signal processing, statistical analysis

  • Dynamical system/system modeling

  • Computational/theoretical neuroscience

  • How AI and the brain work*

Basic Tech Tree for graduate students (recommended but not mandatory)

  • Brain-inspired AI**

  • Introduction to functional analysis

  • Convex optimization

  • Information theory


*How AI and the brain work (BCS441)
focuses on inverse problems Ax=y.

  • Matrix algebra basics

  • Linear models

  • Shallow networks

  • Deep learning

  • Neuroscience of deep learning

**Neuroscience-inspired AI (BCS541)
focuses on control problems f(x(t),y(t))=y(t+1).

  • Temporal credit assignment

  • Error backpropagation through time

  • Reinforcement learning

  • Deep reinforcement learning

  • Neuroscience of reinforcement learning