PhD Programme

Anna Bavaresco PhD candidate at FNWI 2023 - 2027

'Both human brains and AI models learn complex representations of visual and linguistic stimuli, yet their learning processes differ substantially. Do they nonetheless converge on similar representations? In my research, I investigate this question by measuring the alignment between the internal representations of vision-and-language AI models and human brain responses recorded while participants view visual or linguistic stimuli. This comparison can reveal both shared representational structures and key differences between biological and artificial intelligence, improving our understanding of both.'

PhD Programme

The ILLC PhD programme, organised by the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam, is a four-year programme designed to support and guide PhD candidates in their track to become highly qualified scientific researchers in the areas described by the institute's research mission. PhD candidates are given the opportunity to benefit from a rich scientific programme as well as a tailor-made transferable-skills programme.

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