Date:
3.2.25
Monday
Hour: 20:00

DIS-COVER Yair Assulin and Professor Idan Segev

Yair Assulin, writer and thinker, winner of the Sapir Prize for a Debut Novel in 2011, the Ministry of Culture Prize and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 2016. He previously taught Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature at Yale University, writes a regular column in Haaretz newspaper and hosts the thought program on ‘Kan’.


Idan Segev is a Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the Center for Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University, a senior partner in the Blue Brain Project (Switzerland) and the Human Brain Project (EU), and one of the founders of Frontiers, the international scientific journal. His main field of interest is the study of neurons and neural networks in mammalian and human brains, with the aim of understanding “what makes humans unique.” Idan is also interested in the connection between the brain and art, and has run fascinating meetings between artists and scientists.


The dialog will address the revolutionary times we live in – the changing of the world order – the great challenges and opportunities facing humanity today, and the burning questions that lie ahead. It will illuminate the critical importance of partnerships between researchers in the natural sciences and those in the social sciences and humanities, so that we can thrive in a new, fruitful and creative world – humanity as a whole, and Israeli society in particular. 

Under the auspices of The Braginsky Center for the Interface between Science and the Humanities.
 

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Date:
5.5
Monday
Hour: 20:00

The Quantum Age | Yair Assulin & Prof. Roee Ozeri

Yair Assulin will be speaking about quantum computing with Prof. Roee Ozeri, a physicist in the Department of Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science who researches cold atoms used to develop a universal quantum computer and for precision measurements (among other things). He also serves as Vice President for Resource Development and Communications. We will explore what quantum computing truly means, how close we are to its realization, and the significance of a non-binary world that lets us solve previously inaccessible problems, as well as highlight the opportunities, challenges, and questions it creates and the broader implications of this technological revolution. 

 

The discussion will be held in Hebrew  

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s 1932 futuristic novel, presents a chilling satirical vision of a utopian future in which humans are reproduced artificially and their emotions are sterilized through drugs so they will passively serve the government. In this world, war and disease have been eradicated at the cost of individuality, art, family, and love. The novel is considered one of the most influential futuristic masterpieces of the 20th century, coining terms that have become integral to socio-political discourse.
Today, at the dawn of the third millennium, we are living in a “Brave New World” filled with unimaginable advancements but also fear and danger. A world where “space” and “time” are fundamentally different from what we once knew; a world of new human consciousness. The Weizmann Institute is one of the places where this great era is developing, both through research and action. In a series of conversations, Yair Assulin will ask pioneering researchers in some of today’s most revolutionary fields (quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and evolution) to explore the major questions emerging from the various fields of research, the enormously relevant connection between science and the humanities in this era, and the new humanity emerging before our eyes.

 



Sponsored by the Braginsky Center for the Interface between Science and Humanities, with participation from the audience.
 

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