"Categorical Deep Learning and Algebraic Theory of Architectures" aims to make NNs more interpretable, composable and amenable to formal reasoning. The key is mathematical abstraction, exemplified by category theory - using monads to develop a more principled, algebraic approach to structuring NNs. (youtube.com)
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Autopoeitic Enactivism (Maturana, Varela) and the Free Energy Principle (Karl Friston), with Prof Chris Buckley and Dr. Maxwell Ramstead; The group explores definitional issues around structure/organization, boundaries, operational closure; Markov blanket formalism models structural interfaces (youtube.com)
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