Thanks Paco!

Next, Octavio Arriaga discussed the importance of physics in learning algorithms, in particular in computer vision and robotics 🤖⚛️

And @emilevankrieken.com introduced new work on reasoning shortcuts: Be aware of them when you apply your NeSy predictors ♻️!

Today, @yuqichengzhu.bsky.social opened the oral session with a beautiful talk on a Neurosymbolic extension of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with an argumentation framework

Now, Deborah McGuinness is giving her keynote talk, reflecting on how insights from her career can help grow the field of Neurosymbolic to where it should be:
At the top 🚀

We're glad to announce the NeSy 2025 Test of Time award for "Probabilistic Inference Modulo Theories"!

🏆Rodrigo de Salvo Braz was here to accept the award.

This is groundwork for recent NeSy approaches like DeepSeaProbLog and the probabilistic algebraic layer.

Object representations can be used in different settings:
- Videos
- 3D modelling
- Robotic representations
This especially helps in the low-data regime!

Monday afternoon was @tkipf.bsky.social 's beautiful keynote!

Does object-centric representations still matter in the age of Generative AI where Transformers are key?

Yes - But it's not part of the architecture:

Behind all of these very nice methods are one central trick...

Circuits! ➕✖️
These are tractable generative neural networks 😍

Did you know Neurosymbolic methods can beat 'the other's turf'?

Just use a 100x smaller LM with symbolic constraints integrated via Ctrl-G to wipe the floor with GPT!🧹
arxiv.org/abs/2406.13892
@guyvdb.bsky.social

Yes, we are planning to share the recordings after the conference!

How can reverend Bayes help us to incorporate constraints?

With NeSy of course 👀 With applications in non-toxic LLM generation and safe AI driving!
@guyvdb.bsky.social

Now, @guyvdb.bsky.social is giving the opening keynote arguing why symbolic AI is still relevant in the age of LLMs...

With the help of Shrek!

Yes, we hope to share the keynotes after the conference!

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