# Event Details - **Event Name**: Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: IAS Guest Speaker Professor Sergei Gepshtein delivers a seminar on their research, followed by a lunch.About this EventIAS Guest Speaker Professor Sergei Gepshtein delivers a seminar on their research -A community of scientists and architects has been forming for years around the hope that the sciences of perception, cognition, and behavior could deepen architecture’s understanding of people. A significant literature emerged in support of this expectation. But the work remains marginal to both professions. One reason is that science and architecture hold incompatible abstractions of the person. For experimental science, the person is an observer isolated from surroundings and purpose; for architecture, a figure supplied by theory rather than study. With neither abstraction given priority, I describe a way forward in three parts. First, a new basis of inquiry is emerging, different from the assumptions of either field. Second, this basis brings into view questions that science could have asked long ago but did not, for want of occasion. Third, a new model of education must prepare people to work from this basis and pursue these questions.Dr. Sergei Gepshtein is a scientist and professor whose work spans perceptual psychology, systems neuroscience, and computational neuroscience, with particular emphasis on depth and motion perception, perceptual organization, and the dynamics of biological networks. He is President of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, a professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego, a founding member of the World Building Institute, and founding director of the Center for Spatial Perception & Concrete Experience at the University of Southern California. His work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Kavli Institute, the Swartz Foundation, and Japan’s National Institutes of Natural Sciences. He is developing interdisciplinary curricula that combine the mechanistic accounts developed in science with the experiential and humanistic perspectives central to design.Arrivals from 11:45 am for a 12:00 noon start. For those joining in-person, lunch will be served after the seminar from 1:00pm.International House can be found here on the campus map.If these in person tickets have sold out, you can still register for the online Teams webinar. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/loughborough/searching-for-humanity-in-the-forest-of-abstractions/100001997619730388 - **Event Categories**: science-fair, workshops, health-wellness, art, literary-art, virtual, webinar - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: International House, Loughborough University - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Loughborough - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: International House, Loughborough University - **lat**: 52.7650253 - **long**: -1.2320904 - **full address**: International House, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/cfb9eeac9b60caef6a86fdfb395d53f74e8b7f5bc05e15b311cde1050601bac8-rimg-w960-h540-dc086888-gmir.jpg?v=1786914565 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions being held? - **A:** Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions takes place on Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm at International House, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions? - **A:** Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions is organized by Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Searching for Humanity in the Forest of Abstractions is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Loughborough, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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