The virtual IK 2021 will take place in three phases:
| Phase | Start | End | Description |
| 1 | March 12 | March 19 | In the first week, we have an intensive week of one-hour talks (4pm-8pm CET), covering all facets of the focus theme. |
| 2 | March 19 | April 8 | In the following three weeks, we engage in interdisciplinary projects and more in-depth courses guided by the IK faculty. |
| 3 | April 9 | April 9 | Finally, there will be a final evening (‘colorful evening’) summarizing all results and bringing VIK 2021 to a celebratory close. |
The following speakers have agreed to join:
- Bing Brunton (University of Washington)
Data-driven dynamical models for neuroscience and neuroengineering - Chris Dancy (Bucknell University)
Anti-Blackness, race, and developing AI systems - Sascha Benjamin Fink (Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg)
Search for neural correlates of consciousness - Christiane Floyd (University of Hamburg; emeritus)
Computer modeling and responsibility - Barbara Hammer (University of Bielefeld)
Adversarial machine learning - Celeste Kidd (University of California Berkeley)
Computational cognitive modelling - Emily King (Colorado State University)
Small world graphs - Jutta Kretzberg (University of Oldenburg)
Minimal neural encoding of space - Maithilee Kunda (Vanderbilt University)
Computational modelling of visual processes - Chris Mathys (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati)
Bayesian reasoning in the brain - Dustin Mixon (Ohio State University)
Geometric clustering to motivate the study of eigenvalues - Thekla Morgenroth (University of Exeter)
The gendered nature of gamer stereotypes and what we can do about it - Bernhard Nebel (University of Freiburg)
Multi-agent systems and spatial coordination - Viola Priesemann (Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization)
From neuroscience to epidemiological models - Anna Rafferty (Carleton College)
Personalizing instruction and recognizing student misunderstandings using reinforcement learning - Luc Steels (Pompeu Fabra University)
How art creates meaning and what we can learn about this for human-centric AI - Terry Stewart (National Research Council of Canada)
Representing time and space - Hans Straka (Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich)
Computational principles of gaze-stabilization during locomotion - Tony Veale (University College Dublin)
Your Wit Is My Command: Automating Humour with Computational Creativity - Marieke van Vugt (University of Groningen)
Exploring your own mind - Barbara Webb (University of Edinburgh)
Robot models of Insect Navigation - Wanja Wiese (University of Mainz)
Philosophical aspects of psychiatry
… and more!