| Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 7/20, 10:00 a.m. |
Group Meeting |
Brief Descriptions by Program Participants of Their Scientific Interests |
| 7/22, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Anthony Brockwell
Carnegie Mellon University |
Granger Causality and Time Series Modeling of Neuronal Data[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 7/23, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Andrew Schwartz
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
Historical Overview of Systems Neuroscience[Aud][Cam] |
| 7/27, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Florida Atlantic University |
Network Analysis of Neural Oscillations and Granger Causality Spectra[Aud][Cam] |
| 7/28, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Dan Moran
Washington University |
Hand Orientation and Translational Control in Motor Cortex[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/3, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Dan Butts
Harvard |
Simple Measures of Visual Encoding Versus Information Theory[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/4, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Ben Vincent
University of Bristol |
An Overview of Neural Energy Efficiency and its Potential Role in Cognitive Model Building[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/5, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Tony Bell |
What, (if anything) is the Objective Function of the Brain?[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/6, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Sara Solla |
Self-Sustained Activity in a Small-World Network of Excitable Neurons[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/10, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Bill Bialek
Princeton |
Features, Dimensions and Information[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/11, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Alexei Koulakov
Cold Spring Harbor Lab |
How to Find Decision-Makers in Neural Networks[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/12, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Tali Tishby
KITP & Hebrew University/University Pennsylvania |
Minimum Population Information: More on the Link Between Information, Learning, and Neurophysiology[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/13, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Misha Tsodyks
Weizmann Institute |
Associative Memory Modeling and Psychophysics[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/16, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Terry Sejnowski
The Salk Institute |
Spike Time Patterns[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/17, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck
University of Indiana |
Neural Computation on Natural Signals: Lessons from the Fly Visual System[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/18, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Peter Sterling
University of Pennsylvania |
Why the Retina Uses Parallel Channels[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/19, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Michael Berry
Princeton |
Constraints and Principles for Population Codes[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/20, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Dawei Dong
Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University |
Nonstationarity, Causality and Information Maximization in Awake and Behaving Cats: Some Hints on Sensory-Motor Integration[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/23, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. William Levy
University of Virginia |
Understanding Neuronal Computation and Communication by Analyzing Metabolic Costs[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/24, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Pamela Reinagel
UCSD |
Coding of Information in a Mammalian Sensory Relay[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/25, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Simon Laughlin
Cambridge |
Relationships Between Energy Consumption and Information Capacity Illustrated by Fly Photoreceptors[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/26, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Markus Meister
Harvard |
Adaptation in the Neural Code of the Retina[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/27, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Garrett Stanley
Harvard |
Task Dependent Coding in Sensory Pathways[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/30, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Gonzalo de Polavieja
University Madrid |
Do Action Potential Waveforms Convey Infomation about the Stimulus?[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/31, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Vijay Balasubramanian
KITP & Penn |
Bright vs Dark in Natural Scenes: Implications for Retinal Structure[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/01, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jan Karbowski
Caltech |
Conserved Relationships and Trade-Offs in the Brain Design[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/02, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Sam Wang
Princeton |
Speed Limits in Mammalian Brains: Scaling Constraints from Biophysics[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/03, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Mitya Chklovskii
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
Wiring of a Cortical Column[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/07, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Mark Changizi
Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology, Caltech |
Natural Scene Statistics and the Structure of Visual Signs Over Human History[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/08, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Dan Lee
University Pennsylvania |
Machine Learning for Sensorimotor Processing[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/09, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Theo Geisel
Universität Göttingen MPI |
Speed Limits and Unstable Attractors in Synchronizing Networks[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/10, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Susanna Still
Princeton |
Active Learning by Extraction of Predictive Information[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/13, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Fred Wolf
Goettingen |
Long-Range Coupling and Visual Cortical Architecture[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/14, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jorge José
Northeastern |
Neurokinematic Model of Zebra Fish Swimming, and Maybe a Bit of Attention[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/15, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Charles Stevens
Salk |
What V1 Computes[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/15, 4:00 p.m. |
Dr. Fred Wolf
Goettingen |
Symmetry, Multistability, and Long-Range Interactions in Brain Development[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/16, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Ken Harris
Rutgers |
Cell Assemblies in the Waking, Sleeping, and Anesthetized Brain[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/17, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Leslie Osborne
UCSF |
Precision and Variability of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/20, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Randy Gallistel
Rutgers |
An Information Processing Perspective on Conditioning[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/21, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Ila Fiete
KITP |
A Synaptic Theory of Gradient Learning with Empiric Inputs[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/22, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. David Foster
Manchester |
Information Theory and the Limits on Colour Vision in Natural Scenes[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/23, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Greg Stephens
LANL |
Motifs in the Functional Connectivity of Primary Neuronal Cultures[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/24, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Dezhe Jin
Penn State |
The Tilt Aftereffect and Adaptation-Induced Changes in Orientation Tuning in Visual Cortex[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/27, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. David Kleinfeld
University of California San Diego |
Dynamical Aspects of Sensorimotor Feedback in the Rat Vibrissa System[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/28, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Andrei Khrennikov
Vaxjo University |
P-Adic Tree-Like Models of representation of Mental States[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/29, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jeff Moehlis
UCSB |
Response Dynamics of Neural Oscillator Populations[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/30, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Ilya Nemenman
KITP & Columbia |
Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem and Models of Learning[Aud][Cam] |
