Symposium Agenda
Thursday, April 18, 2019 | |
8:45 – 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
Session 1 | |
9:00 – 9:50 a.m. | Modeling a giant neuron that shapes neural codes for odors
Mark Stopfer, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, MD, USA |
9:50 – 10:40 a.m. | Algorithms and circuits for olfactory navigation in Drosophila
Kathy Nagel, New York University, NY, USA |
10:40 – 11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Toward a high-fidelity artificial retina
EJ Chichilnisky, Stanford University, CA, USA |
11:50 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. | Image statistics and cortical visual processing: V1, V2, and deep learning
Odelia Schwartz, University of Miami, FL, USA |
12:40 – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Session 2 | |
1:45 – 2:35 p.m. | Processing of perceptual manifolds in deep networks and the brain
SueYeon Chung, MIT, MA, USA |
2:35 – 3:25 p.m. | Computations and neural mechanisms of multisensory perception
Uta Noppeney, University of Birmingham, UK |
3:25 – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
3:45 – 4:35 p.m. | Quantifying cognitive states with canonical circuit models
Shashaank Vattikuti, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, MD, USA |
4:35 – 5:25 p.m. | Computational efficiency of cortical circuits
Alex Pouget, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
Friday, April 19, 2019 | |
Session 3 | |
9:00 – 9:50 a.m. | New latent variable models for extracting low-dimensional structure from high-dimensional spike train data
Jonathan Pillow, Princeton University, NJ, USA |
9:50 – 10:40 a.m. | Learning interpretable models of neural population dynamics from data
Tatiana Engel, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA |
10:40 – 11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Using models to bridge data to mechanism
Adrienne Fairhall, University of Washington, WA, USA |
11:50 – 12:40 p.m. | Navigating response gain and network stability in networks with diverse interneurons
Brent Doiron, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
12:40 – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Session 4 | |
1:45 – 2:35 p.m. | Learning hierarchical structure with simple computations
Anne Collins, University of California – Berkeley, CA, USA
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2:35 – 3:25 p.m. | Affect and Decision Making in Health and Disease
Tali Sharot, University College London, UK |
3:25 – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
3:45 – 4:35 p.m. | Linking models for human systems neuroscience
Justin Gardner, Stanford University, CA, USA |
4:35 – 5:25 p.m. | Computational perspectives on human learning: from network theory to neural representations
Danielle Bassett, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA |
Lunch Options
There is a cafeteria in Building 35 where you can purchase lunch on site during the breaks. Food selection can be viewed at: Building 35 Dining.
However, if you prefer to order a boxed lunch for April 18th, 2019 or April 19th, 2019, please visit The Fresh Fork to view the options and place your order by 4 pm on April 15th, 2019.
When placing your order, please enter the following meeting information when prompted:
- Meeting Name: From Neural Activity to Behavior
- Delivery Date and Time: April 18th, 2019, 12:00 p.m. or April 19th, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
- Delivery Location: NIH Campus, Building 35A, GE620/630