Connectionists: Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2018

[Aurel A. Lazar]

Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2018 <http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/workshops/bcmc/2018>
BCMC 2018
March 15-16, 2018 
Center for Neural Engineering and Computation <http://cnec.columbia.edu/> 
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA


Overview

The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers interested in developing
executable models of neural computation/processing of the brain of model organisms.
Of interest are models of computation that consist of elementary units of processing
using brain circuits and memory elements. Elementary units of computation/processing
include population encoding/decoding circuits with biophysically-grounded neuron models,
non-linear dendritic processors for motion detection/direction selectivity, spike processing
and pattern recognition neural circuits, movement control and decision-making circuits, etc.
Memory units include models of spatio-temporal memory circuits, circuit models for memory
access and storage, etc. A major aim of the workshop is to explore the integration of various
sensory and control circuits in higher brain centers.

A Fruit Fly Brain Hackathon <http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/hackathons/ffbh/2018> is being conducted in conjunction with the workshop.
Workshop participants are welcome to attend the hackathon.

Registration

Registration is free but all participants have to register <https://bcmc2018.eventbrite.com/>. Thank you!



Organizer and Program Chair

Aurel A. Lazar <http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~aurel>, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University.



Program Overview (Confirmed Speakers)


Misha B. Ahrens <https://www.janelia.org/lab/ahrens-lab>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.

Davi Bock <https://www.janelia.org/lab/bock-lab>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.

Claude Desplan <https://wp.nyu.edu/desplanlab/>, Department of Biology, New York University.

Mark A. Frye <http://www.fryelab.net/>, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles.

C. Giovanni Galizia <http://neuro.uni-konstanz.de/03team/content/galizia.html>, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz.

Maria N. Geffen <https://geffenlab.weebly.com/maria.html>, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.

Hokto Kazama <http://kazama.brain.riken.jp/index.php>, Riken Brain Science Institute, Tokyo.

Donggen Luo <http://mgv.pku.edu.cn/?co=posts&ac=faculty&catalog=enpiintro&pname=en_Donggen_Luo>, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing.

Thomas Nowotny <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/206151>, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex.

Pavan Ramdya <https://ramdya-lab.epfl.ch/home>, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne.

Aravinthan D.T. Samuel <https://scholar.harvard.edu/aravisamuel/home>, Department of Physics and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University.

Simon G. Sprecher <http://www.sprecherlab.com/simon-sprecher/>, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg.

Seth Tomchik <http://www.scripps.edu/tomchik/>, The Scripps Research Institute Florida.

Joshua T. Vogelstein <http://jovo.me/>, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.

Scott Waddell <https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/research/waddell-group>, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.

Anthony M. Zador <http://zadorlab.cshl.edu/>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.


Aurel
http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu <http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/>





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