Connectionists: Western-Fields Seminar Series: Networks, Random Graphs, and Neuroscience

[Lyle Muller]

The third talk in the 2021 Western-Fields Seminar Series in Networks, Random Graphs, and Neuroscience <http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/20-21/western-fields-seminar-series-networks-random-graphs-and-neuroscience> is next Thursday (10 June) at noon EST. 

Sudeshna Sinha <https://web.iisermohali.ac.in/dept/physics/Sudeshna_Sinha.html> (IISER Mohali) will give a talk titled “Chaos and Noise in the aid of Logic” (abstract below). Dr. Sinha is an expert on dynamics-based computation and wrote foundational papers on computing with networks of nonlinear units (Sinha and Ditto, PRL, 1998; Sinha and Ditto, PRE, 1999).

This seminar series features monthly virtual talks from a diverse group of researchers across machine learning, physics, and graph theory. Upcoming speakers include Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh), Todd Coleman (University of California, San Diego), Krystal Guo (University of Amsterdam), Alexander Lubotzky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Frances Skinner (Krembil Institute), and more.

Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuf-GppzkjHt0W5HMDpME2UpUiE7ntO5JS <https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuf-GppzkjHt0W5HMDpME2UpUiE7ntO5JS>

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Chaos and Noise in the aid of Logic

We discuss how understanding the nature of chaotic dynamics allows us to manipulate these complex systems, and such a controlled chaotic system can then serve as a versatile pattern generator that can be used for a range of applications. Specifically we will discuss the application of chaos to the design of reconfigurable logic gates. Further we indicate how one can exploit the interplay of nonlinearity and noise to obtain more consistent and robust logic operations. We also suggest how these concepts may be applied to systems ranging from electronic circuits and synthetic genetic circuits to nanomechanical oscillators.

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Lyle Muller
http://mullerlab.ca

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