Connectionists: Fwd: [seminar.wwtns] World wide VVTNS series: Wednesday 13, 2024, at 11:00 am EST| Friedemann Zenke, University of Basel

[David Hansel]

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Date: Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Subject: [seminar.wwtns] World wide VVTNS series: Wednesday 13, 2024, at
11:00 am EST| Friedemann Zenke, University of Basel
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You are cordially invited to the lecture given by

Friedemann Zenke,  University of  Basel
 on the topic of

Learning invariant representations through prediction

The lecture will be held on zoom on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at *11:00
am EST *

To receive the zoom link: https://www.wwtns.online/register-page

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> *Abstract: *How do synapses in the middle of the brain know how to adjust
their weight to advance a behavioral goal (i.e. learning)? This is referred
to as the synaptic ‘credit assignment problem’. A large variety of synaptic
learning rules have been proposed, mainly in the context of artificial
neural networks. The most powerful learning rules (e.g. back-propagation of
error) are thought to be biologically implausible, whereas the widely
studied biological learning rules (Hebbian) are insufficient for
goal-directed learning. I will describe ongoing work focused on
understanding synaptic learning rules in the cortex in a brain-computer
interface task.

*About VVTNS : Launched as the World Wide  Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar
(WWTNS) in November 2020 and renamed in homage to Carl van Vreeswijk in
Memoriam (April 20, 2022), Speakers have the occasion to talk about
theoretical aspects of their work which cannot be discussed in a setting
where the majority of the audience consists of experimentalists. The
seminars, **held on Wednesdays at 11 am ET,**  are 45-50 min long followed
by a discussion. The talks are recorded with authorization of the speaker
and are available to everybody on our YouTube channel.*


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