Connectionists: REMINDER: World wide VVTNS series (6th season): Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 11:00 am ET - Jakob Macke Tubingen University

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You are cordially invited to  the lecture

Jakob Macke
Tubingen University

 on the topic of

*Learning mechanistic models that link cells, circuits, and computations*

The lecture will be held on zoom on December 17, 2025, at *11:00 am ET *

> To receive the link: https://www.wwtns.online/register-page
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*Abstract: *Modern experimental techniques now reveal the structure and
function of neural circuits at unprecedented scale and resolution. How can
we use this wealth of data to understand how cells and circuits implement
computations underlying behaviour? Achieving this goal requires models that
are consistent with biophysical mechanisms and circuit dynamics, yet
flexible enough to capture behaviourally relevant computations. We develop
simulation-based machine learning methods that address this challenge. I
will show how these approaches—in combination with connectomic
measurements—make it possible to build large-scale mechanistic models of
the fruit fly visual system. Our methods generalize across systems and
scales, defining a new way to study biological systems by algorithmically
learning interpretable models that reveal how structure and dynamics gives
rise to behaviour.

*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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