Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2018

BCMC 2018
March 15-16, 2018 
Center for Neural Engineering and Computation 
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 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. Thank you!


Organizer and Program Chair

Aurel A. Lazar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University.


Program Overview (Confirmed Speakers)


Misha B. Ahrens, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.

Davi Bock, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.

Claude Desplan, Department of Biology, New York University.

Mark A. Frye, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles.

C. Giovanni Galizia, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz.

Maria N. Geffen [ geffenlab. weebly. com/maria. html ] , Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.

Hokto Kazama, Riken Brain Science Institute, Tokyo.

Donggen Luo, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing.

Thomas Nowotny, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex.

Pavan Ramdya, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne.

Aravinthan D.T. Samuel, Department of Physics and center for Brain Science, Harvard University.

Simon G. Sprecher, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg.

Seth Tomchik, The Scripps Research Institute Florida.

Joshua T. Vogelstein, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.

Scott Waddell, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.

Anthony M. Zador, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.


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