Dear
all,
We
are glad to announce the 1st Evolving
Neural Networks Workshop (June
17, 2021).
The
goal of the workshop is to bring together experts from Systems and Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning and the Evo-Devo field to discuss if and how knowing the evolutionary history of neural circuits can help us understand the way the brain works,
as well as the relative importance of learned VS innate neural mechanisms.
We
have a great list of speakers from the fields of Systems
and Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning and
Evolutionary Developmental (Evo-Devo) biology.
SCHEDULE
(Eastern Time)
8-8.10 Intro
8.10-8.35 Pamela
Lyon What basal cognition can do for you (neuroscientists)
8.35-9.00 Luis
Puelles Brain
evolution crosses an ontogenetic 'ant's country' that escapes analysis
9.00-9.25 Paul
Cisek The
evolution of the human brain, long before humans
9.25-9.50 Robert
Yang Evolving
the Olfactory System with Machine Learning
09.50-10.20 Discussion
10.20-10.40 Break
10.40-10.50 Intro
10.50-11.15 Linda
Wilbrecht Considering
contextual factors at acute and evolutionary timescales in the study of learning and decision making
11.15-11.40 Ida
Momennejad TBA
11.40-12.05 Dayu
Lin Neural
mechanisms of aggression
12.05-12.30 Tony
Zador Learning
through the Genomic Bottleneck
12.30-13.00 Discussion