Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2018
Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2018 http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/workshops/bcmc/2018 BCMC 2018 March 15-16, 2018 Center for Neural Engineering and Computation http://cnec.columbia.edu/ 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 http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/hackathons/ffbh/2018 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 https://bcmc2018.eventbrite.com/. Thank you!
Organizer and Program Chair
Aurel A. Lazar http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~aurel, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University.
Program Overview (Confirmed Speakers)
Misha B. Ahrens https://www.janelia.org/lab/ahrens-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Davi Bock https://www.janelia.org/lab/bock-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Claude Desplan https://wp.nyu.edu/desplanlab/, Department of Biology, New York University.
Mark A. Frye http://www.fryelab.net/, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles.
C. Giovanni Galizia http://neuro.uni-konstanz.de/03team/content/galizia.html, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz.
Maria N. Geffen https://geffenlab.weebly.com/maria.html, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.
Hokto Kazama http://kazama.brain.riken.jp/index.php, Riken Brain Science Institute, Tokyo.
Donggen Luo http://mgv.pku.edu.cn/?co=posts&ac=faculty&catalog=enpiintro&pname=en_Donggen_Luo, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing.
Thomas Nowotny http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/206151, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex.
Pavan Ramdya https://ramdya-lab.epfl.ch/home, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne.
Aravinthan D.T. Samuel https://scholar.harvard.edu/aravisamuel/home, Department of Physics and center for Brain Science, Harvard University.
Simon G. Sprecher http://www.sprecherlab.com/simon-sprecher/, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg.
Seth Tomchik http://www.scripps.edu/tomchik/, The Scripps Research Institute Florida.
Joshua T. Vogelstein http://jovo.me/, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.
Scott Waddell https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/research/waddell-group, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.
Anthony M. Zador http://zadorlab.cshl.edu/, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2019 BCMC 2019 March 21-22, 2019 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 http://fruitflybrain.org/hackathons.html is being conducted in conjunction with the workshop. Workshop participants are welcome to attend the hackathon.
Organizer and Program Chair
Aurel A. Lazar http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~aurel, Columbia University
Registration
Registration is free but all participants have to register http://bcmc2019.eventbrite.com/. Thank you!
Lodging and Directions to Venue
Please follow this link http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/workshops/bcmc/2019/directions for lodging details and directions to the hotel and venue.
Sponsorship
The 2019 Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation is supported by the
Department of Electrical Engineering http://www.ee.columbia.edu/, Columbia University
Center for Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science https://datascience.columbia.edu/computing-systems, Data Science Institute, Columbia University
School of Engineering and Applied Science http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/, Columbia University
Invited Speakers
Anton Arkhipov https://www.alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/anton-arkhipov/, Allen Institute of Brain Science.
Richard Benton http://www.unil.ch/cig/benton, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne.
Benjamin L. de Bivort http://lab.debivort.org/, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.
Kristin Branson https://www.janelia.org/lab/branson-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Gwyneth Card https://www.janelia.org/lab/card-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Kevin M. Franks http://www.thefrankslab.org/, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University.
Paul A. Garrity http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/garritylab/Welcome.html, Department of Biology, Brandeis University.
Stephen F. Goodwin https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/research/goodwin-group, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.
Tim Jarsky https://www.alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/tim-jarsky/, Allen Institute of Brain Science.
Karla Kaun https://www.kaunlab.com/, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University.
Gero A. Miesenboeck http://www.cncb.ox.ac.uk/the-science/research-groups/miesenboeck-group/, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford.
Venkatesh N. Murthy https://vnmurthylab.org/, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University.
Stephan Saalfeld https://www.janelia.org/lab/saalfeld-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Louis Scheffer https://www.janelia.org/lab/scheffer-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Srinivas C. Turaga https://www.janelia.org/lab/turaga-lab, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Further information about BCMC 2019 can be found here http://fruitflybrain.org/workshops.html.
participants (1)
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Aurel A. Lazar