Minischool and Workshop on Multiple Time Scales in the Dynamics of the Nervous System

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Final List of Participants 1947.pdf Poster Updated 1947.pdf

Minischool and Workshop on Multiple Time Scales in the Dynamics of the Nervous System | (smr 1947)

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Monday, 16 June 2008

08:30 - 09:30 Registration outside Giambiagi Lecture Hall, Adriatico guest house, lower level one.
- 08:30 Registration outside Giambiagi Lecture Hall, Adriatico guest house, lower level one. 1h0'
09:30 - 09:45 Opening Remarks
- 09:30 Opening Remarks 15'

09:45 - 11:15 Multiple time scales in the dynamics of the hippocampus

09:45 Multiple time scales in the dynamics of the hippocampus 1h30'

Speaker:	Alessandro TREVES (Neuroscience, SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	Background Information A.Treves I.pdf

11:15 - 12:45 Fast and slow rhythms emerging in the cortical network
- 11:15 Fast and slow rhythms emerging in the cortical network 1h30'
  
  Speaker: Maria SANCHEZ-VIVES (ICREA Research IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain)
12:45 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:45 Lunch break 1h45'
14:30 - 16:00 Recurrent neural circuit mechanism of decision making and working memory
- 14:30 Recurrent neural circuit mechanism of decision making and working memory 1h30'
  
  Speaker: Xiao-Jing WANG (Neurobiology, Yale Univ., New Haven, USA)

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

09:00 - 10:30 On the relation between spiking and local field potentials during visual perception and memory in the primate brain

09:00 On the relation between spiking and local field potentials during visual perception and memory in the primate brain 1h30'

Speaker:	Gregor RAINER (Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany)
Material:	Abstract G. Rainer.pdf Background Information G. Rainer.pdf

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
- 10:30 Coffee break 30'
11:00 - 12:30 Multi-timescale synaptic plasticity
- 11:00 Multi-timescale synaptic plasticity 1h30'
  
  Speaker: Larry ABBOTT (Neurobiology & Behaviour, Columbia Univ., New York, USA)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'

14:30 - 16:00 Learning rules in the hippocampus and cerebellum

14:30 Learning rules in the hippocampus and cerebellum 1h30'

Speaker:	Samuel S.-H. WANG (Princeton Neuroscience Inst., Princeton Univ., USA)
Material:	Background Information Samuel WANG I.pdf Background Information Samuel WANG II.pdf Background Information Samuel WANG III.pdf Background Information Samuel WANG IV.pdf WANG Samuel Notes Learning Rules in the hippocampus and cerebellum

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

09:00 - 09:45 Functional tradeoffs in axonal scaling: implications for brain dynamics

09:00 Functional tradeoffs in axonal scaling: implications for brain dynamics 45'

Speaker:	Samuel S.-H. WANG (Princeton Neuroscience Inst., Princeton Univ., USA)
Material:	Background Information Samuel WANG V.pdf Background Information Samuel WANG VI.pdf Background Information Samuel WANG VII.pdf WANG Samuel Notes Functional Tradeoffs in Axonal Scaling: Implications for Brain WANG Samuel Notes ICTP INTERNAL USE The cerebellum as a modular neuronal machine

09:45 - 10:30 State transitions in the hippocampus and enthorhinal cortex

09:45 State transitions in the hippocampus and enthorhinal cortex 45'

Speaker:	Alessandro TREVES (Neuroscience, SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	Background Information A.Treves II.pdf

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
- 10:30 Coffee break 30'
11:00 - 11:45 Mechanisms and computational role of slow oscillations in cortical dynamics
- 11:00 Mechanisms and computational role of slow oscillations in cortical dynamics 45'
  
  Speaker: Daniel DURSTEWITZ (Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience, Plymouth, UK)
11:45 - 12:30 Adaptation and integration in cortical neurons through slow ionic currents
- 11:45 Adaptation and integration in cortical neurons through slow ionic currents 45'
  
  Speaker: Maria SANCHEZ-VIVES (ICREA Research IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
14:30 - 15:15 Working memory in visual and pre-frontal cortex
- 14:30 Working memory in visual and pre-frontal cortex 45'
  
  Speaker: Gregor RAINER (Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany)
15:15 - 16:00 Timing and economic choice behavior
- 15:15 Timing and economic choice behavior 45'
  
  Speaker: Xiao-Jing WANG (Neurobiology, Yale Univ., New Haven, USA)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
- 16:00 Coffee break 30'
16:30 - 17:00 POSTER SESSION
- 16:30 POSTER SESSION 30'
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception at Adriatico Cafeteria Terrace
- 19:00 Welcome Reception at Adriatico Cafeteria Terrace 2h0'

Thursday, 19 June 2008

09:00 - 09:45 Fast and slow dynamics in neural networks
- 09:00 Fast and slow dynamics in neural networks 45'
  
  Speaker: Larry ABBOTT (Neurobiology & Behaviour, Columbia Univ., New York, USA)

09:45 - 10:30 Shannon information capacity of discrete synapses

09:45 Shannon information capacity of discrete synapses 45'

Speaker:	Adam BARRETT (Inst. Adaptive & Neural Computation, Univ. Edinburgh, UK)
Material:	Abstract A.B. Barrett.pdf

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
- 10:30 Coffee break 30'

11:00 - 11:45 Binary synapses: better than expected

11:00 Binary synapses: better than expected 45'

Speaker:	Amit MILLER (Gatsby Computational Neurosc. Unit. UCL, UK & Center for Neural Computation, Hebrew Univ., Israel)
Material:	Abstract Amit Miller.pdf

11:45 - 12:30 Adding a weak, stochastic, nonspecific reinforcement process to the clipped perception algorithm lets it efficiently solve the supervised learning problem in neuronal models with binary synapses

11:45 Adding a weak, stochastic, nonspecific reinforcement process to the clipped perception algorithm lets it efficiently solve the supervised learning problem in neuronal models with binary synapses 45'

Speaker:	Carlo BALDASSI (ISI Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Torino, Italy)
Material:	Abstract C. Baldassi.pdf

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'

14:30 - 15:15 Synaptic theory of working memory

14:30 Synaptic theory of working memory 45'

Speaker:	Gianluigi MONGILLO (CNRS - Univ. Rene Descartes, Paris, France)
Material:	Abstract G. Mongillo.pdf

15:15 - 16:00 Memory traces in neuronal circuits
- 15:15 Memory traces in neuronal circuits 45'
  
  Speaker: Haim SOMPOLINSKY (Neurophysics Lab., The Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
- 16:00 Coffee break 30'

16:30 - 17:15 Latching dynamics

16:30 Latching dynamics 45'

Speaker:	Eleonora RUSSO (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	Abstract E. Russo.pdf

17:15 - 18:00 The representation of sequences in the monkey and human brain
- 17:15 The representation of sequences in the monkey and human brain 45'
  
  Speaker: Ehud ZOHARY (A.Silberman Inst. Life Sciences, The Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel)

Friday, 20 June 2008

09:00 - 09:45 Fast and slow dynamics in neural networks with small-world connectivity

09:00 Fast and slow dynamics in neural networks with small-world connectivity 45'

Speaker:	Sara SOLLA (Physiology Dept., Northwestern Univ., Chicago, USA)
Material:	Abstract S. Solla.pdf Complete Background Information Sara Solla.pdf Note Sara Solla on DANIEL AMIT.pdf Notes Sara Solla.ppt

09:45 - 10:30 Irregular persistent activity in a model of a local cortical network

09:45 Irregular persistent activity in a model of a local cortical network 45'

Speaker:	Francesco BARBIERI (ISI Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Torino, Italy)
Material:	Abstract F. Barbieri.pdf

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
- 10:30 Coffee break 30'

11:00 - 11:45 Stochastic integration in counting, timing and binocular rivalry

11:00 Stochastic integration in counting, timing and binocular rivalry 45'

Speaker:	Maurizio MATTIA (Dept. Technologies & Health Inst., Ist. Superiore di Sanita' Roma, Italy)
Material:	Abstract M. Mattia.pdf

11:45 - 12:30 Stochastic transitions in neuronal systems: taste, decisions and timing

11:45 Stochastic transitions in neuronal systems: taste, decisions and timing 45'

Speaker:	Paul MILLER (Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, USA)
Material:	Abstract Paul Miller.pdf

12:30 - 12:45 Closing Remarks
- 12:30 Closing Remarks 15'