Archives 2014

Thurs. December 18th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Julijana GJORGJIEVA (homepage)

Center for Brain Science and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Harvard University

  Title:
Implications of neuronal diversity on information transmission in networks and population coding
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. December 11th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Rainer ENGELKEN (homepage)

Theoretical Neuroscience,
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Network Dynamics Group

  Title:
Chaos and Entropy Production in Spiking Networks
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. December 4th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Mihai A. PETROVICI (homepage)

Electronic Vision(s) Group, University of Heidelberg

  Title:
Stochastic computation in spiking neural networks
Abstract

 

 

CANCELLED
Thurs. November 27th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Magnus RICHARDSON (homepage)

Systems Biology Centre,
University of Warwick

  Title:
Dynamics of the neuromodulator adenosine
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. November 20th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Grégory DUMONT (homepage)

Physcis Department,
University of Ottawa

  Title:
Phase Transition in an Excitatory Integrate-and-Fire Neural Network
Abstract

 

 

Tues. November 18th, 2014
Location: SV1717a
Time: 10h30

(not part of the EPFL Neuroscience PhD coursebook)

Yonatan ALJADEFF (homepage)

Computational Neurobiology Laboratory,
The Salk Institute, California

  Title:
Dynamics of structured random neural networks
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. November 13th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Rubén MORENO-BOTE (homepage)

Computational Neuroscience – Moreno Bote Lab,
Foundation Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona

  Title:
Information-limiting correlations
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. November 6th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 15h15

André LONGTIN (homepage)

Center for Neural Dynamics,
University of Ottawa

  Title:
Coding of weak stimuli and looming/receding stimuli with adaptation
Abstract

 

 

Thursday, October 30th: Swiss Computational Neuroscience Seminars –
University Bern
 

Time: 14:15 – 15:45

Wolfgang MAASS (homepage)

Institute for Theoretical Computer Science,
Technische Universität Graz

  Title:
Self-organization of networks of spiking neurons through learning
Abstract
     
Time: 15:55 – 16:15 Coffee Break
     
Time: 16:15 – 17:45

Nathaniel DAW (homepage)

Center for Neural Sciences, New York University

  Title:
Multiple reinforcement learning systems in the brain
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. October 9th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Albert COMPTE (homepage)

Theoretical Neurobiology of Cortical Circuits,
IDIBAPS, Barcelona

  Title:
Bump attractor dynamics explains behavioral precision in spatial working memory: neurophysiology and psychophysics
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. September 25th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Johanni BREA (homepage)

Department of Physiology,
University of Bern

  Title:
Forgetting in the fruit fly: bug or feature?
Abstract

 

 

Thurs. September 18th, 2014
Location: AAC132
Time: 13h30

Raoul-Martin MEMMESHEIMER (homepage)

Faculty of  Science, Neuroinformatics,
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

  Title:
Learning precisely timed spikes
Abstract

 

 

Monday Sept. 15th, 2014
Location: SV2615
Time: 11h00

(not part of the EPFL Neuroscience PhD coursebook)

Aditya GILRA (homepage)

PhD student at Prof Upinder Bhalla’s lab at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, lndia

  Title:
Roles, connectivity and plasticity of interneurons in the olfactory bulb
Abstract

 

 

BMI Seminar
Wed. September 10th, 2014
Location: SV 1717a
Time: 12h15

Matteo CARANDINI (homepage)

Cortical Processing Laboratory,
University College London

  Title:
Spatial computations in mouse visual cortex
Abstract

 

 

Tues. July 1st, 2014
Location: AAC 008
Time: 13h30

Stefano FUSI (homepage)

Center for Theoretical Neuroscience,
Columbia University College

  Title:
High dimensional brains: the computational advantages of the diversity of neural responses
Abstract

 

 

Tuesday,May 20th, 2014
Location: CO 121
Time: 10h30

Michele GIUGLIANO (homepage)

Theoretical Neurobiology & Neuroengineering Lab, Dept. Biomedical Sciences,
University of Antwerp

  Title:
The dynamical response properties of cortical neurons
Abstract

 

 

Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
Location: CM 011
Time: 13h45

Rodrigo COFRE (homepage)

INRIA, Sophia Antipolis

  Title:
Exact computation of the Maximum Entropy Potential from spiking neural networks models
Abstract

 

 

Thursday, Feb 20th, 2014
Location: AAC 108
Time: 13h45

Mark van ROSSUM (homepage)

Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation
University of Edinburgh

  Title:
Homeostatic control of neurons: a control theory approach
Abstract

 

 

Tuesday, Jan 14th, 2014
Location: BC 420
Time: 14h15

Maneesh SAHANI (homepage)

Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
University College London 

  Title:
Perceiving is Believing: Bayesian inference in unexpected places
Abstract

 

 

Thursday, Jan 9th, 2014
Location: SG 0213
Time: 13:45

Jonathan PILLOW (homepage)

Psychology & Neurobiology,
The University of Texas at Austin

  Title:
Unlocking the neural code in neurons and neural populations using advanced statistical models and methods
Abstract