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10th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation

UC Irvine
Beckman Conference Center



May 17, 2003

PROGRAM

Past Programs Program Committee Proceedings

As in past years, the program will include 20 minute lectures (see below), "highlights" from poster presenters, followed by a lively, interactive poster session.
8:00 am Registration
8:50 am Welcome
Session 1 Systems, Learning & Behavior
9:00am Ramon Huerta
UCSD
The Classification Problem in the Olfactory System of Insects
9:20 am Bill Kristan
UCSD
The Dynamics of Choice: How Leeches Decide Among Behaviors
9:40 am David Reinkensmeyer
UCI
A Computational Model of Sensory-Motor Training Following Neurologic Injury
10:00 am Spotlights: Session A
Begley, J Visuomotor coordination in a neuromechanical salamander simulation
Chenu, J Automatic evaluation of human-robot interaction
Mohajerian, P A unifying computational framework for optimization and dynamic systems approaches to motor control
Nowotny, T Learning classification and association in the olfactory system of insects
Pesaran, B Eye movements predict target selection in a reach search task
Wiewiora, E Learning optimal gaze decomposition
Zhou, C, Combining multiple cues for contour detection: lessons from (and to) the visual cortex
10:20 am Break
Session 2 Neuronal Circuits & Coding
10:40 am Mikhail Rabinovich
UCSD
Spatio-Temporal Neural Coding and WLC Principle: From Experiments to Understanding
11:00 am Theodore Berger
USC
Nonlinear System Model of Hippocampus
11:20 pm Ivan Soltesz
UCI
Diversity of Interneuronal Networks and Neural Computation: Meaning
of Means and Variability of Variances
11:40 pm Spotlights: Session B
Aradi, I Variability of GABAergic synaptic inputs regulates the excitability of hippocampal pyramidal cells: combined dynamic clamp and modeling studies
Brücher, F A computationally explicit model of the basal ganglia as a reward-based learning system
Finelli, L Effects of a synaptic learning rule on the sparseness of odor representations in a model olfactory system
Naylor, D Models of GABAA synapses show a reduction of post-synaptic receptor number and predict the loss of inhibitory tone seen during status epilepticus
Onton, J Event-related EEG dynamics during short-term memory
Rowat, P State-dependent effects of stochastic spiking upon neuronal burst generation
Zhigulin, V Robust and sensitive representation of odors in the dynamic competitive model of the antennal lobe
12:00 pm Lunch & Posters (click for all posters)
Session 3 Information Processing
1:40 pm E.J. Chichilnisky
Salk Institute
Temporal Resolution of Ensemble Visual Motion Signals in Primate Retina
2:00 pm Fan-Gang Zeng
UCI
Independent Contributions of the Temporal Envelope and Fine
Structure Neural Codes to Auditory Perception
2:20 pm Dario Ringach
UCLA
Analysis of ON/OFF subfield overlap in macaque v1
2:40 pm Break
Session 4 Attention & Information Processing
3:00 pm George Sperling
UCI
Computational Networks for Visual Selective Attention
3:20 pm Terry Sejnowski
Salk Institute
Attentional Gain and Synchrony
3:40 pm Laurent Itti
USC
Computational Architectures for Visual Attention and Scene Understanding
4:00 pm Reception (for all registrants)
5:00 pm Dinner (optional)

 

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