Events

Title: Meta-dynamical state space modeling for integrative neural data analysis Abstract: Uncovering the organizing principles of neural systems requires integrating information across diverse datasets—each alone offering a limited view and signal-to-noise ratio, but together revealing coherent dynamical structures. We present a meta-dynamical state-space modeling framework that learns a shared solution space of neural dynamics from…

Title: From 2D Chips to 3D Brains Abstract:  Artificial intelligence (AI) realizes a synaptocentric conception of the learning brain with dot-products and advances by performing twice as many multiplications every two months. But the semiconductor industry tiles twice as many multipliers on a chip only every two years. Moreover, the returns from tiling these multipliers…

Title and Abstracts:  1st Speaker: Vinam Arora, UPenn Title: Know Thyself by Knowing Others: Learning Neuron Identity from Population Context Abstract: Identifying the functional identity of individual neurons is essential for interpreting circuit dynamics, yet remains a major challenge in large-scale in vivo recordings where anatomical and molecular labels are often unavailable. Here we introduce…

Title: Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decision-making Abstract:  The value of the environment determines animals’ motivational states and sets expectations for error-based learning. But how are values computed? We developed a novel temporal wagering task with latent structure, and used high-throughput behavioral training to obtain well-powered behavioral datasets from hundreds of rats that learned the…

Zoom link: Upon request @[email protected]

Title: Fast and Flexible Group Decision-Making Abstract: A wide range of animals live and move in groups. Many animals do better in groups than alone when, for example, foraging for…

Monday (9/15) the Continual Learning Group will have a presentation from group member Yunfan Zhang.  Yunfan will be sharing his ongoing work on developing a continual learning benchmark based on…

Title and Abstract: TBD Zoom: Meeting ID: 993 3345 6502 Passcode: Upon request @ [email protected]

Zoom Link: Upon request @ [email protected]

Title: Neural computations underlying the regulation of motivated behavior Abstract: As we interact with the world around us, we experience a constant stream of sensory inputs, and must generate a constant stream…

Next Monday, September 29, we will continue our fall semester program with a group workshop on the topic of neural memory models.  First, we will have a presentation from group…

Title and Abstract: TBD