Computational Approaches to Cortical Functions
The Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 2-5 April 2006
Organized By:
Larry F. Abbott, Columbia University
Hirsh Cohen, The Swartz Foundation
Robert M. Shapley, New York University
Program
Sunday, 2 April
Arrival: registration and room assignment, Robertson House, Banbury Center
6:30 pm Reception at Robertson House
7:30 pm Dinner at Robertson House
Monday, 3 April
7:00-8:15 am Breakfast at Robertson House
8:25-8:30 am Jan A. Witkowski, Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Introductory remarks
8:30-12:20 pm SESSION 1:
8:30-9:00 am Xiao-Jing Wang, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts:
Neural mechanisms of feature-based attention in a two-network model of sensory processing.
9:00-9:10 am Discussion
9:10-9:40 am Wolfgang Maass, Technical University of Graz, Austria: A model for computation in cortical microcircuits.
9:40-9:50 am Discussion
9:50-10:20 am Break
10:20-10:50 am Olivia White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge:
Signal reconstruction from recurrent neuronal networks.
10:50-11:00 am Discussion
11:00-11:30 am Kanaka Rajan, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY: Controlling neural networks dynamics.
11:30-11:40 am Discussion
11:40-12:10 pm Ad Aertsen, Albert-Ludwigs Universitat, Freiburg, Germany:
Variability and precision in cortical networks.
12:10-12:20 pm Discussion
12:30 pm Luncheon at Robertson House
1:40-5:50 pm SESSION 2:
1:40-2:00 pm Jerome Swartz, The Swartz Foundation, Stony Brook, NY.: Large-Scale Brain Modeling
2:00-2:30 pm Caroline Geisler, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey: Behavior dependent phase rescaling of hippocampal pyramidal cells.
2:30-2:40 pm Discussion
2:40-3:10 pm Tim Vogels, Columbia University, New York, NY: Signal propagation and switching in networks.
3:10-3:20 pm Discussion
3:20-3:50 pm Markus Diesmann, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany: Spike-timing dependent plasticity in balanced random networks.
3:50-4:00 pm Discussion
4:00-4:30 pm Break
4:30-5:00 pm Bijan Pesaran, New York University, New York, NY: Free choice increases synaptic interactions between frontal and parietal cortex.
5:00-5:10 pm Discussion
5:10-5:40 pm Rafael Yuste, Columbia University, New York, NY: Internal dynamics determine the cortical response to thalamic stimulation.
5:40-5:50 pm Discussion
6:15 pm Reception at Robertson House
7:00 pm Dinner at Robertson House
Tuesday, 4 April
7:00-8:15 am Breakfast at Robertson House
8:30-12:20 pm SESSION 3:
8:30-9:00 am David Cai, New York University, New York, NY: Spontaneous cortical activity in V1.
9:00-9:10 am Discussion
9:10-9:40 am Mishail V. Tsodyks, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel: Information encoding and processing via spatio-temporal patterns in cortical networks.
9:40-9:50 am Discussion
9:50-10:20 am Break
10:20-10:50 am Carl van Vreeswijk, Rene Descartes University, Paris, France:
The role of dendritic shunting inhibition.
10:50-11:00 am Discussion
11:00-11:20 am Wulfram Gerstner, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland: Ultra-short term information buffering in a random network of spiking neurons: macroscopic versus microscopic effects.
11:20-11:40 am Discussion
11:40-12:10 pm Bruce Knight, Rockefeller University, New York, NY: Neuron population dynamics in a simple canonical form.
12:10-12:20 pm Discussion
12:30 pm Luncheon at Robertson House
2:00-5:50 pm SESSION 4:
2:00-2:30 pm Daniel Tranchina, New York University, New York, NY: Try to save computation time in large-scale neural network modeling with population density methods, or just fuhgeddaboudit?
2:30-2:40 pm Discussion
2:40-3:10 pm Roger D. Traub, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY: Gap junctions and fast oscillations in hippocampus and neocortex.
3:10-3:20 pm Discussion
3:20-3:50 pm Robert M. Shapiro, New York, NY: Integrate and Fire Neural Network: VLSI Chip design.
3:50-4:00 pm Discussion
4:00-4:30 pm Break
4:30-5:00 pm J. Andrew Henrie, University of California, Los Angeles: Coherence of activity in primate V1.
5:00-5:10 pm Discussion
5:10-5:40 pm Dietmar Plenz, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland: Neuronal avalanches in superficial layers of neocortex.
5:40-5:50 pm Discussion.
6:15 pm Reception at Robertson House
7:00 pm Dinner at Robertson House
Wednesday, 5 April
7:00-8:15 am Breakfast at Robertson House
8:30-12:20 pm SESSION 5:
8:30-9:00 am Michael J. Shelley, New York University, New York, NY: V1 Dynamics and Sparsity and Multiple Feature Maps
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