COMMUNICATION IN BRAIN SYSTEMS
This meeting was funded by The Swartz Foundation and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 16-19 May 2004
Organized By: Terry Sejnowski, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
PROGRAM
Sunday, 16 May
Afternoon
Arrival at Robertson House, Banbury Center, for registration and room assignment
6:00 pm Reception at Robertson House
7:30 pm Dinner at Robertson House
Monday, 17 May
7:30-8:45 am
Breakfast at Robertson House
9:00-9:15 am
Jan A. Witkowski, Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold
Spring Harbor, New York: Introductory remarks.
Terry Sejnowski, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego,
California: Welcome and introductions.
9:15-12:15 pm
SESSION 1: Constraints on Communication
Chair: Terry Sejnowski, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San
Diego, California
9:15-9:35 am
Dmitri Chklovskii, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Brain architecture maximizes neuronal connectivity while minimizing time delays.
9:35-9:45 am
Discussion
9:45-10:05 am
Eric Halgren, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown:
Intracolumnar vs Intercolumnar communication in the human neocortex.
10:05-10:15 am
Discussion
10:15:10:45 am
Break
10:45-11:05 am
Olivier Bertrand, INSERM, Lyon, France: Functional modulations of local and long-distance beta/gamma oscillatory synchronization: evidence from direct intracranial recordings in humans.
Presentation:
11:05-11:15 am
Discussion
11:15-11:35 am
Scott Makeig, University of California San Diego: Multiscale evidence of multiscale brain communication.
Presentation:
11:35-11:45 am
Discussion
11:45-12:15 pm
General discussion
12:30 pm
Luncheon at Robertson House
2:00-6:00 pm
SESSION 2: Regulation of Communication
Chair: Scott Makeig, University of California San Diego
2:00-2:20 pm
Pascal Fries, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Neuronal coherence in man and monkey.
Presentation:
2:20-2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30-2:50 pm
Elizabeth Buffalo, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland: Layer-specific attentional modulation of neuronal synchrony.
2:50-3:00 pm
Discussion
3:00-3:20 pm
Terry Sejnowski, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California:
Inhibitory mechanisms for attentional gain control.
3:20-3:30 pm
Discussion
3:30-4:00 pm
Break
4:00-4:20 pm
Gregor Rainer, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tubingen,
Germany: Phase locking of single neuron activity to theta oscillations during working memory in monkey extrastriate visual cortex.
Presentation:
4:20-4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30-4:50 pm
Michael Kahana, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts:
From oscillations in the immature and mature human cortex.
Presentation:
4:50-5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00-5:20 pm
Kai K. Kaila, University of Helsinki, Finland: Infraslow oscillations in the immature and mature human cortex.
5:20-5:30 pm
Discussion
5:30-6:00 pm
General Discussion
6:15 pm
Reception at Robertson House
7:30 pm
Dinner at Robertson House
Tuesday, 18 May
7:30-8:45 am
Breakfast at Robertson House
9:00-12:30 pm
SESSION 3: Computation and Communication
Chair: John M. Allman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
9:00-9:20 am
9:20-9:30 am
Discussion
9:30-9:50 am
Emilio Salinas, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Gain modulation as a mechanism for the selection of functional circuits.
9:50-10:00 am
Discussion
10:00-10:20 am
Rajesh Rao, University of Washington, Seattle: Probabilistic models of cortical computation and communication.
10:20-10:30 am
Discussion
10:30-11:00 am
Break
11:00-11:20 am
John H. Reynolds, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California:
Surface-based attention determines dominance in binocular rivalry.
11:20-11:30 am
Discussion
11:30-11:50 am
Xiao-Jing Wang, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts: Cortical circuits of working memory and decision-making.
Presentation:
11:50-12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00-12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:45 pm
Luncheon at Robertson House
2:00-5:30 pm SESSION 4: Communication Infrastructure
Chair: Dmitri Chklovskii, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring
Harbor, New York
2:00-2:20 pm
Rahul Sarpeshkar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge: Hybrid computation with spikes.
Presentation:
2:20-2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30-2:50 pm
Partha Mitra, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Metabolic cost of readiness.
2:50-3:00 pm
Discussion
3:00-3:30 pm
Break
3:30-4:00 pm
General discussion
4:00-4:20 pm
Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Traveling waves and cortical connectivity.
4:20-4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30-4:50 pm
Rava da Silveira, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Short paths and signal propagation in a Model Cortex.
4:50-5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00-5:20 pm
Dana Ballard, University of Rochester, New York:
Prospects for synchronous communication in the cortex.
5:20-5:30 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm
Reception at Robertson House
7:00 pm
Dinner at Robertson House
Wednesday, 19 May
7:30-8:45 am
Breakfast at Robertson House
9:00-12:00 pm SESSION 5: Command and Control of Communication
Chair: No chair for this session.
9:00-9:20 am
Robert T. Knight, University of California at Berkeley:
Prefrontal modulation of sensory processing.
Presentation:
9:20-9:30 am
Discussion
9:30-9:50 am
Zachary F. Mainen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor,
New York: Prefrontal and olfactory cortical circuits engaged during odor discrimination in the rat.
9:50-10:00 am
Discussion
10:00-10:30 am
Break
10:30-10:50 am
John M. Allman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena: The fronto-insular cortex and the evolution of social cognition
10:50-11:00 am
Discussion
11:00-11:30 am
General Discussion.
12:00 pm
Luncheon at Robertson House
Afternoon departure
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