TENTATIVE PROGRAM
24 April 1995
Sunday, 11/6/1995
9-10.00 Registration
10-10.30 Opening Ceremony
>From Single Neurons to Cortical Networks
10.30-11.30 H.B.Barlow: The Division of Labour between
Single Neurons and Networks.
11.30-12.00 Coffee
12.00-13.00 A.Schuz: Anatomical Aspects Relevant to
Cortical Dynamics
13.00-14.30 Lunch
Dynamics of Single Neurons and Synapses
14.30-15.30 Y. Amitai: Functional Implications of Cellular
Classification in theNeocortex.
15.30-16.30 I.Segev: Backward Propagating Action
Potential and Forward Synaptic
Amplification in Excitable Dendrites
of Neocortical Pyramidal Cells.
16.30-17.00 Coffee
17.00-18.00 A.M.Thomson: Synaptic Interactions between
Neocortical Neurons; Temporal
Patterning Selectively Activates
Excitatory or Inhibitory Circuits
18.00-19.00 H Markram: Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons
Scale the Efficacy of Synaptic
Input according to Arrival Time: A
proposed Selection Principle of the
most Appropriate Synaptic Information.
19.30 Reception.
Monday: 12.6.1995
Recurrent dynamics in cortical circuits I
9.00 10.00 K.A.C.Martin: Recurrent Excitation in
Neocortical Circuits
10.00-11.00 H.Sompolinsky: Visual Processing by Recurrent
Cortical Networks
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 R.Eckhorn: Loosely Synchronized Rhythmic and
non-Rhythmic Activities in the
Visual Cortex and their Potential
Roles for Spatial and Tempo
12.30-13.30 A K.Kreiter: Functional Aspects of Neuronal
Synchronization in Monkeys.
13.30-16.30 poster session
Recurrent Dynamics in Cortical Circuits II
16.30-17.30 J.Bullier:Temporal aspects of cortical
Processing in monkey visual cortex.
17.30-18.30 D.Hansel: Chaos and Synchrony
Tuesday, 13.6.1995
Brain states and neural codes I
9.00 - 10.00 M. Abeles: Spatio-Temporal Firing Patterns
in the Frontal Cortex
10.00-11.00 E. Bienenstock: On the Dynamics of Synfire
Chains
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 D.J. Amit: Global Spontaneous Activity and
Local Structured (learned) Delay
Activity in the Cortex
12.30-13.30 G.L. Gerstein: Neuronal Assembly Dynamics:
Experiments, Analyses and Models
13.30-16.30 poster session
Brain states and neural codes II
16.30-17.30 B.J.Richmond: Dimensionality of Neuronal
Codes
17.30-18.30 N.Tishby: Analyzing Cortical Activity
Using Hidden Markov Models.
Wednesday, 14.6.1995
Vision
9.00 - 10.00 C.D.Gilbert: Spatial Integration and Cortical
Dynamics
10.00-11.00 A.Grinvald: Cortical dynamics Revealed by
Optical Imaging.
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 D.Mumford: Biological and Computational
Models for Low Level Vision.
12.30-13.30 S.Ullman: The Sequence-Seeking Model for
Bidirectional Information Flow in
the Visual Cortex.
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-18.00 Tour
Thursday, 15.6.1995
Mechanisms of Behavior and Cognition
9.00 - 10.00 M.N.Shadlen: Seeing and Deciding about Motion:
Neural Correlates of a
Psychophysical Decision in Area
LIP of the Monkey
10.00-11.00 A.B.Schwartz: Population Response in Motor
Cortex during Figure Drawing.
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 A.M.Graybiel: The Basal Ganglia and Adaptive
Control of Behavioral Routines
12.30-13.30 E. Vaadia: Does Coherent Activity in Groups
of Neurons Serve a Neural Code?
13.30-15.30 Lunch
15.30-16.30 L.G.Valiant: A Computational Model for
Cognition
16.30-17.00 Coffee
17.00-19.00 Discussion: Is Dynamics Relevant to Cortical
Function?
Moderator: S. Hochstein
20.00 Farewell Banquet
Prof. Idan Segev
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Dept.of Neurobiology, Institute of | Phone:02/6585984
Life Sciences - | Fax :02/6586296
Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 | email:idan@hujivms.huji.ac.il
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