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Workshop 1: Mathematical Challenges in Neural Network Dynamics: Schedule

Tentative Schedule
Monday, October 1
8:00am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:15-8:45am Breakfast
8:45-9:00am Welcome, overview of workshop, and introductions: Marty Golubitsky
9:00-9:45am Eric Shea-Brown: Reliable and unreliable spike times in simple neural networks
9:45-10:30am Lai Sang Young: Emergent dynamics in a model of visual cortex
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Dean Buonomano: Complexity without chaos: Plasticity within random recurrent networks generates locally stable neural trajectories
11:45-12:30pm Ken Miller: The stabilized supralinear network: A unifying circuit motif underlying multi-input integration in sensory cortex
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-2:45pm Paul Bressloff: Neural field model of binocular rivalry waves in primary visual cortex
2:45-5:30pm Informal discussions
5:30-7:00pm Reception and poster session in MBI Lounge
7:15pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Tuesday, October 2
8:30am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:45-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Bard Ermentrout: Wandering bumps in stochastic neural fields
9:45-10:30am Carson Chow: Finite-size effects in neural networks
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Brent Doiron: Slow dynamics and high variability in balanced cortical networks with clustered excitatory connections
11:45-12:30pm Carl van Vreeswijk: Orientation selectivity without orientation map
12:30-2:30pm Lunch break
2:30-3:30pm Short talks (30-minute talks): Carino Curto (Spatially structured networks from sequences) and Srdjan Ostojic (Amplification of high frequency oscillations by cell morphology and input segregation)
3:30-5:30pm Informal discussions
5:30pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
6:30-7:00pm Cash Bar
7:00pm Banquet in the Fusion Room @ Crowne Plaza Hotel
Wednesday, October 3
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:45-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Sophie Deneve: Balanced spiking networks can implement dynamical systems with predictive coding
9:45-10:30am Dan Butts: Detecting the many roles of inhibition in shaping sensory processing
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Surya Ganguli: A Mathematical Theory of Semantic Development
11:45-12:30pm Stefan Rotter: Spike Train Correlations Derived from Anatomical Microstructure
12:30-2:30pm Lunch break
2:30-3:30pm Short talks (30-minute talks): Carlo Laing (Managing heterogeneity in the study of neural oscillator dynamics) and Subkin Lim (Balanced cortical microcircuitry for maintaining short-term memory)
3:30-5:30pm Informal discussions
5:30pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Thursday, October 4
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:45-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-10:30am Short talks (30-minute talks): Duane Nykamp (Capturing effective neuronal dynamics in random networks with complex topologies), Peter Thomas (Redefining Asymptotic Phase for Stochastic Conductance-Based Neural Models with Statistical Limit Cycles), and Jonathan Rubin (The Healing Power of Depression)
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-12:30pm Short talks (30-minute talks): Marty Golubitsky (Wilson's Rivalry Networks and Derived Patterns), David Terman (The interplay between excitation, inhibition and calcium dynamics in a working memory model) and Farzad Farkhooi (A novel mechanism for sparse and reliable stimulus coding in sensory system)
12:30-2:30pm Lunch break
2:30-5:30pm Late-breaking topics and small group discussions
5:30pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Friday, October 5
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:45-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Fred Wolf: Entropy production and phase space structure in models of cortical circuits
9:45-10:30am Claudia Clopath: Cerebellar learning - A model of vestibulo-ocular reflex adaptation
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am Misha Tsodyks: Computations with Population Spikes during Different Cortical States
11:45-12:30pm Final information discussion
12:45pm One Shuttle back to hotel
One Shuttle to Columbus Airport (CMH)