| Organizers: |
Jonathan Pillow and
Nicole Rust |
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Moderator: |
Eero Simoncelli (NYU) |
| Invited Speakers: |
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Quantitative characterizations of neural responses provide a precise
framework for studying the computations performed throughout the nervous
system. Recently, a number of sophisticated techniques have been introduced
to characterize neural responses. Typically, the goal of these approaches
is to develop functional models that describe a neuron mathematically in
terms of the transformation it performs on its input. These techniques have
also been used to identify receptive field properties and the "stimulus
features" to which a neuron responds.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers who are involved
in the development and implementation of these techniques to discuss recent
innovations in the field, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of these
approaches. Topics that will be addressed include:
- New techniques for recovering receptive fields
(e.g. spike-triggered covariance, information maximization, spike
manifold characterization, other extensions to Weiner kernel
analysis).
- New classes of stimuli. (e.g. naturalistic, subspace and
orthogonal stimulus sets).
- New model frameworks. (e.g. generalized linear models,
multi-dimensional models, models incorporating spike generation,
other extensions to the Linear-Nonlinear-Poisson (LNP) model).
- Validation and interpretation of characterization
procedures. Linking functional characterizations to neural coding and
biophysics.
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| Schedule
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| 8:00-8:30 | Jonathan Pillow, "A modeling approach
to characterizing multi-neuron responses" |
| 8:30-9:00 | Adrienne Fairhall, "Studying the
biophysics of computation with dimensionality reduction" |
| 9:00-9:30 | Coffee break |
| 9:30-10:00 | Alexander Dimitrov, "Effects of
stimulus transformations on the perceived function of sensory
neurons" |
| 10:00-10:30 | Liam Paninski, "Convex methods
for neural encoding and decoding"
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| 10:30-4:30 | Ski!
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| 4:30-5:00 | Jack Gallant, TBA
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| 5:00-5:30 | Frederic Theunissen,
"Normalization, regularization and pre-processing for auditory receptive
fields obtained from responses to natural sounds" |
| 5:30-6:00 | Nicole Rust, "Subspace
reverse-correlation reveals a role for suppression in the computation of
pattern motion direction in MT" |
| 6:00-6:30 | Coffee Break
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| 6:30-7:00 | Richard Murray, "Psychophysical
features from noise classification" |
| 7:00-7:30 | Emery Brown, TBA |