Canonical Neural Computation
Friday, 17 April 2009 7:45 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Normalization and competition in visual cortex Matteo Carandini, University College London discussion
9:30 AM
10:15 AM
Why normalization - some statistical justifications Eero Simoncelli, New York University discussion
10:30 AM
coffee break
11:00 AM
A divisive normalization model of multi-sensory integration Dora Angelaki, Washington University discussion
9:45 AM
11:30 AM
12:15 PM
Normalization model of attention David Heeger, New York University discussion
12:30 PM
Lunch
11:45 AM
2:00 PM
Panel discussion: Research opportunities Hirsh Cohen, Swartz Foundation; Andrew Rossi, NIMH; Sarah Caddick, Gatsby Charitable Foundation
3:00 PM
Gain control in neural populations and natural scene statistics Odelia Schwartz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine discussion
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Implications of Normalization for Population Coding Dario Ringach, UC Los Angeles discussion
4:30 PM
coffee break
5:00 PM
Task difficulty and performance induce diverse adaptive patterns in auditory cortex Shihab Shamma, University of Maryland discussion
3:45 PM
5:30 PM
6:15 PM
Accumulating gain adaptation in the ascending auditory pathways David McAlpine, University College London discussion
6:30 PM
Dinner
5:45 PM
Canonical Neural Computation
Saturday, 18 April 2009 7:45 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Variability and invariance Nicholas Priebe, UT Austin discussion
9:30 AM
10:15 AM
Gain modulation by subtractive and divisive mechanisms of inhibition Frances Chance, UC Irvine discussion
10:30 AM
coffee break
11:00 AM
Mapping the microcircuitry of attention John Reynolds, Salk Institute discussion
9:45 AM
11:30 AM
12:15 PM
Intrinsic contributions to adaptive coding Adrienne Fairhall, University of Washington discussion
12:30 PM
Lunch
11:45 AM
2:00 PM
Discussion session: future directions Subgroups: theory/computation, physiology-systems, physiology-mechanisms, human/clinical
3:00 PM
Commonalities of computation in the motion and object recognition pathways Nicole Rust, University of Pennsylvania discussion
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
One model or more? Gain control in the context of parallel visual pathways Sam Solomon, University of Sydney discussion
4:30 PM
coffee break
5:00 PM
Nonlinear dimensional reduction for discrimination in the fly olfactory system Larry Abbott, Columbia University discussion
3:45 PM
5:30 PM
6:15 PM
Gain control in an olfactory circuit Rachel Wilson, Harvard Medical School discussion
6:30 PM
Banquet dinner (at La Pietra)
5:45 PM
Canonical Neural Computation
Sunday, 19 April 2009 7:45 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Contextual influences on perceived orientation: gain control or not? Josh Solomon, City University London discussion
9:30 AM
10:15 AM
Cross-orientation inhibition measured with fMRI Concetta Morrone, Istituto di Neurofisiologia CNR, Pisa discussion
10:30 AM
coffee break
11:00 AM
Normal and abnormal development of contrast gain control and contextual interactions Anthony M Norcia, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute discussion
9:45 AM
11:30 AM
12:15 PM
Abnormal gain control and sensory processing deficits in schizophrenia Steven Dakin, University College London discussion
12:30 PM
Lunch
11:45 AM
2:00 PM
Discussion session: future directions (continued) Subgroups: theory/computation, physiology-systems, physiology-mechanisms, human/clinical
3:00 PM
Dynamic range and hippocampal inhibitory circuits Massimo Scanziani, UCSD discussion
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Dendritic computation Michael Hausser, UCL discussion
4:30 PM
coffee break
5:00 PM
Mapping the matrix: Circuits, cells, and cynapses in neocortex Kevan Martin, ETH Zurich discussion
3:45 PM
5:30 PM
6:15 PM
Encoding and decoding with feedforward computations in cortical networks J. Anthony Movshon, New York University discussion
6:30 PM
Dinner
5:45 PM
