CNS*1992

The Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting

July 1992, San Francisco, California

CNS*1992 Meeting Agenda

Monday July 27

Tuesday July 28

Wednesday July 29

Monday July 27

9:00 : Welcoming remarks and general information

9:15 : Srinivasan, M.A (MIT)
"Computations in Tactile Sensing"

9:50 : Graham, B.P. and Redman, S.J. (Australian National University)
"Simulation of muscle Stretch Reflex by a Neuronal Network"

10:25 : First poster preview session

10:25 : Smith, J.A. (MIT) and Grzywacz, N.M. (Smith-Kettlewell Institute)
"A local model for Transparent Motions Based on Spatio-temporal Filters"

10:30 : Li, Z. (Princeton University)
"Understanding the Functional Goals of Retinal Ganglion Cells"

10:35 : Jacobs, G., Theunissen, F., Levin ,J. and Landolfa, M. (U.C. Berkeley)
"Morphological Basis of Wind Stimulus Discrimination in the Cricket Cercal Sensory System"

10:40 : Sullivan, W.E. (Princeton University)
"The Highs and Lows of Horizontal Sound Localization: the Biophysics of Structure-Function Correlations in Nucleus Laminaris"

10:45 : Travis, B. (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
"A Computational Model for the Cat Subcortical Auditory System"

10:50 : Zhang, H. and Laurent,G. (Caltech)
"Spatial and Temporal Integration by Locust Nonspiking Interneurons: Voltage-dependent Electrical Geometry"

11:00 : break

11:15 : Skrzypeck, J. and Wu, G. (U.C. Los Angeles)
"Invariant Contrast Adaptation in the OuterPlexofirm Layer of the Primate Retina"

11:50 : Miller, M.I. (Washington University) and Ogielski, A.T.(Bell Communication Research)
"A Model for Synaptic Transmission in the Auditory Nerve: Randomness, Plasticity, and Signal Estimation."

12:25 : Second poster preview session

12:25 : Bell, A.J. (University of Brussels)
"Self-organising Ion Channel Densities: the Rationale for Anti-Hebb."

12:30 : Prugel-Bennett, A. and Shapiro, J.L. (Manchester, England)
"Unsupervised Hebbian Learning and the Shape of the Neuron Activation Function"

12:35 : Jensen, R.V.(Wesleyan University), Williamson A., Berkowicz D. and Shepherd G.M. (Yale University)
"NMDA Receptors and Hyperexcitability in Human Hippocampal Granule Cells"

12:40 : Montague, R., Dayan P. and Sejnowski T.J (Salk Institute)
"Signaling Local Synaptic Covariance through Space"

12:45 : Fransen, E., Lansner A. and Liljenstrom H. (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
"A Model of Cortical Associative Memory based on Hebbian Cell Assemblies"

12:50 : Speight, M.D. and Bower, J.M. (Caltech)
"Using Parallel Supercomputers for Computational Neurobiology"

1.00 : - 3.00 : lunch and poster scan session

3:00 : Schwaber, J.S.(Dupont Experimental Station) Paton J.F.R, Rogers R.F. and Graves E.B. (University of Pennsylvania)
"Modeling Neuronal Dynamics predicts Responses in the Rat Baroreflex"

3:35 : Miller, J.P., Eeckman, F.H. and Theunissen F.E. (U.C. Berkeley)
"Linearization by Noise and Shunting Current of a Modified Hodgkin-Huxley Spiking Model"

4:10 : Le Masson, G., Marder E. and Abbott L.F. (Brandeis University)
"A Model for Self-regulation of Neuronal Activity"

4:45 : Foster, W.F.(University of Pennsylvania), Paton J.F.R., Schwaber J. S (Dupont Experimental Station) and Ungar L.H.(University of Pennsylvania)
"Matching Neural Models to Experiment"

5:20 : - 7:30 : poster session

Arad,N., Ruppin E. and Yeshurun, Y. (University of Tel Aviv)
"Dopaminergic induced multi-stable states in neural networks"

Assad, C., Rasnow, B. and Bower J. (Caltech)
"Numerical simulations of the electric organ discharge of weakly electric fish"

Bairaktaris D.(University of Edinburgh)
"Multi-Layer Bidirectional Auto-Associative Memories"

Barrow, H. and Bray, A. (University of Sussex)
"An Adaptive Neural Model of Early Visual Processing"

Bhalla, U., Bilitch, D., Bower, J.M. (Caltech)
"Rallpacks: A set of benchmarks for neuronal simulators"

Blum, E., Khademi, P., Lavond, D.,Leung, P.and Thompson, R.(USC)
"Modeling and Simulation of Cerebellar Networks Implicated in Classical Conditioning of the Rabbit Eyeblink Response"

Borg-Graham, L. (MIT) and Grzywacz, N. (Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research institute)
"Non-Linear Spatio-Temporal Filtering in Dendrites: Directional Selectivity and Beyond"

Bower, J. and Thompson, J. (Caltech)
"A Silicon-based multi-single neuron probe designed for use in the cerebellum"

Chimento, T., Doshay D. and Ross, M. (NASA Ames)
"Compartmental modeling of vestibular primary afferents: Ultrastructural morphology matters"

Dong, D. (UC Berkeley)
"Dynamics of Hebbian Learning in Feedback Networks and Development of Interconnection within Visual Cortex"

Dorffner, G. and Schonauer, T. (University of Vienna)
"Unsupervised Learning of Simple Speech Production Based on Soft Categorization"

Egert, D. (University of California)
"Hair-Cell Modelling to Explore the Physiological Basis of Tuning in the Lower Vertebrate Ear"

Garliauskas, A. (Lithuanian Academy of Sciences) and Shimoliunas A. (Kaunas Medical Academy)
"Logic functions realized on a stationary nonlinear dendrite"

Graves, E.,(Dupont Experimental Station), Richter, D. (Georg August University Goettingen) and Schwaber, J. (Dupont Experimental Station)
"Network Model of the Respiratory Rhythm"

Gray, R. and Friesen, O. (University of Virginia)
"Identification of Leech Swim Neurons using a Resonance Technique"

Grobler, T. and Erdi P. (Hungarian Academu of Sciences)
"Dynamic phenomena in the olfactory bulb : II Model for a simple associative memory"

Hearne, P, Wray, J., Agar, E., Sanders, D. and Green, G. (The Medical School)
"The Neurone Describing function : A Single Compartment Study"

Herrmann, M. (University of Leipzig), Ruppin, E. (Tel Aviv University) and Usher, M. (Caltech)
"A Network for semantic and episodic associations revealing thought disturbances due to neural loss"

Jensen, R. (Wesleyan University) and Shepherd, G. (Yale University School of Medicine)
"NMDA-Activated Conductances Provide Short-Term Memory for Dendritic Spine Logic Computations"

Kamiyama, Y., Ishii, H. and Usui, S. (Toyohashi University of Technology)
"A Method for Estimating the Neural Input to a Neuron using the Ionic Current Model"

Linster, C., Masson, C. (INRA/CNRS), Kerszberg, M. (Institut Pasteur), Personnaz, L. and Dreyfus, G. (Ecole superieure de physique et de chimie industrielle de Paris)
"Formal Modal of the Insect Olfactory Macroglomerulus'

Lockery, S., Nowlan, S. and Sejnowski, T. (Salk Institute) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Chemotaxis in Simple Nervous Systems"

Murthy, V. and Fetz, E. (University of Washington)
"Effect of input synchrony on the response of a model neuron"

Nine, H. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)and Unnikrishnan, K. (GM Research Laboratories)
"The role of subplate feedback in the development ocular dominance columns"

Schillen, T.and Konig, P.(Max-Planck-Institut fur Hirnforschung)
"Temporal Structure can solve the Binding Problem for Multiple Feature Domains"

Segev, I. and Agmon-Snir, H. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"Dendritic Delay"

Strassberg, A. and DeFelice, L. (Caltech)
"Effects of Single Channel Kinetics upon Transmembrane Voltage Dynamics"

Theunissen, E., GozaniS. and Miller, J. (UC Berkeley)
"Representation of sensory information in the cricket cercal sensory system: an information theoretic analysis"

Watts, L. (Caltech)
"Designing Networks of Spiking Silicon Neurons and Synapses"

Tuesday July 28

9:00 : announcements and session opening

9:15 : Mel, B.W. (Caltech)
"Nonlinear Pattern Discrimination in Dendritic Trees"

9:50 : De Schutter, E. and Bower, J.M. (Caltech)
"Integration of Synchronous and Asynchronous Synaptic Inputs in a Detailed Compartmental Model of the Cerebellar Purkinje Cell"

10:25 : Third poster preview session

10:25 : Thompson, J.H. and Bower, J.M. (Caltech)
"Electrophysiological Dissection of the Three Excitatory Inputs to Cerebellar Purkinje Cells"

10:30 : Jaeger, D., De Schutter, E. and Bower, J.M. (Caltech)
"Prolonged Depolarizations following Brief Synaptic Stimulations in the Cerebellar Purkinje Cell: Intracellular Recordings and Compartmental Modeling"

10:35 : Axelrad, H., Bernard C. (Faculte de Medecine Pitie, Paris) and Giraud B. (CEA, France)
"A Study of Computation in a Simple Neuronal Network: Experimental Recording and Theoretical Simulation of the Immature Rat Cerebellar Cortex"

10:40 : Wadden, T. (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), Grillner, S., Lansner A., and Matsushima T. (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
"Realistic Simulation of Undulatory Locomotion - A Trailing Oscillator Hypothesis"

10:45 : Postma, E.O., van den Herik H.J. and Hudson, P.T.W. (University of Limburg, The Netherlands)
"The Gating Lattice: A Neural Substrate for Dynamic Gating"

10:50 : Tam, D.C. (Baylor College of Medicine)
"A Multi-neuronal Vectoral Phase-space Analysis for Detecting Dynamical Interactions in Firing Paterns of Biological Neural Networks"

11:00 : Break

11:15 : Bair, W., Koch, C. (Caltech), Newsome W. and Britten K. (Stanford University)
"Power Spectrum Analysis of MT Neurons from the Awake Monkey"

11:50 : Lytton, W.W. and Sejnowski, T.J (Salk Institute)
"Intrinsic Oscillations in Simulated Thalamocortical Relay Cells"

12:25 : Fourth poster preview session

12:25 : Foldiak, P. (University of Oxford)
"The 'Ideal Homunculus': Statistical Inference from Neural Population Responses"

12:30 : Ringer, B. and Skrzypeck, J. (U.C. Los Angeles)
"A Neural Model of Illusory Contour Perception"

12:35 : Smetters, D. (MIT)
"A Model of a Thalamic Relay Cell Incorporating Voltage-Clamp Data on Ionic Conductances"

12:40 : Suarez, H., Koch C. (Caltech) and Douglas R. (University of Oxford)
"A Model of Direction Selectivity in Visual Cortex Using Massive Intracortical Connections"

12:45 : Finkel, L. H. and Sajda P. (University of Pennsylvania)
"Computer Simulations of Object Discrimination by Visual Cortex"

12:50 : Ahmad, S.(Siemens Corporate Research, Germany)
"VISIT: A Model of Human Visual Attention"

12:55 : Ringer, B. and Skrzypek J. (U.C. Los Angeles)
"A Neural Model of Illusory Perception"

1:00 : - 3:00 : lunch and poster scan session

3:00 : Coop, A.D.and Redman, S.J. (Australian National Universtiy)
"A model of the Peristaltic Reflex"

3:35 : Wang, X. -J. and Rinzel J. (University of Chicago)
"Synchronization Among Inhibitory Model Neurons: Interplay between Rebound Excitation and Synaptic Kinetics"

4:10 : Williams, T. L. (St. George's Hospital Medical School, England)
"Entrainment of the Lamprey Locomotor CPG: Analysis and Simulation"

4:45 : Bressler, S.L.(Florida Atlantic University) and Nakamura R.K. (NIMH)
"Inter-areal Synchronization in Rhesus Macaque Neocortex During a Visual Pattern Discrimination Task"

5:20 : - 7:30 : poster session

Aitkin, A. (University of New South Wales)
" Overview of the Valentino computational neuroscience workbench for simulation of neural systems"

Anastasio, T. (University of Illinois)
"Recurrent backpropagation models of the vestibulo-ocular reflex provide experimentally testable predictions"

Anderson, C., Olshausen, B. and Van Essen, D. (Caltech)
"Neural Routing Circuits in Primate Visual Cortex"

Bush, P. and Sejnowski, T. (Salk Institute)
" Simulations of Synaptic Integration in Neocortical Pyramidal Cells"

De Sa, V. and Ballard, D. (University of Rochester)
" Self-teaching through correlated input "

Dominey, P. (USC)
" A Model of Cortex, Basal Ganglia and Thalamus in Stimulus-Response Habit Formation"

Erdi, P. and Grobler, T. (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
"Dynamic phenomena in the olfactory bulb I bifurcation sequences, coexistence of periodicity and chaos, synaptic modification induced transitions"

Feinswog, L., Hutson, R., Kenyon, G. and Tam, D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
" An Object-Oriented Paradigm for the Design of Realistic Neural Simulators"

Grzywacs, N. (Smith-Kettlewel Eye Research Institute), Amthor F. (University of Alabama) and Borg--Graham, L. (MIT)
" Gated--Enhancer Model for Facilitation in Retinal Directional Selectivity"

Horn, D., Ruppin, E. (University of Tel Aviv), Usher, M. (Caltech) and Herrmann, M. (Leipzig university)
" Synaptic deletion and compensation in Alzheimer disease: a neural model"

James, M. and Hoang, D. (University of Sydney)
"Outline of a Theory of Isocortex"

Janakiraman, J. (University of Michigan) and Unnikrishnan K. (GM Research Laboratories)
" A model for dynamical aspects of visual attention"

Kentridge, R. (University of Durham)
" Dissipative Structures and Self-Organizing Criticality in Neural Networks with Spatially Localized Connections"

Kenyon, G. and Tam, D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Deterministic Entropy Measures for Investigating Complex Spatio-Temporal Order in Multi-Unit Spike Train Data"

Konig, P., Janosch. B. and Schillen, T. (Max-Planck-Institute fur Hirnforschung)
" Assembly Formation and Segregation by a Self-organizing Neuronal Oscillator Model"

Kumar, T. and Glaser, D. (U.C. Berkely)
"Absence of Learning in Hyperacuity"

Matias, Y. (University of Maryland) and Ruppin, E. (University of Tel Aviv)
"A Neural Model for Randomized Frequency-Spatial Transformation"

Mesrobian, E. and Skrzypek, J. (U.C. Los Angeles)
"Adaptive Receptive Fields for Textural Segmentation"

Niebur, E. (Caltech) and Worgotter, F. (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum)
"The architecture of visual cortical orientation collumns"

Parnas, B. and Lewis, E. (U.C. Berkeley)
"A Neuronal Modeling System for Generating Brainstem Maps of Auditory Space"

Pellionisz, A. (J.R. NASA Ames Research Center) and Bloedel, J. (Barrow Neurological Institute)
"Geometry intrinsic to population responses of cerebellar Purkinje cells as revealed bu neurocomputer analysis of multi-unit recordings from biological neural nets"

Softky, W. and Koch, C. (Caltech)
"Cortical Cells Should Fire Regularly, But Do Not"

Ulinski, P. and Larson-Prior, L. (University of Chicago)
"Analysis of the distribution of geniculate afferents upon pyramidal neurons in turtle visual cortex"

Vanier, M. and Bower, J. (Caltech)
" Noradrenergic modulation of synaptic transmission in piriform cortex"

Verona, F., Mastroianni, M., Russo, S. (University of Napoli) and Ventre, G. (International Computer Science Institute)
" Neural Network Simulation in a CSP Language for Multicomputers"

Wang D.(Ohio State University)
"Modeling Stimulus Specific Habituation : The Role of the Primordial Hippocampus"

Wang X.(USC, Los Angeles)
"Modeling Synchronization of Oscillations in Visual and Olfactory Cortex by Couples Discrete-Time Limit-Cycle and
Chaotic Neural Network Oscillators"

Wolf, F., Bauer, H. and Geisel, T. (University of Frankfurt)
" Field discontinuities and islands in visual cortical maps as a self-organized phenomenon"

8:00 : banquet

Wednesday July 29

9:00 : announcements and session opening

9:15 : Kipke, D.R., Herzog E. and Barlow, R.B.Jr (Syracuse University)
"A Computational Model of the Limulus Lateral Eye on a Parallel Computer"

9:50 : Berns, G.S., Dayan P. and Sejnowski T.J. (Salk Institute)
"Correlational-Based Development of Disparity Sensitivity"

10:25 : Hiller, M. (MIT)
"A Model of the Combined Effects of Chemical and Activity-Dependent Mechanisms in Topographic Map Formation"

11:00 : break

11:15 : Erwin, E.Obermayer K. and Schulten K.(University of Illinois)
"A Critical Comparison of Models of Cortical Visual Map Formation"

11:50 : Treves, A. and Abbott L.F. (University of Oxford)
"Lateral Processing: the Time it Takes"

12:25 : Pawelzik, K.Bauer H.-U. and Geisel T. (University of Frankfurt)
"Switching between Predictable and Unpredictable States in Data from Cat Visual Cortex"

1:00 : - 2:30 : lunch

2:30 : Hasselmo, M. (Harvard University) M. E., Vanier, M., Bergman, R. and Bower, J.M. (Caltech)
"Cholinergic Modulation of Associative Memory Function in a Realistic Computational Model of Pririform Cortex"

3:05 : Liljenstrom, H. (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) and Hasselmo, M.E.(Harvard University)
"Acetylcholine and Cortical Oscillatory Dynamics"

3:40 : - 4:00 : meeting summary and conclusions

4:30 : - 5:30 : workshop participants meeting

7:00 : leave for workshops