From Brains to Machines
A Special Symposium
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
| Plenary Session | |
| Michael Arbib, USC Brains, machines and buildings |
8:00 - 9:00 AM |
| Coffee Break | 9:00 - 9:30 AM |
| Session 1 | |
| Adam Gazzaley, UCSF Neural networks underlying top-down enhancement and suppression of visual processing |
9:30 - 10:10 AM |
| Cheryl Grady, RRI The effects of aging on functional connectivity during cognitive tasks and at rest |
10:10 - 10:50 AM |
| Jennie Si, ASU New insights into the cortical neural substrate for goal-directed cognitive control |
10:50 - 11:30 AM |
| Break 11:30 - 11:40 AM | |
| Vinod Menon, Stanford Dynamical functional organization of the human brain |
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM |
| Discussion | 12:20 - 12:40 PM |
| Lunch | 12:40 - 1:50 PM |
| Plenary Session | |
| Dharmendra Modha, IBM Almaden Research Cognitive computing: neuroscience, supercomputing, nanotechnology |
1:50 - 2:50 PM |
| Coffee Break | 2:50 - 3:20 PM |
| Session 2 | |
| Jose Carmena, UC Berkeley Neural adaptations to a brain-machine interface |
3:20 - 4:00 PM |
| Michel Maharbiz, UC Berkeley Cyborg beetles: building interfaces between synthetic and multicellular |
4:00 - 4:40 PM |
| Ted Berger, USC Biomimetic models and microelectronics for neural prosthetic devices that support memory systems of the brain |
4:40 - 5:20 PM |
| Break | 5:20 - 5:30 PM |
| Dileep George, Vicarious Systems How to work towards a mathematical understanding of the brain |
5:30 - 6:10 PM |
| Discussion | 6:10 - 6:30 PM |
