Neuromorphic Networks
An interview with Konstantin Likharev. He joined the Stony Brook Physics Department in 1991, after a long and successful career at Moscow State University. He is a pioneer in nano-electronics and the developer of CrossNets, a new kind of chip that could change the way we think about computers.
Konstantin K. Likharev – CrossNets: Possible Nanoelectronic Neuromorphic Networks
Computational Neuroscience Journal Club Wednesday July 13 at 11:30 in room 313 Speaker: Konstantin K. Likharev Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University Title: CrossNets: Possible Nanoelectronic Neuromorphic Networks PDF of presentation Abstract: I will review recent work on devices, circuits and architectures for possible hybrid CMOS/nanoelectronic integrated circuits based on nanowire crossbars, with … Read more
holographic gravity
An interview with Rajesh Gopakumar. He got his PhD from Princeton, under the supervision of David Gross, and he is now at the Harish-Chandra Institute for Theoretical Physics in Allahabad, India.
Ari Pakman – Tutorial on Machine Learning Methods for Neuroscience
by Ari Pakman (Brown University) We will review at an elementary level some statistical methods useful in the analysis of spike train data. No background needed beyond basic probability. Wednesday June 15th 11:30-1:00, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Room 313 Lecture 1: The neural encoding problem Action potentials and spike trains. Poisson and … Read more
Homological Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology Workshop June 13, 2011- June 17, 2011
We are pleased to announce the Simons Workshop “Homological Invariants in Low-dimensional Topology ,” co-organized by Mikhail Khovanov and Peter Oszvath, to be held in Stony Brook from June 13 to June 17, 2011. The workshop will be conducted by the new Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University, whose mission is … Read more
Giancarlo La Camera, PhD – Selected problems in learning and decision making
Computational Neuroscience Journal Club Wednesday at 1130 in room 313 First episode: Today’s talk see below May 11th at 11:30am in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Room 313 PDF of presentation video part 1 video part 2 Speaker: Giancarlo La Camera, PhD Dept. Neurobiology and Behavior Life Sciences Bldg 513 SUNY Stony Brook Title: Selected problems … Read more
Remi Monasson – Inference of interactions in assemblies of stochastic integrate-and-fire neurons from spike recordings
Wednesday 6/1 11:30 – 12:30, SCGP Room 102 Speaker: Remi Monasson Title: “Inference of interactions in assemblies of stochastic integrate-and-fire neurons from spike recordings”. video Thursday 6/2 11:30 – 12:30, SCGP 515 Physics Discussion Group Speaker: Remi Monasson Title: “Inference of pairwise interactions” video
Simons Summer Workshop in Mathematics and Physics 2011 July 25 – August 19, 2011
Integrable Structures and Low Dimensional Geometries July 25 – August 19 Scientific advisor: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard) Local coordinator: Martin Rocek We are pleased to announce the 2011 Summer Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics from July 25 to August 19. This is the fourth Summer Workshop conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics … Read more
Equivariant Quantum Cohomology, Mirror Symmetry, and Symplectic Geometry Workshop, May 16, 2011 – May 20, 2011
Dates: May 16-20, 2011 Location: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNY Stony BrookOrganizers: Dennis Auroux, Ludmil Katzarkov, Paul Seidel The broad aim of the workshop is to address recent developments involving equivariant structures in mirror symmetry. These developments come from quantum cohomology and symplectic topology, and have further ramifications in representation theory and in … Read more
Frederik Denef – String Glasses
Title: String Glasses Video