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<b>From:</b> NeuroEvents <events.neuro@MCGILL.CA><br>
<b>Date:</b> Apr 23, 2021, 8:31 AM -0400<br>
<b>To:</b> MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA <MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Neuro Event: April 28, 4PM EDT - Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar "Bio-instantiated recurrent neural networks"<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar "Bio-instantiated recurrent neural networks”</span></b></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday, April 2</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8<span style="color:black">, 2021<br>
4:00 - 5:00PM</span> EDT<span style="color:black"><br>
Zoom</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-lecture-series-tickets-151071732619" target="_blank" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-mind-and-brain-seminar-tickets-128284916639"> (Registration Required)</a></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Livestreaming through </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://vimeo.com/event/269074" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">Vimeo</span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speake</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">r:
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Pq86megAAAAJ&hl=en">Alexandros Goulas, Ph.D</a>.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Institute of Computational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Abstract</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recent breakthroughs in artificial neural network research have generated a renewed interest in the intersection of biological and artificial neural systems. Despite
 certain similarities between these two types of networks, important differences can be discerned. First, the network topology of these systems exhibits pronounced differences. Second, biological neural networks are sculpted by evolution, whereas artificial
 neural networks are engineered to solve certain tasks. Here, we offer a new take on the intersection of biological and artificial systems by instantiating recurrent neural networks with the empirically discerned topology observed in nature, that is, human
 and monkey brain networks (bio-instantiated recurrent neural networks). We will address: i) the challenges and strategies related to the construction of bio-instantiated networks ii) the effect of empirically discerned topology in artificial systems. The findings
 inform debates on the significance of network topology as a structural prior facilitating learning and the insights and challenges related to artificial neural networks when used as models of the brain.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Feindel</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Virtual</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brain</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mind</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(VBM)
 Seminar Series</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Advancing the vision of Dr. William<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Feindel<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(1918–2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Founding
 Director of the McConnell<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Brain<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Imaging Centre (1984), to constantly bridge the clinical<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>research
 realms. The talks will highlight the latest advances<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>discoveries in neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>neuroimaging.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speakers will include scientists from across The Neuro, as well as colleagues<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>collaborators
 locally<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from around the world. The series is intended to provide a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>virtual<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>forum
 for scientists<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms, diagnosis<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>treatment
 of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>brainand<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>cognitive disorders. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in presenting please contact us to secure a spot on the schedule.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking forward to reconnecting!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nathan Spreng<br>
Boris Bernhardt<br>
Bratislav Misic </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To register:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-lecture-series-tickets-151071732619" target="_blank" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-mind-and-brain-seminar-tickets-128284916639"> Eventbrite</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact :</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sasha.kelly@mcgill.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">Sasha
 Kelly</span></a><span style="color:black">, Events</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Conference<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Coordinator</span>,
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