[BIC-announce] Fwd: Neuro Event: April 28, 4PM EDT - Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar "Bio-instantiated recurrent neural networks"

Fri Apr 23 08:43:24 EDT 2021

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Subject: Neuro Event: April 28, 4PM EDT - Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar "Bio-instantiated recurrent neural networks"

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Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar "Bio-instantiated recurrent neural networks”

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
4:00 - 5:00PM EDT
Zoom (Registration Required)<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-lecture-series-tickets-151071732619>

Livestreaming through Vimeo<https://vimeo.com/event/269074>
Speaker: Alexandros Goulas, Ph.D<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Pq86megAAAAJ&hl=en>.
Institute of Computational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract
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.

The Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind (VBM) Seminar Series
Advancing the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984) and Founding Director of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (1984), to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The talks will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging.

Speakers will include scientists from across The Neuro, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. The series is intended to provide a virtual forum for scientists and trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of brainand cognitive disorders. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in presenting please contact us to secure a spot on the schedule.

Looking forward to reconnecting!

Nathan Spreng
Boris Bernhardt
Bratislav Misic

To register: Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-lecture-series-tickets-151071732619>

Contact : Sasha Kelly<mailto:sasha.kelly at mcgill.ca>, Events and Conference Coordinator, The Neuro

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