Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience:

The Geometry of Excitability and Bursting

Lectures and Seminars

November 25, 27, 28, 2008, h. 10.00 - 12.00

Scuola Santa Chiara

Scuola Superiore Santa Chiara

Eugene Izhikevich is Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego (CA). In 2008-2009 he is Fellow of the Project “Meccanismi cerebrali, architetture funzionali e modelli dei processi cognitivi: teoria, analisi e ricerca sperimentale”; the Project involves the Centre for the Study of Complex Systems and several PhD Programs of the University of Siena: Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Scienze Neurologiche Applicate, Informatica, Logica Matematica e Scienze Cognitive, Economia Politica.

Prof. Eugene Izhikevich

 

The Neurosciences Institute

San Diego, CA (USA)

http://www.izhikevich.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large-Scale Models of the Human Brain

Plenary Lecture

November 26, 2008, h. 10.00

Auditorium of the Scuola Santa Chiara

 

Abstract. I will describe an ambitious research program to build a large-scale model of the human brain. Anatomy of the model is based on MRI studies of humans, though data from cats and rats are used to fill in missing details. Simulations of the model demonstrate that many features of normal brain activity emerge spontaneously as a result of self-organization. I will also discuss the future of computational intelligence and neuro-robotics.

This talk is based on the Izhikevich and Edelman (2008) paper published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Science. See pdf file at http://vesicle.nsi.edu/users/izhikevich/publications/large-scale_model_of_human_brain.htm

 

Further details at http://csc.unisi.it and http://www.unisi.it/santachiara/

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