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Coffee and Check-In
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Opening Remarks
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Pattern Separation and Completion in Subregions of the Hippocampus
Jim Knierim, Johns Hopkins University
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CRISP: Challenging the Standard Framework of Hippocampal Memory Function
Laurenz Wiskott, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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Break
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Place-Cell Sequences in the Hippocampus
David Foster, UC Berkeley
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Active Dendrites in the Formation of Hippocampal Place Fields
Mark Sheffield, University of Chicago
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Lunch
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Continuous 8 Hz Alternation between Divergent Representations in the Hippocampus
Loren Frank, UCSF
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Coding of Space and Time in Cortical Structures
Michael Hasselmo, Boston University
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Break
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Decoding the Population Activity of Grid Cells for Spatial Localization and Goal-Directed Navigation
Andreas Herz, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Recurrent Circuitry Implements Concentration-Invariant Odor Coding in Piriform Cortex
Kevin Franks, Duke University
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Discussion
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Reception
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Coffee and Check-In
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Basal Ganglia Architecture for Reinforcement Learning
Josh Berke, UCSF
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Computational and Experimental Approaches to Study Dendritic Integration of Convergent Synaptic Inputs
Jun Ding, Stanford University
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Break
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Synaptic Learning Rules Tuned to Functional Requirements
Jennifer Raymond, Stanford University
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A View of Cortex from the Thalamus
S. Murray Sherman, University of Chicago
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Lunch
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Dissecting the Dynamics of Signal Transmission in Thalamocortical Circuits
Martin Usrey, UC Davis
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Corticogeniculate Feedback Sharpens the Temporal Resolution of LGN Responses
Farran Briggs, University of Rochester
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Break
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Emergence of Direction Selectivity at the Convergence of Thalamo-Cortical Synapses in Visual Cortex
Massimo Scanziani, UCSF
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Discussion
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Coffee and Check-In
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What Electric Signals Tell Us about the Brain Code
Costas Anastassiou, Allen Institute for Brain Science
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Relating Circuit Dynamics to Computation: Robustness and Dimension-Specific Computation in Cortical Dynamics
Shaul Druckmann, Stanford University
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Break
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How Fast Is a Neural "Winner-Take-All" When Deciding Between Many Noisy Options?
Ila Fiete, University of Texas at Austin
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The Regime of Sensory Cortical Computation: Loose E/I Balance and Normalization
Ken Miller, Columbia University
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Lunch
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Precise Multimodal Control of Neural Ensemble Activity
Hillel Adesnik, UC Berkeley
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Discussion
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Walk in the Hills
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Coffee and Check-In
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Differential Tuning of Excitation and Inhibition Underlies Direction Selectivity in Ferret Visual Cortex
Dan Wilson, Max Planck Florida Institute
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Horizontal Connectivity and Prediction of Coherences in the Integration of Contour and Motion in the Primary Visual Cortex
Yves Fregnac, UNIC
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Break
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What Are All Those Neurons in Foveal V1 Doing?
Bruno Olshausen, UC Berkeley
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Detecting Object Boundaries in Natural Scenes Requires 'Incitatory' Cell-Cell Interactions
Bartlett Mel, University of Southern California
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Lunch
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An Accurate Functional Model of Single Neurons in V1, V2 and V4
Jack Gallant, UC Berkeley
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The Code for Faces and Objects in IT Cortex
Doris Tsao, California Institute of Technology
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Break
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Emerging Dynamics and Cognition in the Global Brain
Xiao-Jing Wang, New York University
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Discussion