1st U-M Workshop on Computational Neuroscience

Coffee and light snacks will be served

Prof. Garikipati and Prof. Stuenkel will give an overview of the goals of the workshop

Prof. Garikipati will give an overview of the institute focusing on activities and resources available to the U-M community of computational neuroscientists

9:30 a.m. Neural circuit models for sleep-wake regulation and pain processing

Victoria Booth, Department of Mathematics and Department of Anesthesiology

 9:40 a.m. Neuronal ripples in space and time: coordinated activity in memory circuits

Kamran Diba, Department of Anesthesiology

9:50 a.m. Neural networks of chronic pain

Rick Harris, Department of Anesthesiology

From Spiking Patterns to Memory formation: Tools for Analysis and Modeling of Network-wide Cognitive Dynamics of the Brain

The aim of the research is to develop models as well as analysis tools to understand network-wide spatio-temporal patterning underlying experimentally observed neural spiking activity. The research team has developed novel tools to analyze dynamics of neuronal representations across time, before during and after learning. These tools, for the first time, compare the stability of network dynamics before and after memory encoding.

10:50 a.m. Neural interfaces for controlling finger movements

Cynthia Chestek, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

11:00 a.m. Analyzing neural signals from and anatomical characteristics of dorsal rootganglia

Tim Bruns, Department of Biomedical Engineering

11:10 a.m. Deciphering human neuronal circuits

Omar Ahmed, Department of Psychology

MICDE and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience are preparing an application to launch a new Rackham Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience. In this town hall we are seeking input from students (and any interested party) to incorporate into this exciting process.

12:10 p.m. Computational approaches to improve clinical neurostimulation therapies

Scott Lempka, Department of Biomedical Engineering

12:20 p.m. Regulation of neural population dynamics by brain state

Brendon Watson, Department of Psychiatry

12:30 p.m. TBD

Geoffrey Murphy, Department of Physiology