Signatures of efficient neural coding
Bernstein conference Workshop 2016
Organizers
Susanne Schreiber and Tatjana Tchumatchenko
Venue
Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin
Seminargebäude am Hegelplatz
Dorotheenstr. 24
10117 Berlin
Germany
Time
Tuesday, Sept 20, 2016, 14.00-18.30
Workshop Abstract
The neurosciences are accumulating facts about the brain at an impressive speed. In view of the vast amount of complex data, however, it is challenging to identify organizing principles and mechanisms that generalize across brain areas and even species. Taking a perspective of evolutionary optimization and efficiency of neural design provides one possible route to interpret neural data from a more structured point of view and promises interesting insights for questions that address the “why” beyond the “how". The workshop will bring together experimentally and theoretically inclined scientists working on different aspects of efficient coding, ranging from optimal decoding and encoding to energy efficiency and optimal network design and aims to inspire cross-disciplinary discussions triggered by the speakers’ latest results.
Confirmed speakers
Each talk will be 30 minutes (25 min talk+5 min discussion)