{"668482":{"#nid":"668482","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Brain Space Initiative Talk Series: Neural Population Coding","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate: \u003C\/strong\u003EFriday, July 28, 2023\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETime: \u003C\/strong\u003E1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EVirtual\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ca href=\u0022#Meeting info\u0022\u003Elog-in information below\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Stefano Panzeri\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u2019s Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; Professor and Director\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u2019s Affiliation\u003C\/strong\u003E: Department of Excellence for Information Processing at the Medical School in Hamburg (UKE)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Neural population coding\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn this talk I will present our work, based on the development and applications of mathematical methods from Information Theory and Machine Learning, to study how the functions of neural population codes emerge form the interaction of different neurons.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiosketch:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStefano Panzeri is full professor and director at the Department of Excellence for Information Processing at the Medical School in Hamburg (UKE). Stefano was trained and researched originally in theoretical physics (string theory) and has worked in computational neuroscience for more than 20 years. His research lies at the interface between theory and experiments and investigates how the functions of the brain originate from the interactions between its elements, the neurons.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca\u003ERecommended Article:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERunyan, C. A., Piasini, E., Panzeri, S. \u0026amp; Harvey, C. D. Distinct timescales of population coding across cortex. Nature 548, 92-96, doi:10.1038\/nature23020 (2017). (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nature23020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELink to Paper\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EValente, M. et al. Correlations enhance the behavioral readout of neural population activity in association cortex. Nat Neurosci 24, 975-986, doi:10.1038\/s41593-021-00845-1 (2021).\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E(\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41593-021-00845-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELink to Paper\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPanzeri, S., Moroni, M., Safaai, H. \u0026amp; Harvey, C. D. 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