Videos: Computational Theories of the Brain, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing

All the videos of the workshop on Computational Theories of the Brain at Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing are out. Enjoy !

Monday, April 16th, 20188:30 am – 8:50 am
Coffee and Check-In
8:50 am – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:45 am
The Prefrontal Cortex as a Meta-Reinforcement Learning SystemMatthew Botvinick, DeepMind Technologies Limited, London and University College London9:45 am – 10:30 am
Working Memory Influences Reinforcement Learning Computations in Brain and BehaviorAnne Collins, UC Berkeley10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Predictive Coding Models of PerceptionDavid Cox, Harvard University11:45 am – 12:30 pm
TBASophie Denève, Ecole Normale Supérieure12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Towards Biologically Plausible Deep Learning: Early Inference in Energy-Based Models Approximates Back-PropagationAsja Fischer, University of Bonn
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Neural Circuitry Underling Working Memory in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal CortexVeronica Galvin, Yale University
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Reception

Tuesday, April 17th, 20188:30 am – 9:00 am
Coffee and Check-In
9:00 am – 9:45 am
TBASurya Ganguli, Stanford University9:45 am – 10:30 am
Does the Neocortex Use Grid Cell-Like Mechanisms to Learn the Structure of Objects?Jeff Hawkins, Numenta
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Dynamic Neural Network Structures Through Stochastic RewiringRobert Legenstein, Graz University of Technology11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Backpropagation and Deep Learning in the BrainTimothy Lillicrap, DeepMind Technologies Limited, London12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
An Algorithmic Theory of Brain NetworksNancy Lynch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Networks of Spiking Neurons Learn to Learn and RememberWolfgang Maass, Graz University of Technology4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Plenary Discussion: What Is Missing in Current Theories of Brain Computation?

Wednesday, April 18th, 20188:30 am – 9:00 am
Coffee and Check-In
9:00 am – 9:45 am
Functional Triplet Motifs Underlie Accurate Predictions of Single-Trial Responses in Populations of Tuned and Untuned v1 NeuronsJason MacLean, University of Chicago9:45 am – 10:30 am
The Sparse Manifold TransformBruno Olshausen, UC Berkeley10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Playing Newton: Automatic Construction of Phenomenological, Data-Driven Theories and ModelsIlya Nemenman, Emory University11:45 am – 12:30 pm
A Functional Classification of Glutamatergic Circuits in Cortex and ThalamusS. Murray Sherman, University of Chicago12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
On the Link Between Energy & Information for the Design of Neuromorphic SystemsNarayan Srinivasa, Eta Compute3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Neural Circuit Representation of Multiple Cognitive Tasks: Clustering and CompositionalityXJ Wang, New York University4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Plenary Discussion: How Can One Test/Falsify Current Theories of Brain Computation?

Thursday, April 19th, 20188:30 am – 9:00 am
Coffee and Check-In
9:00 am – 9:45 pm
Control of Synaptic Plasticity in Deep Cortical NetworksPieter Roelfsema, University of Amsterdam9:45 am – 10:30 am
Computation with AssembliesChristos Papadimitriou, Columbia University10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Capacity of Neural Networks for Lifelong Learning of Composable TasksLes Valiant, Harvard University11:45 am – 12:30 pm
An Integrated Cognitive ArchitectureGreg Wayne, Columbia University

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