Program Schedule
Updated as of 8 April 2015
13 Apr | 14 Apr | 15 Apr | 16 Apr | 17 Apr
13 Apr 2015 (Mon)
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Time |
Event |
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08:00 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
| 08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:00-09:10 |
Opening Speech
Che Ting Chan
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
Executive Director of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
|
Session: Learning from Brain Diseases
Chair: K Y Michael Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 09:10-10:05 |
Talk: Computational Challenges beyond Circuits: Messages from Neurobiology
[abstract]
Karl Herrup (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
Session: Plasticity 1
Chair:
K Y Michael Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
|
10:05-11:00 |
Talk: “Modeling the Dynamic Interaction of Hebbian and Homeostatic Plasticity”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Taro Toyoizumi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
|
| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee break |
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11:30-12:25 |
Talk: “Circuits for Motivation and Happiness”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Sen Song (Tsinghua University)
|
| 12:25-14:00 |
Lunch break (Self-arranged) |
Session: Plasticity 2
Chair: Taro Toyoizumi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute) |
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14:00-14:55 |
Talk: “A Synaptic Story of Limited Working Memory Capacity”
[abstract]
Yuanyuan Mi (Weizmann Institute of Science)
|
|
14:55-15:50 |
Talk: “Determining Excitability of Cortical Neurons and their Recurrent Network”
[abstract]
Yousheng Shu (Beijing Normal University)
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18:00 |
Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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14 Apr 2015 (Tue)
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Time |
Event |
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08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
Keynote Speech
Chair: K Y Michael Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 09:00-09:55 |
Talk: “Attention and Arousal in the Parietal Cortex”
[abstract]
Michael E Goldberg (Columbia University)
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Session: Dynamical Information Processing 1
Chair: K Y Michael Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
|
| 09:55-10:50 |
Talk: “Encoding the Time Course of Saccades in Macaque Lateral Intraparietal Area (LIP)”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Mingsha Zhang (Beijing Normal University)
|
| 10:50-11:20 |
Coffee break |
|
11:20-12:15 |
Talk: “Time Perception in an Adaptive Excitable System”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Chi Keung Chan (Academia Sinica)
|
| 12:15-14:00 |
Lunch break (Self-arranged) |
Session: Dynamical Information Processing 2
Chair: Changsong Zhou (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
|
14:00-14:55 |
Talk: “Depression-enhanced Synchronization in Reverberatory Bursts”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Chun-Chung Chen (Academia Sinica)
|
|
14:55-15:50 |
Talk: “Entrained Activity as an Imprint of Stimulus Interval in the Visual Circuit”
[abstract]
Jiayi Zhang (Fudan University)
|
|
18:00 |
Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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15 Apr 2015 (Wed)
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Time |
Event |
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08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East
by coach |
Keynote Speech
Chair: Si Wu (Beijing Normal University) |
| 09:00-09:55 |
Talk: “Explaining and Exploiting Variable Impedance Strategies in Motor Control –
in Humans and Robots” [abstract]
[presentation]
Sethu Vijayakumar (The University of Edinburgh)
|
|
09:55-10:25 |
Coffee break |
Session: Robotics and Navigation
Chair: Si Wu (Beijing Normal University)
|
|
10:25-11:20 |
Talk: “Neurally-inspired and Neurally-driven Robotics”
[abstract]
Bertram E Shi (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
|
| 11:20-12:15 |
Talk: “Probing the Neural Code for Spatial Memories”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Daoyun Ji (Baylor College of Medicine)
|
|
12:15-14:00 |
Group photo taking and Lunch break (Self-arranged) |
|
18:00 |
Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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16 Apr 2015 (Thu)
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Time |
Event |
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08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East
by coach |
Session: Dynamical Information Processing 3
Chair: Chi Keung Chan (Academia Sinica) |
|
10:00-10:55 |
Talk: “Physical Principles in Dynamical Information
Processing”
[abstract]
[presentation]
K Y Michael Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
|
|
10:55-11:10 |
Coffee break |
|
11:10-12:05 |
Talk: “Processing of Visual Motion Information in the Ventral Visual Pathway”
[abstract]
Haidong Lu (Beijing Normal University) |
|
12:05-14:00 |
Lunch break (Self-arranged) |
Session: Multi-sensory Information Processing
Chair: Jiayi Zhang (Fudan University) |
|
14:00-14:55 |
Talk: “Decentralized Multi-sensory Information Integration in Neural Systems”
[abstract]
Si Wu (Beijing Normal University)
|
| 14:55-15:50 |
Talk: “Tonal Detection in Noise: An Auditory Neuroscience Insight”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Buddhika Karunarathne (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
|
|
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break
(Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
Session: IAS/SSCI/SENG Joint Lecture
(Venue: IAS Lecture Theatre, G/F)
Chair: K Y Michael Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
|
16:30-18:00 |
Talk: “Robots that Learn: Harnessing Advances in Machine Learning for
Smart Actuation” [abstract]
[presentation]
Sethu Vijayakumar (The University of Edinburgh)
|
|
18:15 |
Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
| 19:00-21:00 |
Banquet (By invitation and transports provided) |
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17 April 2015 (Fri)
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Time |
Event |
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08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East
by coach |
Session: Neural Circuitry 1
Chair: Mingsha Zhang (Beijing Normal University) |
|
10:00-10:55 |
Talk: “Cost-efficiency in Neural Presentations”
[abstract]
Changsong Zhou
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
|
|
10:55-11:10 |
Coffee break |
|
11:10-12:05 |
Talk: “Absence of Corticothalamic Connection in “Cortexless Mice” Affects the Development of Visual Circuit”
[abstract]
Liyuan Cui (Fudan University)
|
|
12:05-14:00 |
Lunch break (Self-arranged) |
Session: Neural Circuitry 2
Chair: Chun-Chung Chen (Academia Sinica) |
|
14:00-14:55 |
Talk: “Inhibitory Circuitry Mechanisms for Cortical Processing and Dynamics”
[abstract]
[presentation]
Xiaohui Zhang (Beijing Normal University)
|
Session: The Way Forward
Chair: Si Wu (Beijing Normal University) |
|
14:55-15:50 |
Panel Discussion
Chair: Si Wu (Beijing Normal University)
|
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Panelists: |
Michael E Goldberg (Columbia University)
I-Ming Hsing (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Sethu Vijayakumar (The University of Edinburgh) |
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18:00 |
Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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Venue
IAS 4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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