Program
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Tuesday, June 7 |
Afternoon Arrival at 4:00-5:00pm 5:00-6:00pm 6:00-7:30pm |
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Wednesday, June 8 |
7:30-8:30am
8:30-8:45am Session chair: Malcolm Burrows
Uncertainty, Utility, and Architecture: A Decision-Theoretic Perspective on Intelligence Eric Horvitz
Challenges of Understanding how Biological Transducers Make Sense of the World Shaun Cain and Dennis Willows
Inverse Problems in Motor Control: The Challenge of Multiple Time Scales Tom Daniel
Break 10:15-10:45am
10:45-12:00pm Biological Perspectives: Case Studies Session chair: Dennis Willows
10:45-11:30 Desert Ant Navigation: Mini Brains—Mega Tasks—Smart Solutions Rüdiger Wehner
11:30-12:00 Neural Network Smarts: Lessons from the Hermissenda Eye Greg Clark
Lunch 12:00-1:30pm
1:30-3:00pm Computational Perspectives: Methods and Representations Session chair: Eric Horvitz
On Building Agents that Maximize Long-Term Reward Satinder Singh
Algorithms for Inverse Reinforcement Learning Andrew Y. Ng
How the Brain Decides Mike Shadlen
Break 3:00-3:30pm 3:30-5:00pm 6:00-7:00pm 7:30-9:00pm Understanding Robustness and Self-Organization Session chair: Satinder Singh
Robustness and Biological Complexity: What I've learned about Biology in the Last 7 Years John Doyle
Random Graph Theory Meets Biological Networks Dimitris Achlioptas
Engineering Self-Organizing Systems, Using Inspiration from Developmental Biology Radhika Nagpal
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Thursday, June 9 |
7:30-8:30am Data Structures and Decision Making in Computational Olfaction Alan Gelperin
Mechanisms of Memory in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Jacqueline Rose
Postsynaptic Mechanisms of Synaptic Facilitation and Behavioral Sensitization in Aplysia Adam Roberts
Break 10:00-10:15am
10:15-12:15pm Perspectives on Inference and Information Coding Session chair: Joseph Sisneros
Adaptation and Information Processing Adrienne Fairhall
Online Probabilistic Inference in Neural Populations Richard Zemel
Biological Computing with Biological Parts Henry Abarbanel
Learning an Epitome of Natural Signals Nebojsa Jojic
Lunch 12:15-1:30pm Dining Hall
1:30-2:30pm Signaling and Communication Session chair: Kiisa Nishikawa
Adaptive Sensory Plasticity for the Encoding of Communication Signals Joseph Sisneros
Cell Signaling in Olfaction Barry Ache 2:30-3:30pm Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging During Decision-Making in the Medicinal Leech Kevin Briggman
Intracellular recordings with implantable silicon microelectrodes? Russell Wyeth 3:30-5:30pm 6:00-7:00pm 7:30-9:00pm How do Biological Cells Build Complex Structures and Move Purposefully Without Any Foreman Making Decisions or Giving Instructions? Garry Odell
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Friday, June 10 |
7:30-8:30am
Phase Changes in Locusts Malcolm Burrows
Synaptic Augmentation Contributes to the Temporal Sensitivity of Environmental Regulation in the Aplysia Siphon-Withdrawal Reflect Bob Calin-Jageman
Novel and Adaptive Strategies in Chemical Defense and Chemical Signaling in Sea Hares Chuck Derby
Break 10:00-10:30am
10:30-12:00pm
Vision as a Compensatory Mechanism for Disturbance Rejection in Upwind Flight Michael Reiser
Visual Detection of Motion in Flies: Invariance in Coding of Velocity of Naturalistic Scenes Andrew Straw
Modularity and Primitives in Tetrapod Spinal Motor Systems Simon Giszter
Lunch 12:00-1:30pm
1:30-2:00pm
Evolution of Brain and Behavior: Insights from Comparative Phylogenetic Studies Kiisa Nishikawa
2:00-2:30pm Session Chair: Chuck Derby
Building Animals: Cost-benefit Decision-Making in Simple Neural Networks Rhanor Gillette 2:30-3:00pm |
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Saturday, June11 |
8:00-9:00am |