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Workshop program

Sun, 24.04. Welcome, get together, and tour of workshop facilities G. Indiveri
Mon, 25.04. Tutorial on cortical circuits, neuromorphic circuits, sensors, and systems R. Douglas, G. Indiveri, T. Delbruck, A. van Schaik
09:15 - 10:15 Tutorial on cortical circuits Lecture room
10:45 - 12:00 Tutorial on neuromorphic electronic circuits Lecture room
14:30 - 16:00 Tutorial on neuromorphic sensors Lecture room
17:00 - 18:00 WorkGroup Organization Lecture room
Tue, 26.04. Neural computation in insects and robots C. Rind, Y. Sandamirskaya
09:00 - 10:15 Tutorial on invertebrate nervous systems and neuromorphic robotic vehicles Lecture Room
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Programmable plasticity on neuromorphic hardware Disco
15:00 - 16:00 Workgroup: Universal AER Protocols for Multi-System Simulation disco
15:00 - 14:00 Workgroup: Scalable General-Purpose Neuromorphic Simulation Disco
15:30 - 16:30 Workgroup: Learning of deep spiking networks meet in the lobby
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Self-driving neuromorphic agent Disco
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Neuromorphic cognitive robots Disco
17:00 - 18:00 Workgroup: Swimming swimming pool
19:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: YARP-SpiNNaker-DVS-ATIS Disco
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Computer vision applied to biological microscopy images Lecture room
22:00 - 23:00 Workgroup: What Should the Next-Generation SpiNNaker Look Like? Sala Panorama
Wed, 27.04. Visual cortical circuits and canonical microcircuits Y. Fregnac, R. Douglas, K. Martin
15:00 - 16:00 Workgroup: The Capo Caccia Single Neuron Challenge Sala Panorama
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines Sala Panorama
17:00 - 18:00 Workgroup: Beach Ultimate Frisbee On the beach
17:15 - 18:00 Workgroup: NCog+Drive Workgroups meeting Disco
19:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: Tea Tasting Bar area
20:30 - 20:30 Workgroup: Difficult Tasks ?
Thu, 28.04. Understanding neural processing principles from anatomy and behavioral experiments F. Engert, K. Martin, T. Sejnowski
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Learning circuits for memristor-based neuromorphic circuits Panorama Room
15:00 - 16:00 Workgroup: Learning of deep spiking networks Panorama Room
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Self-driving neuromorphic agent Disco
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Neuromorphic cognitive robots Disco
19:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: Tea Tasting bar area
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Computer vision applied to biological microscopy images Sala Panorama
Fri, 29.04. Learning, memory and decision making processes in neural systems for cognitive behavior B.Richmond, T. Sejnowski
14:00 - 14:30 Workgroup: The Capo Caccia Single Neuron Challenge Sala Panorama
15:00 - 16:00 Workgroup: What Should the Next-Generation SpiNNaker Look Like? Sala Panorama
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Yves Cortex (YCTX) lecture room
19:00 - 19:30 Workgroup: Reduced bit-precision in Convolutional Neural Networks Bar
21:00 - 22:30 Workgroup: Difficult Tasks Veranda outside Main Hall
Sat, 30.04. Inter-area cortical connectivity and Neural Multiprocessing H. Kennedy, M. Cook, D. Ballard
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Learning of deep spiking networks Panorama Room
15:00 - 16:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines DISCO
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Bottom-up constraints from biology (useful?) for canonical learning principles Disco
18:00 - 18:50 Interim Workgroup results DISCO
Sun, 01.05. Free day, hiking, swimming, sports and social events -
19:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: Cheese tasting Bar area
23:30 - 00:30 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala Panorama
Mon, 02.05. Decision making and learning in cognitive agents P. Del Giudice, E. Neftci, G. Indiveri
14:30 - 15:30 Workgroup: Learning circuits for memristor-based neuromorphic circuits Panorama room
15:00 - 23:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines DISCO
15:30 - 17:00 Workgroup: Interactive decision making on neuromorphic chips Panorama room
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Reverse-Engineering network topology from spiketrains with FPGA and neuromorphic hardware Disco
17:15 - 18:15 Workgroup: Beach Ultimate Frisbee Beach/Grass
18:00 - 19:00 Workgroup: VERY happy hour Main hall, by the bar
19:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: Simulating Event-Driven Address-Event-Representation (AER) Systems With MegaSim Main lecture room
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Computer vision applied to biological microscopy images Sala Panorama
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala TV (room beside bar area)
Tue, 03.05. Development and self-construction of cortical circuits Marion, Gabi, Henry, Rodney
09:00 - 12:00 Developing and self-constructing cortical circuits Lecture room
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: What Should the Next-Generation SpiNNaker Look Like? Outside disco
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Computer vision applied to biological microscopy images Sala Panorama
14:00 - 16:00 Workgroup: Attention in Convolutional Neural Networks Sala Panorama
15:00 - 23:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines DISCO
15:30 - 19:00 Workgroup: Climbing Casarotto
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Interactive decision making on neuromorphic chips Disco
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: SynapticDiversity/HTM 2nd Mtg Sala Panorama
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Event-based sensors Disco
17:00 - 18:00 Workgroup: Beach Ultimate Frisbee Beach
17:00 - 17:30 Workgroup: Swimming swimming pool
18:00 - 19:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Bar area (colocated with tea tasting)
19:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: Tea Tasting bar area
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala Panorama
Wed, 04.05. What has Computational Neuroscience given us in all these years? What will it give in the near future? D. Ballard, C. von der Malsburg
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Universal AER Protocols for Multi-System Simulation Disco
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Learning circuits for memristor-based neuromorphic circuits Panorama Room
15:00 - 23:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines DISCO
15:30 - 19:00 Workgroup: Climbing Placche di Peyer
16:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Event-based sensors Disco
17:00 - 17:30 Workgroup: Swimming swimming pool
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala Panorama
Thu, 05.05. Sotchastic inference and learning with spiking neurons E. Neftci, M. Petrovici, A. van Schaik
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Metrics for Evaluating Network Performance Sala Panorama
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Computer vision applied to biological microscopy images Terrasse
14:30 - 18:00 Workgroup: Climbing TBD
15:00 - 20:00 Workgroup: Cycling Towards Grotto de Neptuno
18:00 - 23:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines DISCO
18:00 - 19:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Bar area
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala Panorama
21:00 - 22:00 Workgroup: Cheese tasting Bar area
Fri, 06.05. Neuromorphic computing systems with emerging technologies (memristors, 3D VLSI) for neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering B. Linares Barranco, F. L. Traversa
14:30 - 16:00 Workgroup: Healthy machines Lecture room
15:00 - 17:00 Workgroup: Computer vision applied to biological microscopy images Terrasse
15:30 - 18:30 Workgroup: Climbing Placche di Peyer (Meet in lobby)
21:00 - 22:30 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala Panorama
Sat, 07.05. Project demos and open discussion on future workshops -
14:00 - 15:00 Workgroup: Chocolate Sala Panorama
14:00 - 15:00 Feedback DISCO