TSVP Symposium: Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning
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Title: Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Bridging Biological and Artificial Neural Networks
Abstract: Neuromodulators, including dopamine, acetylcholine, serotonin, noradrenaline and histamine, through their diffuse release regulate local microcircuit and global meso-scale connectivity in biological neural networks to catalyze learning, and boost adaptation to rapidly changing contexts. Although deep neural networks (DNNs) have demonstrated their effectiveness in solving a wide spectrum of real-world tasks ranging from pattern recognition to autonomous driving vehicles, they however, remain ineffective in adaptive and meta-learning to execute simultaneous tasks and are prone to “catastrophic forgetting”, contrary to their biological counterparts.
The goal of this symposium is to describe the organizing properties of neuromodulatory systems, which enable learning and task-switching across multiple spatio-temporal scales - from microcircuits to mesocircuits - in biological neural networks. By bringing together experimentalists and theoreticians, this symposium will specifically explore how neuromodulators impact the cellular and synaptic assembly of neural networks across invertebrate and vertebrate brains, and implement their organizing rules and principles in DNNs to enhance adaptive learning capabilities and overcome catastrophic forgetting.
Registration
Register here (Deadline: June 24, 2024)
Members of the OIST community are welcome to join all scientific sessions without registration
Symposium Organizers
Srikanth Ramaswamy, Newcastle University, UK / TSVP Scholar
Arvind Kumar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Upi Bhalla, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
Vatsala Thirumalai, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
Invited Participants
Joshua Johansen, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Ayaka Kato, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Thomas John McHugh, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Jie Mei, The University of Tokyo, IRCN
Kenji Morita, The University of Tokyo
Thomas Parr, Oxford University
James Shine, The University of Sydney
Gilad Daniel Silberberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida, Harvard University
Naoshige Uchida, Harvard University
Josh Goldberg, Hebrew University
Shervin Safavi, TU Dresden
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama, OIST
Erik De Schutter, OIST
Kenji Doya, OIST
Katsuhiko Miyazaki, OIST
Izumi Fukunaga, OIST
Kayoko Miyazaki, OIST
Jeff Wickens, OIST
Tomoki Fukai, OIST
Bernd Kuhn, OIST
Yukiko Goda, OIST
Sam Reiter, OIST
Jun Tani, OIST
Schedule
Day 1 (8th July)
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14:00 |
Opening and Introduction to OIST by Kenji Doya |
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14:15 |
Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida (Harvard University) |
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14:45 |
Josh Johansen (RIKEN Center for Brain Science) |
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15:15 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 |
Thomas McHugh (RIKEN Center for Brain Science) |
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16:30 |
Gilad Silberberg (Karolinska Institute) on Zoom |
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17:00 |
Panel discussion |
Day 2 (9th July)
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08:45 |
Arrival |
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09:15 |
Recap of day 1 |
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09:30 |
Jeff Wickens (OIST) |
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10:00 |
Bernd Kuhn (OIST) |
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10:30 |
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST) |
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11:00 |
Group photo / Coffee break |
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11:30 |
James Mac Shine (University of Sydney) “Neuromodulatory Control of Complex Adaptive Dynamics in the Brain” |
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12:00 |
Kenji Doya/Katsuhiko Miyazaki/Kayoko Miyazaki (OIST) “Serotonin, patience, confidence and beyond” |
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12:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 |
Thomas Parr (University of Oxford) |
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14:30 |
Vatsala Thirumalai (NCBS) |
| 15:00 |
Kenji Morita (University of Tokyo) |
| 15:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 |
Jun Tani (OIST) |
| 16:30 |
Izumi Fukunaga (OIST) |
| 17:00 |
Panel discussion |
Day 3 (10th July)
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08:45 |
Arrival |
| 09:15 |
Recap of day 2 |
| 09:30 |
Naoshige Uchida (Harvard University) |
| 10:00 |
Erik De Schutter (OIST) |
| 10:30 |
Yukiko Goda (OIST) |
| 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:30 |
Josh Goldberg (Hebrew University) |
| 12:00 |
Upi Bhalla (NCBS) |
| 12:30 |
Lunch break |
| 14:00 |
Wrap-up and departure |
Zoom Information
Join Zoom
Meeting ID: 973 2501 8940
Passcode: 012380
Taxi Schedule
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| Date | Pick up Time | From | ⇒ | To | ⇒ | To | ⇒ | To |
| 7/8/2024 | 11:00 | The Peridot Hotel ペリードットホテル |
⇒ | Lab 5 Main Entrance Lab 5 正面玄関 |
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| 18:15 | Lab 5 Main Entrance Lab 5 正面玄関 |
⇒ | Seaside House シーサイドハウス |
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| 21:00 | Seaside House シーサイドハウス |
⇒ | The Peridot Hotel ペリードットホテル |
⇒ | Auditorium 講堂前 |
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| 7/9/2024 | 8:00 | Seaside House シーサイドハウス |
⇒ | Conference Center 講堂前 |
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| 8:45 | The Peridot Hotel ペリードットホテル |
⇒ | Lab 5 Main Entrance Lab 5 正面玄関 |
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| 18:15 | Lab 5 Main Entrance Lab 5 正面玄関 |
⇒ | Dinner Venu うむさんの庭 |
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| 21:00 | Dinner Venu うむさんの庭 |
⇒ | Seaside House シーサイドハウス |
⇒ | The Peridot Hotel ペリードットホテル |
⇒ | Auditorium 講堂前 |
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| 7/10/2024 | 8:00 | Seaside House シーサイドハウス |
⇒ | Auditorium 講堂前 |
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| 8:45 | The Peridot Hotel ペリードットホテル |
⇒ | Lab 5 Main Entrance Lab 5 正面玄関 |
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