Program
*Schedule is subject to change.
| Day 1 (Mon, Feb 26th) | Venue: OIST main campus (B250) |
| 9:00-10:00 | Introduction by Gerald Pao (Workshop logistics & housekeeping) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Keynote by George Sugihara "Causal Linkage in Dynamic Ecological Systems" |
| < coffee break > | |
| 11:15-12:15 | Gerald Pao "Why low dimensional manifolds and why now?" |
| < Lunch > | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Tim Sauer "Reconstruction of network dynamics from partial observations" |
| 15:00-16:00 | Stephan Munch "Ecosystem forecasting and managemen" |
| < coffee break> | |
| 16:30-18:00 | Discussion "Limts of Takens theorem" Moderator: Stanislav Smirnov |
| Day 2 (Tue, Feb 27th) | Venue: OIST main campus (B250) |
| 9:00-10:00 | Misha Ahrens "Flexible computation in brain-wide zebrafish circuits" |
| 10:00-11:00 | Richard Gao "A different neural manifold: degenerate circuit mechanisms underlying population activity" |
| < coffee break > | |
| 11:15-12:15 | "Is low dimensionality an artifact?" Moderator: George Sugihara & Gerald Pao →OIST campus tour |
| < Lunch > | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana "Probing cortical computations for adaptive learning through neural manifolds" |
| 15:00-16:00 | Taro Toyoizumi "The edge of chaos, neuronal avalanches, and probabilistic sampling in randomly connected networks" |
| < coffee break > | |
| 16:30-18:00 | Discussion "Is there a universal principle for low dimensionality? Can Information bottlenecks lead to low dimensionality?" Moderator: Stanislav Smirnov |
| Day 3 (Wed, Feb 28th) | Venue: OIST main campus (B250) |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote by Terrence Sejnowski "Brains and AI" |
| 10:00-11:00 | Lisa Li "Optimal feedback control in sensorimotor systems: behavior and implementation" |
| < coffee break > | |
| 11:15-12:15 | Discussion "Dimensionality, nonlinearity and stability, are they related?" Moderator: Stanislav Smirnov |
| < Lunch > | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Yair Daon "Refuting Causal Relations in Epidemiological Time Series" |
| 15:00-16:00 | Tatyana Sharpee "Hyperbolic geometry manifolds" |
| < coffee break> | |
| 16:30-18:00 | Discussion "Complex networks in nature and deep learning, are they related. What tools are we missing to understand brains and deep networks? " Moderator: Terrence Sejnowski |
Day 4 (Thu, Feb 29th) : Excursion
(For invited speakers and external participants only. No programs for OISTers on this day.)
| Day 5 (Fri, March 1st) | Venue: OIST Seaside House |
| 9:00-10:00 | Short talks 1 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Short talks / Discussion |
| < coffee break > | |
| 11:15-12:15 | Hiroaki Natsukawa "Understanding system dynamics by combining empirical dynamic modeling and data visualization" |
| < Lunch > | |
| 14:00-17:30 | Discussion (including 30min coffee break) "Are criticality, stability and low dimensional manifolds related?" Moderator: Stanislav Smirnov & Gerald Pao |
| 17:30-18:00 | Wrap up by Gerald Pao and Richard Gao |
| 18:00-20:00 | Banquet Dinner |