Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Theoretical Lessons Learned From Invertebrate and Vertebrate Brains (TP24NM)

We are excited to announce the TSVP Thematic Program "Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Theoretical Lessons Learned From Invertebrate and Vertebrate Brains". The program will run from July 1 - August 12, 2024. All activities will take place at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).

A symposium connected to the program will be held from July 8-12, 2024.

Title: Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Theoretical Lessons Learned From Invertebrate and Vertebrate Brains

Abstract: In this thematic program, we will focus on how the multiscale organization of neuromodulatory systems affects real-time adaptation and meta-learning by shaping micro and mesoscale connectivity in various invertebrate and vertebrate species - cephalopods, songbirds, rodents, primates and humans. The program will bring together a critical pool of experimentalists and theoreticians to discuss how neuromodulators dynamically regulate local and inter-areal connectivity, synaptic plasticity and neuronal excitability in biological neural networks across animal species. A crucial goal of our program is to utilize the  biological know-how on rich spatio-temporal patterns of connectivity to develop new theories, which  could lead to the development of “neuromodulation-aware” artificial neural networks to enable real-time adaptation, and therefore, continual learning.

Program coordinators

Srikanth Ramaswamy, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Arvind Kumar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Upinder Bhalla, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
Vatsala Thirumalai, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

Confirmed Participants

Last Name First name Home Institution Arrival Departure
Zhang Yanfeng University of Exeter 2024-08-05 2024-08-12
Higley Michael Yale University 2024-08-04 2024-08-12
Bogacz Rafal University of Oxford 2024-08-04 2024-08-11
Cardin Jessica Yale University 2024-08-04 2024-08-11
Disney Anita Duke University 2024-08-04 2024-08-11
Yagishita Sho The University of Tokyo 2024-08-04 2024-08-11
Mohebi Ali University of Wisconsin-Madison 2024-07-30 2024-08-03
Narayanan Rishikesh Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2024-07-29 2024-08-05
Shea-Brown Eric University of Washington 2024-07-29 2024-08-01
Ip Jacques Chinese University of Hongkong 2024-07-28 2024-08-01
Guo Lihao KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 2024-07-22 2024-08-12
Harkin Emerson Frazier Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics 2024-07-22 2024-08-04
Totah Nelson University of Helsinki 2024-07-21 2024-07-28
Li Yulong Peking University 2024-07-21 2024-07-24
Tsurumi Takayuki The University of Tokyo 2024-07-11 2024-07-13
Silberberg Gilad Daniel Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 2024-07-08 2024-07-25
Mei Jie University of Tokyo, IRCN 2024-07-08 2024-07-12
Morita Kenji The University of Tokyo 2024-07-07 2024-07-13
Safavi Shervin TU Dresden and MPI for Biological Cybernetics 2024-07-07 2024-07-13
Watabe-Uchida Mitsuko Harvard University 2024-07-07 2024-07-13
Uchida Naoshige Harvard University 2024-07-07 2024-07-13
Shine James The University of Sydney 2024-07-07 2024-07-12
Kato Ayaka Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2024-07-07 2024-07-11
Parr Thomas Oxford University 2024-07-07 2024-07-10
Johansen Joshua RIKEN Center for Brain Science 2024-07-07 2024-07-09
McHugh Thomas John RIKEN Center for Brain Science 2024-07-07 2024-07-09
Goldberg Joshua The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2024-07-07 2024-08-09
Kumar Arvind KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 2024-07-07 2024-08-07
Bhalla Upinder National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore 2024-07-07 2024-07-18
Thirumalai Vatsala National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore 2024-07-07 2024-07-15
Ramaswamy Srikanth Newcastle University 2024-07-01 2024-08-29

OIST Participants

De Schutter, Erik
Doya, Kenji
Fukai, Tomoki
Fukunaga, Izumi
Goda, Yukiko
Kuhn, Bernd
Miyazaki, Katsuhiko
Reiter, Sam
Tani, Jun
Wickens, Jeff
Yazaki-Sugiyama, Yoko

Weekly schedule

Week 2 (July 22 – July 26)
 

July 22

July 23

July 24

July 25

July 26

09:30     Bernd Kuhn

Japan Neuroscience Society meeting, Fukuoka

 

 

10:30

Yulong Li

Nelson Totah

Gilad Silberberg

11:30

 

Emerson Harkin

 

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Yulong Li

(L5D23)

Nelson Totah  (14:00‐14:45) (L5D23)

Gilad Silberberg (L5D23)

 

15:00

 

 

Emerson Harkin

(L5D23)

16:00

Discussions

 

Week 3 (July 29 – August 2)
 

July 29

July 30

July 31

Aug 01

Aug 02

09:30        

 

 

Ali Mohebi

10:00       Bernd Kuhn

10:30

Rishikesh Narayanan

Eric Shea-Brown

 

 

 

11:30

 

 

 

   

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Rishikesh Narayanan

(L5D23)

Eric Shea-Brown

(L5D23)

 

 

 

Ali Mohebi
(L5D23)

15:00

 

Jacque Pak Kan Ip

(L5D23)

 

 

 

 

16:00

Discussions

 

Week 4 (August 4 – August 9)
 

Aug 05

Aug 06

Aug 07

Aug 08

Aug 09

10:30

Yanfeng Zhang

(Lab5 EF03)

Mike Higley

(Lab5 EF03)

Jess Cardin

(Lab5 EF03)

Rafal Bogacz

(Lab5 EF03)

Sho Yagishita

(Lab5 EF03)

11:30

Anita Disney

(Lab5 EF03)

Kenji Doya (Lab5 EF03)

 

Ali Mohebi (Lab5 EF03)

 

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Yanfeng Zhang

(L5D23)

Mike Higley

(Lab4 E01)

Jess Cardin

(L5D23)

Rafal Bogacz

(Center building C210)

Sho Yagishita

(L5D23)

15:00

Sam Reiter (Lab5 EF03)

 

Anita Disney

(L5D23)

   

16:00

Discussions