Oxford Neurotheory Forum
Oxford Neurotheory Forum is a space to present and discuss recent research in computational neuroscience. The current organising committee is: Jascha Achterberg, Rafal Bogacz, Charlotte Collingwood, Rui Ponte Costa, Nicol Harper and Michal Wojcik.
History: This forum was established in 2015 by Tim Vogels, Rui Ponte Costa and Rafal Bogacz. Previous organisers have also included: Andrew Saxe, Friedmann Zenke and Chaitanya Chintaluri.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford),
Dr Rafal Bogacz (University of Oxford)
Timing: Thursdays at 2:30pm (monthly or more frequently)
Web Address:
https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/research/oxford-neurotheory
Organising department: Medical Sciences Division
Talks:
Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Sparse coding – how a neurophysiological constraint is also a ubiquitous and powerful cortical learning mechanism
Date: 4 June 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Anthony Burkitt (University of Melbourne)
Organisers:
Dr Rafal Bogacz (University of Oxford),
Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Rafal Bogacz (University of Oxford)
Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Predictive and interpretable: using artificial neural networks and classic cognitive models to understand human learning and decision making
Date: 13 June 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Maria Eckstein (Deepmind)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser:
Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Anne Bowtell,
Nicole Harris,
Jacqueline Pumphrey,
Rui Costa