U.S.-Spain International Workshop: Coherent Behavior in Neuronal Networks

0634672乔瑟斯这项提案要求为在西班牙马略卡岛帕尔马的地中海高级研究所举办的一次研讨会提供资金，研讨会的主题是神经元网络中的连贯行为。研讨会将汇集来自美国、欧洲和其他地区的不同的国际实验和理论神经学家小组，目的是概述该领域的新合作，并促进新的国际合作和国际联系。西班牙组织者曼努埃尔·马蒂亚斯带来了本征噪声及其对非线性动力系统和耦合动力系统的影响方面的专业知识，而美方的研究兴趣在于理论神经科学和连贯网络行为领域。该研讨会的学术价值在于开发了准确解释实验观察到的神经元活动的出现和功能的模型，并做出预测以指导未来的实验研究。研讨会的更广泛影响在于扩大了生物系统保持优势的领域的能力，例如机器视觉和自然语言理解，例如，可能有助于设计可以直接与神经系统接口的先进假肢。该提案包括为四名博士研究生、六名研究生和一名本科生在六年内提供资金。这一研讨会将促进通常没有合作的团体之间的国际合作，并将导致国际研究议程和为合作研究寻求资金的计划。研讨会还得到了西班牙高级科学研究理事会(CSIC)的支持。

0634672 JosicThis proposal requests funding for a workshop to be held at the Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on the topic of Coherent Behavior in Neuronal Networks. The workshop will bring together a diverse, international group of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists from the US and Europe and beyond, with the goal of providing an overview of new collaborations in this field and to promote new international collaborations and international linkages. The Spanish organizer, Manuel Matias, brings expertise in intrinsic noise and its effects on nonlinear dynamical systems and coupled dynamical systems, while the US side's research interests lie in the area of theoretical neuroscience and coherent network behavior. The intellectual merit of the workshop lies in the development of models that accurately explain the emergence and function of experimentally observed neuronal activity and in making predictions to guide future experimental investigations. The broader impact of the workshop lies in the expansion of capabilities in areas where biological systems maintain superiority, such as machine vision and natural language understanding, and, for example, may aid in the design of advanced prosthetics that can be directly interfaced to the nervous system. The proposal includes funding for four researchers within six years of their Ph.D.s, six graduate students and one undergraduate student. This workshop will catalyze international collaborations between groups that have typically not collaborated and will result in an international research agenda and plans to seek funding for collaborative research. The workshop has also received support from the Spain's Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).