Synthetic Neuroethology refers to the use of computational and robotic models in the study of the neural mechanisms underlying the generation of behaviour in animals. This one and a half day workshop brings together researchers involved in this and related fields in order to review progress and debate prospects.
The program is outlined below. All the talks will be in Silverstone 309.
For talk and poster abstract see
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/philh/snworkshop.htm
LAST MINUTE SUBMISSIONS OF POSTERS MAY STILL BE ACCEPTED - if you wish to submit one please email synthneuro [ à ] sussex.ac.uk
Thursday 9th Sept. (Silverstone 309)
1230-1330 arrival and lunch
13.30 Tony Prescott (Sheffield University) "Understanding the brain through active touch sensing in rats and robots"
14:15 Thomas Nowotny (University of Sussex) "Spiking Neuronal Network
Model of Unsupervised Olfactory Learning on Graphical Processing Units"
15:00 coffee
15:30 Roland Baddeley (Bristol University)"Constraints on representations
from the statistics of our visual world"
16:15 Joseph Ayers (Northeastern University, US)"Controlling Biomimetic
Robots with Electronic Nervous Systems"
17:00 Poster Spotlights
1715 onwards: Wine and POSTERS (in Pev 3c07 - the InQbate space)
Friday 10th September (Silverstone 309)
0900-0930 coffee
09:30 Neil Burgess (UCL) "Neural mechanisms of spatial cognition"
10:15 Barbara Webb (Edinburgh University) "Mechanisms of insect behaviour"
11:00 coffee
11:30 Paul Graham (Sussex) TBA
12:00 Bart Baddeley (Sussex) "Parsimonious route learning strategies in ants: A possible role for observed scanning behaviours"
12:45 Richard Mann (Uppsala University) "Prediction of Homing Pigeon
Flight Paths using Gaussian Processes"
1330 Lunch
14:30 Volker Duerr (Bielefeld University) "Embodied motion intelligence: a
dialogue between insects and robots"
15:15 Owen Holland (Sussex) "Modelling the modeller: towards a human-
like robot with action-oriented imagination."
16:00 END
Fees and REGISTRATION
In order to contribute towards costs a small fee will be charged for attendance at the workshop. Students: 20 GB pounds, non-students: 40 GB pounds. Registered attendees will be provided with lunch and refreshments
on both days. To register follow the instruction on the workshop website
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/philh/snworkshop.htm
Contact information: synthneuro [ à ] sussex.ac.uk
Local organisation: Bart Baddeley, Paul Graham, Phil Husbands, Andy
Philippides (Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics)
The program is outlined below. All the talks will be in Silverstone 309.
For talk and poster abstract see
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/philh/snworkshop.htm
LAST MINUTE SUBMISSIONS OF POSTERS MAY STILL BE ACCEPTED - if you wish to submit one please email synthneuro [ à ] sussex.ac.uk
Thursday 9th Sept. (Silverstone 309)
1230-1330 arrival and lunch
13.30 Tony Prescott (Sheffield University) "Understanding the brain through active touch sensing in rats and robots"
14:15 Thomas Nowotny (University of Sussex) "Spiking Neuronal Network
Model of Unsupervised Olfactory Learning on Graphical Processing Units"
15:00 coffee
15:30 Roland Baddeley (Bristol University)"Constraints on representations
from the statistics of our visual world"
16:15 Joseph Ayers (Northeastern University, US)"Controlling Biomimetic
Robots with Electronic Nervous Systems"
17:00 Poster Spotlights
1715 onwards: Wine and POSTERS (in Pev 3c07 - the InQbate space)
Friday 10th September (Silverstone 309)
0900-0930 coffee
09:30 Neil Burgess (UCL) "Neural mechanisms of spatial cognition"
10:15 Barbara Webb (Edinburgh University) "Mechanisms of insect behaviour"
11:00 coffee
11:30 Paul Graham (Sussex) TBA
12:00 Bart Baddeley (Sussex) "Parsimonious route learning strategies in ants: A possible role for observed scanning behaviours"
12:45 Richard Mann (Uppsala University) "Prediction of Homing Pigeon
Flight Paths using Gaussian Processes"
1330 Lunch
14:30 Volker Duerr (Bielefeld University) "Embodied motion intelligence: a
dialogue between insects and robots"
15:15 Owen Holland (Sussex) "Modelling the modeller: towards a human-
like robot with action-oriented imagination."
16:00 END
Fees and REGISTRATION
In order to contribute towards costs a small fee will be charged for attendance at the workshop. Students: 20 GB pounds, non-students: 40 GB pounds. Registered attendees will be provided with lunch and refreshments
on both days. To register follow the instruction on the workshop website
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/philh/snworkshop.htm
Contact information: synthneuro [ à ] sussex.ac.uk
Local organisation: Bart Baddeley, Paul Graham, Phil Husbands, Andy
Philippides (Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics)