Dynamics of neural networks

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Dynamics of neural networks
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School Seminar (NCS)

Talk outline

The general properties of neural dynamics will be reviewed with special attention devoted to the spontaneous emergence of collective behaviour.  The role of several ‘ingredients’ will be discussed: delay in the interactions, disorder (in the connections and in the neuron parameters), and synaptic variability.  Analogies and differences with other typical setups of coupled oscillators will also be illustrated.

Speaker
Professor Antonio Politi, Chair in Physics of Life Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Venue
Meston Lecture Theatre 6 (MT6)