The 4th RIEC International Symposium on Brain Functions and Brain Computer

February 23-24, 2016
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

 
   
   
 
Technical Program
Feb. 23
13:30 - 13:35 Opening Remarks
A. Hirano-Iwata, Tohoku Univ., Japan
--- Session 1 (Chair: H. Yamamoto) ---
13:35 - 13:55 [S1-1] MRI enabled activity mapping throughout the entire brain volume
S. Kikuta, Y. Nakamura, Y. Yamakura, N. Homma, Y. Yanagawa, H. Tamura, J. Kasahara, M. Osanai, Tohoku Univ., Japan
13:55 - 14:15 [S1-2] Surface engineering technologies for constructing and analyzing neuronal circuits
A. Hirano-Iwata, R. Matsumura, H. Yamamoto, M. Niwano, Tohoku Univ., Japan
14:15 - 14:45 [S1-3] Towards high-throughput acquisition of axonal-delay maps using high-density microelectrode arrays
U. Frey, T. Bullmann, X. Yuan, A. Hierlemann, RIKEN, Japan
14:45 - 15:00 Break (15 min)
--- Session 2 (Chair: S. Katsurabayashi) ---
15:00 - 15:20 [S2-1] Modelling spike signalling in the hippocampal axons
H. Kamiya, Hokkaido Univ., Japan
15:20 - 15:50 [S2-2] Function follows form: Controlling signal propagation by patterning populations of neurons
J. Albers, K. Zobel, A. Offenhäusser, Jülich Research Center, Germany
15:50 - 16:10 [S2-3] Spontaneous activity patterns of small neuronal ensembles
H. Yamamoto, A. Hirano-Iwata, T. Tanii, S. Kubota, M. Niwano, Tohoku Univ., Japan
16:10 - 16:30 Break (20 min)
16:30 - 17:30 --- Poster Session ---
[P-1] Cellular automata using a threshold coupled-lattice map model
S. Uenohara, H. Tamukoh, T. Morie, Kyushu Inst. Technology, Japan
[P-2] Simple cortical and thalamic neuron models for digital arithmetic circuit and its implementation
T. Nanami, T. Kohno, Univ. Tokyo, Japan
[P-3] Compensating temperature-dependent characteristics of an analog silicon neuron
E. Green, T. Kohno, Univ. Tokyo, Japan
[P-4] A neural network model for detecting planar orientation and time-to-collision from local image motion
S. Moriya, H. Akima, S. Kawakami, M. Yano, K. Nakajima, M. Sakuraba, S. Sato, Tohoku Univ. Japan
[P-5] Spatial independent component analysis of optical intrinsic signal of the mouse neocortex
Y. Yoshida, M. Nakao, N. Katayama, Tohoku Univ., Japan
[P-6] Distribution of presynaptically active synapses is modulated by the number of regional astrocytes in single cultured hippocampal neuron
H. Okuda, T. Hoshiyama, S. Iwamoto, K. Takeda, S. Katsurabayashi, K. Iwasaki, Fukuoka Univ., Japan
[P-7] Equivalent circuit models of covering neurons with a cell sheet for amplifying extracellularly recorded signals
R. Matsumura, H. Yamamoto, M. Niwano, A. Hirano-Iwata, Tohoku Univ., Japan
[P-8] Live-cell identification of excitatory-inhibitory cell types of cultured cortical neurons focusing on specific axon growth length on micropatterns
S. Kono, T. Kushida, H. Yamamoto, T. Tanii, Waseda Univ., Japan
[P-9] Small world-like structure increases synchrony in computational models of cultured neuronal networks
Y. Chida, H. Yamamoto, A. Hirano-Iwata, S. Kubota, M. Niwano, Tohoku Univ., Japan
[P-10] Effect of network topology on synchronization in modular networks of Kuramoto oscillators
F. A. Shimizu, H. Yamamoto, Y. Chida, A. Hirano-Iwata, S. Kubota, M. Niwano, Tohoku Univ., Japan
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Feb. 24
--- Session 3 (Chair: H. Kamiya) ---
9:00 - 9:20 [S3-1] Neural circuit reorganization during epileptogenesis
R. Koyama, Univ. Tokyo, Japan
9:20 - 9:50 [S3-2] Optimizing electrical stimulation for treatment of Parkinson's disease and epilepsy
T. Netoff, V. Nagaraj, A. Holt, L. Grado, Univ. Minnesota, USA
9:50 - 10:10 [S3-3] Numerical optimization of deep brain stimulation by direct search
S. Kubota, J. Rubin, Yamagata Univ., Japan
10:10 - 10:25 Break (15 min)
--- Session 4 (Chair: T. Morie) ---
10:25 - 10:55 [S4-1] A modelling perspective of prefrontal cortex gamma-band activity in a multi-item working memory task
P. Herman, Royal Inst. Technology, Sweden
10:55 - 11:25 [S4-2] On the action potential propagation: Established model and its limitations in myelinated axon
A. Martí, J. Madrenas, Technical Univ. Catalunya, Spain
11:25 - 11:45 [S4-3] Brain inspired adiabatic quantum computing and learning
Y. Osakabe, S. Sato, M. Kinjo, K. Nakajima, H. Akima, M. Sakuraba, Tohoku Univ., Japan
11:45 - 11:50 Closing Remarks
S. Sato, Tohoku Univ., Japan
Social Program The symposium banquet will be held in the evening (18:00-20:00) on Feb. 23. The banquet fee (4,000 JPY) must be paid by cash (only JPY is available) at the registration desk.
 
 
Updates:
2016.02.02 Final program was uploaded.
2015.12.17 This site has been opened.