The 8th RIEC International Symposium on Brain Functions and Brain Computer

February 13-15, 2020
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

 
   
   
 
Technical Program
Feb. 13
13:00 - 13:05 Opening Remarks
A. Hirano-Iwata (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
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--- Special Session 1 (Chair: S. Sato) ---
"Spintronics-based edge computing hardware fundamentals"
13:05 - 13:25 [SS1-1] Analog neuron circuit for edge computing
S. Sato, Y. Tamura, S. Moriya, T. Kato, H. Yamamoto, M. Sakuraba, Y. Horio, J. Madrenas (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
13:25 - 13:45 [SS1-2] Impact of nonvolatile-logic design techniques for spintronics-based edge AI computing
M. Natsui, T. Chiba, T. Hanyu (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
13:45 - 14:05 [SS1-3] Spintronics for uniform artificial synapse and neuron
A. Kurenkov, S. Fukami, Y. Horio, H. Ohno (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
14:05 - 14:20 Break (15 min)
--- General Session 1 (Chair: Y. Horio) ---
14:20 - 14:50 [GS1-1] Design flow for SIMD-based hardware implementation of spiking neural networks
J. Madrenas, M. Zapata, J. A. Oltra, B. Vallejo, S. Moriya, S. Sato (Polytechn. Univ. Catalonia, Spain)
14:50 - 15:10 [GS1-2] Analysis of temporal and mobility networks
N. Fujiwara (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
15:10 - 15:40 [GS1-3] Distributed correlates of working memory phenomena in a large-scale multi-network model
P. Herman, F. Fiebig, A. Lansner (KTH Royal Inst. Technol., Sweden)
15:40 - 16:00 Break (20 min)
--- General Session 2 (Chair: H. Yamamoto) ---
16:00 - 16:30 [GS2-1] Extracting image statistics by human and machine observers
C.-C. Chen (Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)
16:30 - 16:50 [GS2-2] Distal axon as a potential oscillator for network activities in the hippocampus
H. Kamiya (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)
16:50 - 17:10 [GS2-3] Multi-scale calcium imaging in the visual cortex of marmoset monkeys
T. Matsui, T. Hashimoto, T. Murakami, M. Uemura, K. Kikuta, T. Kato, K. Ohki (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
17:10 - 17:30 [GS2-4] Microfabrication methods for the analysis of ion channel functions
A. Hirano-Iwata (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
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Feb. 14
--- Special Session 2 (Chair: M. Kimura) ---
"Brain-like Integrated System: Device, Circuit, System, etc."
9:30 - 9:50 [SS2-1] Brain-like integrated system using thin-film devices
M. Kimura (Ryukoku Univ., Japan)
9:50 - 10:20 [SS2-2] Memristor enabled future computing beyond CMOS
K. M. Kim (KAIST, Korea)
10:20 - 10:35 Break (15 min)
10:35 - 10:55 [SS2-3] Weightless neural network with high write error rate MRAM: Pattern matching and recognition
H. Arai, H. Imamura (AIST, Japan)
10:55 - 11:15 [SS2-4] Elastic neural network on-chip
R. Zhang, M. Wu, Y. Kan, Y. Chen, Y. Nakashima (NAIST, Japan)
11:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break
--- Special Session 3 (Chair: S. Sato) ---
"Designing the Human-Centric IoT Society -Cooperative Industry-Academic Strategies for Creative Future Connection"
13:00 - 13:15 [SS3-1] Introduction to the "Designing the Human-Centric IoT Society" Program
Y. Horio (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
13:15 - 13:30 [SS3-2] Technology Vision for Well-being Society
M. Morishima (Tokyo Electron Ltd., Japan)
13:30 - 13:45 [SS3-3] Towards large-scale cyber-physical-human systems - vision for one of KTH Digitalisation projects
P. Herman (KTH Royal Inst. Technol., Sweden)
13:45 - 14:05 [SS3-4] Value-sensitive design and well-being
K. Naoe (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
14:05 - 14:15 Break (10 min)
14:15 - 14:35 [SS3-5] The human aspect of technology and design thinking
H. Kanemitsu (Kanazawa Inst. Technol., Japan)
14:35 - 15:05 [SS3-6] AI ethics: An interdisciplinary approach
Y.-H. Weng (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
15:05 - 15:10 Break (5 min)
15:10 - 16:00 Panel Discussion: AI and well-being
Coordinator: Y. Horio
16:00 - 17:30 --- Poster Session ---
[P-1] Data-driven approach for structure estimation of neural networks
R. Masahiro, T. Omori (Kobe Univ., Japan)
[P-2] Machine learning algorithm for estimating odor pleasantness by sparse modeling method
M. Yokoi, T. Omori (Kobe Univ., Japan)
[P-3] Online statistical Algorithm for estimation and control of neuronal dynamics
S. Fukami, T. Omori (Kobe Univ., Japan)
[P-4] Input pattern discrimination depending on inputs frequency in hippocampal granule cells
N. Nakajima, Y. Hosoya, H. Hayakawa, T. Aihara (Tamagawa Univ., Japan)
[P-5] Temporal development and dimensionality of figure-ground signals in monkey V4
A. Kodama, K. Sakai (Univ. Tsukuba, Japan)
[P-6] A role of rhythmic oscillations in top-down influence of visual areas in perceptual learning
R. Tani, Y. Kashimori (Univ. Electro-Commun., Japan)
[P-7] A neural network model for gustatory working memory in orbitofrontal cortex
L. C. Antaket, Y. Kashimori (Univ. Electro-Commun., Japan)
[P-8] An experimental study on the spontaneous firing of single isolated neurons in autaptic culture using micropatterned substrates
K. Hattori, K. Sato, H. Takahashi, T. Hayakawa, S. Oguma, M. Ishida, H. Yamamoto, A. Hirano-Iwata, T. Tanii (Waseda Univ., Japan)
[P-9] Stimulation of micropatterned neurons with a pair of needle electrodes and the activity measurement
J. Imai, K. Hattori, H. Kurakake, T. Hashimoto, K. Sato, H. Takahashi, S. Oguma, M. Ishida, H. Yamamoto, A. Hirano-Iwata, T. Tanii (Waseda Univ., Japan)
[P-10] Controlling synchronized bursting activity of micropatterned cortical cultures by electrical field noise
K. Wakimura, H. Yamamoto, K. Ide, A. Hirano-Iwata (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-11] Soft scaffolds suppress hypersynchronous network activity in cultured cortical neurons
T. Sumi, H. Yamamoto, A. Hirano-Iwata (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-12] Patterning neuronal networks in modular structure using thin PDMS microfluidics films
T. Takemuro, H. Yamamoto, K. Wakimura, S. Sato, A. Hirano-Iwata (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-13] Computational modeling of cultured neuronal networks and its reservoir computing applications
S. Moriya, H. Yamamoto, Z. Chen, K. Wakimura, A. Hirano-Iwata, S. Kubota, S. Sato (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-14] LSI implementation and its evaluation of an Izhikevich neuron model
Y. Tamura, S. Moriya, T. Kato, H. Yamamoto, M. Sakuraba, S. Sato, Y. Horio, J. Madrenas (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-15] Reservoir network of biologically-plausible structure on pattern recognition
Y. Dai, M. Sakuraba, S. Sato (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-16] Computing based on pseudo-billiard dynamics in hypercube
Y. Katori, M. Yamaguchi, H. Tamukoh, T. Morie (Future Univ. Hakodate, Japan)
[P-17] Bayesian slow feature analysis based on variational learning
M. Yashima, T. Omori (Kobe Univ., Japan)
[P-18] The Future of Meetings by Smart Technology
Y. Asakawa, J. Sakurai, Y. Kikuchi, Y. Koizumi, T. Sumi, K. Hanzawa, D. Shin (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-19] Human-Centric Design towards society without regional disparities
M. Sato, T. Mikami, T. Kato, T. Tanno, R. Sasaki, D. Yuxuan, S. Yamada (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
[P-20] The Role of <Human-Centered Technologies> in Society in 2040
T. Nara, D. Oguchi, V. De Zoysa, W. Suda, K. Takayama, K. Fukuda (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
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Feb. 15
--- General Session 3 (Chair: P. Herman) ---
9:30 - 9:50 [GS3-1] Improvements of two-photon microscopy techniques for understanding intravital phenomena
K. Otomo, T. Nemoto (NIPS, Japan)
9:50 - 10:20 [GS3-2] Network interactions in the mouse visual cortex are predictive of perceptual decisions
J. G. Orlandi, M. Abdolrahmani, R. Aoki, D. R. Lyamzin, A. Benucci (RIKEN, Japan)
10:20 - 10:40 [GS3-3] Data-driven approach for extracting neuronal nonlinear dynamics
T. Omori (Kobe Univ., Japan)
10:40 - 11:10 [GS3-4] FORCE training networks of spiking neurons to perform arbitrary dynamics
W. Nicola, C. Clopath (Univ. Calgary, Canada)
11:10 - 11:20 Break (10 min)
--- General Session 4 (Chair: A. Hirano-Iwata) ---
11:20 - 11:40 [GS4-1] Spin-wave reservoir computing chip: Ultra low power consumption neural network hardware for sequential information learning and processing
A. Hirose, R. Nakane, G. Tanaka (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
11:40 - 12:10 [GS4-2] Strategies to dictate connectivity and functional organization in 2D and 3D neuronal cultures
M. Montalà, E. Estévez-Priego, T. Fardet, S. Bottani, J. Soriano (Univ. Barcelona, Spain)
12:10 - 12:30 [GS4-3] Biointerface engineering technologies for manipulating neuronal network functions in culture
H. Yamamoto, K. Wakimura, Z. Chen, T. Sumi, T. Takemuro, A. Hirano-Iwata, S. Sato (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
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12:30 - 12:35 Closing Remarks
S. Sato (Tohoku Univ.)
Social Program The symposium banquet will be held in the evening (18:30-20:30) on Feb. 14 at Hotel Bel Air Sendai. The banquet fee must be paid by cash (only JPY is available) at the registration desk.
 
 
Updates:
2019.12.09 This site has been opened.
2020.01.19 The tentative program has been uploaded.
2020.02.10 The final program has been uploaded.
2020.02.12 The final program has been slightly modified upon request.