The 1st RIEC International Symposium on Brain Functions and Brain Computer

November 15-16, 2012
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Co-sponsored by RIEC and JSPS Core-to-Core Program
 
   
   
 
Technical Program
Nov. 15
13:30 - 13:35 Opening Remarks
M. Niwano, Tohoku Univ., Japan
--- Session 1 (Chair: Prof. M. Niwano) ---
13:35 - 14:20 [S1-1] Mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain
T. Bliss, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
14:20 - 14:50 [S1-2] Towards input-specific photoinactivation of neuronal networks in the hippocampus
H. Kamiya, Hokkaido Univ. Japan
14:50 - 15:20 [S1-3] Artificial lipid bilayers in silicon chips as a model for neuronal cell membranes
A. Hirano-Iwata, Tohoku Univ., Japan
15:20 - 15:35 Break (15 min)
--- Session 2 (Chair: Prof. A. Hirano-Iwata) ---
15:35 - 16:05 [S2-1] Surface engineering techniques for designing neuronal networks in vitro
H. Yamamoto, T. Tanii, S. Nakamura, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
16:05 - 16:35 [S2-2] Construction of a bi-hemispheric cerebellar neuronal network model with realistic climbing fiber input and its application to adaptive control of an unstable robot
R. Pinzon-Morales, Y. Hirata, Chubu Univ., Japan
16:35 - 17:05 [S2-3] Oscillatory correlates of cortical function in an attractor network model
P. Herman, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
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Nov. 16
--- Session 3 (Chair: Prof. T. Hanyu) ---
9:00 - 9:30 [S3-1] Artificial retina and its application in retinal physiology
T. Yagi, Osaka Univ., Japan
9:30 - 10:00 [S3-2] SpiNNaker: Low-Power Chips to Model a Billion Neurons
T. Sharp, S. Furber, The University of Manchester, UK
10:00 - 10:30 [S3-3] Neurochip using stochastic logic
S. Sato, K. Nakajima, Tohoku Univ., Japan
10:30 - 10:45 Break (15 min)
--- Session 4 (Chair: Prof. S. Sato) ---
10:45 - 11:15 [S4-1] Logical Operations exploiting Stochastic Resonance for Coarse-Grained Devices
T. Asai, Hokkaido Univ., Japan
11:15 - 11:45 [S4-2] Some recent French projects in bio-inspired Systems-on-Chips
P. Garda, Pierre and Marie Curie Univ., France
11:45 - 11:50 Closing Remarks
K. Nakajima, Tohoku Univ., Japan
Social Program The symposium banquet will be held in the evening (18:00-20:00) on Nov. 15 at Hotel Bel Air Sendai. The banquet fee (5,000 JPY) must be paid by cash (only JPY is available) at the registration desk.
 
 
Updates:
2012.12.18 Abstracts are uploaded.
2012.11.08 The details of the symposium banquet were fixed. Final technical program was available.
2012.10.21 Tentative technical program was uploaded.
2012.10.10 This site was opened.