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Graduate students and post-docs are invited to meet with Professor Naud from 12-1 on Tuesday at this link: </div>
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For students who may be new to this, here are a few tips for successful meetings with speakers: </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Associate Professor, Systems Design Engineering & Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><br>
University of Waterloo</span></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> ctn-faculty <ctn-faculty-bounces@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Britt Anderson <britt@uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 17, 2022 10:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CTN Mailing List General <ctn@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ctn-faculty] [CTN] Seminar on Burstprop: a theory of learning Feb 22 at 14:30</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Richard Naud of the University of Ottawa has wide interests in neural<br>
coding (<a href="http://www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/neuralcoding/index.html">http://www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/neuralcoding/index.html</a>) and<br>
will be giving a UWloo Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience seminar this<br>
coming Tuesday, Feb 22 at 14:30. The title and abstract for his talk<br>
are:<br>
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Title: Burstprop: a mechanistic theory for the orchestration of learning<br>
in cortex<br>
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Abstract: Synaptic plasticity is believed to be a key physiological<br>
mechanism for learning. It is well established that it depends on pre-<br>
and postsynaptic activity. However, models that rely solely on pre- and<br>
postsynaptic activity for synaptic changes have, so far, not been able<br>
to account for learning complex tasks that demand credit assignment in<br>
hierarchical networks. Burstporp is a theory that exploit the fact that<br>
synaptic plasticity is regulated by high-frequency bursts of spikes, it<br>
allows pyramidal neurons higher in a hierarchical circuit to coordinate<br>
the plasticity of lower-level connections. Using simulations and<br>
mathematical analyses, we have demonstrated that, when paired with<br>
short-term synaptic dynamics, regenerative activity in the apical<br>
dendrites and synaptic plasticity in feedback pathways, a<br>
burst-dependent learning rule can solve challenging tasks that require<br>
deep network architectures. To end, I will provide a discussion on the<br>
biological plausibility of burstprop as a theory for the coordination of<br>
synaptic plasticity in the brain.<br>
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The meeting number and password for the zoom connection will follow<br>
soon.<br>
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Thanks, Britt<br>
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Britt Anderson, PhD & MD<br>
Director, Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience<br>
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Psychology<br>
University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
<a href="https://brittlab.uwaterloo.ca">https://brittlab.uwaterloo.ca</a><br>
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