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SUMMARY:UCI Conte Center 10th Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Dynamic Brain in Health and Disease \nJoin the UCI Conte Center for their 10th Annual Symposium featuring: \n\nDani Bassett\, Ph.D.\nJ.Peter Skirkanich Professor of Bioengineering & Electrical & Systems Engineering\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\nJill Becker\, Ph.D.\nPatricia Y. Gurin Collegiate\nProfessor of Psychology\nResearch Professor\, Michigan Neuroscience Institute\nUniversity of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\nEmily Jacobs\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor\nPsychological & Brain Sciences UCSB\nNorbert Fortin\, PhD\nAssociate Professor\nNeurobioloy & Behavior\,\nUCI\n\n  \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/uci-conte-center-10th-annual-symposium/
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SUMMARY:Pierre Baldi\, Ph.D. - NEW DATE
DESCRIPTION:CNLM Colloquium UCI Spotlight Series \nJoin the CNLM in a hybrid colloquium featuring Dr. Pierre Baldi\, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics at UC Irvine. \nThis event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom. \n \n\n\n\nThe quest for how the brain learns \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will first showcase two cutting-edge applications of modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) in biomedical imaging and in reasoning. These applications\, as well as most modern AI applications (e.g.\, ChatGPT\, AlphaFold\, AlphaGO\, Google Translate\, Self-Driving Cars) are based on deep learning\, a modern rebranding of neural networks\, or connectionist methods\, dating back to the 1980s\, or even the 1950s.  We will then briefly review the neuroscience-inspired\, tortuous\, historical path that has led to deep learning\, and the key discoveries made along the way\, highlighting the synergies and discrepancies between neuroscience and deep learning. One key conclusion is that approximate gradient descent is essential for learning. However\,  the standard gradient descent algorithm of deep learning called backpropagation  is not biologically-plausible for multiple reasons. We will examine these reasons one-by-one and identify biologically-plausible solutions for each one of them. In particular\, we will introduce and demonstrate a general class of neural architectures and learning algorithms capable of learning from data in a largely unsupervised and asynchronous manner\, without the need for symmetric connectivity.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/pierre-baldi-ph-d/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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SUMMARY:Kevin T. Beier\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:CNLM Colloquium UCI Spotlight Series \nJoin the CNLM in a hybrid colloquium featuring Dr. Kevin T. Beier\, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at UC Irvine. \nMolecular mechanisms of memory stability and the molecular and circuit determinants of cocaine addiction \n  \nDescription: \nI will speak on two separate projects in our lab. First\, we have uncovered the molecular mechanism by which administration of the Zeta Inhibitory Peptide (ZIP) causes memory loss. While it was previously believed that ZIP administration perturbs memory stability through disruption of constitutive kinase activity\, recent studies have cast doubt on this hypothesis. However\, ZIP’s effects on memory stability are robust\, raising the question of what the actual mechanism is by which ZIP exerts its function. We have identified the basic molecular and pathways engaged by ZIP\, and use this information to identify an inhibitor that\, together with ZIP\, enables bidirectional modulation of synaptic plasticity. Second\, we are exploring the biological factors that influence the behavioral response to the administration of drugs of abuse. Some individuals that take drugs of abuse are susceptible to developing dependence\, while others are resilient. The fundamental source of this variation is not understood. We will discuss our work implicating circuit- and molecular-level changes in the globus pallidus that facilitate individual differences in response to cocaine administration\, and share the identification of a novel small molecule compound\, isolated from rosemary\, that blunts drug reward and volitional intake. \nThis event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/kevin-t-beier-ph-d/
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CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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