Thursday, October 31, 2013

Handling the complexities of large-scale brain models

Chris Eliasmith gave a talk at the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) on October 23, 2013. The title of his talk was Handling the Complexities of Large-Scale Brain Models.

Here is a link to the online video.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Singularity blog interview

Chris Eliasmith interviewed by Singularity blog about the

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Discovery Channel Stephen Hawking’s Brave New World Season 2

Science is about to change the world. Professor Stephen Hawking examines cutting-edge breakthroughs and their implications for the future in STEPHEN HAWKING’S BRAVE NEW WORLD. The six-part, original Canadian series returns for a second season, premiering Friday, November 15 at 8 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT on Discovery World.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Strokes and their effects

Professor James Danckert, a Canada Research Chair in cognitive neuroscience speaks on hemispatial neglect, where stroke victims ignore half of their space.

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Brain Day 2023 Videos On-line

The videos from Brain Day 2023 are now available on line at our youtube channel. Hope you enjoy.

CTN Masters Student Graduate Sugandha Sharma Appears on Generally Intelligent Podcast

Sugandha Sharma, masters student graduate of the University of Waterloo's CTN, discusses her research and time in the laboratory of CTN Founding Director Chris Eliasmith as well as her current PhD research at MIT on the Generally Intelligent Podcast. Give it a listen.

Sue Ann Campbell Presents at International Conference on Mathematical Neurosci 2022

Sue Ann Campbell (Applied Math/CTN core member) recently presented "Modulation of Synchronization by a Slowly Varying Current"  in July 2022 at the International Conference on Mathematical Neuroscience; Watch it on YouTubesue ann campbell presentation image of spikes

CTN Research Day 2023 Oct 17 16:30 - 19:00 QNC 0101

The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience will be hosting its second Research Day. This will be a chance to start the new academic year by getting re-acquainted with each other and the diversity of research conducted by CTN core and affiliate faculty. The format will be to have a number of CTN faculty share short overviews of their lab's and projects (16:30-17:30) and then, following a short coffee break (17:30-18:00), hear from a dozen current graduate students and post-docs giving short three minute talks on an aspect of their current research (18:00-19:00).

Bots and Beasts. New book by CTN Founding Member Paul Thagard

Paul Thagard, philosopher, cognitive scientist, Killam prize winner, and founding CTN member has a new book out: Bots and Beasts. bots and beasts book cover