Talk Title: Inferring Visual Function and Organization via a Functional Manifold of Neurons
Different stimuli express different activity patterns in different neurons. As a step toward understanding visual circuitry, it is necessary to organize these differences. We introduce a manifold in which every point is a neuron. Since nearby neurons respond similarly (in time) to similar components of the stimulus ensemble, it is likely that these nearby neurons participate in functional circuits.
Steven Zucker
Professor Steven Zucker is the David and Lucile Packard Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, at Yale University. He is a member of the Interdepartmental Neuoscience Program, the Wu Tsai Institute, and he formerly directed the Program in Applied Mathematics. He currently co-directs the Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Yale.