Understanding neural dynamics in high dimensions across multiple timescales: from perception to motor control and learning
Surya Ganguli · Neural Dynamics & Computation Lab, Stanford University
Thu, Jun 17, 2021 · 17:00 UTC
Remarkable advances in experimental neuroscience now enable us to simultaneously observe the activity of many neurons, thereby providing an opportunity to understand how the moment by moment collective dynamics of the brain instantiates learning and cognition. However, efficiently extracting such a conceptual understanding from large, high dimensional neural datasets requires concomitant advances in theoretically driven experimental design, data analysis, and neural circuit modeling. We will discuss how the modern frameworks of high dimensional statistics and deep learning can aid us in this