MindTalks: The neurobiology of confidence: from statistics to neurons (Dr. Torben Ott)
Abstract How confident are you? As humans, aware of our subjective sense of confidence, we can readily answer. Knowing your level of confidence helps to optimize both routine decisions such as whether to go back and check if the front door was locked and momentous ones like finding a partner for life. Yet the inherently [...]
Deadline: Second round MMM seed grants
The deadline for this second round is May 31st. For further information about this call, and how to apply, please refer to the proposal template.
MindTalks: What the mouse eye tells the brain and how the brain processes this visual message (Dr. Katrin Franke)
Abstract To provide a compact and efficient input to the brain, sensory systems separate the incoming information into parallel feature channels. In the visual system, parallel processing starts in the retina. Here, the image is decomposed into multiple retinal ganglion cell (RGC) types, each selective for a specific set of visual features like motion, contrast [...]
MindTalks: How failures in protein folding can lead to neurodegenerative diseases (Prof. Dr. Janine Kirstein)
Abstract (to follow) We look forward to your participation! Due to the current corona situation, all courses in the summer semester 2021 will be held virtually via the 'Zoom' platform, as in the previous winter semester 2020/2021. We recommend installing the Zoom client, but participation is also possible alternatively and with limited functionality via the web browser. The following links lead [...]
MindTalks: From vision to navigation and back (Prof. Dr. Matteo Carandini)
Abstract Vision provides crucial guidance to navigation, and this guidance is a key function of the visual system. The communication between visual system and navigation system, however, appears to operate also in the opposite direction, with navigation strongly influencing vision. We recorded from populations of neurons in mice that navigate virtual environments and found modulation by [...]
MindTalks: A reservoir of decision strategies in the mouse frontal cortex (Dr. Zach Mainen)
Abstract A decision is an exclusive commitment to one of several alternative actions. A decision strategy is an algorithm for how to decide: what things to pay attention to and how to process them. For example, some decision strategies are based on direct responses to observable stimuli ('model free') while others require inferences about hidden [...]
Bremen Big Data Challenge 2021: Deadline for submissions
The Bremen Big Data Challenge 2021 ends on 12.04.2021!
MMM Seed Grant CfP#2: Feedback (acceptance/rejection)
MMM General Assembly
The next general assembly of the WSP Minds, Media, Machines will take place on Monday, 22.6.2020 from 14:00-16:00. Due to Corona, we will hold the event virtually via Zoom.
Bremen Big Data Challenge 2021
The BBDC 2021 starts on March 1st, 2021!
