ProjektSelf-organization, criticality and optimality in neuronal network models and the brain
Grunddaten
Titel:
Self-organization, criticality and optimality in neuronal network models and the brain
Laufzeit:
01.12.2017 bis 30.11.2022
Abstract / Kurz- beschreibung:
The human brain is an amazing computational device. It can perceive, process, and store great amounts of information using its 80 billion neurons, each of them
interacting with thousands of other neurons. Only recently, experimental techniques have been developed for sampling the activity of hundreds of neurons in
parallel, offering unprecedented access to the collective dynamics. To make use of these rich data and understand the capabilities of a system of such complexity, theoretical understanding is essential. To this end, statistical physics provides unique tools to deal with systems of many interacting units. I propose to extend them to characterize the collective dynamics of spiking neural networks and investigate the interplay between dynamics, topology, and information processing
capabilities of the network.
interacting with thousands of other neurons. Only recently, experimental techniques have been developed for sampling the activity of hundreds of neurons in
parallel, offering unprecedented access to the collective dynamics. To make use of these rich data and understand the capabilities of a system of such complexity, theoretical understanding is essential. To this end, statistical physics provides unique tools to deal with systems of many interacting units. I propose to extend them to characterize the collective dynamics of spiking neural networks and investigate the interplay between dynamics, topology, and information processing
capabilities of the network.
Schlüsselwörter:
neural networks
statitistical physics
information processing
mathematical methods
Beteiligte Mitarbeiter/innen
Leiter/innen
Fachbereich Informatik
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Werner Reichardt Centrum für Integrative Neurowissenschaften (CIN)
Zentren oder interfakultäre wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen
Zentren oder interfakultäre wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen (BCCN)
Interfakultäre Institute
Interfakultäre Institute
Lokale Einrichtungen
Institut für Theoretische Physik (ITP)
Fachbereich Physik
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Geldgeber
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland