Upcoming Seminar Presentations - 2024 Schedule

Upcoming Seminar Presentations - 2024 Schedule#

Join our Impact Scholars seminars via Zoom. Below you’ll find the schedule with dates, times, and links to join.

Monday, March 24, 2025#

Session 1: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/grPSXCfCQLGUH6GgnegHOA

  • 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 10:05 AM – 10:20 AM: Eternal Minds (Computational Neuroscience), Understanding the Default Mode Network’s Computational Role in Decision-Making

  • 10:20 AM – 10:25 AM: Eternal Minds Q&A

  • 10:25 AM – 10:40 AM: Angelic Lotus (Computational Tools for Climate Science), A Hybrid Deep Learning Model CNN-GRU for Crop Yield Prediction Under Climate Impacts: A Case Study of Rice Yield Prediction in India

  • 10:40 AM – 10:45 AM: Angelic Lotus Q&A

  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM: Additional Q&A

Session 2: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NQt4sNoZTYm5kV9yxuiMrA

  • 5:00 PM – 5:05 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 5:05 PM – 5:20 PM: Turing Sour Snakes (NeuroAI), Biological Connectivity Patterns as a Blueprint for Efficient Neural Architectures in Reinforcement Learning

  • 5:20 PM – 5:25 PM: Turing Sour Snakes Q&A

  • 5:25 PM – 5:40 PM: BrainGraphers (Deep Learning), Neuro-constrained Bio-inspired Recurrent Neural Network

  • 5:40 PM – 5:45 PM: BrainGraphers Q&A

  • 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM: Additional Q&A

Wednesday, March 26, 2025#

Session: 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/U52JOhXPQHefTDt4AQlPTg

  • 12:30 PM – 12:35 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 12:35 PM – 12:50 PM: Blindsight Brigade (Computational Neuroscience), Midbrain reticular nucleus’s control over pupil dynamics is modulated by visual contrast

  • 12:50 PM – 12:55 PM: Blindsight Brigade Q&A

  • 12:55 PM – 1:10 PM: Little Zebra (Computational Neuroscience), Investigating Perceptual Thresholds for Faces and Houses Using Electrocorticography Data

  • 1:10 PM – 1:15 PM: Little Zebra Q&A

  • 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM: MeltingAsphalt (Computational Tools for Climate Science), Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Heatwave-Wildfire Relationships over Africa

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM: MeltingAsphalt Q&A

  • 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM: Additional Q&A

Thursday, March 27, 2025#

Session: 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_faVCDf2SCOGPcZr-hY4_A

  • 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM: G-Stringers (Computational Neuroscience), V1 neurons encode behavioral state variables and their rate-of-change in mice

  • 3:20 PM – 3:25 PM: G-Stringers Q&A

  • 3:25 PM – 3:40 PM: Akito Adaptive Modeling (Computational Neuroscience), A Comparative Analysis of Spatial Filtering and CEBRA Methodologies for Enhancing BCI Adaptability on ECoG Data

  • 3:40 PM – 3:45 PM: Akito Adaptive Modeling Q&A

  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM: Transitive Relations (NeuroAI), Relational Knowledge in ANNs in the Context of Transfer Learning

  • 4:00 PM – 4:05 PM: Transitive Relations Q&A

  • 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM: Additional Q&A

Friday, March 28, 2025#

Session 1: 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZ11CYy0RA20QH1Fp5O11w

  • 12:00 PM – 12:05 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 12:05 PM – 12:20 PM: Montrebia Cabinet (Computational Neuroscience), Working Memory Involvement in Higher Cognition: Insights from fMRI Modeling

  • 12:20 PM – 12:25 PM: Montrebia Cabinet Q&A

  • 12:25 PM – 12:40 PM: Additional Q&A

Session 2: 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9JhPF3nyQOSJGoMc7c7tdA

  • 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM: SUNKARD (Computational Neuroscience), Cortical Region-Based Analysis of Motor Imagery and Actual Movement Using EEG and Machine Learning

  • 3:20 PM – 3:25 PM: SUNKARD Q&A

  • 3:25 PM – 3:40 PM: Circuit Weavers (Deep Learning), Investigating the Matching Law in Transformer-Based Reinforcement Learning Agents

  • 3:40 PM – 3:45 PM: Circuit Weavers Q&A

Saturday, March 29, 2025#

Session 1: 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VdHTXHgtSimL3T4gHjZKDQ

  • 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 9:05 AM – 9:20 AM: Mind Mappers (Computational Neuroscience), Social Cognition in Autism: Predicting Task-Based Neural Activity from Resting State Connectivity

  • 9:20 AM – 9:25 AM: Mind Mappers Q&A

  • 9:25 AM – 9:40 AM: Sentimentals (Deep Learning), Critical Evaluation of Prompt Strategies in Emotion Recognition: A Comparative Study of Commercial and Open-Source LLMs

  • 9:40 AM – 9:45 AM: Sentimentals Q&A

  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Neural Navigators (Computational Neuroscience), Decoding Neural Circuits for Decision Making: Analysis of Age-Related Differences in Brain Network Dynamics

  • 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM: Neural Navigators Q&A

  • 10:05 AM – 10:20 AM: Sleepy Tulipa (Computational Tools for Climate Science), Exploring the impacts of humid heatwave dynamics and population density on heat exposure risk in India

  • 10:20 AM – 10:25 AM: Sleepy Tulipa Q&A

  • 10:25 AM – 10:40 AM: Additional Q&A

Session 2: 6:00 PM – 7:20 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DpaQCwKyTr-5twL7OUopBA

  • 6:00 PM – 6:05 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 6:05 PM – 6:20 PM: The BERTies (Deep Learning), Enhancing human empathy in conversations using transformer-based models

  • 6:20 PM – 6:25 PM: The BERTies Q&A

  • 6:25 PM – 6:40 PM: OncoDam (Deep Learning), How Image Segmentation Affects Classification: Implications in a Cancer Diagnostic Model

  • 6:40 PM – 6:45 PM: OncoDam Q&A

  • 6:45 PM – 7:00 PM: Tiny Rodent Decisions (Computational Neuroscience), Contrast Modulated Responses Across Brain Regions: A Focus on VISp and CA1

  • 7:00 PM – 7:05 PM: Tiny Rodent Decisions Q&A

  • 7:05 PM – 7:20 PM: Additional Q&A

Sunday, March 30, 2025#

Session: 1:00 PM – 2:20 PM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XQ6LV9KMReKhxBws_64-5A

  • 1:00 PM – 1:05 PM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 1:05 PM – 1:20 PM: Motorologists (NeuroAI), Training Dynamics of Recurrent Neural Networks in RT Task

  • 1:20 PM – 1:25 PM: Motorologists Q&A

  • 1:25 PM – 1:40 PM: TensorMotif (NeuroAI), Dynamical Similarity in Multitasking RNNs: Identifying Shared Motifs Across Task Periods

  • 1:40 PM – 1:45 PM: TensorMotif Q&A

  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM: NLPeople (Deep Learning), “Can AI Doctors Be Fair? Unpacking the Hidden Gender Bias in Large Language Models”

  • 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM: NLPeople Q&A

  • 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM: Additional Q&A

Wednesday, April 3, 2025#

Session: 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM UTC#

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3050939248?pwd=ifg564btNnoOx4ovzN4WjGNw3CvjjK.1&omn=87585278880&jst=2

  • 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: ISP Groups Welcome

  • 9:05 AM – 9:20 AM: Impactful Scholars 🤞🤞 (Computational Neuroscience), “Representation of Semantic Encoding in Low and Intermediate Level Visual Regions”

  • 9:20 AM – 9:25 AM: Impactful Scholars 🤞🤞 Q&A

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