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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Registration is now open for the online workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">"Towards multipurpose neural network models II: Model testing and model fitting"</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">organized by Gaute Einevoll (NMBU/University of Oslo) and Anton Arkhipov (Allen Institute, Seattle) and supported by the European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please join us for three days of talks about cutting-edge science by fantastic speakers, as well as panel discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Dates: </span></b><span style="color:black">September 29 – October 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Time:</span></b><span style="color:black"> 8AM – 12:15PM US Pacific time / 5PM – 9:15PM Central European Time Daily.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Registration:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="https://cnrs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_saMXfg31Roe4tqHbWtTdFg" title="https://cnrs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_saMXfg31Roe4tqHbWtTdFg"><span style="color:purple">https://cnrs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_saMXfg31Roe4tqHbWtTdFg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please see the agenda below and more details at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.eitn.org/index.php/calendar-event/eventdetail/750/-/workshop-on-towards-multipurpose-neural-network-models-ii-model-testing-and-model-fitting"><span style="color:#0563C1">this
web page</span></a>. We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Wednesday, September 29, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Gaute Einevoll (NMBU/U. Oslo)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jacob Macke (U. Tübingen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Keynote. Simulation-based inference: Bridging the gap between mechanistic models and machine learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Aaron Milstein (Rutgers U.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nested parallel simulation and multi-objective optimization of neuronal cell and circuit models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Atle Rimehaug (U. Oslo)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Enhancing model constraints by utilizing current source densities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kristin Tøndel (NMBU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Facilitating optimization using metamodelling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Frances Skinner (Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, and University of Toronto)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Clarity in model development and goals leads to model linkages and biological insights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Panel debate – All participants of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Thursday, September 30, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Anton Arkhipov (Allen Institute)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">James DiCarlo (MIT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Keynote. Reverse Engineering Visual Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sharon Crook (Arizona State U.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Testing the Data-driven Model<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Szabolcs Kali (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Systematic construction and evaluation of models of rodent hippocampal neurons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Peter Jedlicka (U. Giessen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Building consistent and robust models of hippocampal granule cells and CA1 pyramidal cells<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Stefan Mihalas (Allen Institute)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Computing with a mess: How nonstationary, heterogeneous and noisy components help the brain’s computational power<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Panel debate – All participants of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Friday, October 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Markus Covert (Stanford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Special lecture. Simultaneous cross-evaluation of heterogeneous E. coli datasets via mechanistic simulation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kanaka Rajan (Mount Sinai)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Keynote. Data-constrained neural network models of adaptive learning in the brain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Julijana Gjorgjeva (Max Planck Institute and TUM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Biologically plausible learning in developing networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Carsen Stringer (Janelia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Rastermap: Extracting structure from high-dimensional neural data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Arvind Kumar (KTH Stockholm)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Structure and activity dynamics relationship in biological neuronal networks: Measurements and models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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