Newsletter #35

A NeuroMat project group to simulate cortical networks using stochastic models

During the last NeuroMat workshop, PI Antonio Carlos Roque presented a project on simulating neuronal behaviors associated to the Galves-Löcherbach model. Computational simulation could provide insights on brain dynamics, especially if the simulated models have very large sizes. Postdoctoral researcher Nilton Kamiji and PhD students Rodrigo Pena and César Ceballos are part of this project; Kamiji also presented on neuronal modeling at the NeuroMat workshop.

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Last NeuroMat scientific publications

• J. Baron et al. "Contrast response functions in the visual wulst of the alert burrowing owl: a single-unit study." Journal of Neurophysiology 116.4 (2016): 1765-1784.

• W. A. F. de Carvalho, S. Gallo and N. L. Garcia. "Continuity properties of a factor of Markov chains." Journal of Applied Probability 53.1 (2016): 216-230.

• E. Pechersky, G. Via, A. Yambartsev. "Stochastic Ising model with plastic interactions." arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06133 (2016)

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NeuroMat in the media

• A brain soccer derby. Antonio Galves, Mente & Cérebro, 01/2017. (In Portuguese)

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NeuroMat opportunities

• Opening for Web-based and mobile application design Scholarship

• Openings for Software Developers

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NeuroMat is a research center established in 2013 at the University of São Paulo that is dedicated to integrating mathematical modeling and theoretical neuroscience. Among the core missions of NeuroMat are the creation of a new mathematical system to understanding neural data and the development of neuroscientific open-source computational tools. The research center is headed by Prof. Antonio Galves, from USP's Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, and is funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). To receive monthly updates on NeuroMat's work or pertaining news, please subscribe to NeuroMat's newsletter.

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Previous issues of the NeuroMat Newsletter (features)

Newsletter #34

• Snippets of the Second NeuroMat Workshop

Newsletter #33

• Integrating research, technology transfer and dissemination: NeuroMat’s third report of activities

Newsletter #32

• A NeuroMat network to empower persons with Parkinson's disease in shaping therapeutic strategies