The Australian Association ofComputational NeuroscientistsAnd Neuromorphic Engineers

Sydney

Final Program

27- 29 November 2018

General Information Venue Eastern Avenue, Lecture Theatre 315 (oral presentations) and Room 310 (posters), Camperdown NSW.

Meals Meals will be served in the Foyer outside Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre Tea, Coffee and Juice Bar available all day • Morning snacks: freshly brewed coffee, selection of teas, fresh fruits and pastries • Lunch: buffet of warm food, gourmet baguettes/wraps, salads and fruits • Morning and Afternoon Tea: selection of cookies and cakes • Welcome Reception (Tuesday, 27th November): canapes and drinks

Conference Dinner and NeuroEng Trivia Grandstand Function Centre is 7 min walk from the conference venue. Address: 1 Blackburn Circuit, The University of Sydney NSW 2050.

Wi-fi Username: NeuroEng Password: abcd1234 Posters Posters should be installed either on Tuesday, 27th November or Wednesday 28th November during lunch break. Oral presentations Presentation slides need to be uploaded to the central system before the session start. See IT team or your Session Chair for help. No personal laptops can be used for presentations.

21. Steady-state dynamics of the Fractional Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neurons, Davids Agboola, Michael Breakspear

22. Extracellular spike waveform predicts whether single units recorded in visual cortex are tuned to orientation, Hamish Meffin, Shi Hai Sun, Ali Almasi, Molis Yunzab, Michael R. Ibbotson

23. Electric field generated by electroconvulsive therapy in multiple brain regions using finite element modelling, Azam Ahmad Bakir, Siwei Bai, Donel Martin, Colleen Loo, and Socrates Dokos

24. Neural field theory of the formation of ocular dominance columns in the primary visual cortex, Massoud M. A. Yajadda, Peter A. Robinson

25. Gamma oscillations organize as propagating patterns in cortical circuits, Yuxi Liu, Xian Long, Pulin Gong

26. Non-linear adaptation improves target salience during behaviourally relevant ego-motion in natural scenes, John James, Benjamin S. Cazzolato, Steven Grainger, David C. O'Carroll, Steven D. Wiederman

27. General anaesthesia reduces integrated information in flies, Angus Leung, Dror Cohen, Bruno van Swinderen, Naotsugu Tsuchiya

28. A Biologically Inspired Sound Localisation System based on Instantaneous Correlation, Ying Xu, Saeed Afshar, Ram Kuber Singh, Tara J. Hamilton, Runchun Wang, Andre van Schaik

29. Exploring selectivity of rat retinal ganglion cells through an STC analysis of their temporal electrical receptive fields, Artemio Soto-Breceda, Molis Yunzab, Matias Maturana, Hamish Meffin, Tatiana Kameneva, Anthony Burkitt, Michael R. Ibbotson

30. Prediction of subjective alertness using an arousal dynamics model, Tahereh Tekieh, Stephen McCloskey, Steven W. Lockley, Peter A. Robinson, Svetlana Postnova

31. Fragility of structural hubs in the human connectome, Leonardo L. Gollo, James A. Roberts, Vanessa L. Cropley, Maria A. Di Biase, Christos Pantelis, Andrew Zalesky, Michael Breakspear

32. Signal Quality of an Endovascular Neural Interface, Sam John, Nicholas Opie, Thomas Oxley, David Grayden

33. Volatility of neural states in task free conditions, Bryan Paton 34. The effect of neural gain on network-level information processing dynamics, Mike

Li, Yinuo Han, Matthew Aburn, Michael Breakspear, Russell Poldrack, James M. Shine, Joseph Lizier

35. A Tactomorphic Taxel For Neuromorphic Touch, James Wright, Tara J. Hamilton, Jonathan Tapson, Vaughan Macefield, Andre van Schaik

36. Unique dynamic mechanisms arising from a model of piriform cortex including two classes of principal cells and short term facilitation, Brett Schmerl, John Bekkers, Mark McDonnell

37. Unified Analysis of Global and Focal Aspects of Absence Epilepsy via Neural Field Theory of Corticothalamic System, Dong-ping Yang, Peter A. Robinson

38. Suppression of pathological rhythms in Parkinson's disease by deep brain stimulation: Determination of effective protocols, Eli Muller, Peter A. Robinson

39. Multimodal gradients across mouse cortex, Ben D. Fulcher, John D. Murray, Valerio Zerbi, Xiao-Jing Wang

Posters Odd numbers– poster session #1 Even numbers – poster session #2

1. Neural-Inference-based imaging of consciousness and anaesthesia, Levin Kuhlmann, Andria Pelentritou, Philippa Karoly, Dean R. Freestone, John Cormack, Steven McGuigan, Will Woods, David Liley

2. Evoked response potentials in a spherical geometry via neural field theory, Kamrun N. Mukta, Xiao (Demi) Gao, Peter A. Robinson

3. Complex network signal analysis of sleep EEG: Brain switching dynamics and potential applications, Guohun Zhu, Trung T. Ngo

4. Detecting neural assemblies in calcium imaging data, Jan Molter, Lilach Avitan, Geoffrey J. Goodhill

5. Effects of the physiological parameter evolution on the dynamics of tonic-clonic seizure, Farah Deeba, Paula Sanz-Leon, and Peter A. Robinson

6. Feasibility of detecting ocular dominance and orientation preference columns in human visual cortex via fMRI, Marilia M. Oliveira, James C. Pang, Peter A. Robinson, Mark M. Schira

7. A probabilistic model for neural population coding in calcium imaging data, Marcus A. Triplett, Zac Pujic, Biao Sun, Lilach Avitan, Geoffrey J. Goodhill

8. Fractional diffusion theory of balanced, heterogeneous cortical circuits, Asem Wardak, Pulin Gong

9. Nonlinear Wave Interactions in the Corticothalamic System, M. Ferdousi, Tahereh B. Janvier, Peter A. Robinson

10. Fractal firing rate fluctuations, diverse population coupling and their relations in neural spiking activity, Brandon Munn, Natalie Zeater, Paul Martin, Pulin Gong

11. Low power and accurate neuromorphic circuits using spintronic devices, Mohsen Radfar, Tara J. Hamilton

12. Network reconstruction and synapse labeling from spike trains using sorted local transfer entropy, Felix Goetze, Pik-Yin Lai

13. Statistical properties of strengths of brain connectivity: Theory vs. Experiments, Xiao (Demi) Gao, Peter A. Robinson

14. How cells in primary visual cortex combine features to attain selectivity and invariance for object recognition, Ali Almasi, Hamish Meffin, Shaun Cloherty, Molis Yunzab, Yan Wong, Michael R. Ibbotson

15. Computing by modulating ongoing coherent patterns: a mechanism of active perception, Guozhang Chen, Pulin Gong

16. Neural field theory of corticothalamic attention with control systems analysis, Tahereh B. Janvier, Peter A. Robinson

17. Neuromorphic Circuits with Novel Multi-Gate Transistors, Mehdi Arabizadeh, Sourabh Khandelwal

18. CAR-FAC-based Robust Text-dependent Speaker Identification, Atiqul Islam, Ying Xu, Andre van Schaik

19. The Power of Linear Recurrent Neural Networks, Oliver Obst, Frieder Stolzenburg, Olivia Michael

20. Online neuromorphic processing of event-based camera data, Travis Monk, Greg Cohen, Saeed Afshar, Andre van Schaik

Scientific Program

Tuesday, 27 November 2018 8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Morning snacks

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Administration Overview

Neurofield and large-scale brain modelling Chair: Peter A. Robinson

9:30 – 10:10 Cliff Kerr (USYD), “NetPyNE: a tool to develop, simulate and analyze data-driven multiscale biophysically-detailed network models”

10:10 – 10:50 Gustavo Deco (UPF), “Awakening: promoting transitions between different brain states in a probabilistic state space framework”

10:50 – 11:20 Morning tea

Cortical dynamics Chair: Anthony Burkitt

11:20 – 12:00 Alain Destexhe (CNRS), “Mean, variance and conductance: 3 keys to unlock in vivo dynamics”

12:00 – 12:40 Stewart Heitmann (VCCRI), “Brain Dynamics Toolbox for Matlab”

12:40 – 14:00 Lunch and poster installation

Methods for large-scale datasets Chair: Ben Fulcher

14:00 – 14:40 Mac Shine (USYD), “The dynamic basis of cognition: an integrative core under the control of the ascending neuromodulatory system”

14:40 – 15:20 Joe Lizier: JIDT (USYD), “Empirical analysis of information content and flows in neural data using JIDT”

15:20 – 16:00 Afternoon tea

Sleep Dynamics Chair: Svetlana Postnova

16:00 – 16:40 Andrew Phillips (Monash), “Evolution of sleep-regulatory circuits: A predator-prey model”

16:40 – 17:20 Bryn Jeffries (USYD), “Data-driven Techniques for Insomnia Phenotyping from Sleep EEG”

17:20 – 19:00 Welcome Reception

Wednesday, 28 November 2018 8:00 – 8:50 Registration and Morning snacks

8:50 – 9:00 Introduction

Cortical microcircuits Chair: David Grayden

09:00 – 9:40 Alain Destexhe (CNRS), “Propagating waves in visual cortex and their computational role”

09:40 – 10:10 Anthony Burkitt (UniMelb), “Predictive coding through time: A real-time temporal alignment hypothesis”

10:10 – 10:25 Peter Stratton (UQ), “Neural oscillations and spiking assemblies drive each other in the brain”

10:25 – 10:40 Shima Rashidi (UniMelb), “A unified model of feature- based and spatial visual attention”

10:40 – 10:50 Alan Freeman (USYD), “A model for the development and dynamics of visual orientation selectivity”

10:50 – 11:20 Morning tea

Large- scale brain modelling Chair: Xiao (Demi) Gao

11:20 – 12:00 Gustavo Deco (UPF), “Brain Songs: Discovering the relevant timescale and richness of repertoire of the human brain”

12:00 – 12:30 Michael Breakspear (QIMR), “Metastable brain waves”

12:30 – 12:45 James Pang (QIMR), “Hemodynamic modelling of fMRI: Theory, prediction and applications”

12:45 – 13:00 James Roberts (QIMR), “Large-scale cortical eigenmodes reorganize between infant sleep states and predict developmental outcome in preterms”

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and poster installation

NeuroEng and Neuroscience-inspired AI Chair: Peter A. Robinson

14:00 – 14:40 Tara J. Hamilton (Macquarie), “Brain- inspired AI”

14:40 – 15:10 Geoffrey Goodhill (UQ), “The development of neural coding in the zebrafish brain”

15:10 – 15:25 Zdenka Kuncic (USYD), “Neuromorphic complexity and synthetic synapses in nanowire switch networks: towards learning ability in a beyond-CMOS nano- device”

15:25 – 15:40 Nao Tsuchiya (Monash), “A moment of conscious experience is very informative”

15:40 – 15:50 Kevin Aquino (Monash), “On the intersection between theory and experiment in large-scale brain network modelling”

15:50 – 16:20 Afternoon tea

Mini- talks and Poster session #1 Chair: Tahereh Tekieh

16:20 – 16:40 Poster talks Marcus A. Triplett (poster #7) Guozhang Chen (poster #15)

Mehdi Arabizadeh (poster #17) Yuxi Liu (poster #25)

16:40 – 17:40 Poster session #1: Odd poster numbers to be presented

18:00 Conference Dinner and NeuroEng Trivia (Grandstand Function Centre) see the first page for map and directions

Thursday, 29 November 2018 8:00 – 8:50 Registration and Morning snacks

8:50 – 9:00 Introduction

Learning, Plasticity and neural coding Chair: Tahereh B. Janvier

09:00 – 9:40 Marta Garrido (UQ), “Shortcuts to the amygdala”

09:40 – 10:10 Tatiana Kameneva (Swinburne), “Electrophysiological clusters: cell types, morphologies and functional characteristics”

10:10 – 10:25 James Henderson (USYD), “Functional mechanisms underlie the emergence of a diverse range of plasticity phenomena”

10:25 – 10:40 Peter Loxley (UNE), “Neuro-dynamic programming with simple-cell sparse codes”

10:40 – 11:10 Morning tea

Mini- talks and Poster session #2 Chair: Marilia M. Oliveira

11:10 – 11:30 Poster talks Ali Almasi (poster #14) John James (poster #26) Ying Xu (poster #28) Mike Li (poster #34)

11:30 – 13:00 Poster session #2: Even poster numbers to be presented

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Systems neuroscience and cognition Chair: James Roberts

14:00 – 14:40 Jianfeng Feng (CHN), “Peer into your brain via contiguous scale data”

14:40 – 15:10 Steven Wiederman (UoA), “robot autonomy derived from dragonfly neurobiology”

15:10 – 15:25 Aurina Arnatkeviciute (Monash), “Transcriptional correlates of hub connectivity in the human brain”

15:25 – 15:40 Levin Kuhlmann (UniMelb), “Crowdsourcing machine-learning-based epileptic seizure prediction solutions with long-term intracranial EEG data”

15:40 – 16:00 Awards and Conference close