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SUMMARY:Feedback control in the nervous system: from cells and circuits to
  behaviour - Dr Timothy O'Leary\, Department of Engineering
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CONTACT:Dr Dervila Glynn
DESCRIPTION:*Theme: Brains and Machines*\n\n*Abstract:* The nervous system
  is fundamentally a closed loop control device: the output of actions cont
 inually influences the internal state and subsequent actions. This is true
  at the single cell and even the molecular level\, where “actions” tak
 e the form of signals that are fed back to achieve a variety of functions\
 , including homeostasis\, excitability and various kinds of multistability
  that allow switching and storage of memory. It is also true at the behavi
 oural level\, where an animal's motor actions directly influence sensory i
 nput on short timescales\, and higher level information about goals and in
 tended actions are continually updated on the basis of current and past ac
 tions. Studying the brain in a closed loop setting requires a multidiscipl
 inary approach\, leveraging engineering and theory as well as advances in 
 measuring and manipulating the nervous system. I will describe our recent 
 attempts to achieve this fusion of approaches at multiple levels in the ne
 rvous system\, from synaptic signalling to closed loop brain machine inter
 faces.\n\n*Biography:* Timothy O’Leary is Professor of Information Engin
 eering and Neuroscience in the University of Cambridge\, where together wi
 th his group he studies the nature of information processing\, learning an
 d intelligent behaviour in living systems. He teaches engineering\, edits 
 for a major open access journal\, and directs several international projec
 ts funded by the HFSP\, ERC and Kavli Foundation. His current research aim
 s to understand how information is represented in the brain and how these 
 representations evolve in time\, and how we can leverage control engineeri
 ng principles to understand variability\, diversity and robustness in nerv
 ous systems.\n\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoo
 m.us/meeting/register/tZUodO2pqjgsGdYvtbk21LT7zCuma6luDMMz \n\nAfter regis
 tering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information abou
 t joining the meeting.
LOCATION:Register on Zoom - link in abstract
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