Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Erol Gelenbe, Professor in the Dennis Gabor Chair Imperial College, London Seminar Title: Spiked Neuronal Networks and Gene Regulatory Networks: a Common Stochastic Framework and Method of Solution Abstract: The Random Neural Network Model has been introduced to model that apparently probabilistic and spiked behaviour of many natural neuronal assemblies. We will first summarise the model and its main mathematical and algorithmic properties. Specifically we will detail its product form solution, and present its O(n^3) learning algorithm. Then we will describe applications to modeling natural cortico- thalamic oscillations, and to texture based detailed recognition for anomaly detection in MRI images of the brain. We will concluding by describing how very similar models can also be used to represent the dynamics and equilibrium of gene regulatory networks. The talk will be based on papers that we have published in the journals Neural Computation, BioSystems, Proceedings IEEE, IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks, and the Physical Review E. Upcoming IIC Seminars: Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars