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Webinar 23 - What Does The Structure Of a Neuronal Network Tell Us About Its Coding Capacity?

MANAV - The Human Atlas Initiative (https://manav.gov.in/​) presents 'Data Science - Webinar Series' Webinar Topic - What Does The Structure Of a Neuronal Network Tell Us About Its Coding Capacity? Day/ Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021 Time : 4 PM to 5 PM Speaker : Dr Collins Assisi [Assistant Professor of biology at IISER, Pune] Abstract : Animals are exquisitely sensitive to odorants in the environment. In fact, behavioral experiments have suggested that humans can discriminate anywhere between 10,000 to a trillion odorants. Whether the numbers are merely large or astronomical is still a matter of vociferous debate. Odors are represented in the brain as the spatiotemporal activation of densely connected networks of neurons. Therefore, the question of whether we can discriminate a trillion odorants can be posed as, can a network reliably generate a trillion distinct patterns? The number and stability of patterns generated by the network are constrained by the topology of interactions between the neurons. In this talk , the speaker will discuss the lessons we have learned about the coding capacity of networks from looking at the peculiarities of the insect olfactory system. More information about the speaker is available on http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~collins/ Moderator of the talk : Dr Shailesh Kumar [Senior Domain Expert for MANAV - Human Atlas Initiative), NCCS, Pune]