Workshop website (including
up to date schedule):
https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/Methods originally developed in Information Theory have found wide applicability in computational neuroscience. Beyond these original methods there is a need to develop novel tools and approaches that are driven by problems arising in neuroscience. A number of researchers in computational/systems neuroscience and in information/communication theory are investigating problems of information representation and processing. While the goals are often the same, these researchers bring different perspectives and points of view to a common set of neuroscience problems. Often they participate in different fora and their interaction is limited. The goal of the workshop is to bring some of these researchers together to discuss challenges posed by neuroscience and to exchange ideas and present their latest work. The workshop is targeted towards computational and systems neuroscientists with interest in methods of information theory as well as information/communication theorists with interest in neuroscience.
Schedule, correct as at Mon 10:30am is:
Tuesday 14th:09:00 - 09:45
Marilyn Gatica
"Towards an integrated computational approach for diversity-sensitive personalized medicine"
09:45 - 10:30
Raphaël Lafond-Mercier "Parallel gradient computations of mutual information between stimulus sequences and adaptive responses"
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
Bratislav Misic "Structure and computation in brain networks"11:45 - 12:30
Patricio Orio "Emergence of High-order interactions in dynamical systems"Wednesday 15th:09:00 - 09:45
Thomas Varley "Why should we care about synergistic information?"
09:45 - 10:30
Jaroslav Hlinka "Information Dynamics in Complex Brain Networks: From Causal Inference to Higher-Order Structure"
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
Simachew Mengiste "Dynamic Functional Connectivity Resolves Brain Integration-Segregation Trade-off Under Costly Links"
11:45 - 12:30
Leyla Roksan Caglar "Same Compression Principle, Different Geometry: Rate-Distortion Signatures Dissociate Biological and Artificial Visual Systems"
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:45
Joseph Lizier "Constraints on information decomposition from a target chain rule"
14:45 - 15:30
Nicolás Hinrichs "Information Geometry for Inter-Brain Network Analysis in Hyperscanning"
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45
Demian Battaglia TBA
16:45 - 17:30 Discussion -- TBA
