Conference Program

program

Overview

Daily Schedule

24 Aug 25 Aug 26 Aug 27 Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 31 Aug
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
09:00
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10:00
coffee break coffee break
10:30
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11:30
12:00 lunch lunch
13:30
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15:10
15:10
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19:00
dinner dinner
  • International Speaker Lectures
  • Taiwanese Speaker Lectures and Discussion Forums
  • Brainstorm
  • Opening and Closing Remarks
  • Hands-On Projects (*30 Aug will be project presentation)
  1. 24 Aug
    Registration and Opening Remarks
  2. 25 Aug
    Neuromorphic Devices and Systems
  3. 26 Aug
    Neuromorphic Sensory Systems
  4. 27 Aug
    Neurophysiological Models
  5. 28 Aug
    Brainstorming Sessions
  6. 29 Aug
    Neuroinformatics
  7. 30 Aug
    Brain-Machine Interface and Neural Prostheses
  8. 31 Aug
    Cognitive Science and Rehabilitation

Registration Opening Remarks

  1. Registration
    National Dong Hwa University
  2. Open Ceremony
    Prof. Chen Hsin
    Prof. Kea-Tiong Tang

Neuromorphic Devices and Systems

  1. Speaker Lecture

    Event-based sensors, processing algorithms, and networks

    Prof. Shih-Chii Liu
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (Switzerland)

    Recent progress in the development of higher-performance, more usable neuromorphic spike-event-based visual ((DVS/ATIS/DAVIS) and auditory sensors (AER-EAR) along with versatile hardware such as FPGAs have stimulated exploration of real-time sensor processing, both in software and on hardware platforms .........(More in CV)

  2. Coffee Break
  3. Speaker Lecture

    How can Dendritic Computation be useful in Neuromorphic Systems?

    Prof. Arindam Basu
    Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

    Most neuromorphic IC designed so far have largely ignored the role of nonlinear dendritic processing while choosing to focus on synaptic plasticity and nonlinear integration at the soma. Here, we shall present some of our recent work that includes dendritic nonlinearities in increasing level of detail. .........(More in CV)

  4. Lunch
  5. Speaker Lecture

    Low Power Wireless ECG Acquisition and Cardiac Stimulation SOCs for Body Sensor Networks

    Prof. Shuenn-Yuh Lee
    National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

    In order to enhance the portability and increase the popularization of BSNs, a low-power wireless ECG acquisition system on a chip (SOC) stuck on the body is required. In this tutorial, a bio-signal acquisition system with the features of low power consumption, wireless transmission, and the on-time monitoring will be presented. Moreover, .........(More in CV)

    Paper Reference

  6. Discussion Forums (led by)
    Prof. Sheng-Yu Peng &
    Prof. Hsin Chen
  8. Dinner

Neuromorphic Sensory Systems

  1. Speaker Lecture

    Order from chaos: engineered systems based on stochastic processes

    Prof. Jonathan Tapson
    University of Western Sydney (Australia)

    Several applications and implementations of these networks will be described. We have used them for keyword spotting in event (spike)-based auditory representations; for natural language processing of sentences; and for decoding of electrophysiological signals. We have implemented them in a number of technologies, including custom VLSI silicon and on FPGA technologies. Examples will also be given of biological neural structures in which these random projection networks appear to exist, and some theoretical considerations for their presence and application will be addressed. .........(More in CV)

  2. Coffee Break
  3. Speaker Lecture

    A wearable phosphene vision simulator for cortical visual prosthesis

    Prof. Hiro Okuno
    Osaka University (Japan)

    Electrical stimulation delivered to the visual cortex evokes spot-like visual perceptions of light, called phosphenes. Artificial prosthetic vision is based on the concept that patterns of phosphenes can be used to convey visual information to blind patients. In this talk, I will introduce a wearable phosphene image generator .........(More in CV)

  4. Lunch
  5. Speaker Lecture

    Circuit and System Design in
    Implantable Closed-Loop Neuro-Prosthetic Systems for Epilepsy

    Prof. Chung-Yu Wu
    National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)

    Neuro-Prostheses and the related implantable electronics devices which treat intractable neurological disorders have become exciting research frontiers. In neuro-prosthetic devices, intelligent biomimetric circuits or subsystems are developed with heterogeneous integration of technologies to recover or enhance the neural functions. Many innovative circuits or subsystems have been explored to fit the strict requirement. .........(More in CV)

    Paper Reference

  6. Discussion Forums (led by)
    Prof. Kea-Tiong Tang &
    Prof. Hiro Okuno
  8. Dinner

Neurophysiological Models

  1. Speaker Lecture

    Neuromodulation of the midbrain periaqueductal gray: Opportunities and Challenges

    Dr. Hari Subramanian
    The University of Queensland (Australia)

    DBS has become an established neurosurgical treatment for Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and tremors. This is because neuroscientific research in mamalian animal models has contributed to improved understanding of brain circuitries underlying locomotor control...This lecture would examine whether an autonomic topography exists within the PAG. Secondly, whether .........(More in CV)

  2. Coffee Break
  3. Speaker Lecture

    Computational Models and Applications of Grid Cells and Place Cells

    Prof. Jeehyun Kwang
    Korea University (Korea)

    In this talk, I will present the recent progresses on the computational models of grid cells and place cells. Also, I will describe our ongoing work in our lab where we combine in vitro patch-clamp recordings and computational simulations of place cells and grid cells to demonstrate that how place cells and grid cells activities interact to achieve long-term storage of spatial information in the hippocampo-entorhinal cortex system. .........(More in CV)

  4. Lunch
  5. Speaker Lecture

    Altered neural circuits in the primary motor cortex of hemi-Parkinsonian rats

    Prof. Yen-Chung Chang
    National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

    Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common debilitating neurologic disease after Alzheimer’s disease globally. By local field potential (LFP) recording, we have detected alterations in the activities in the primary motor cortex, M1, of un-anesthetized, freely moving hemi-Parkinsonian rats. These alterations include .........(More in CV)

    Paper Reference

  6. Discussion Forums (led by)
    Prof. Yen-Chung Chang &
    Prof. Shih-Rung Yeh
  8. Dinner

Brainstorming Sessions

  1. Brainstorming
    NDHU

Neuroinformatics

  1. Speaker Lecture

    A neuromorphic retina
    model and its applications in physiology and engineering

    Prof. Yagi Tetsuya
    Osaka University (Japan)

    We have developed a neuromorphic retina model to study the function of retinal circuits in visual information processing in natural environment. The model consists of a silicon retina and a FPGA module and is able to reproduce responses of retinal neurons in real time. In the workshop, I demonstrate “virtual in vivo experiments” using... .........(More in CV)

  2. Coffee Break
  3. Speaker Lecture

    Spike-based Visual Processing

    Dr. Garrick Orchard
    National University of Singapore (Singapore)

    Bio-inspired spike-based visual processing shows great promise as an effective and efficient approach for mobile agents to visually sense their environment. The spike-based approach takes advantage of “silicon retinae”, a unique class of bio-inspired vision sensors which .........(More in CV)

  4. Lunch
  5. Speaker Lecture

    The virtual fruit fly brain -- from bench-top to cyberspace Project

    Prof. Chung-Chuan Lo
    National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

    We initiated the Flysim project, which aims to establish a data-driven neural network model of Drosophila. The project consists of four components: 1) analyzing neuronal data from the Flycircuit (http://www.flycircuit.tw/) database, 2) building a whole-brain spiking neural network model, 3) performing persistent neural network simulations and 4) visualizing the simulated brain activity in real time. .........(More in CV)

  6. Discussion Forums (led by)
    Prof. Chung-Chuan Lo &
    Prof. Yi-Wen Liu

    Curriculum vitae

  8. Dinner

Brain-Machine Interface and Neural Prostheses

  1. Speaker Lecture

    Spatial Processing in Primary Visual Cortex Under Multi-Site Electrical Stimulation on Retina

    Prof. Leanne Chan
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

    Several different treatments using gene-specific, stem-cell therapy and bioelectronic implant approaches have been proposed to restore vision to the blind. Inherited retinal degeneration disease such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has led hundreds of thousand people around the world with poor vision or no vision. Computer simulation .........(More in CV)

  2. Coffee Break
  3. Speaker Lecture

    How Integrated Circuits Can Restore Vision for Blind People

    Prof. Guoxing Wang
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

    Artificial Retina is a device aiming to provide vision back to people who unfortunately became blind due to diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration and/or Retinitis Pigmentosa...In the device, the integrated circuits play a critical role. In this talk, we will talk about the history, achievements and challenges, .........(More in CV)

  4. Lunch
  5. Project Presentation
  6. Dinner

Cognitive Science and Rehabilitation

  1. Speaker Lecture

    Introduction to function Near Infrared Spectroscopy and its applications

    Prof. Tong Boon Tang
    Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Malaysia)

    Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) has been proposed as a means to detect mental stress by measuring the concentration change of oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO) and deoxygenated haemoglobin (HbR) on the prefrontal cortex. In this study, simultaneous measurement of EEG-fNIRS on five healthy subjects was performed. We investigated on the correlation between the .........(More in CV)

  2. Coffee Break
  3. Speaker Lecture

    Prefrontal cortex stimulation:
    From Depression to Memory Enhancement

    Prof. Lee Wei Lim
    Sunway University (Malaysia)

    The use of stimulation electrodes implanted in the brain to control severely disabling psychiatric and neurological conditions is an exciting and fast-emerging area of clinical neuroscience. For patients who remain severely depressed despite trial-and-error combinations of medication and psychotherapy, a novel strategy has been introduced recently .........(More in CV)

  4. Closing Remarks