IGERT Research Symposium Schedule

Saturday, June 23

8:30 - 9:00 am	Continental breakfast (served in Singleton Room, Roberts Hall))
9:00 - 10:30 am	Student Presentations I (Singleton Room) Bethany Leffler, Rutgers University [abstract] Using Visual Perception for Efficient Exploration Tom Stepleton, Carnegie Mellon [abstract] View Sedimentation and Feature Peer Pressure: Learning and Seeing Objects with Dirichlet Process Mixture-Based Techniques David R. Wozny, UCLA [abstract] Integration of visual-auditory-tactile information is Bayes-optimal
10:30 - 11:15 am	Poster Session I and Coffee Break Karin Cox, University of Pittsurgh [abstract] Comparing the Features of Different Algorithms for Reinforcement Learning Bryan Daniels, Jordan Atlas, and Amina Kinkhabwala, Cornell University [abstract] Graded Output From a Heterogeneous Network Model of Zebrafish Swimming Kristina Denisova, Rutgers University [abstract] Investigation of Shape Representation Using Apparent Motion Corey Flynn, Carnegie Mellon [abstract] Pattern Characterization and Intelligent Sampling of V1 Cortical Columns for Proteomic Analysis Charles Geier, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] A Biologically Inspired Neural Network Model of the Antisaccade Task Ryan Kelly, Carnegie Mellon [abstract] Multielectrode Data Analysis in V1 Jennifer A. Semrau, Washington University in Saint Louis [abstract] Trial-by-Trial Visuomotor Learning as a Function of Environmental Dynamics in Virtual Reality Cynthia Taylor, UCSD [abstracts] Learning How to Teach: Using Reinforcement Learning To Maximize Attention Paul Wanda, Washington University in Saint Louis [abstract] Trial-by-Trial Effects of Observation Upon the Adaptation of Reach Dynamics in an Environment of Unknown Perturbing Forces John Wilder, Rutgers University [abstract] Attention and Saccades During an Active Visual Task Alfred Yu, Washington University in Saint Louis [abstract] The Role of Stimulus Animacy in Spatial Transformations
11:15 - 12:45 pm	Student Presentations II (Singleton Room, Roberts Hall) Rick Gerkin, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] Homeostatic Plasticity Maintains Dynamic Criticality in Developing Neuronal Networks Krishnan Padmanabhan, Carnegie Mellon [abstract] Thalamocortical Development is Unaffected by Gross Changes in Retinothalamic Structure Brian Potetz, Carnegie Mellon [abstract] Relative Brightness: An Ecological Explanation and Neurophysiological Basis
12:45 - 1:30 pm	Lunch set up in lobby outside Singleton Room
1:30 - 3:00 pm	Student Presentations III (Sinleton Room, Roberts Hall) Armen Arevian, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] Activity-Dependent Gating of Lateral Inhibition: A Novel Computational Role for Lateral Inhibition in the Olfactory Bulb Robert LeMoyne, UCLA [abstract] Virtual Proprioception Richard M. Schein, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] Telerehabilitation: A Proposed Innovative Approach for Rural Wheelchair Service Delivery
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm	Student Presentations IV (Singleton Room, Roberts Hall) Linda Moya, Carnegie Mellon [abstract] Phonological Maintenance of Heard Versus Seen Words: Modality Matters Michael Wolmetz, Johns Hopkins [abstract] The Critical Role of the Left Hemisphere in Phoneme Perception Douglas Turnbull, UCSD [abstract] Finding Music with Words
5:00 - 6:00 pm	Free Time
6:00 - 7:15 pm	Dinner in Newell Simon atrium
7:15 - 7:30 pm	Move to Singleton Room
7:30 - 9:00 pm	Featured Talk: Jacob Feldman, Shape, Structure, and Skeletons. Singleton Room, Roberts Hall

Sunday, June 24

8:30 - 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast Rangos I, University Center
9:00 - 11:00 am	Student Presentations V (Rangos I, University Center) William Stauffer, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] A Method to Study Neuronal Network Dynamics Through Controlled Release of a Glutamate Receptor Antagonist Per Danzl, UCSB [abstract] Feedback Control of Neural Firing Synchrony Using Phase Response Curves Jason Castro, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] Switchable Analog and Digital Transmitter Release in Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cells Jackie Sullivan, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] Reliability and Validity of Experiment in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
11:00 - 12:30 pm	Poster Session II and Coffee Break (Rangus I, University Center) Aushra Abouzeid, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] When the Noise is the Signal: Type II PRCs Enhance Stochastic Synchrony Alexander Cohen, Washington University in Saint Louis [abstract] An Approach to Defining Functional Areas in Individual Human Brains Using Resting Functional Connectivity Rachel Grashow, Brandeis [abstract] Can Modulators Act Consistently on Intrinsically Variable Networks? Abigail Kalmbach, University of Pittsburgh [abstract] Refinement of Tonotopic Maps Through Delay Lines and Spike Timing Dependent Mechanisms Zachary Kilpatrick, University of Utah [abstract] Traveling Pulses in a Neural Field Model with Long-Range Connections Bill Krekeler, Washington University in Saint Louis [abstract] Effect of Inner Hair Cell Synapse Efficiency on Auditory Brainstem Response Thresholds Robert LeMoyne, UCLA [abstract] Device for Quantifying Deep Tendon Reflex Amplitude and Latency Sucharita Saha, Northeastern University [abstract] Development of Nanoparticle and Nanowire Techniques to Treat Spinal Cord Injury Lamont Tang, Brandeis [abstract] Using Temperature as a Global Perturbation in Neuronal Networks
12:30 - 12:45 pm	Wrap-up and final words. Lunch expeditions off campus