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Episode 41 -- Ila Fiete, PhD

Episode 41 -- Ila Fiete, PhD

FromNeuroscientists Talk Shop


Episode 41 -- Ila Fiete, PhD

FromNeuroscientists Talk Shop

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Ila  Fiete (Assistant Professor, Center for Learning & Memory, UT  Austin) discusses the "how" and the "why" of rate coding, the principles  of sparseness, capacity and optimality, drawing on her work on temporal  coding of song in HVC and hippocampal grid cells.
Duration: 47 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Michael Farries (Post-doc Fellow, UTSA)
Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA)
Rama Ratnam (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
Released:
Nov 5, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Neuroscientists Talk Shop is the University of Texas at San Antonio's (UTSA) Neurobiology Podcast, showcasing the current research of internationally renowned guest Neuroscientists. Each episode features a moderated discussion with a cross section of UTSA Neurobiology faculty, highlighting the featured guest's research, and the state of the art in the field at hand.