Este miércoles 15 de junio tendrá lugar la conferencia titulada Learning in Silico: neuromorphic models of long-term plasticity. La conferencia contara con la ponente Dra. Elisabetta Chicca. La conferencia será en el aula C16, empezara a las 12:00 y esta destinada a estudiantes interesados en la neuroingeniería, diseño electrónico, biomedicina o robótica, docente e investigadores interesados en la neuroingeniería, diseño electrónico, biomedicina o robótica. Mas abajo podéis encontrar un resumen en ingles de lo que se hablara en la conferencia.

Synaptic plasticity empowers biological nervous systems with the ability to learn from experience and adjust to environmental changes. Such abilities are a must for artificial autonomous systems and therefore researchers have been devoting significant efforts to the understanding and modelling of plasticity mechanisms. In particular, the field of neuromorphic engineering focuses on the development of full-custom hybrid analog/digital electronic systems for the implementation of models of biological computation and learning in hardware.

A short historical overview of the most important plasticity circuits developed following the approach originally proposed by Carver Mead in the late eighties will be given. Afterwards, recent advancements in this field will be presented.