1:00 p.m. Wyeth Research Neuroscience Seminar. "Molecular Mechanisms in the Control of Neuronal Excitability." Irwin Levitan, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 808 Wyeth Labs, across route 1. To attend, contact: Steve Lin LINS@wyeth.com.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Engineering the Other 70 Percent of the Economy: NSF Research on Service Enterprises." Ronald Rardin, National Science Foundation. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
Noon. Molecular Biology Talk. "How do different types of neurons acquire their distinctive dendritic morphology?" Yuh Nung Jan, UCSF.
4:00 p.m. Department of Computer Science Colloquium. "Matching algorithms and hardware: How a brain 'computes' so well." John Hopfield, Princeton. 105 Computer Science. Abstract.
11:45 a.m. Neuroscience Lunch. "Trying to Understand the Cerebellum Well Enough to Build One." Michael Mauk, UT-Houston Medical School. 0-S-9 Green.
4:30 ISS Seminar CANCELLED because of weather.
10:00 a.m. Parallel Distributed Processing Talk. "Estimation and Interpretation of 1/_f_ Noise in Human Cognition." Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Psychology, Northwestern University. 3rd floor north conference room, Green.
Noon. Engineering and applied science lecture. "Quieter Airplanes, Better Simulations: The Integration of Fluids, Dynamics and Control Theory." Clancy Rowley. C217 Engineering Quadrangle.
Noon. Psychology colloquium. "Inhibitory Processes and the Regulation of Awareness." Michael Anderson, University of Oregon. O-S-6 Green.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control. "The Wright Brothers' Quest for Powered Flight." Robert Ash, Old Dominion University. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
11:00 a.m. Neuroscience talk. "The Prefrontal Cortex and the Control of Goal-Directed Behavior." Jonathan Wallis, MIT. 0-S-9 Green.
2:00 p.m. Rutgers Computer Vision Talk. "Visual Texture Discrimination and Representation in Working Memory." Jonathan Victor, Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell Medical. 101 Psychology Building, Busch Campus, Rutgers-New Brunswick.
3:30 p.m. Special MAE Seminar. "Intelligent robots for undersea (and space) exploration." Steve Rock, Director of the Aerospace Robotics Laboratory, Department of Aero and Astro, Stanford University. 008 Friend.
4:00 p.m. Neuroscience Lecture. "Kluver, Lettvin and Blindsight: Mechanisms of Motion Detection." Harvey J. Karten, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego. 0-S-9 Green.
4:30 p.m. Department of Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Seminar. "DynamoRIO Dynamic Program Modification System and its use in Program Shepherding." Saman Amarasinghe, Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT. 008 Friend.
11:00 a.m. SCR Seminar Series. "Multi-scale Probabilistic Models of Natural Images: Applications to Medical Image Analysis." Professor Paul Sajda, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University. Executive Conference Room, Siemens Corporate Research, 755 College Road East.
11:45 a.m. Neuro-lunch. "Cortical Dynamics." Charles Gilbert, The Rockefeller University. 0-S-9 Green.
4:30 p.m. Computer Engineering Lecture. "Architectural Issues in Scalable Quantum Computing." Fred Chong, University of California at Davis. 008 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Information Sciences and Systems Seminar. "Studying the Brain by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance." Wolfgang Richter, Department of Chemistry. 004 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Moffett lecture in ethics. "Talking to Strangers: On Rhetoric, Distrust and Citizenship." Danielle Allen, University of Chicago. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
10:00 a.m. Parallel Distributed Processing Meeting. "Inhibitory Schemes." Jonathan Cohen. 3rd floor north conference room, Green.
1:30 p.m. Cognitive Science Talk. "Slot Grammar." Dr. Michael McCord, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. 0-N-2 Green.
2:20 p.m. Cognitive Science Talk. "WordNet and Anaphora Resolution for MT." Dr. Arendse Bernth, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. 0-N-2 Green.
Noon. Neuroscience Seminar. "Neural Economics and the Biological Substrates of Valuation." Read Montague, Baylor College of Medicine. 333 Wallace.
2:00 p.m. SCR Distinguished Seminar. "Research Opportunities in Image-Guided Interventions through The National Cancer Institute." Keyvan Farahani, Program Director, Image-Guided Diagnosis & Therapy Branch Biomedical Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD. Executive Conference Room, Siemens Corporate Research, 755 College Road East.
10:00 a.m. Parallel Distributed Processing Meeting. Informal discussion of reinforcement learning, dopamine, and things of that ilk. Reed Montague, Baylor College of Medicine. 3rd floor north conference room, Green.