UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
	     COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

			    presents


     "Dendritic Computation: Neural Networks beyond Point Neurons"


			   Damein Drix

	(Royal Society Wolfson Biocomputation Research Lab,
		   University of Hertfordshire)

		   24 Janaury 2018 (Wednesday)

			   1 - 2 pm


		  Hatfield, College Lane Campus
			Seminar Room C408

		  Everyone is Welcome to Attend

		  Refreshments will be available


Abstract:


The artificial neurons of deep neural networks are quite unlike those
of the brain. And while deep learning has yielded impressive results,
the approach has limitations that may require new neuron models and new
learning rules. In this talk we make the case for modeling some parts
of the extensive dendritic tree found in biological neurons. We show
how a single neuron with dendrites can solve tasks that would require
a network of simpler neurons, and how a family of three-factor Hebbian
learning rules can make use of the differences between the somatic and
dendritic activity to solve unsupervised and self-supervised problems
such as sparse and predictive coding.



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