UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
    	     COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

	     		        presents


      "Computational Neuroscience. A behavioral experimentation approach using Neurorobotics"


		              Prof. Eduardo Ros

                  (University of Granada, Spain)

		           27 February 2019 (Wednesday)

			     12:00 - 13:00  (NOTE EARLIER TIME!)


		        Hatfield, College Lane Campus
		       Seminar Room D120  (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)

	    	    Everyone is welcome to attend

	     	    Refreshments will be available

Abstract:

Computational neuroscience has evolved significantly over the last years in better understanding biologically plausible neural systems and also in developing specific tools such as neural simulators that facilitate computational neuroscience studies towards the long term goal of understanding how our brain works. This talk will focus on how we simulate medium scale spiking neural systems such as a cerebellar model to study different working hypotheses.

We can simulate efficiently hundreds of thousands of neurons. The talk will also present how a cerebellar model is integrated within a robotic agent (simulated or real) in order to address behavioral experimental set-ups. This approach illustrates how neurorobotics can be used for computational neuroscience research.