Physics of Neural Systems II

Presentations

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  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

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• A deeper dive into neural mechanisms of Drosophila color preference

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Zichao Liu

    • University of Miami

  Authors

  • Zichao Liu

    • University of Miami

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• Slow timescales generically emerge from divisive normalization

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Mia C Morrell

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Mia C Morrell

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Flaviano Morone

    • New York University (NYU)

  • David J Heeger

    • NYU

  • Stefano Martiniani

    • New York University (NYU)

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• Feedback control algorithms in animal's neural behavior 

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: Z. J. Wang, Insect Flight, from Newton's law to Neurons, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2016
  Z. J. Wang, J. Melfi. Jr., A. Leonardo, Righting mechanisms in the dragonfly's righting reflex, Science, 2022
  O, Wetherbee and Z. J. Wang, Discovering Stable Flapping Flight and Explicit Criteria for Stability in Morphological Space, APS Global Summit, 2024
  Z. J. Wang, Stability and Optimal Conditions for 1D time-delayed control algorithm, preprint

  Presenters

  • Z Jane Wang

    • Cornell University
    • Cornell

  Authors

  • Z Jane Wang

    • Cornell University
    • Cornell

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• Pitching in for optimal (yaw) estimation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.21081

  Presenters

  • Charles Jacob Edelson

    • Princeton Univeristy

  Authors

  • Charles Jacob Edelson

    • Princeton Univeristy

  • Robert de Ruyter

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • Sima Setayeshgar

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • William S Bialek

    • Princeton University

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• A Nonlinear Information-Theoretic Approach Reveals the Low Dimensionality of Visual Neural Codes

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Eslam Abdelaleem

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Eslam Abdelaleem

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Leo Wood

    • Princeton University

  • Benyuan Liu

    • Georgia institute of technology

  • M. Shane Li

    • University of Cincinnati

  • Yung-Ying Chen

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Simon N Sponberg

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Audrey J Sederberg

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia institute of Technology

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• Quenching variability of Drosophila larval behavior using multi-sensory stimulation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Silverio Gabriel Johnson

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Silverio Gabriel Johnson

    • Syracuse University

  • Mirna M Skanata

    • Syracuse University

  • Yiming Xu

    • Syracuse University

  • Sophie DeCristofaro

    • Syracuse University

  • Taylor Powell

    • Syracuse University

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• Simple low-dimensional computations explain neuronal activity

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Christopher W. Lynn. "Simple low-dimensional computations explain variability in neuronal activity", arXiv preprint (2025).

  Presenters

  • Christopher W Lynn

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Christopher W Lynn

    • Yale University

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• Emergence of strong connections in branching neurons

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Bryce Lowden

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Bryce Lowden

    • Yale University

  • Christopher W Lynn

    • Yale University

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• Bayesian Calibration of Seizure Risk Forecasting using Electrocorticographic Network Features

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Louis Raphael Nemzer

    • Nova Southeastern University

  Authors

  • Louis Raphael Nemzer

    • Nova Southeastern University

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• Large scale collective neural cell dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease and aging

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Anna M Emenheiser

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Anna M Emenheiser

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Emma Gentry

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Sylvester J Gates III

    • University of Maryland College Park
    • University of Maryland

  • Kan Cao

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Wolfgang Losert

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Machine Learning with Living Neural Networks

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Noah S Chongsiriwatana

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Noah S Chongsiriwatana

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Anna M Emenheiser

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Sylvester J Gates III

    • University of Maryland College Park
    • University of Maryland

  • Karima J Perry

    • US Army Research Laboratory

  • Kate M O'Neill

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Wolfgang Losert

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Ubiquity of Uncertainty in Neuron Systems

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Bennett Lamb

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Brandon B Le

    • University of Virginia

  • Bennett Lamb

    • University of Virginia

  • Luke Benfer

    • University of Virginia

  • Sriharsha Sambangi

    • University of Virginia

  • Nisal Geemal Vismith

    • University of Virginia

  • Akshaj Jagarapu

    • University of Chicago

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