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Modeling Humans: Adaptive Control, Neural Networks, and Cyber-Physical Human Systems

Associate Professor Yıldıray Yıldız Bilkent University   Date/Time: Thursday, 15 May 2025, 16:30 Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room Understanding and modeling human behavior is key to building smarter, safer, and more intuitive Cyber-Physical Human Systems. In this talk, I will present adaptive control strategies for modeling human pilots and drivers, with […]

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UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2025 Seminars: “Cognitive Brain Imaging in the Age of AI”

Dr. Bertrand Thirion  University of Paris Saclay   Date/Time: Thursday, 10 April 2025, 16:30 Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room TBrain imaging helps us to understand how the brain works, as well as psychiatric and neurological pathologies. The development of non-invasive imaging, notably MRI, and the creation of large databases over the […]

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UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2025 Seminars: “Neuroanatomical Networks of the Aversive Signaling Hub and the Potential Treatment of Insomnia by Modulating the Adenosine System.”

Dr. Mustafa Korkutata  Harvard University   Date/Time: Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 16:30 Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room The parabrachial nucleus (PB), located in the dorsolateral pons, relays sensory information (visceral malaise, taste, temperature, pain, itch) to forebrain structures including the thalamus, hypothalamus, and extended amygdala. Within the external lateral subnucleus of […]

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UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2024 Seminars: ”Complex computations in tiny brains – stereoscopic vision in insects”

Dr. Ronny Rosner  Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany   Date/Time: Thursday, 30 May 2024, 16:30 Place: SC106 (UMRAM) Most insect brains surpass any man-made control system in their ability to autonomously orient within 3D space. Moreover, although insects are evolutionarily distant from vertebrates, studying their more accessible brains can hold profound implications for understanding fundamental neural mechanisms. As […]

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UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2024 Seminars: “Zero to ultralow-field NMR and MRI with optically pumped magnetometers”

Dr. Deniz Aybas Tumturk Bilkent University  Date/Time: Thursday, 18 April 2024, 16:30-17:30 Location: SC-106 Abstract: We use optically pumped alkali atoms near room-temperature to measure perturbations in the local magnetic fields. These perturbations can be sourced from astrophysical particles that have magnetic signatures, or from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals of liquid or solid samples. Optically pumped magnetometers […]

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