Calendar
Fall 2007-2008
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Social Incentives in the Workplace, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Imran Rasul (UCL)
Iwan Barankay,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Warwick,
Monday, October 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Greg Berns,
associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences,
Emory University,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Two Concepts of Scientific Philosophy: Carnap and Reichenbach
Andre Carus,
affiliate lecturer,
University of Cambridge ,
Friday, October 12th, 2007
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Multiscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging: New Tools for Identifying Connectivity in the Mammalian Brain
J. Michael Tyszka,
Director, Magnetic Resonance Physics,
Caltech,
Monday, October 15th, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Mapping the Microcircuitry of Attention: Attentional Modulation Varies across Cell Classes in Visual Area V4
John Reynolds,
Systems Neurobiology Laboratory,
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences,
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Memory and How it Fails: Unraveling Mechanisms and Finding Cures for Cognitive Disorders
Alcino Silva,
professor of neurobiology,
UCLA,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Conscience, Rights, and the 'Delirium of Democracy': Charles Brockden Brown's Inalienable Alien
Nancy Ruttenburg,
professor of comparative literature,
New York University,
Friday, October 26th, 2007
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Andrew Chesher,
professor of economics,
University College London,
Friday, November 9th, 2007
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Specter of the Telescope: Radical Instrumentalism from Galileo to Hooke
Ofer Gal,
lecturer in the history and philosophy of science,
University of Sydney,
Monday, November 12th, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Real-Time Adaptive Signal Processing
Yoav Freund,
professor of computer science,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Opportunity Costs and Response Rates: How Dopamine Helps Us Choose How Hard to Work
Yael Niv,
senior research assistant,
Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Next Generation of Neural Networks
Geoffrey Hinton,
professor of computer science,
University of Toronto,
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations: Contagion, Social Influence, and Social Learning
H. Peyton Young,
professor of economics, University of Oxford,
and professor of economics, emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Archipelagic Macbeth
John Kerrigan,
professor of English,
University of Cambridge,
Friday, November 30th, 2007
7:30pm
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
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Computational Molecular Biology Seminar
Hippocampal Contributions to Aging Memory
Carol Barnes,
professor in cognition and neural systems,
University of Arizona,
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar—CANCELLED
B. Alan Wallace,
founder and president,
Santa Barbara Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Consciousness,