What Can Mathematics Teach Us About Mind/Brain? Saturday, September 15th 2:30 - 4:30PM Past Event Watch the video » Philosophy meets mathematics meets neuroscience in this roundtable investigating how cutting-edge mathematical models are elucidating the computational rules encoding brain functions and the implications for a deeper understanding of mind. Free and open to the public. Participants: Ned Block Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science, New York University Ned Block (Ph.D., Harvard), Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science, came to NYU in 1996 from MIT where he was Chair of the Philosophy Program. He works in philosophy of mind and foundations of neuroscience and cognitive science, and is currently writing a book on attention. He is a Fellow of the American… read more » G. Bard Ermentrout Distinguished University Professor of Computational Biology and Professor of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh Bard Ermentrout received his BA and MA (mathematics) at Johns Hopkins Univerity and his PhD in biophysics & theoretical biology at the University of Chicago in 1979. He is the author of over 200 papers in math, biology, physics, and neuroscience, including XPPAUT software for the simulation and analysis of dynamical systems, and the books, Simulating,… read more » Kenneth Miller Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Physiology and Director, Center for Theoretical Biology, Columbia University Kenneth Miller is the Peter Taylor Professor of Neuroscience, co-Director of the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, and co-Director of the Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from Reed College, his M.S. and Ph.D. (with distinction) from Stanford University, and completed his postdoctoral work at UCSF and Caltech. He is… read more » George Reeke, Jr. Associate Professor & Head, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, The Rockefeller University George Reeke is Associate Professor with tenure and Head of the Laboratory of Biological Modeling at The Rockefeller University and a Senior Fellow of The Neurosciences Institute. He received his B.S. from Caltech (where he received the Baxter Prize for Undergraduate Research), his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and was the recipient of a… read more » Xiao-Jing Wang Professor of Neurobiology, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Applied Mathematics and Psychology and Director, Swartz Program in Theoretical Neuroscience, Yale University Xiao-Jing Wang is Professor of Neurobiology at Yale University. He is also Director of the Swartz Program in Theoretical Neuroscience, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Applied Mathematics and Psychology at Yale. In addition, he has held visiting faculty positions at MIT, Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D…. read more »
Ned Block Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science, New York University Ned Block (Ph.D., Harvard), Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science, came to NYU in 1996 from MIT where he was Chair of the Philosophy Program. He works in philosophy of mind and foundations of neuroscience and cognitive science, and is currently writing a book on attention. He is a Fellow of the American… read more »
G. Bard Ermentrout Distinguished University Professor of Computational Biology and Professor of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh Bard Ermentrout received his BA and MA (mathematics) at Johns Hopkins Univerity and his PhD in biophysics & theoretical biology at the University of Chicago in 1979. He is the author of over 200 papers in math, biology, physics, and neuroscience, including XPPAUT software for the simulation and analysis of dynamical systems, and the books, Simulating,… read more »
Kenneth Miller Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Physiology and Director, Center for Theoretical Biology, Columbia University Kenneth Miller is the Peter Taylor Professor of Neuroscience, co-Director of the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, and co-Director of the Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from Reed College, his M.S. and Ph.D. (with distinction) from Stanford University, and completed his postdoctoral work at UCSF and Caltech. He is… read more »
George Reeke, Jr. Associate Professor & Head, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, The Rockefeller University George Reeke is Associate Professor with tenure and Head of the Laboratory of Biological Modeling at The Rockefeller University and a Senior Fellow of The Neurosciences Institute. He received his B.S. from Caltech (where he received the Baxter Prize for Undergraduate Research), his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and was the recipient of a… read more »
Xiao-Jing Wang Professor of Neurobiology, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Applied Mathematics and Psychology and Director, Swartz Program in Theoretical Neuroscience, Yale University Xiao-Jing Wang is Professor of Neurobiology at Yale University. He is also Director of the Swartz Program in Theoretical Neuroscience, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Applied Mathematics and Psychology at Yale. In addition, he has held visiting faculty positions at MIT, Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D…. read more »