NEURO2026 symposium for Cross-species, Neurotechnologies and AI

“Advancing Next-Generation Cross-Species Approaches to Study Brain Dynamics using Neurotechnologies, Neuromodulation, and AI”

Date & Time: July 30, 14:50-16:50 JST 
Room: Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall) 
Organisers: Yuki Kikuchi & Srikanth Ramaswamy

1. Introduction (Yuki Kikuchi, Newcastle University, UK)

2. Neuromodulation-aware Neural Networks for Continual Learning in Cortical Circuits (Srikanth Ramaswamy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

3. Beyond Brain Dynamics: An Embodied Predictive Processing Framework (Yukie Nagai, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

4. Population Geometry Underlies Flexible Vocal Control in Primate Prefrontal Cortex (Joji Tsunada, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China)

5. Neurophysiology in the Primate Audiomotor System during Rhythmic Timing (Hugo Merchant, Instituto de Neurobiología, National University of Mexico, Mexico)

6. Riding on Neurotechnology: Systems Neuroscience Potential in Real-World Communication (Makoto Fukushima, Honda Research Institute, Japan)

7. Closed-loop Control of Network Dynamics: from Optogenetics to Music (Andrew Jackson, Newcastle University, UK)

8. Panel discussion (All speakers)

9. Closing Remarks

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