March 2024 Newsletter

A CNT Monthly Newsletter

March 2024

UPCOMING EVENTS

2024 Society for the Neural of Movement Annual Meeting (April 15-19, 2024; Dubrovnik, Croatia).
International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting (April 17-19, 2024; Baltimore, MD).
2024 CoNectome Symposium, UW Computational Neuroscience Center (May 13-14, 2024; Seattle, WA).
10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference, National Institutes of Health (June 16-18, 2024; Rockville, MD).
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Forum (June 25-29, 2024; Vienna, Austria).
Japan Neuroscience Society Meeting (July 24-27, 2024; Fukuoka, Japan).

CNT IN THE NEWS

CNT faculty member Eran Klein discusses his thoughts about Neuralink and the ethical issues involved with brain-computer interfaces with Texas Standard.

CNT faculty member Sara Goering will be a speaker following the viewing of the Werner Herzog directed film “Theatre of Thought” on April 16 (6 pm EST) in Baltimore, MD. Other speakers include Joseph J. Fins (Weill Cornell Medical College) and Rafael Yuste (Columbia University).

The CNT welcomes Invirtualis, Inc. as a new Innovation Partner. Invirtualis, Inc., founded by former CNT student Courtnie Paschall, aims to develop platforms to address challenges posed by brain-machine interface technologies.

NEW CNT PUBLICATIONS

Malik, R.N., Samejima, S., Shackleton, C., Miller, T., Pedrocchi, A.L.G., Rabchevsky, A.G., Moritz, C.T., Darrow, D., Field-Fote, E.C., Guanziroli, E., Ambrosini, Molteni, F., Gad, P., Mushahwar, V.K., Sachdeva, R. and Krassioukov, A.V. REPORT-SCS: Minimum reporting standards for spinal cord stimulation studies in spinal cord injury, J. Neural Eng., 2024, 21 016019.
Jiang, L.P. and Rao, R.P.N. Dynamic predictive coding: A model of hierarchical sequence learning and prediction in the neocortex, PLoS Comput. Biol., 2024 Feb 8;20(2):e1011801. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011801. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38330098.
Valencia, D., Mercier, P.P. and Alimohammad, A. Efficient in vivo neural signal compression using an autoencoder-based neural network, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2024.3359994.
Tubig, P.A. and Klein, E. Cognitive enhancement as transformative experience: The challenge of wrapping one’s mind around enhanced cognition via neurostimulation, Cambridge Quart. Healthcare Ethics. Published online 2024:1-16. doi:10.1017/S0963180124000057.