Youngmin Park, Geffen Lab, UPenn Weakly Coupled Oscillators in a Slowly Varying World We extend the theory of weakly coupled oscillators to incorporate slowly varying inputs and parameters. We employ a combination of regular perturbation and an adiabatic approximation to derive equations for the phase-difference between a pair of oscillators. We apply this […]
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Advances and Ethics of Human Memory Enhancement Join the CNS for a dialogue with Jonathan Moreno, Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, and Dan Rizzuto, CEO of Nia Therapeutics. Graduate student Briana Last will lead the discussion. Wine and cheese will be served! RSVP at info@neuroethics.upenn.edu
Pamela Zave Department of Computer Science Princeton University Location: Wu & Chen Auditorium, 101 Levine Hall The compositional architecture of the Internet In 1992 the explosive growth of the World Wide Web began. In 1993 the last major change was made to the “classic” Internet architecture. Since then the Internet has been […]
Cendri Hutcherson Department of Psychology University of Toronto Neurocomputational insights into social decision making, morality, and self-control Selfish, unethical, and short-sighted decisions lie at the heart of some of society’s most pressing problems, but it is unclear why people so often struggle to make good choices. Here, I show how a simple neurally-informed […]