COLAMN 2010

This workshop is an open meeting of the UK-wide research cluster COLAMN. COLAMN aims at exploring novel computing architectures for cognitive systems based on the laminar microcircuitry of the neocortex. This serves two major goals: Firstly, to understand better the structure and functioning of cortical circuits, and secondly, to exploit computational principles found in the brain in cognitive software and neuromorphic hardware.

These challenges require an interdisciplinary approach integrating scientists across different disciplines -- experimental neuroscience, computational modelling, and electrical engineering. Accordingly, at the workshop we will have a mix of presentations regarding:

- Neuroanatomy of the laminar cortical architecture
- Neurophysiology of cortical microcircuits
- Advanced data analysis methods
- Large-scale computer models of cortical function
- Modells of synaptic plasticity and learning
- Cognitive modeling using large-scale spiking neuron networks
- Neuromorphic hardware design