We spent a fascinating two weeks at Capo Caccia discussing winner-take-all competition in relation to cortical anatomy, and began a collaboration examining transient sycnhrony in cortical networks.

Winner-take-all architectures and computation in cortex

We continued the discussion theme from 2009, focussing on how and when competition can exist in cortical circuits.

Computation with synchrony in cortical fields

I presented by work on transient synchrony leading to auto-associative properties in realistic cortical networks. Emre Neftci, Alexandra Landsmann and I began a collaboration to investigate the mechanisms involved analytically.

About Capo Caccia

The Capo Caccia cognitive neuromorphic engineering workshop is a two-week meeting, modelled on the successful Telluride workshop. Participants spend each morning in a series of curated discussions covering topics from cognition, through neurobiology, to neuromorphic engineering. The afternoons are reserved for self-organised projects and discussion groups, which can be proposed by any of the attendees. The flavour of the workshop is very fluid; and by virtue of the secluded location (15 minutes to the nearest town) the workshop is very intense! Senior attendees and students spend breakfast, lunch and dinner together — a great opportunity to discuss science with very knowledgeable people.