Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101152

Funded Activity Summary

The plasticity of neural codes. Information about the world is represented in the brain by the combined activity of populations of many neurons. However, the basic principles underlying how such population activity codes information are largely unknown. Using the map from the eye to the brain of the zebrafish as a model, the project aims to combine experimental measurements of neural activity with mathematical modelling in order to discover these basic principles. Of particular interest is how these coding principles change during development and their plasticity after disruptions to the visual map. Besides improving our understanding of how brains process information, the knowledge gained could help optimise the design of brain-computer interfaces and artificial computing devices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $439,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Mathematics | Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation | Sensory Systems | Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous System and Disorders | Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing | Biological Mathematics | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences | Nervous System and Disorders | Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation | Sensory Systems

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