Monday Seminars
Topics and Speakers in the 2010-11 Academic Year
9/13/10
State of the Institute
James Olds, Director & Chief Academic Unit Officer, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study Chair , Department of Molecular Neuroscience and The Shelley Krasnow University Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, George Mason University
9/20/10
Data Acquisition and Data Employment Protocols for Multiagent Modeling of Conflict [Abstract]
Armando Geller, Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Social Complexity and Research Fellow at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
9/27/10
The Summer 2010 Field Expedition of the Mason-Yale Joint Project on Eastern Africa [Abstract]
Claudio Cioffi,
Director, Center for Social Complexity,
Professor of Computational Social Science,
George Mason University
10/04/10
CANCELED
Three Lessons on Personality and Well-Being
Todd Kashdan, Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Social Anxiety, Character Strengths, and Related Phenomena, George Mason University
10/18/10
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Anti-aggregation Effect of NSAID Molecules [Abstract]
Dmitri Klimov, Associate Professor, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, George Mason University
10/25/10
On Using Experiments to Describe Mechanisms
Christopher A. DiTeresi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, George Mason University
11/01/10
Protein function analysis using computational mutagenesis
Iosef Vaisman, Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, George Mason University
11/08/10
Cognitive Superstars: Behavioral, Neuroimaging, and Genetic Studies
Raja Parasuraman, University Professor of Psychology, Director of the Graduate Program in Human Factors and Applied Cognition and Director of the Center of Excellence in Neuroergonomics, Technology, and Cognition (CENTEC), George Mason University
11/15/10
NO SEMINAR - 40th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience
11/22/10
Exploration of Neuro-cognitive Basis of Social Network Structures Through Computational Models
Maksim Tsvetovat, Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Social Science, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
11/29/10
Your Brain on Statistics [Abstract]
Rebecca Goldin, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of Research, STATS, George Mason University
12/06/10
Modeling The Stochastic Dynamics Of Localized Calcium Elevations And Whole Cell Calcium Responses [Abstract]
Gregory Smith, Associate Professor of Applied Science, Neuroscience Program Faculty Affiliate, Director, Mathematical Biology, The College of William and Mary
01/31/11
Science Fiction Prototyping: Creating Models of the Future
Sarah Pérez-Kriz,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering,
University of Washington [Abstract]
02/14/11
Nicotinic Receptors in Light of Proteomics [Abstract]
Nadine Kabbani,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Neuroscience,
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
02/28/11
The Price of Your Soul: Neuroeconomics and Decision Making for Sacred Values [Abstract]
Gregory Berns, Distinguished Professor of Neuroeconomics and Director of the Center for Neuropolicy, Professor Department of Economics, Emory University
03/07/11
Neuroprosthetics: Many Ways from Brain to Hand
Natish Thakor, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Neuroengineering Training Grant, Johns Hopkins University
03/21/11 CANCELED
Interacting Brain Systems for Learning in Humans: Evidence from Neuroimaging and Patient Research
Daphne Shohamy,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Columbia University
03/28/11
Artificial Consciousness? [Abstract]
Kenneth DeJong, Professor of Computer Science, Head of the Evolutionary Computation Laboratory, Associate Director of the Krasnow Institute
04/04/11
Partners in the STEM pipeline: Approaches to involve high schools in STEM Research [Abstract]
Evan Glazer, Principal, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
04/11/11
Computational Policy Analysis, Robustness, and Resiliency:
Dealing with Deep Uncertainty, Incomplete Models, and Black Swans [Abstract] Steven Bankes, BAE Systems, Technology Solutions
Analysis & Decision Systems Division
04/25/11
How the Brain Deals with Novelty and Ambiguity [Abstract]
Elkhonon Goldberg,
Clinical Professor of Neurology,
NYU School of Medicine
05/02/11
The Roles of Dopamine and Other Signaling Pathways in Nicotine Dependence and Visual Working Memory
Karl Fryxell, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Microbiology, George Mason University
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