Description:

 Siwei Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Stony Brook University. Her previous work has shown how information processing during survival-critical behaviors sculpts early neural systems. She uses information theory, Bayesian inference, and representation learning methods to investigate how neural representation evolves along the sensory-to-behavior arc to enable effective future action planning based on past experiences.

The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Seminar Series aims to bring together a mix of mathematicians and biologists to foster discussion and collaboration between the two fields. The seminar series will take place on Fridays from 10am - 11am at the NITMB in the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago. There will be both an in-person and virtual component.

More information: https://www.nitmb.org/nitmb-seminar-series