CoNECTOME (formerly Neural Computation and Engineering Connection) is an annual symposia hosted by the CNC, featuring talks from invited speakers, UW faculty, and postdocs, as well as a poster session and panel on neuroethics.

This year’s event is happening Thursday May 21 – Friday May 22. Both days will take place at UW South Campus Center, Room 316 (1601 NE Columbia Rd, Seattle, WA 98195).

To start the event, we will also be hosting a workshop with AIND on Wednesday May 20 that will cover exciting new Dynamic Routing data. Full details and registration to come soon.

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Schedule

Thursday, May 20

12:00 PMWelcome remarks
12:15 PMCarl Schoonover
Senior Scientist
Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics
12:45 PMTrainee talks
1:30 PMBreak
1:50 PMPanel: AI tools for neuroscience across species and scales
2:45 PMBreak
3:00 PMTrainee talks
3:30 PMAzadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad
Associate Professor
UW Bioengineering
4:00 PMBreak
4:15 PMKeynote:
Alex Williams
Assistant Professor
NYU and Flatiron Institute
5:15 - 7 PMPoster Session

Friday, May 21

8:00 AMBreakfast
9:00 AMUygar Sümbül
Associate Investigator
Allen Institute
9:30 AMAli Shojaie
Professor
Statistics
10:00 AMBreak
10:30 AMWill Dabney
Research Team Lead
DeepMind
11:00 AMBenjamin Grannan
Assistant Professor
UW Neurological Surgery
11:30 AMNatasha Jacques
Assistant Professor
UW Computer Science and Engineering
12:00 PMLunch
1:25 PMShanahan Fellow Introductions
1:45 PMPanel: Navigating collaborations across academia and industry
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMKeynote:
Ann Kennedy
Associate Professor
Scripps Research
4:30 PMReceptionPortage Bay Area + Terrace

Thank you to our organizing committee!
Denis Turcu
Elliot Abe
Shuchen Wu
Nancy MacKenzie
Po-Chen Kuo
Ziyu Lu