Multi-bump solutions in a neural field model: analysis and application in cognitive robotics

Room M031
Friday, 8 July, 2016 - 13:30

Stable solutions of an integro-differential equation (known as “Amari equation”) have been proposed as a model of a neural population representation of remembered external stimuli.  In this talk I will present the study of the conditions that guarantee the existence and stability of multiple regions of high activity or ‘‘bumps’’ in a one dimensional, homogeneous neural field with localized inputs. These multi-bump solutions represent the core of an original dynamic field model of fast sequence learning that was developed and tested in a robotics experiment. 

Speaker: 

Flora Ferreira

Institution: 

(CMUP, ESTGF-IPP)