10:15 – 10:30 Computation, Wojtek Goscinski & Pulin Gong 10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea 11:00 – 3:30 Node Administration Meeting, Location: Chill out room 11:00 – 11:30 Administration Session 1 – Getting to know you, Lisa Hutton Informal table - who we are, what brought us to this role and what we do in the role 11:30 – 12:30 Administration Session 2 – Database & Reporting, Lisa Hutton Overview of database model: input, instructions & expectations 12:30 – 1:30 1:30 – 2:15 Administration Session 3 – Central & Node Staff Responsibilities, Vicki McAuliffe Review of roles and responsibilities of central theme and node administrators 2:15 – 3:15 Administration Session 4 – Information For Node Administrators, McAuliffe & Elizabeth Paton Communication to/ from central theme Policies & procedures 3:15 – 3:30 Wrap up & Meeting Close 3:30 – 4:00 Afternoon Tea 4:00 – 5:00 Main Meeting, Location: Urchins 2 & 3 4:00 – 5:00 Wrap up and future directions 4:00 – 4:30 Science program discussion, Gary Egan 4:30 – 4:40 Industry engagement, Gary Egan 4:40 – 4:50 International collaborations, Lisa Hutton 4:50 – 5:00 Concluding comments Gary Egan 5:00 Close 5:30 - 10:00pm – CIBF Advisory Board Meeting Pullman Reef Hotel Casino (35-41 Wharf St, Cairns) Attendees: CIBF Advisory Board Members Location: Wharf Street Boardroom 5:30 – 10:00 Advisory Board meeting & working dinner
CIBF Personnel Investigators (CIs) Gary Egan CIBF Director, Monash University Marcello Rosa Deputy Director, Monash University Jason Mattingley CI, Theme Leader - Brain Systems, University of Queensland Peter Robinson CI, Theme & Neurotechnology, University of Sydney Pankaj Sah CI, Theme Leader- Neuronal Circuits, University of Queensland Greg Stuart CI, Theme Leader- Cells & Synapses, Australian National University Arabzadeh CI, Australian National University Marta Garrido CI, University of Queensland Ulrike Grünert CI, University of Sydney Michael Ibbotson CI, University of Melbourne Arthur Lowery CI, Monash University Paul Martin CI, University of Sydney George Paxinos CI, University of NSW Steve Petrou CI, University of Melbourne Stan Skafidas CI, University of Melbourne Michael Breakspear CI, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Partner Investigators (PIs) Mathew Diamond – International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy Sean Hill – International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility; the Blue Brain Project; the Human Brain Project, Stockholm, Sweden Viktor Jirsa – Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France G. Allan Johnson – Duke University, North Carolina, USA David Leopold – National Institute of Mental Health; NIH Neurophysiology Imaging Facility, Maryland, USA Henry Markram – Brain Mind Institute; the Blue Brain Project; Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Troy Margrie – MRC National Research Institute of Medical Research, London, UK Partha – Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, New York, USA Tony Movshon – New York University, New York, USA Keiji Tanaka – RIKEN Brain Sciences Institute, Wako, Japan Jonathan Victor – Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA Associate Investigators (AIs)
Scholars Natasha Gabay – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Adam Keane – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Xiaochen Liu – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Jessica McFadyen – Garrido) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD John Palmer – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Mihn-Son To – (Greg Stuart) Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Rory Townsend – Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Gu Yifan – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Natalie Zeater – (Paul Martin) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Iris Zhu – (Marcello Rosa) Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Management & Node Administrators Lisa Hutton – Centre Manager, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Jessica Despard – Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Cill Gross – University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Cindy Guy – University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Roxanne Jemison – University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Vicki McAuliffe – Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Elizabeth Paton – Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Emma Schofield – University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW Danielle Ursino – Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Advisory Board Lyn Beazley AO – Chair, (Immediate past Chief Scientist of Western Australia) Amanda Caples – Government and bio-industry advisory member, (Deputy Secretary Innovation & Technology at Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Government Victoria) Ulf Eysel – International scientific advisory member, (Department of Neurophysiology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany) Allan Jones – International neurotechnology and scientific advisory member, (CEO, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, USA) John Funder – National scientific advisory member, (Honorary Fellow, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne) David Van Essen – International scientific advisory member, (Director, The Human Connectome Project, Washington University, St Louis, USA)
Luke Hearne – (Jason Mattingley) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Sarah Hunt – (Pankaj Sah) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Gabriel Jones – (Steven Petrou) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Rebecca Kotsakidis – (Michael Ibbostson) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Thomas Lacy – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Liliana Laskaris – (Stan Skafidas) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Conrad Lee – (Ehsan Arabzadeh) Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Ting Ting Lee – (Stan Skafidas) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Matias Maturana – (Michael Ibbostson) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Hannan Mazuir – (Greg Stuart) Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Eli Muller – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW James Pang – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Yang Qi – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Nipa Roy – (Peter Robinson) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Sherwell – (Marta Garrido) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Cooper Smout – (Jason Mattingley) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Artemio Soto-Breceda – (Michael Ibbostson) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Morgan Spence – (Jason Mattingley) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Shi Sun – (Michael Ibbostson) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Susan Travis – (Jason Mattingley) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Lisa Wittenhagen – (Jason Mattingley) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Shanzhi Yan – (Pankaj Sah) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Molis Yunzab – (Michael Ibbostson) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
CIBF Research projects Project Lead CI Stimulating connections: an effective connectivity brain map Egan Predictive coding as a theory of integrative brain function, with application to the cortical microcircuit Ibbotson The role of predictive coding in receptive field formation in visual cortex Ibbotson Brain Machine Interface Tiles Lowery Pedunculotegmental nucleus Martin DTI/MRI atlas of the rat brain Paxinos Real time analysis of network function using an all optical interface Petrou Unified Neural Models for Attention, Prediction, and Decision Robinson Neural signatures of decision making in the primate cortex Rosa Nano Scale Interfaces to Neurons Skafidas Sensory decision-making in rodents Stuart/ Arabzadeh Understanding human attention, and prediction using psychophysics, brain imaging and neural stimulation Mattingley Rapid information processing in subcortical amygdala pathways Garrido Computer Modelling of Human Visual System with Applications in Computer Vision Lowery A digital atlas of connections in the marmoset brain Rosa Visual signal processing in thalamocortical loops; predictive coding in attentional circuits. Martin Neural circuits that mediate fear learning and extinction Sah