Individuality in movement and locomotion:

from equations to interventions



Due to increasing travel restrictions from universities and recommendations by the CDC for social distancing in the escalating corona-virus situation, we have decided to postpone the movement workshop originally scheduled for March 20-21. We are exploring options to reschedule for later this year and will provide more information in the near future.

Atlanta Next Gen Neuro is a collaborative group of faculty at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, with the mission of developing experimental and theoretical foundations for the next decade of computational and systems neuroscience research, and of growing the community of like-minded researchers in the Atlanta area.

We are hosting a 1.5 day movement workshop titled Individuality in movement and locomotion: From equations to interventions. This workshop will span topics related to the variability and individuality of locomotion as a movement pattern across multiple species, ranging from insects to animals to humans.

Where: Emory Conference Center, 1615 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329

Organizers: Lena Ting, Trisha Kesar, Ilya Nemenman (Emory University)

Coordinators: Tiera Ward, Elizabeth Caudle, Leita Young, Cassandra Carroll

Cost: Free

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Day 1

7:00 am – 9:00 am Registration, Emory Conference Center Hotel Lobby

7:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast, Silverbell Pavilion

Session 1: 8:30 am - 10:30 pm, Silverbell Pavillion

8:30 am – 8:45 am Opening Remarks, Lena Ting, Ilya Nemenman, Emory University

8:45 am - 9:15 am Individuality in risk-tolerance and learning effects in non-steady locomotion of guinea fowl, Monica Daley, UC Irvine

9:15 am - 9:40 am Geometric phase and dimensionality reduction in locomotion, Jennifer Rieser, Georgia Tech

9:40 am - 10:05 am Measuring behavior across scales, Gordon Berman, Emory University

10:05 am - 10:30 am TBD, Simon Sponberg, Georgia Tech

Posters and Snacks: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Silverbell Pavillion

Lunch: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Emory Conference Center Dining Room

Session 2: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Silverbell Pavillion

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Brain-machine interfaces for restoration of walking: Challenges and Opportunities, Jose Contreras-Vidal, University of Houston

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm TBD, Lena Ting, Emory University

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Neuromechanics and adaptation of task-level locomotor parameters, Young-Hui Chang, Georgia Tech

Session 3: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tutorials (Concurrent)

Tutorial 1: Deep Lab Cut: markerless movement analysis made simple, Jessy Lauer, Silverbell Pavillion

Tutorial 2: Behavioral Analysis, Gordon Berman, Emory University, Starvine 1

Tutorial 3: Decoding Spike Trains, Ilya Nemenman and Sam Sober, Emory University, Starvine 2


Day 2

7:00 am – 9:00 am, Continental Breakfast, Silverbell Pavilion

Session 4: 8:30 am – 10:20 am, Silverbell Pavillion

8:30 am - 9:15 am Studies in sensorimotor adaptation to advance motor rehabilitation, Gelsy Torres-Oviedo, University of Pittsburgh

9:15 am - 9:40 am Data-driven models of human movement: from in-lab to the real world, Nidhi Seethapathi, University of Pennsylvania

9:40 am - 10:00 am Neuromechanical processes underlying clinically-applicable post-stroke gait interventions, Trisha Kesar, Emory University

10:00 am - 10:20 am TBD

Coffee break: 10:20 am – 10:50, Silverbell Pavillion

Session 5: 10:50 am - 12:20 pm, Silverbell Pavillion

10:50 am - 11:20 am Looking 'under the skin': how elastic exoskeletons influence musculotendon neuromechanics, Greg Sawicki, Georgia Tech

11:20 am - 11:40 am TBD, Yasemin Ozkanaydin, Georgia

11:40 am - 12:00 pm Investigating Feedforward and Feedback Strategies during Human Walking Using a Novel Robotic Environment, Mengnan Wu, Georgia Tech and Emory University

12:00 pm - 12:20 pm TBD

Closing words, lunch, and networking: 12:20 pm - 2:00 pm, Silverbell Pavillion


Confirmed Participants

TBA

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