Presentations

Academic Meetings

1. Kaho Ishida, Makoto Fukushima,
   "Reservoir computing with a coupled oscillator system on the connectome: an application to neuroscience tasks,"
   28th Annual Meeting of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
   Himeji (Japan), March 2026 (forthcoming). [poster]

2. Ririka Kurokawa, Makoto Fukushima,
   "A comprehensive application of connectome-based reservoir computing to neuroscience tasks,"
   28th Annual Meeting of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
   Himeji (Japan), March 2026 (forthcoming). [poster]

3. Honami Nakamoto, Makoto Fukushima,
   "An evaluation of multi-task learning performance in connectome-based reservoir computing,"
   28th Annual Meeting of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
   Himeji (Japan), March 2026 (forthcoming). [poster]

4. Ryo Nishimura, Makoto Fukushima,
   "Contributions of network properties of structural brain connectivity in connectome-based reservoir computing,"
   Joint Meeting of IEICE Technical Meeting on Communication Quality and 29th Meeting of Special Interest Group on Communication Behavior Engineering,
   Beppu (Japan), January 2026. [talk]

5. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Functional analysis of structural brain networks based on the methodology of reservoir computing,"
   28th Meeting of Special Interest Group on Communication Behavior Engineering (CogNAC x CBE Workshop),
   Sendai (Japan), September 2025. [talk]

6. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
   "Evaluating the validity of interareal communication models on the connectome using functional connectivity data,"
   48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
   Niigata (Japan), July 2025. [talk]

7. Tenshin Okuma, Makoto Fukushima,
   "Reservoir computing using Stuart-Landau oscillators coupled based on the human connectome,"
   IEICE NOLTA Society Conference,
   Okayama (Japan), June 2025. [lightning talk & poster]

8. Ryo Nishimura, Makoto Fukushima,
   "Network properties of structural brain connectivity that contribute to the performance of connectome-based reservoir computing,"
   39th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence,
   Osaka (Japan), May 2025. [poster]

9. Atsuko Takahashi, Ling Zhu, Makoto Fukushima,
   "The performance of connectome-based reservoir computing when applied to neuroscience tasks,"
   39th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence,
   Osaka (Japan), May 2025. [poster]

10. Chika Nishimura, Yuki Hashizume, Kohei Morimoto, Makoto Fukushima, Haruto Ueno, Seiya Mizuno, Ken Kobayashi, Dai Watanabe,
    "Neural basis of hypothesis formulation and testing,"
    Joint Meeting of the 130th General Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists, the 102nd General Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan, and the 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society,
    Chiba (Japan), March 2025. [poster]

11. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Relating simulated interareal communication in the connectome to empirical functional connectivity,"
    27th Annual Meeting of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
    Tokyo (Japan), March 2025. [poster]

12. Atsuko Takahashi, Makoto Fukushima,
    "Applying connectome-based reservoir computing to a duration discrimination task,"
    27th Annual Meeting of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
    Tokyo (Japan), March 2025. [poster]

13. Tenshin Okuma, Makoto Fukushima,
    "Reservoir computing using a coupled oscillator system on the connectome,"
    27th Annual Meeting of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
    Tokyo (Japan), March 2025. [poster]

14. Chika Nishimura, Yuki Hashizume, Haruto Ueno, Kohei Morimoto, Makoto Fukushima, Seiya Mizuno, Hiroki Yagi, Satoshi Yawata, Ken Kobayashi, Dai Watanabe,
    "Challenges in revealing neural basis of formulating and testing a hypothesis via longitudinal imaging of neural activity,"
    47th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan,
    Fukuoka (Japan), November 2024. [talk]

15. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Empirical validation of propagation strategies as a model of interareal communication dynamics in the connectome,"
    34th Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Sapporo (Japan), September 2024. [talk]

16. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz, "
    Effects of packetization on signal propagation simulated on the human connectome,"
    Joint Meeting of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese society of Biological Psychiatry,
    Fukuoka (Japan), July 2024. [poster]

17. Chika Nishimura, Kohei Morimoto, Makoto Fukushima, Yuki Hashizume, Haruto Ueno, Dai Watanabe,
    "Neural basis of decision making in naturally complex environment,"
    Joint Meeting of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese society of Biological Psychiatry,
    Fukuoka (Japan), July 2024. [poster]

18. Makoto Fukushima, Ryusuke Nakamura, Kazushi Ikeda,
    "Evaluating the repeatability and validity of community detection in functional brain networks,"
    30th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2024),
    Seoul (South Korea), June 2024. [poster]

19. Ryo Nishimura, Makoto Fukushima,
    "The impact of conversion from structural brain connectivity to reservoir weights on the learning performance of connectome-based reservoir computing,"
    38th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence,
    Hamamatsu (Japan), May 2024. [poster]

20. Takumi Satani, Makoto Fukushima,
    "Application of connectome-based reservoir computing to handwritten digit recognition,"
    IEICE General Conference,
    Higashihiroshima (Japan), March 2024. [talk]

21. Miku Fujiki, Makoto Fukushima,
    "Reservoir computing with the Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators,"
    IEICE General Conference,
    Higashihiroshima (Japan), March 2024. [talk]

22. Ryo Nishimura, Makoto Fukushima,
    "The impact of converting structural brain connections to reservoir weights on the performance of connectome-based reservoir computing,"
    IEICE General Conference,
    Higashihiroshima (Japan), March 2024. [talk]

23. Makoto Fukushima, Ryusuke Nakamura, Kazushi Ikeda,
    "Evaluating the reproducibility and validity of community detection in functional brain networks,"
    26th Congress of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
    Utsunomiya (Japan), February 2024. [poster]

24. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Effects of signal packetization on whole-brain communication dynamics simulated in the connectome,"
    52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2023),
    Washington D.C. (U.S.), November 2023. [poster]

25. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Effects of packetization on cortical communication dynamics simulated in the connectome,"
    7th Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging,
    Machida (Japan), September 2023. [lightning talk & poster]

26. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Relating switching architectures to propagation strategies in network communication models for the connectome,"
    33rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Tokyo (Japan), September 2023. [talk]

27. Makoto Fukushima, Ryusuke Nakamura, Kazushi Ikeda,
    "Evaluating the stability and validity of communities detected in human functional brain networks,"
    6th Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging,
    Machida (Japan), September 2022. [talk]

28. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Roles of hub regions in packet-based communication dynamics on structural brain networks,"
    Joint Meeting of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the 65th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 32nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Ginowan (Japan), July 2022. [poster]

29. Ryusuke Nakamura, Makoto Fukushima, Kazushi Ikeda,
    "Effects of the spatial resolution of parcellation on community detection in human functional brain networks,"
    24th Congress of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society,
    Hamamatsu (Japan), February 2022. [poster]

30. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Signal propagation models for packet-based communication in structural brain networks,"
    31st Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Virtual event, September 2021. [poster]

31. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Routing strategies for packet-based neural communication on the macroscale connectome,"
    44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Kobe (Japan), July 2021. [talk]

32. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Routing strategies for packet-based communication in brain networks,"
    Networks 2021 Satellite Conference: Network Neuroscience,
    Virtual event, July 2021. [poster]

33. Maria Pope, Makoto Fukushima, Richard F. Betzel, Olaf Sporns,
    "Modular origins of high-amplitude co-fluctuations in fine-scale functional connectivity dynamics,"
    Networks 2021 Satellite Conference: Network Neuroscience,
    Virtual event, July 2021. [poster]

34. Kirsten Hilger, Maren Wehrheim, Makoto Fukushima, Josh Faszkowitz, Olaf Sporns, Christian Fiebach, Matthias Kaschube,
    "Intrinsic brain network dynamics and general intelligence,"
    46th Annual Meeting: Psychology and Brain,
    Virtual event, June 2021. [talk]

35. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "A routing model for neural communication on the macroscale connectome,"
    43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Virtual event, July 2020. [talk]

36. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Exploring the brain's routing strategies by simulating packet-based communication on the connectome,"
    26th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2020),
    Virtual event, June 2020. [poster]

37. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Discrete-event simulation of packet-based communication on brain networks,"
    64th Annual Conference of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers,
    Virtual event, May 2020. [talk]

38. Makoto Fukushima, Kenji Leibnitz,
    "Simulating packet-based communication on brain structural networks,"
    NetSci-X 2020: International School and Conference on Network Science,
    Tokyo (Japan), January 2020. [talk]

39. Kirsten Hilger, Makoto Fukushima, Christian Fiebach, Olaf Sporns,
    "Intelligence is associated with intrinsic stability of functional brain modules,"
    20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research,
    Minneapolis (U.S.), July 2019. [talk]

40. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Structural determinants of network dynamics on the human connectome,"
    Joint meeting of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry,
    Niigata (Japan), July 2019. [talk]

41. Kirsten Hilger, Makoto Fukushima, Ulrike Basten, Christian Fiebach, Olaf Sporns,
    "Intelligence is associated with intrinsic stability of functional brain modules,"
    45th Annual Meeting: Psychology and Brain,
    Dresden (Germany), June 2019. [talk]

42. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Structural determinants of dynamic fluctuations in brain functional network topology,"
    25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2019),
    Rome (Italy), June 2019. [poster]

43. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Structural determinants of dynamic fluctuations between segregation and integration on the human connectome,"
    NetSci 2019 Satellite Conference: Network Neuroscience,
    Burlington (U.S.), May 2019. [lightning talk & poster]

44. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Comparison of network-level fluctuations in modeled and empirical human brain functional connectivity,"
    28th Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Onna, Kunigami (Japan), October 2018. [lightning talk & poster]

45. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Fluctuations in global network topology of resting-state functional connectivity: comparison of modeled and empirical data,"
    6th Biennial Conference on Resting State and Brain Connectivity,
    Montreal (Canada), September 2018. [poster]

46. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Fluctuations in global network topology of modeled and empirical functional connectivity,"
    2nd Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging,
    Machida (Japan), September 2018. [lightning talk & poster]

47. Makoto Fukushima, Olaf Sporns,
    "Fluctuations in global network topology of human brain functional connectivity: comparison of modeled and empirical data,"
    41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Kobe (Japan), July 2018. [poster]

48. Makoto Fukushima, Richard F. Betzel, Ye He, Marcel A. de Reus, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Xi-Nian Zuo, Olaf Sporns,
    "Structure-function relationships during segregated and integrated network states of human brain functional connectivity,"
    47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2017),
    Washington D.C. (U.S.), November 2017. [poster]

49. Okito Yamashita,  Makoto Fukushima, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Signal transmission event analysis of human brain network dynamics,"
    40th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Chiba (Japan), July 2017. [talk]

50. Yusuke Takeda, Nobuo Hiroe, Makoto Fukushima, Masa-aki Sato, Okito Yamashita,
    "Estimating signal flow chains from a network dynamics model of the human brain,"
    23rd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2017),
    Vancouver (Canada), June 2017. [poster]

51. Makoto Fukushima, Richard F. Betzel, Ye He, Marcel A. de Reus, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Xi-Nian Zuo, Olaf Sporns,
    "Structure-function relationships in segregated and integrated states of time-resolved brain networks,"
    NetSci 2017: International School and Conference on Network Science,
    Indianapolis (U.S.), June 2017. [poster]

52. Makoto Fukushima, Richard F. Betzel, Ye He, Marcel A. de Reus, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Xi-Nian Zuo, Olaf Sporns,
    "Individual variability and connectivity dynamics in modular organization of human cortical functional networks,"
    46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016),
    San Diego (U.S.), November 2016. [poster]

53. Yusuke Takeda, Nobuo Hiroe, Makoto Fukushima, Masa-aki Sato, Okito Yamashita,
    "Identifying information flows for visual motion perception from a network dynamics model of the human brain,"
    20th International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG 2016),
    Seoul (South Korea), October 2016. [poster]

54. Yusuke Takeda, Nobuo Hiroe,  Makoto Fukushima, Masa-aki Sato, Okito Yamashita,
    "Identifying important information flows from a network dynamics model of the human brain,"
    39th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Yokohama (Japan), July 2016. [poster]

55. Makoto Fukushima, Richard F. Betzel, Ye He, Xi-Nian Zuo, Olaf Sporns,
    "Spatial patterns and flow dynamics in functional connectivity states across the human lifespan,"
    22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2016),
    Geneva (Switzerland), June 2016. [poster]

56. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Thomas R. Knösche, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Structurally-constrained functional brain networks as revealed by the combinatorial use of non-invasive neuroimaging modalities,"
    37th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Yokohama (Japan), September 2014. [talk]

57. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Thomas R. Knösche, Masa-aki Sato,
    "MEG source reconstruction with identifying directed source interactions on structural brain networks,"
    19th International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG 2014),
    Halifax (Canada), August 2014. [poster]

58. Makoto Fukushima,
    "Estimation of structurally-constrained functional brain networks at a macroscopic scale,"
    Complex Networks Summer School 2014,
    Sendai (Japan), August 2014. [talk]

59. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Thomas R. Knösche, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Reconstructing neuronal current sources based on identifying directed source interactions on structural brain networks,"
    29th Annual Meeting of Japan Biomagnetism and Bioelectromagnetics Society,
    Suita (Japan), May 2014. [talk]

60. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Thomas R. Knösche, Masa-aki Sato,
    "MEG source reconstruction spatiotemporally constrained by prior knowledge of anatomical connectivity,"
    Joint Meeting of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 23rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Kyoto (Japan), June 2013. [poster]

61. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Thomas R. Knösche, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Diffusion MRI informed dynamic MEG source reconstruction with application to face recognition data,"
    19th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2013),
    Seattle (U.S.), June 2013. [poster]

62. Okito Yamashita, Makoto Fukushima, Atsunori Kanemura, Shin Ishii, Mitsuo Kawato, Masa-aki Sato,
    "A state-space modeling approach for reconstructing the spatially focal and temporally smooth current sources using the spatially inhomogeneous dynamical model,"
    18th International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG 2012),
    Paris (France), August 2012. [poster]

63. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Atsunori Kanemura, Shin Ishii, Mitsuo Kawato, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Localizing focal current sources from MEG data based on state-space approach,"
    34th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society,
    Yokohama (Japan), September 2011. [poster]

64. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Atsunori Kanemura, Shin Ishii, Mitsuo Kawato, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Localizing focal sources from MEG by efficient inference in a high dimensional state-space model,"
    17th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2011),
    Quebec City (Canada), June 2011. [poster]

65. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Shin Ishii, Mitsuo Kawato, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Magnetoencephalography (MEG) source localization method with temporal smoothness constraint based on high-dimensional state space model,"
    Joint Meeting of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 20th Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society,
    Kobe (Japan), September 2010. [poster]

66. Makoto Fukushima, Okito Yamashita, Shin Ishii, Mitsuo Kawato, Masa-aki Sato,
    "Spatio-temporal priors for the MEG inverse problem: a state space approach,"
    5th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering—Multimodal Integration of Functional Brain Measurements,
    Wittenberg (Germany), August 2010. [poster]

67. Shota Tateyama, Yoshiyuki Asai, Makoto Fukushima, Taishin Nomura,
    "A real-time balancing task of an inverted pendulum using ankle muscle EMG during human upright stance,"
    54th Annual Conference of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers,
    Kyoto (Japan), May 2010. [talk]

Invited Talks

1. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Applying network analysis methods to brain connectivity data,"
   Graduate Education Course: Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University,
   Kyoto (Japan), December 2024.

2. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Evaluating interareal communication models on the connectome,"
   26th Meeting of Special Interest Group on Communication Behavior Engineering,
   Seika, Soraku (Japan), November 2024.

3. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Exploring structural determinants of dynamic fluctuations between segregated and integrated functional connectivity patterns,"
   NIPS International Workshop 2024—Exploring and understanding large-scale brain dynamics by data-driven approaches,
   Okazaki (Japan), July 2024.

4. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Toward an assessment of the validity of brain network communication models,"
   Friday Lunch Seminar, Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,
   Virtual event, June 2024.

5. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Analysis of global state fluctuations in functional brain networks,"
   Joint Meeting of IEICE Technical Meeting on Communication Quality and 25th Meeting of Special Interest Group on Communication Behavior Engineering,
   Minamioguni, Aso (Japan), January 2024.

6. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Analysis of time-varying functional brain networks,"
   Network Science Seminar 2022,
   Kyoto (Japan), August 2022.

7. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Packetization improves communication efficiency in brain networks with high-speed and low-cost propagation strategies,"
   Friday Lunch Seminar, Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,
   Virtual event, April 2022.

8. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Computational studies for characterizing and understanding global state changes in functional brain networks and their generative mechanisms,"
   33rd Tokyo Symposium on Clinical Brain Image Analysis,
   Virtual event, November 2021.

9. Makoto Fukushima,
   "Network analysis of structural and functional connectivity in the human brain,"
   731st Human Brain Research Center Seminar, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University,
   Virtual event, May 2021.

10. Makoto Fukushima,
    "Network analysis of brain connectivity data,"
    4th Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging,
    Virtual event, September 2020.

11. Makoto Fukushima,
    "Estimation and analysis of human brain networks,"
    Lab Seminar, National Institute for Physiological Sciences,
    Okazaki (Japan), January 2019.

12. Makoto Fukushima,
    "Fluctuations in global network properties of human brain functional connectivity,"
    Friday Lunch Seminar, Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,
    Suita (Japan), June 2018.