NPAS Mini-Symposium: Computational Approach and Virtual Environments for Neuroethology

Venue: 1F Auditorium (B106), Interdisciplinary Research Building (IST)

Date: February 14th (Friday), 2025

09:00     Symposium Warm-Up/ Morning tea

09:20 Opening Remark

Session I Chair: Dr. Ching-Lung Hsu

09:30 - 10:20 Dr. Armin Bahl (U. Konstanz)

Behavioral algorithms and neural principles underlying zebrafish multi-sensory decision-making

10:25 - 11:15 Dr. Jan Drugowitsch (Harvard U.) (online)

                                Spatial Navigation under Uncertainty

11:20 - 12:00 Dr. Kuo-Hua Huang (IMB, AS) 

                                Depth sensation modulates social affiliation in virtual reality

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

Session II Chair: Dr. Kuo-Hua Huang

13:30 - 14:20 Dr. Michael Dickinson (Cal Tech) (online)

You don't need a weatherman to see which way the wind blows: Neural specializations underlying the adaptive radiation of flies

14:25 - 15:05 Dr. Ya-Hui Chou (ICOB, AS)

                                Unraveling the stochasticity in the olfactory circuit that shapes food valence dynamics

15:05 - 15:40 Coffee Break

Session III Chair: Dr. Ya-Hui Chou

15:40 - 16:20 Dr. Ching-Lung Hsu (IBMS, AS) 

Single-trial neuro-behavioral dynamics contributes to spatiotemporal integration in navigation of bimodal sensory environments

16:25 - 17:15 Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta (Harvard U.)

Organizing movement into meaning during natural behavior

17:20 - 18:00 Panel Discussion and Closing Remark