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2025

September 11, 2025 - Attendance to the "Hamburg neuro talks", Hamburg, Germany NEW

Two neuroscience professors give a talk to the general public about their research.

September 4, 2025 - Attendance to the ZMNH retreat, Hamburg, Germany NEW

This internal retreat day includes lectures, plenary meetings, and a poster session presented by ZMNH members.

June 23-27, 2025 - XLV Dynamics Days Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece NEW

Talk for the minisymposium: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: Models, Learning Processes, Computational Tools, and Clinical Applications, entitled  "Coherent and rich neuronal dynamics supported by different inhibition mechanisms".

April 22, 2025 - Publication of a journal paper in PLoS Computational Biology NEW

R. Bergoin, A. Torcini, G. Deco, M. Quoy, G. Zamora-López. Emergence and maintenance of modularity in neural networks with Hebbian and anti-Hebbian inhibitory STDP. PLoS Comput Biol 21(4): e1012973, 2025.

2024

November 5-16, 2024 - Attendance to the workshop SNUFA 2024, Online. NEW

This online workshop brings together researchers in the fields of computational neuroscience, machine learning, and neuromorphic engineering to present their work and discuss ways of translating these findings into a better understanding of neural circuits. Topics include artificial and biologically plausible learning algorithms and the dissection of trained spiking circuits toward understanding neural processing. We have a manageable number of talks with ample time for discussions.

October 15-17, 2024 - Attendance to the workshop "Introduction to Recurrent Neural Networks and their Applications" from the Center for Biomedical AI at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE).

This workshop is open to students, researchers, and clinicians wanting to learn about recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and their applications in biomedical signal processing. RNNs are vital tools in the field of neural networks, especially known for their capability to manage sequential data. We will explore how RNNs excel at capturing temporal dependencies through their unique recurrent connections, making them highly effective for a variety of tasks. Participants can expect to achieve a solid understanding of the basic principles and architecture of RNNs as well as the ability to identify suitable applications for RNNs and implement basic RNN models. 

September 7, 2024 - Publication of a conference paper in From Animals to Animats: 17th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB 2024)

L. L’Haridon, R. Bergoin, B.S. Bal, M. Abdelwahed and L. Cañamero. The Emergence of a Complex Representation of Touch Through Interaction with a Robot. In: O. Brock, J. Krichmar (eds) From Animals to Animats 17. SAB 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14993. Springer, Cham.

September 3, 2024 - Publication of a journal paper in Nature Scientific Reports

R. Bergoin, S. Boucenna, R. D’Urso, D. Cohen and A. Pitti. A developmental model of audio-visual attention (MAVA) for bimodal language learning in infants and robots. Scientific Reports, 14, 20492, 2024.

June 1, 2024 - Institute of Neural Information Processing, Hamburg, Germany

New position of Postdoctoral Researcher at  the Institute of Neural Information Processing headed by Prof. Dr. Stefano Panzeri.

The institute is part of the Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH)  in the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). 

May 16-17, 2024 - Neuroengineering for exploring and repairing the brain, Saclay, France

Attendance to the 2024 Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience (NeuroPSI) - Chen institute joint conference on brain, behavior & beyond.

From brain-machine interfaces to AI-based speech decoding, neurotechnologies are giving an unprecedented access to brain functions in health and disease. During 2 days, we will explore multiple facets of neuroengineering, at the interface between electronics, robotics, and cellular biology, and illustrate their promising perspectives to repair sensorimotor and mental health deficits.

March 21, 2024 - PhD students' day, Cergy-Pontoise, France

Attendance to the PhD students' day of the ETIS Lab. Short presentations and poster sessions.

March 14-15, 2024 - Invitation, Hamburg, Germany

Invitation at the Institute of Neural Information Processing in the Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH) by Prof. Stefano Panzeri.

2023

December 11, 2023 - PhD Defense, Cergy-Pontoise, France

Defense of my PhD thesis, prepared at CY Cergy Paris University and Pompeu Fabra University, entitled  "The role of inhibitory plasticity in the formation and the long-term maintenance of neural assemblies and memories".

December 6, 2023 - NeuroDevRob23 : Developmental AI, Cognitive Robotics, Cognitive Sciences and Neurosciences, Cergy-Pontoise, France

Attendance to the workshop NeuroDevRob23 : Developmental AI, Cognitive Robotics, Cognitive Sciences and Neurosciences. This year's theme is: language, development and cognition.

November 29, 2023 - Research seminar, Online

Research seminar at the Computational Neuroscience Affinity Group in the UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI), entitled  "The role of inhibitory plasticity in the formation and the long-term maintenance of neural assemblies and memories".

September 3-8, 2023 - XLIII Dynamics Days Europe, Naples, Italy

Talk for the minisymposium: Adaptive networks: from neurons to phase oscillators, entitled  "Inhibitory neurons control the consolidation of neural assemblies via adaptation to selective stimuli".

July 15-19, 2023 - 32nd Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2023, Leipzig, Germany

Poster presentation entitled "Inhibitory neurons control the consolidation of neural assemblies via adaptation to selective stimuli".

June 13-16, 2023 - 16th CHAOS 2023 International Conference, Online

Talk for the special session: Networks, Collective Behaviour and Applications, entitled "Inhibitory neurons control the consolidation of neural assemblies via adaptation to selective stimuli".

April 28, 2023 - Publication of a journal paper in Nature Scientific Reports

R. Bergoin, A. Torcini, G. Deco, M. Quoy and G. Zamora-Lopez. Inhibitory neurons control the consolidation of neural assemblies via adaptation to selective stimuli. Scientific Reports, 13(1):6949, 2023.

April 22-23, 2023 - Week-end bio-inspiration – Le vivant comme modèle, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France

Run the booth of the ETIS lab.

April 16, 2023 - 22e Forum des Sciences Cognitives, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France

Run the booth of the ETIS lab.

January 13, 2023 - Atelier Neurosciences computationnelles : pour quoi et comment, Paris, France

Attendance.

2022

October 17-20, 2022 - 1ère Edition de l'Ecole du GT8, Moliets et Maa, France

Poster presentation entitled "Inhibitory neurons stabilise the formation of neural assemblies via adaptation and selective stimuli".

September 21-30, 2022 - EITN Fall School in Computational Neuroscience 2022, Paris, France

Attendance and participation in a group project.

July 9-13, 2022 - FENS Forum 2022, Paris, France

Poster presentation entitled "Role of inhibition for the formation of neural assemblies in plastic neural networks subject to selective stimuli".

July 4, 2022 - Thesis monitoring committee, Online

Presentation of my thesis work to a jury composed of  Thanos Manos and Emmanuel Daucé for the thesis monitoring committee of  the doctoral school of the CY Cergy Paris University.

May 18-20, 2022 - The interplay of complex and coherent dynamics in brain function, Neuville sur Oise, France

Poster presentation entitled "Inhibitory neurons stabilise the formation of neural assemblies via adaptation and selective stimuli".

May 3-4, 2022 - Human Brain Project Work Package 1 Meeting, Paris, France

Attendance.

March 20-25, 2022 - Outstanding Challenges in Nonlinear Dynamics, Online

Attendance.

March 10, 2022 - PhD Student Day, Online

Brief presentation of my thesis work to the ETIS laboratory.

March 3, 2022 - Team presentation, Online

Presentation of my thesis work to the Neurocybernetics team of the ETIS laboratory, entitled "Role of inhibitory neurons and adaptation in synchronization of coupled oscillator models".

January 27, 2022 - Team presentation, Online

Presentation of my thesis work to the ​Computational Neuroscience Group of the Center for Brain and Cognition, entitled "Role of inhibitory neurons and adaptation in synchronization of coupled oscillator models".

2021

September 16, 2021 - PhD proposal presentation, Online

Presentation of my thesis work to a jury composed of Alex Roxin and Gustavo Deco for the PhD proposal  of  the doctoral program of the Pompeu Fabra University.

July 8, 2021 - Journal Club presentation, Online

Presentation of a paper to the ​Computational Neuroscience Group of the Center for Brain and Cognition, entitled Degree of synchronization modulated by inhibitory neurons in clustered excitatory-inhibitory recurrent networks.

July 5-6, 2021 - BARCCSYN 2021, Barcelona, Spain

Attendance.

April 1, 2021 - PhD Student Day, Online

Brief presentation of my thesis work to the ETIS laboratory.

2020

September 25, 2020 - Master's internship defense, Cergy, France

Presentation of master's internship work on "Non-intentional neural attention mechanism based on audiovisual correlations".