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Research Interests:  Computational Neuroscience.

One of the most thoroughly studied neural systems is the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) of the lobster. This system is often modeled as a ring of coupled, nonlinear oscillators, and interesting phase relationships can occur, depending on biophysical parameters. These oscillator ring models are fairly powerful and have been used to model many phenomena in neuroscience.

S. Still and G. LeMasson. Traveling waves in a ring of three inhibitory coupled model neurons. Neurocomputing, 26-27:533-539, 1999.


Student Projects (499, 699) and thesis projects:

1. Learning in neural networks
            I am looking for a student with an interest in learning theory and neuroscience.

2. Coupled oscillator networks
            Applications of coupled oscillator models to computational neuroscience. Possible subjects: STG, movement control, navigation. On the Manoa campus, Ann Castelfranco and Dan Hartline, at PBRC, are both experts in STG modeling. Ann has developed a new course in mathematical biology as part of a larger interdisciplinary program at UH. Students interested in this subject can profit from collaboration with her and from interfacing to the mathbio program.

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