The third research area meeting of Transformative Research Area (A)： unified theory of prediction and action

The third research area meeting of Transformative Research Area (A)： unified theory of prediction and action

Dates：16-17th, May 2024

Venue：Suzuki Umetaro Hall,　1F Bioscience Building, RIKEN
　　　https://ithems.riken.jp/ja/access/suzuki-umetaro-hall

Registration：https://forms.gle/Y2GgZUm3o4u7ZJPy5　Registration deadline：9th, May 2024

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Program (PDF)

16th, May 2024: 9:00 – 20:00

9:00 – 9:30 Opening
9:30 – 9:35 Greetings
Progress Report: Research Teams A01-03 (9:35 – 10:35)
9:35 – 9:55 A01 Takuya Isomura
     Creating neuromorphic artificial intelligence using reverse engineering of generative models
9:55 – 10:15 A02 Masahiro Suzuki
     Research on deep generative models based on the free energy principle
10:15 – 10:35 A03 Kenji Doya
     Understanding the sensory and motor cortical circuits based on the duality of inference
      and control

10:35 – 10:55 Coffee Break

Invited Research Teams C01 (10:55 – 12:15)
10:55 – 11:15 C01 Hiroshi Morioka
　Revealing high-level cyclic causal representation of predictions and actions in the brain
11:15 – 11:35 C01 Jun Tani
　Theory and robot experimental research on metacognitive adaptation extending the free energy principle
11:35 – 11:55 C01 Taisuke Kobayashi
　Elucidating Functional Roles of Nonlinear TD Errors Guided by Reinforcement Learning as Inference
11:55 – 12:15 C01 Tetsuya Kobayashi (Online)
　Computational theory for complex dynamics and its applications

12:15 – 12:15 Group Photo Shooting *The group photo will be taken in the hall after the meeting.
12:20 – 14:20 Lunch & Poster session（Hirosawa Club）
12:20 – 13:20 Steering meeting 　
*Research Team PIs, academic investigators, and evaluation committee members are requested to gather at the reception desk after the photo shoot. You will be guided to the venue of the steering meeting.

Progress Report: Research Teams B01-04（14:30 – 16:00 ）
14:30 – 14:50 B01 Hitoshi Okamoto
      Mechanisms of Decision-Making Behavior Based on Transmission of Prediction and
Prediction Error Signals between Hierarchical Brain Areas
14:50 – 15:10 B02 Teppei Ebina
     Macro- and meso-scopic dorsal cortical neural dynamics underlying prediction and
      action in common marmoset
15:10 – 15:30 B03 Misako Komatsu
     Large-scale neural basis for generative model acquisition in active inference in
     non-human primates
15:30 – 15:50 B04 Hidehiko Takahashi
     Understanding the Predictive Mechanisms of the Human Brain and its aberration

15:50 – 16:10 Coffee Break

Invited Research Teams C02
16:10 – 16:30 C02 Rie Kimura
     The neural basis of visual prediction changing with learning
16:30 – 16:50 C02 Tomoya Nakai (Online)
     Building brain computational models for symbol sequence prediction
16:50 – 17:10 C02 Jun Nagai
     Theory of prediction based on glia-neuron circuits dynamics
17:10 – 17:30 C02 Ryusuke Hayashi
     Neural mechanisms of predictive information processing in macaque visual cortex
17:30 – 17:50 C02 Kenichi Amemori
     Predictive coding for anxiety control: hierarchical network in the primate cognitive-limbic system
18:00 – 20:00 Reception

17th, May 2024: 9:00 – 16:00

Invited Research Teams C02
9:00 – 9:20 Akihiro Funamizu
     Understand the hierarchical structure of theory, behavior, activity, gene of Bayesian brain.
9:20 – 9:40 Masatoshi Yoshida (Online)
     Understanding active vision from the perspective of active inference
9:40 – 10:00 Kentaro Abe
     Brain representations of familiarity and discomfort during communication
10:00 – 10:20 Tatsuya Umeda
     Elucidation of neural dynamics in a canonical microcircuit of the cerebral cortex

10:20 – 10:40 Coffee Break

Invited Research Teams C02
10:40 – 11:00 Jun Miyata
　Localization of prediction error/salience in midbrain-striatal pathway and their association with delusion/hallucination
11:00 – 11:20 Masaaki Ogawa
     Neural mechanisms and computational algorithms for coping with reward prediction errors
11:20 – 11:40 C02 Riichiro Hira
     Dynamics of multiple predictions by cortico-cortical communication
   
11:40 – 12:10 Discussion
12:10 – 12:20 Discussion for future schedule
12:20 Closing
*Please gather at the reception desk by 13:20 if you apply for the lab tour.

12:20 – 13:20 Lunch
13:30 – 16:00  Lab Tour 　(Hitoshi Okamoto, Misako Komatsu, Jun Nagai)