Artem Kirsanov Courses

Brain Criticality - Optimizing Neural Computations

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Explore how the brain optimizes information processing by operating near critical points, examining phase transitions, neuronal avalanches, and scale-free properties in neural networks.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Self-Study Computational Neuroscience - Coding, Textbooks, Math

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Comprehensive guide to starting computational neuroscience: programming languages, coding practice, textbooks, math resources, project ideas, and datasets for self-study and skill development.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Your Brain Chooses What to Remember - Understanding Memory Selection and Sharp-Wave Ripples

Discover how your brain selects and consolidates memories through hippocampal sharp-wave ripples, exploring neural mechanisms and experimental findings in memory formation and retention.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

What Textbooks Don't Tell You About Curve Fitting

Discover the probabilistic interpretation behind linear regression, exploring how least squares objectives arise from maximizing data probability and how different priors lead to various regularization techniques.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Elegant Geometry of Neural Computations - Understanding Phase Portraits and Bifurcations

Explore the geometric principles behind neural computations, from phase portraits to bifurcations, understanding how neurons achieve excitability, bistability, and resonant oscillations through mathematical modeling.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Fundamental Unit of Intelligence - Exploring Cortical Columns and the Thousand Brains Theory

Explore Jeff Hawkins' Thousand Brains Theory and discover how cortical columns function as complete sensorimotor systems, building predictive models through sensation, movement, and consensus voting.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Predictive Coding: A Biologically Plausible Alternative to Backpropagation

Explore Predictive Coding, a biologically plausible alternative to backpropagation for neural networks, derived from first principles and explained through energy formalism, update rules, and neural connectivity.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Understanding the Free Energy Principle in Brain Function and World Models

Explore the Free Energy Principle in neuroscience and understand how the brain builds predictive models of the world, from generative models to optical illusions and sensory processing.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Small-World Networks and Brain Connectivity - Understanding Neural Network Structures

Explore the fascinating world of small-world networks and discover how these mathematical structures enable powerful computational capabilities in the brain through graph theory and network analysis.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Are There Limits to What Brains Can Learn? - Understanding Neural Learning Constraints

Explore groundbreaking research on the biological limitations of neural learning, examining how brain-computer interfaces reveal constraints on neural activity patterns and learning capabilities.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hidden Beauty Behind Generative AI: Variational Inference and ELBO

Delve into the mathematical foundations of generative AI through variational inference and ELBO concepts, exploring how intelligent systems model probability distributions effectively.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why the Brain Doesn't Start From Scratch - Neural Compositionality and Flexible Intelligence

Discover how the brain reuses neural components to learn new tasks rapidly without starting from scratch, exploring Princeton research on prefrontal cortex compositionality.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why Different Neuron Parts Learn Differently - Compartmentalized Plasticity in Pyramidal Neurons

Explore how pyramidal neurons use distinct plasticity rules in different compartments, revealing compartmentalized learning mechanisms in apical vs basal dendrites.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dendrites: Why Biological Neurons Are Deep Neural Networks

Explore how individual neurons function like deep neural networks, examining their complex information processing capabilities and the physiological mechanisms behind their computational complexity.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Theta Rhythm - A Memory Clock

Explore the theta rhythm's role in memory encoding and retrieval. Learn about its generation, functions, and impact on brain activity, including integrated representations and sequential organization.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video