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31
Date: 31-October-2025
Time: 1:00 PM ET (New York Time)
Presenter: Dr. Olaf Sporns
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Join us Friday, October 31st, 2025, 2025, at 1:00 PM ET for an exciting virtual talk by Dr. Olaf Sporns entitled: “Complementary Approaches to Understanding Brain Function: Networks, Dynamics, Information” as part of the activities of the Brain Space Initiative, co-sponsored by the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) and the Data Science Initiative, IEEE Signal Processing Society.
Abstract
Complementary Approaches to Understanding Brain Function: Networks, Dynamics, Information
Network Neuroscience is an emerging field dedicated to understanding the structure and function of neural systems across scales, from neurons to behavior. In this presentation I will review a few themes and research areas that have been central to my work over the past years. These include studies centering on connectome mapping, the analysis of prominent network features such as modules and communities, the relation of structure to function as disclosed in neuroimaging data, the use of computational models to simulate brain dynamics, map information flow and patterns of communication, and a novel edge-centric approach to track dynamic functional connectivity. These lines of work form three complementary approaches to the brain: networks, dynamics, and information.
Olaf Sporns received the B.A. degree from Universitat Tubingen, Tubingen , Germany and the Ph.D. degree from Rockefeller University, New York, NY, in 1986 and 1990, respectively.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, where he also holds the Robert H. Shaffer Chair. His research focuses on theoretical and computational neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on complex brain networks.
Dr. Sporns is widely recognized as a founder of network neuroscience and for introducing the concept of the human connectome, which has guided major efforts to map the brain’s structural and functional organization. He is the author of two influential books, “Networks of the Brain” and “Discovering the Human Connectome”, as well as numerous peer-reviewed publications. He is also the founding editor of the journal Network Neuroscience and has received multiple honors, including the Patrick Suppes Prize in Neuroscience.
