2–8 Nov 2025
TIFR Mumbai
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Lattice Field Theory for a Network of Real Neurons

7 Nov 2025, 15:50
20m
Homi Bhabha Auditorium Annex

Homi Bhabha Auditorium Annex

Speaker

Simone Franchini (Sapienza Università di Roma)

Description

In a recent paper [1], we introduced a simplified Lattice Field Theory framework that allows experimental observations from major Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) to be interpreted in a simple and physically grounded way. From a neuroscience point of view, our method modifies the Maximum Entropy Model for Neural Networks so that also the time evolution of the system is taken into account, and it can be interpreted as another version of the Free Energy principle. The framework is naturally tailored to interpret data from chronic multi-site BCI, especially spike rasters from measurements of single neurons activity.

[1] Neural Activity in Quarks Language: Lattice Field Theory for a Network of Real Neurons. Bardella, G.; Franchini, S.; Pan, L.; Balzan, R.; Ramawat, S.; Brunamonti, E.; Pani, P.; Ferraina, S., Entropy 26(6), 495 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/e26060495

Parallel Session (for talks only) Theoretical developments and applications beyond Standard Model

Authors

Simone Franchini (Sapienza Università di Roma) Giampiero Bardella (Sapienza Università di Roma)

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