Publications & presentations
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Published articles
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[2] P. Melland and R. Curtu, "Attractor-like dynamics extracted from human electrocorticographic recordings underlie computational principles of auditory bistable perception," Accepted in: The Journal of Neuroscience. [Early release].
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[1] P. Melland, J. Albright, and N.M. Urban, "Differentiable programming for online training of a neural artificial viscosity function within a staggered grid Lagrangian hydrodynamic scheme," Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/abd644. [pdf]
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Manuscripts in progress
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[3] P. Melland, Z. Aminzare, and R. Curtu, "Spike adding mechanism in FitzHugh-Nagumo neuron with smooth forcing."
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Poster presentations
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Exploring fast and slow neural correlates of auditory perceptual bistability with diffusion-mapped delay coordinates. CNS 2020: virtual.
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Why is comparing neuro-computation in different species so important? Future frameworks of theoretical neuroscience 2019: University of Texas at San Antonio .
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Dynamic neural field modeling of auditory categorization tasks. CNS 2019: Barcelona, Spain.
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Diffusion Maps and their application to auditory streaming of triplets. RTG parameter estimation workshop 2018: North Carolina State University.
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Invited talks
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Artificial and biological neural networks: Using data to inform dynamic models. Computational Science Seminar. UT Dallas.
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Extracting intrinsic neural features of bistable perception with the extended DMD.
Siam-LS. (2022)
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Incorporating data when equations are not enough. Weber State University. (2022)
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Discovering neural features of auditory bistable perception from human electrocorticography data. Mathematics colloquium series: Southern Methodist University. (2021)
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Contributed talks
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Automatic differentiation and differentiable programming: Expanding deep learning architectures. Math Bio seminar: The University of Iowa. (2019)
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Online machine learning enhanced artificial viscosity to suppress spurious oscillations near shocks in a staggered-grid Lagrangian scheme. Los Alamos National Laboratory: Los Alamos, NM. (2019)
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Should I wear a coat outside? Decision making in a changing environment. (Chalk-talk) GAUSS Seminar: The University of Iowa. (2019)
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Auditory categorization: A dynamic field approach. Math Bio seminar: The University of Iowa. (2018)
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An introduction the the Kalman filter. Math Bio Seminar: The University of Iowa. (2018)
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Dualing objectives. Applied Student Seminar: The University of Iowa. (2017)