Jon Newman

Graduate student

Research

My research focuses on neural computation. How do networks of neurons (and glial cells) self regulate their own excitability to produce responses appropriate for a given context? My approach is mix of experimental and theoretical work. I am currently investgating the self regulatory properties of a the respiratory central pattern generator the aquatic Mollusc Lynmnaea stagnalis.

My past work has focused on theoretical studies of busting neuron dynamics, dynamic memory in neurons, and self-propelled particle systems.

Projects

Is Functional Chaos in Neural Systems a Pipedream?

work in progress for the "Chaos and what to do about it" class:

- brief description

- term project

Some of my recent projects

can be found here

Code Snippets

Multi-point shooting Newton routines for the Rössler flow [Mathematica]

MPSM for Rossler.nb

Examples of MPSM for Rossler.nb

Cycle Visualization.nb

Some point neuron models [Mathematica]

Canonical Fold Homoclinic Burster.nb

Publications

arXiv

Links

Center for Nonlinear Science - CNS people		  
ChaosBook.org
Butera Lab
Prinz Lab
Hiroki Sayama - Swarm Chemistry - CoCo Initiative