BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250722T183330EDT-9483oOu138@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250722T223330Z DESCRIPTION:\n ISS Informal Systems Seminar\n\n\nSpeaker: Mireille E. Brouck e – Professor\, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Univer sity of Toronto\, Canada \n\n \n\n\n \n\n Presentation on YouTube.\n\n Abstra ct: We explore the potential of using the internal model principle of cont rol theory to explain the cerebellum\, a major component of the brain. The cerebellum is involved in motor control\, motor learning\, posture and ba lance\, gait control\, eye movement\, language regulation\, emotion regula tion\, etc. It has been described as regulating and coordinating all movem ents of precision. Neuroscientists hypothesize that the cerebellum contain s forward or inverse models of the systems it regulates. Unfortunately\, c onclusive experimental proof that this hypothesis is correct has not been forthcoming\, despite a 30 year effort. In this talk we describe an altern ative approach to modeling the cerebellum\, based on a hypothesis that its primary function is disturbance rejection. The key method in control theo ry that allow us to model the cerebellum is adaptive internal models. Evid ence of the efficacy of our approach is given in terms of the slow eye mov ement systems and visuomotor adaptation. We conclude the talk with implica tions for control theory.\n\n \n Biography: Mireille Broucke obtained the BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin i n 1984 and the MSEE and PhD degrees from the University of California\, Be rkeley in 1987 and 2000\, respectively. She was a postdoc in Mechanical En gineering at University of California\, Berkeley during 2000-2001. She has six years of industry experience in control design for the automotive and aerospace industries. During 1993-1996 she was a program manager and rese archer at Partners for Advanced Transportation and Highways (PATH) at Univ ersity of California\, Berkeley. Since 2001 she has been at the University of Toronto where she is a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineerin g. Her current research interests are in the area of control theory applie d to neuroscience.\n\n DTSTART:20221118T153000Z DTEND:20221118T163000Z LOCATION:CA\, ZOOM SUMMARY:Adaptive Internal Models in Systems Neuroscience URL:/cim/channels/event/adaptive-internal-models-syste ms-neuroscience-351654 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR