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DESCRIPTION:Quantifying Economy in Brain Networks\n\nBy Dani Bassett\n\nUni
 versity of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\n\nWith High-Level Panel of Leaders
  in Science\, Technology\, On-the-Ground Action\, and Policy\n\nRegister &
  watch the webinar\n\nThe human brain is organized as a network of interco
 nnected components in the form of neural units\, ensembles\, areas\, and r
 egions. Across a range of spatial scales\, that network is neither perfect
 ly ordered nor perfectly random. Its heterogeneous organization supports c
 omplex activity dynamics while simultaneously constraining such dynamics. 
 How does this constraint affect the cost of activity flow? In this talk\, 
 I will discuss the notion of network economy: the idea that the brain's ne
 twork organization partially determines the cost of reaching a brain state
 \, maintaining a brain state\, and transitioning between brain states. I w
 ill draw ideas and examples from the field of network control theory\, whi
 ch provides a framework for calculating energy costs associated with netwo
 rk systems reaching\, maintaining\, and transitioning among brain states. 
 The discussion will focus on basic principles and intuitions\, and will po
 int listeners to code repositories\, primers\, and methodological studies 
 they might find useful in implementing the approach. I will close by broad
 ening out to discuss how principles of network economy can inform our stud
 y of cognitive effort and executive function\, as well as cognitive change
 s associated with neurodevelopment.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nDani Bassett i
 s the J. Peter Skirkanich Professor at the University of Pennsylvania\, De
 partments of Bioengineering\, Electrical & Systems Engineering\, Physics &
  Astronomy\, Neurology\, and Psychiatry\, and external professor of the Sa
 nta Fe Institute. They received a B.S. in physics from Penn State Universi
 ty and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge as a Churchill 
 Scholar and NIH Health-Sciences Scholar. Following a postdoc at UC Santa B
 arbara\, Bassett was a Junior Research Fellow at the Sage Center for the S
 tudy of the Mind. They have received multiple prestigious awards\, includi
 ng American Psychological Association's ‘Rising Star’ (2012)\, Alfred Sloa
 n Fellow (2014)\, MacArthur Fellow (2014)\, IEEE EMBS Early Academic Achie
 vement Award (2015)\, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator (2015)\,
  National Science Foundation CAREER (2016)\, Popular Science Bril-liant 10
  (2016)\, Lagrange Prize in Complex Systems Science (2017)\, ErdosRenyi Pr
 ize in Network Science (2018)\, OHBM Young Investigator Award (2020)\, AIM
 BE College of Fellows (2020)\, American Physical Society Fellow (2021)\, a
 nd Web of Science's most Highly Cited Researchers (2019-2021). Bassett is 
 the author of more than 380 peer-reviewed publications (36\,000 citations)
 \, and an academic trade book co-authored with philosopher and twin Perry 
 Zurn titled “Curious Minds: The Power of Connection” (MIT Press\; 2022).\n
 \n\nAbout the series\n\nThe Precision Convergence series is launched to ca
 talyze unique synergy between\, on the one hand\, novel partnerships acros
 s sciences\, sectors and jurisdictions around targeted domains of real-wor
 ld solutions\, and on the other hand\, a next generation convergence of AI
  with advanced research computing and other data and digital architectures
  such as PSC’s Bridges-2\, and supporting data sharing frameworks such as 
 HuBMAP\, informing in a real time as possible the design\, deployment and 
 monitoring of solutions for adaptive real-world behaviour and context.\n\n
 The Precision Convergence Webinar Series is co-hosted by The 91������ Centre
  for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) at 91������ 
 and The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center\, a joint computational research 
 centre between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
 .\n\n \n
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SUMMARY:MCCHE Precision Convergence Webinar Series with Dani Bassett
URL:/desautels/channels/event/mcche-precision-converge
 nce-webinar-series-dani-bassett-344078
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