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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Probability Webinar -<span>   </span>IM-UFRJ <span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<span> 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Our next online seminar will be held on Monday, <b>March 15</b>, from <b>3 p.m. to 4 p.m</b>.
(Rio de Janeiro local time)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">The GoogleMeet link for the seminar is  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://meet.google.com/uew-ehhn-kby" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://meet.google.com/uew-ehhn-kby</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"> 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Speaker: <span>  </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Rodrigo Cofré (</span></b><b>Universidad
de Valparaiso<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> )</span></b></b><b><span></span></b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Title:
</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Thermodynamic
Formalism in Neuronal Dynamics and Spike Train Statistics<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Abstract: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">The
Thermodynamic Formalism provides a rigorous mathematical framework for studying
the quantitative and qualitative aspects of dynamical systems. At its core,
there is a variational principle that corresponds, in its simplest form, to the
maximum entropy principle. It has been used as a statistical inference
procedure to represent the collective behavior of complex systems by specific
probability measures (Gibbs measures). This framework has found applications in
different domains of science. In particular, it has been fruitful and
influential in neurosciences. In this talk, I will discuss and briefly review
how Thermodynamic Formalism can be exploited in the field of theoretical
neuroscience, as a conceptual and operational tool, to link the dynamics of interacting
neurons and the statistics of action potentials from either experimental data
or mathematical models. I will end this talk by commenting on perspectives and
open problems in theoretical neuroscience that could be addressed within this
formalism.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">All the talks
are held in English. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">The videos of the online seminars held in 2020 are
available at <a href="http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=2885" target="_blank">http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=2885</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">For the 2021 series, a few days after each meeting the
video should be available at <a href="http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=3027" target="_blank">http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=3027</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Thanks for circulating this information. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Sincerely, <br>
Organizers: Guilherme Ost and Maria Eulalia Vares<span></span></span></p>





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