Invited seminars and talks

2013

Learning processes in the development of addiction
24.5.2013 Dopamine conference, Alghero, Sardinia
Re-using thoughts: making habits efficient?
25.4.2013 Berlin Einstein Symposium, Berlin, Germany
pdf Modelling behavioural data
13.2.2013 Zürich SPM Course Tutorial, Zürich, Switzerland
A generative account of emotional dysfunctions
29.1.2013 Departmental seminar, Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste, Berne, Switzerland

Defective aversion: using computational methods to dissect decision making in mood disorders
16.1.12 Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Magdeburg, Germany
Mathematizing Madness
27.1.12 Inauguration symposium for Prof. Roshan Cools. Donders Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Defective aversion: using computational methods to dissect decision making in mood disorders
14.2.12 Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Defective aversion: the contribution of serotonin
18.6.2012 Devanx final meeting, Paris, France
pdf Reinforcement learning I: theory
14.8.2012 EU Advanced Course on Computational Neuroscience, Bedlewo, Poland
pdf Reinforcement learning II: biology
15.8.2012 EU Advanced Course on Computational Neuroscience, Bedlewo, Poland
Explaining away emotional dysfunctions
14.9.2012 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience annual meeting, München, Germany
pdf Modelling behavioural data
17.9.2012 UCL-MPS Symposium on Computational Psychiatry and Aging, Ringberg Castle, Germany
Dopamine and learning dysfunctions in addition: a crash course
18.10.2012 Annual meeting of the World Psychiatric Association
Computational approaches to the disordered mind
27.11.2012 Departmental Seminar, Institute of biomedical engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Pavlovian approach and inhibition.
6.03.11 Janelia Farm conference: Neural circuits of decision-making
Pavlovian influences on decision-making. A route towards psychiatric co-morbidities?
26.4.11 Einstein Meeting. Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
The fight within: decision making in mood disorders.
4.9.11 INCF Neuroinformatics. Computational Psychiatry special session. Boston, USA.
The fight within: decision making in affective disorders.
21.12.11 Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany

Affective influences on visual choices.
14.01.10 Rank Prize Meeting in honour of Roger Carpenter: What determines where we look, Grasmere, UK
Mapping affective decisions in depression.
27.04.10 Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich
Using RL tools to map affective decisions in depression.
5.05.10 Wolpert lab, Cambridge University, UK
Affective asymmetries. The serotonergic stop signal.
27.05.10 University of Zürich, Switzerland
Affective asymmetries. The serotonergic stop signal.
18.06.10 Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

Applying reinforcement learning to mood disorders--an example task.
1.2.08 Gatsby meeting, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University
Depression, 5HT and DA: Insights from computational modelling.
21.2.08 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Automatically fitting detailed biophysical models
3.3.08 Comp. Sys. Neurosci. Workshop on Data sharing and modeling challenges in neuroscience
Serotonin in reinforcement learning.
26.5.08 Institute Gulbenkian Champalimaud, Portugal
Applying reinforcement learning to Depression: a behavioural test
29.5.08 Computational Psychiatry Symposium, IGC, Portugal
Applying reinforcement learning to Depression: a behavioural test.
2.6.08 Salzman lab, Columbia University
Applying reinforcement learning to Depression: a validation.
12.6.08 Brain Stimulation Division, Columbia University
Depression: a computational formulation and a behavioural test.
18.6.08 Department of Neuroscience, NYU
Understanding Disorders of the Mind through Neuroimaging: Developing new paradigms.
8.9.08 Wellcome Trust, London

Normative psychiatry.
11.1.07 Neuroeconomics group, UCL
Building detailed single-cell models from biophysical data
25.1.07 Michael Häusser lab, UCL
Optimal learning: a route to depression?
22.2.07 Comp. Sys. Neurosci. meeting short presentation
Depression: attempting a computational dissection.
15.3.07 Functional Imaging Lab, UCL, London
Serotonin, inhibition and depression
18.4.07 Cold Spring Harbor Lab
Depression -- towards a computational aetiology
28.4.07 NYSPI, Columbia University, New York
Parameter inference as a convex problem
25.6.07 EPFL workshop on quantitative neuron models, CH
Dopamine: reporting control in depression and mania?
5.9.07 Workshop on Neural bases reward decision making, Institute Gulbenkian Champalimaud, Portugal
pdf Serotonin, inhibition and negative moods
5.10.07 Workshop: Theoretical and experimental perspectives on serotonin function, Institute Gulbenkian Champalimaud, Portugal
Computational approaches to psychiatry. An application to depression
1.11.07 Symposium: Computational Models in Biological Psychiatry; Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Conference (SfN Satellite);