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Papers

Refereed papers and chapters

A metric space approach to the information capacity of spike trains.
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
Journal of Computational Neuroscience Volume 30, Number 1, 201-209.
tcd-mnl-14. pdf source journal.

Measuring representational distances -- the spike-train metrics approach.
Conor Houghton and Jonathan D. Victor,
(In Understanding Visual Population Codes - Towards a Common Multivariate Framework for Cell Recording and Functional Imaging. Eds: Nikolaus Kriegeskorte and Gabriel Kreiman. MIT Press, in press).
tcd-mnl-7. pdf LaTeX pdf source.

Sparse coding of birdsong and receptive field structure in songbirds
Garrett Greene, David Barrett, Kamal Sen and Conor Houghton,
Network: Computation in Neural Systems 20 (2009) 162-177.
tcd-mnl-5. pdf journal.

Tuning for criticality: a new hypothesis for sleep.
Barak A. Pearlmutter and Conor J. Houghton,
Neural Computation 21 (2009) 1622-1641.
tcd-mnl-3. pdf journal.

Studying spike trains using a van Rossum metric with a synapse-like filter.
Conor Houghton,
Journal of Computational Neuroscience 26 (2009) 149-155.
tcd-mnl-2. pdf journal.

A new multi-neuron spike-train metric.
Conor Houghton and Kamal Sen,
Neural Computation 20 (2008) 1495-1511.
tcd-mnl-1. pdf journal.

Preprints, reports and notes

The variations of spike times.
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
(Preprint 2011).
tcd-mnl-22.

A simple algorithm for averaging spike trains.
Hannah Julienne and Conor Houghton,
(Preprint 2011).
tcd-mnl-21.

On the efficient calculation of van Rossum distances.
Conor Houghton and Thomas Kreutz,
(Preprint 2011).
tcd-mnl-20.

A noise space of neurons.
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
(Report 2011).
tcd-mnl-19.

Optimizing blood stock management for efficient usage of O-negative blood in the mid-west area
Chris Fell, Madeleine Golding, James Gleeson, T. Jetka, A. Korobeinikov, Irnis Kubat, Eoin Lynch, Anna Magdalina S. Mitchel, Nadia Smith
Proceedings of the 82nd European Study Group with Industry (Limerick 26th June - 1st July 2011).
(Report 2011).
tcd-mnl-18. pdf of the whole proceedings.

A dendrogram approach to the structure of spike trains.
Dan McNamee and Conor Houghton,
(Preprint 2011).
tcd-mnl-17.

Sparse coding in a simple model of neuronal interactions.
Garrett Greene and Conor Houghton,
(Preprint 2010).
tcd-mnl-16.

Uplift quadratic program in Irish electricity price setting
Michelle Carey, Conor Houghton, Matylda Jabłońska and John Kinsella and study group contributors,
Proceedings of the Seventieth European Study Group with Industry (Limerick 28 June to 3 July 2009).
tcd-mnl-15. pdf of the whole proceedings.

A comment on "A fast L_p spike alignment metric" by A. J. Dubbs, B. A. Seiler and M. O. Magnasco [arXiv:0907.3137]
Conor Houghton,
(Technical report 2009).
tcd-mnl-10. pdf arxiv h-data.

The sparse decomposition of sound in the time domain using non-negative quadratic programming.
Conor Houghton,
(Technical report 2008).
tcd-mnl-8. pdf source note.

Timescales in songbird auditory processing.
Conor Houghton,
Talk presented at Information–MFCSIT'06 (1-5 August 2006, University College Cork).
tcd-mnl-6. pdf source

Finding community structures in networks by playing pass-the-parcel.
Conor Houghton,
(Technical report 2008).
tcd-mnl-4. pdf tara source

A potential spike sorting algorithm.
R. Josh Tobin,
(Report on 6 week summer internship 2009).
tcd-mnl-13. pdf.

An information-theoretic approach to finding community structure in networks.
Liam Crowley Reidy,
(4th Year Project 2009).
tcd-mnl-12. pdf.

Anti-bipartite approach to modularity optimisation in networks.
Brendan O'Dowd,
(4th Year Project 2009).
tcd-mnl-9. pdf.

Selected posters, slides

A simple algorithm for averaging spike trains.
Hannah Julienne and Conor Houghton,
Seminar, Bristol, September 2011.
tcd-mnl-20a. Beamer slides: pdf.

The variations of spike times.
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
TCIN/Neurosoc seminar, Trinity College Dublin, 9 January 2012.
tcd-mnl-21a. Beamer slides: pdf tar.gz.
Seminar, NUI Galway, 19 January 2012.
tcd-mnl-21b. Beamer slides: pdf.

The space of neurons.
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
Poster at Mathematical Neuroscience 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 11-13, 2011.
tcd-mnl-18a. pdf

A dendrogram approach to the structure of spike trains.
Conor Houghton,
Poster at Mathematical Neuroscience 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 11-13, 2011.
tcd-mnl-17a. pdf

A metric space approach to the information capacity of spike trains.
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
Poster at Neuroscience Ireland meeting, Dublin, Ireland, September 10-11, 2009.
tcd-mnl-14a. pdf
James Gillespie and Conor Houghton,
Poster at Spike Train Meeting, Plymouth, England, June 2-3, 2010.
tcd-mnl-14b. pdf tar.gz
Seminar at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience 27 Febuary 2011 (Conor Houghton)
tcd-mnl-14c. pdf tar.gz
Seminar at the Berstein Center in Berlin 30 March 2011 (Conor Houghton)
tcd-mnl-14d. pdf tar.gz

What is a neuron's firing rate?
Úna Ní Éigeartaigh and Conor Houghton,
Poster at Neuroscience Ireland meeting, Dublin, Ireland, September 10-11, 2009.
tcd-mnl-11. pdf tar.gz

Spike codes and spike metrics.
Conor Houghton.
spiketrain.org seminar, Newcastle 15 May 2009.
tcd-mnl-7a. Beamer slides: pdf tar.gz.

Sparse coding of zebra finch song
Garrett Greene and Conor Houghton,
Poster at Mathématiques en Neurosciences, ENSCP, Paris, June 2008.
tcd-mnl-5a. pdf
Poster at MACSI mid-term review, Limerick 2008.
tcd-mnl-5b. pdf

Tuning for Criticality: A New Hypothesis for Sleep.
Barak A. Pearlmutter and Conor J. Houghton,
Poster at COSYNE 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Feb 22-24, 2007.
tcd-mnl-3a. pdf.

Studying spike trains using a van Rossum metric with a synapse-like filter.
Conor Houghton,
Poster at ICMS Mathematical Neuroscience 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 17-19, 2008.
tcd-mnl-2a. pdf tar
Poster at SFI Summit 2008, Kilkenny, Ireland, November 18, 2008.
tcd-mnl-2b. pdf tar.gz