Kolloquium: Marius Yamakou (FAU): Habilitations-Vorstellungsvortrag: Weak Stochastic Perturbations of a Multiple Timescale Dynamical System: Insights into Self-Induced Stochastic Resonance

Date: 16. April 2024Time: 16:30 – 17:30Location: Hörsaal H13, Cauerstr. 11, 91058 Erlangen

Habilitations-Vorstellungsvortrag: Weak Stochastic Perturbations of a Multiple Timescale Dynamical System: Insights into Self-Induced Stochastic Resonance – Vortragender: Marius Yamakou, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg – Einladender: K.-H. Neeb

Abstract: How do biological neurons use stochastic noise to encode information deterministically? This talk considers a stochastic multiple-timescale dynamical system with a strong timescale separation modeling a biological neuron in the excitable state, i.e., where the zero-noise dynamics do not display a limit cycle nor even its precursor. Within the frameworks of Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory and Large Deviation Theory, I will establish, with high precision, the asymptotic matching conditions and locations under which and where a stochastic phase trajectory almost surely escapes from the normally hyperbolic parts of the critical manifold periodically, thereby inducing a limit cycle solution that is absent without noise. The analysis unveils a nuanced mechanism in neuroscience known as self-induced stochastic resonance, where stochastic noise is pivotal in optimizing the periodic processing of information within the neuron, revealing an intricate interplay between determinism and stochasticity.

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Date:
16. April 2024
Time:
16:30 – 17:30
Location:

Hörsaal H13, Cauerstr. 11, 91058 Erlangen

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Research Colloquia and Seminars