Publications & presentations
Preprints
"Spiking network model of A1 learns temporal filters with frequency preferences," Danielle Roedel and Braden A. W. Brinkman [biorxiv preprint]
"Non-perturbative renormalization group analysis of nonlinear spiking networks," Braden A. W. Brinkman [arxiv preprint]
Theoretical neuroscience publications
"Statistically inferred neuronal connections in subsampled neural networks strongly correlate with spike train covariance," Tong Liang and Braden A. W. Brinkman, Phys. Rev. E 109, 044404 (2024).
"Applications of information geometry to spiking neural network behavior," Jacob T. Crosser and Braden A. W. Brinkman, Phys. Rev. E 109, 024302 (2024).
“Evolution of innate behavioral strategies through competitive population dynamics,” Tong Liang and Braden A. W. Brinkman PLOS Computational Biology 18(3): e1009934 (2022).
“Metastable dynamics of neural circuits and networks,” Braden A. W. Brinkman, Han Yan, Arianna Maffei, Il Memming Park, Alfredo Fontanini, Jin Wang, & Giancarlo La Camera, Applied Physics Reviews 9, 011313 (2022). (open access)
“Dysregulation of excitatory neural firing replicates physiological and functional changes in aging visual cortex,” Seth Talyansky and Braden A. W. Brinkman, PLOS Computational Biology 17(1): e1008620 (2021). (open access). [Code].
“Predicting how and when hidden neurons skew measured synaptic interactions,” Braden A. W. Brinkman, Fred Rieke, Eric Shea-Brown, and Michael Buice, PLOS Computational Biology 14(10): e1006490 (2018). (open access). [Code]
“How Do Efficient Coding Strategies Depend on Origins of Noise in Neural Circuits?,” Braden A. W. Brinkman*, Alison I. Weber*, Fred Rieke**, and Eric Shea-Brown**, PLOS Computational Biology, 12(10): e1005150 (2016). (open access) *,** = equal contributions. [Code]
“Universal Critical Dynamics in High Resolution Neuronal Avalanche Data,” Nir Friedman, Shinya Ito, Braden A. W. Brinkman, Masanori Shimono, R. E. Lee DeVille, Karin A. Dahmen, John M. Beggs, and Thomas C. Butler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 208102 (2012). (pdf)
Competitively reviewed conference presentations
"Metastability in networks of nonlinear stochastic spiking neurons," Siddharth Paliwal, Gabe K. Ocker* and Braden A. W. Brinkman*, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Conference (2024). [poster coming soon]. *co-senior authors
"Neuromodulation as a path along the model manifold for spiking networks," Jacob T. Crosser and Braden A. W. Brinkman, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Conference (2022). [Poster + Digital Brief]
"A non-perturbative renormalization group analysis of strongly coupled spiking network models," Braden A. W. Brinkman, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Conference (2020) [Poster pdf].
"Effective synaptic interactions in subsampled nonlinear networks with strong coupling," Braden A. W. Brinkman, Fred Rieke, Eric Shea-Brown, and Michael Buice, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Conference (2017).
"How should neurons code in the presence of multiple competing noise sources?," Braden A. W. Brinkman*, Alison I. Weber*, Eric Shea-Brown**, and Fred Rieke**, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Conference (2015). *co-first authors, **co-senior authors
Recent talks & conference presentations
"Evolution of innate behavioral strategies through competitive population dynamics," Tong Liang and Braden A. W. Brinkman, Stony Brook University Institute for Advanced Computing Science (IACS) seminar series. (March 2021). [recording of talk available here]
"Non-perturbative renormalization group analysis of strongly coupled spiking network models," Braden A. W. Brinkman, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics: Workshop on the physics of neural circuits and network dynamics [recording of talk available on the Simons Center webpage here] [Cosyne 2020 poster pdf]. (January 2021)
"Building a computational model of aging in visual cortex," Seth Talyansky and Braden A. W. Brinkman, CNS 2019 poster presentation. (pdf) [See our 2021 paper, above!]
"Signal-to-noise ratio competes with neural bandwidth to shape efficient coding strategies," Braden A. W. Brinkman, Eric Shea-Brown, and Fred Rieke, CNS 2018 information theory workshop talk.
(underline = presenting author)
Dr. Brinkman's publications on non-equilibrium physics of disordered media
"Portevin-Le Chatelier mechanism in face-centered-cubic metallic alloys from low to high entropy," Che-Wei Tsai, Chi Lee, Po-Ting Lin, Xie Xie, Shuying Chen, Robert Carroll, Michael LeBlanc, Braden A. W. Brinkman, Peter K. Liaw, Karin A. Dahmen, Jien-Wei Yeh, International Journal of Plasticity (2019).
“Probabilistic model of waiting times between large failures in sheared media,” Braden A. W. Brinkman, Michael LeBlanc, Yehuda Ben-Zion, Jonathan T. Uhl, and Karin Dahmen, Phys. Rev. E 93, 013003 (2016). (pdf)
“Experiments and Model for Serration Statistics in Low-Entropy, Medium-Entropy, and High-Entropy Alloys,” Robert Carroll, Chi Lee, Che-Wei Tsai, Jien-Wei Yeh, James Antonaglia, Braden A. W. Brinkman, Michael LeBlanc, Xie Xie, Shuying Chen, Peter Liaw, and Karin Dahmen, Scientific Reports 5, 16997 (2015) (doi:10.1038/srep16997).
“Universal Quake Statistics: From Compressed Nanopillars to Earthquakes,” Jonathan T. Uhl, Shivesh Pathak, Danijel Schorlemmer, Xin Liu, Ryan Swindeman, Braden A. W. Brinkman, Michael LeBlanc, Georgios Tsekenis, Nir Friedman, Robert Behringer, Dmitry Denisov, Peter Schall, Xiaojun Gu, Wendelin J. Wright, Todd Hufnagel, Andrew Jennings, Julia R. Greer, P. K. Liaw, Thorsten Becker, Georg Dresen & Karin A. Dahmen, Scientific Reports 5, 16493 (2015) (doi:10.1038/srep16493) (open access).
“Probing failure susceptibilities of earthquake faults using small-quake tidal-correlations,” Braden A. W. Brinkman, Michael LeBlanc, Yehuda Ben-Zion, Jonathan T. Uhl, and Karin A. Dahmen, Nature Communications 6, 6157 (2015) (doi:10.1038/ncomms7157). (pdf, SI) [This paper was mentioned in a WIRED article about how the 2015 supermoon wasn't going to trigger any big earthquakes!]
“Reversible Disorder in a Room Temperature Ferromagnet,” Spencer L. Tomarken, Daniel M. Silevitch, Gabriel Aeppli, Braden A. W. Brinkman, Jian Xu, Karin A. Dahmen, and Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Advanced Functional Materials, doi: 10.1002/adfm.201303231 (2014). (preprint version)
“Tuning coupling: Discrete size changes in the runaway avalanche in disordered media,” Braden A. W. Brinkman and Karin A. Dahmen, Phys. Rev. E 84, 041129 (2011). (pdf)
“Temperature dependence of interlayer magnetoresistance in anisotropic layered metals,” Braden A. W. Brinkman and Malcolm P. Kennett, Phys. Rev. B 80, 094505 (2009). (pdf)