FANGWEN YU

Understanding Cognition in the Human Brain Project

Imagine an apple — its greenness, sour taste and its fresh, crisp crunch; how does the brain create a representation of such an apple?

This is one of the questions the Human Brain Project (HBP) is asking. To better understand …

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Brief News of Cognitive Navigation (2017-003)

1. How the brain keeps time

by Anne Trafton December 4, 2017

  • McGovern neuroscientists discover networks of neurons that stretch or compress their activity to control timing.
  • Timing is critical for playing a musical instrument, swinging a baseball bat, and
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Brief News of Cognitive Navigation (2017-002)

1. This Autonomous Quadrotor Swarm Doesn’t Need GPS

By Evan Ackerman  Posted 27 Dec 2017 

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Brief News of Cognitive Navigation (2017-001)

  1. Neuroscience-inspired Data Compression

         By Prof. Michael Milford  Dec 21, 2017

  • A project: An infinitely scalable learning and recognition network. The idea at the core of the project is to combine neuroscience and machine learning to develop new data compression techniques,
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How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do

Reading in the special holiday.

I read the report again, titled How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do, which is very great paper for  inspiration and improving my own skill.

Merry Christmas!

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Vision Tool: Single Axis Rotation Angle Measurement Toolbox Using a Camera and a Checkboard

Single Axis Rotation Angle Measurement Toolbox

Using a Camera and a Checkboard

Hongxin Dong, Qiang Fu, Xu Zhao, Quan Quan and Ruifeng Zhang

       This is a MATLAB toolbox (download) for angle measurement. The toolbox can be used to …

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10 Rules of Studying

From the course website of Learning How to Learn  @ Dr. Barbara Oakley  Dr. Terrence Sejnowski

These rules form a synthesis of some of the main ideas of the course–they are excerpted from the book A Mind for Numbers:

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