In memoriam: Naftali Tishby Lab

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Prof. Naftali Tishby passes away at the age of 68
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Ruth & Stan Flinkman Family Endowment Fund Chair in Brain Research
Tishby's Lab

NEWS

The 2019 IBT Award in Mathematical Neuroscience – THANKS!

Our Information Bottleneck Theory of Deep Learning has recently been noticed – at last!

See the Quanta-Magazine article on our work and my June 2017 Berlin Deep Learning Workshop talk which triggered it.

A longer talk given at Yandex, Moscow, October 10, 2017.

Recent & popular talks

ACDL, Siena, July 2019
MPI, Gottingen, July 2019
ISIT, Paris, July 2019
CBMM, Italy, June 2019
Gatsby triCenter meeting, London, June 2019
IPAM, Geometry of Big Data, UCLA, May 2019
Columbia University Economics, May 2019
IMVC, Tel-Aviv, April 2019 
CERN, Geneva, ML for HEP, April 2019
BrainTech, Tel-Aviv, March 2019
ICERM, Brown University, February 2019
Deep Learning & the Brain, ELSC, Jerusalem, January 2019
Directions in Theoretical Physics, Edinburgh, January 2019
Statistical Physics and Machine Learning: A 30 Year Perspectives, APS Physics Next Workshop, October 2018
Part I of a Mini-Course on The Information Theory of Deep Learning, ICTP, Trieste, November 2018
Part II of a Mini-Course on The Information Theory of Deep Learning, ICTP, Trieste, November 2018
Part III of a Mini-Course on The Information Theory of Deep Learning, ICTP, Trieste, November 2018
“What Makes Us Human: From Genes to Machines”, June 6, 2018, Jerusalem.
A Talk at the Israel Academy of Science, June 6, 2018, Jerusalem 
Interview on the future of Artificial Intelligence, The AI Summit, Berlin, June 2018.
Interview at SISSA , Trieste, Italy, before my physics colloquium, May 2018.
Perimeter Institute Physics Colloquium, Waterloo, Canada, April 2018.
Stanford CSE Colloquium, April 4, 2018.
Simons Institute, Berkeley, Public talk, April 9, 2018.
Simons Institute, Berkeley, “Brain & Computation program”, March 2018.
Human creativity, Music & Deep Learning, BIU, Nov. 29, 2017. 
The Synergy between Information and Control
שבוע אמנות ומוח 2016 דוד גרוסמן ופרופ’ נפתלי תשבי בדיאלוג על מוח, מחשבה, דמיון ויצירה

My Current Lab:

Selected Research Projects

We work at the interface between computer science, physics, and biology which provides some of the most challenging problems in today’s science and technology. We focus on organizing computational principles that govern information processing in biology, at all levels. To this end, we employ and develop methods that stem from statistical physics, information theory and computational learning theory, to analyze biological data and develop biologically inspired algorithms that can account for the observed performance of biological systems. We hope to find simple yet powerful computational mechanisms that may characterize evolved and adaptive systems, from the molecular level to the whole computational brain and interacting populations. An example is the Information Bottleneck method that provides a general principle for extracting relevant structure in multivariate data, characterizes complex processes, and suggests a general approach for understanding optimal adaptive biological behavior

Oren Peles, Uri Werner-Reiss, Hagai Bergman, Zvi Israel, Eilon Vaadia

Cell Reports Volume 30, Issue 8 (2020)

Ben Engelhard, Ran Darshan, Nofar Ozeri-Engelhard, Zvi Israel, Uri Werner-Reiss, David Hansel, Hagai Bergman, Eilon Vaadia

bioRxiv (2019)

Lalazar, H. Abbott, L. and Vaadia, E.

Cosyne (2016)

Josef Musil, Darron Haylock, Matthew Hayhurst, Samuel Wilkinson, Xavier De Kestelier, Eilon Vaadia

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 (2016)

Lalazar, H, Abbott LF, Vaadia E.

PLoS computational biology, Volume: 12, Issue: 5, e1004910 (2016)

Ben, E, Eilon V.

Front Syst. Neuros, Volume: 8, Issue: 165 (2014)

Taubman H, Vaadia E, Paz R, Chechik G.

J Neurophysiol. 109(11):2842-51 (2013)

Engelhard B, Ozeri N, Israel Z, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Neuron; 77(2):361-75 (2013)

Levy-Tzedek S, Novick I, Arbel R, Abboud S, Maidenbaum S, Vaadia E, Amedi A.

Sci Rep. 2012;2:949 (2012)

Zach N. Inbar D., Grinvald, Y. and Vaadia, E.

PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32986. (2012)

Rosin B, Slovik M, Mitelman R, Rivlin-Etzion M, Haber SN, Israel Z, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Neuron, 72(2), 370-384 (2011)

Novick I, Vaadia E.

PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26020. (2011)

Braun DA, Aertsen A, Paz R, Vaadia E, Rotter S, Mehring C.

Front Comput Neurosci. 2011; 5: 27. (2011)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Paz R, Link Y, Freeman S, Vaadia E.

Journal of Neuroscience 5 January 2011, 31 (1) 300-313 (2011)

15. Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E.

Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (34) 12377-12384; (2011)

Fritzie Arce, Itai Novick, Yael Mandelblat-Cerf, Zvi Israel, Claude Ghez and Eilon Vaadia

Journal of Neuroscience 14 April 2010, 30 (15) 5415-5425 (2010)

Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E.

J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 30;30(26):8897-905 (2010)

Arce F, Novick I, Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Vaadia E.

J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 7;30(27):9189-98 (2010)

22. Birbaumer N and Vaadia E.

Neuroscience (2009)

Arce F, Novick I, Shahar M, Link Y, Ghez C, Vaadia E.

PLoS ONE. 4(1):e4214. Epub 2009 (2009)

Joshua, M, Adler A, Rosin B, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Journal of neurophysiology, Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages 758-772 (2009)

Eilon Vaadia, and Niels Birbaumer

Front Neurosci. 2009 Sep; 3(2): 151–154 (2009)

Joshua M, Adler A, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Wickens JR, Bergman H.

Neuron. 62(5):695-704 (2009)

Amir Globerson, Eran Stark, Eilon Vaadia, and Naftali Tishby

PNAS March 3, 2009 106 (9) 3490-3495; (2009)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Paz R, Vaadia E.

J Neurosci. 2009 Dec 2;29(48):15053-62 (2009)

Neta Zach, Dorrit Inbar, Yael Grinvald, Hagai Bergman and Eilon Vaadia

Journal of Neuroscience 17 September 2008, 28 (38) 9545-9556; (2008)

Rivlin-Etzion M, Marmor O, Saban G, Rosin B, Haber SN, Vaadia E, Prut Y, Bergman H.

J Neurosci. 2008 Jan 16;28(3):633-49. (2008)

Lalazar H, Vaadia E.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2008 Dec;18(6):573-81. (2008)

Morris, Nevet, Arkadir, Vaadia and Bergman

Nature Neuroscience volume 9, pages 1057–1063 (2006)

Paz R, Nathan C, Boraud T, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Exp Brain Res. 2005 Feb;161(2):209-19. (2005)

Rony Paz, Chen Natan, Thomas Boraud, Hagai Bergman and Eilon Vaadia

Journal of Neuroscience 23 November 2005, 25 (47) 10941-10951; (2005)

Rickert J, Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Aertsen A, Rotter S, Mehring C.

J Neurosci. 2005 Sep 28;25(39):8815-24. (2005)

Zach N, Kanarek N, Inbar D, Grinvald Y, Milestein T, Vaadia E.

Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Nov;22(9):2357-62. (2005)

Shpigelman L, Singer Y, Paz R, Vaadia E.

Neural Comput. 2005 Mar;17(3):671-90. (2005)

Shpigelman, L. Crammer K., Paz, R., Vaadia E. And Singer Y

Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) (2004)

Morris G, Arkadir D, Nevet A, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Neuron. 43(1):133-43. (2004)

Mehring C, Nawrot MP, de Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Schulze-Bonhage A, Aertsen A, Ball T.

J Physiol Paris. 2004 Jul-Nov;98(4-6):498-506. (2004)

Arkadir D, Morris G, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 10;24(45):10047-56. (2004)

Goldberg JA, Rokni U, Boraud T, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

J Neurosci. 2004 Jun 30;24(26):6003-10. (2004)

Rony Paz, Steven P Wise, Eilon Vaadia

Trends in Neurosciences Volume 27, Issue 8, 1 August 2004, Pages 496-503 (2004)

Uri Rokni; Orna Steinberg; Eilon Vaadia; Haim Sompolinsky

J Neurosci. 2003 Dec 17;23(37):11577-86. (2003)

Mehring C., Rickert J., Vaadia E., Cardoso de Oliveira S., Aertsen A., Rotter S

1st International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Neural Engineering (2003)

Mehring C, Rickert J, Vaadia E, Cardosa de Oliveira S, Aertsen A, Rotter S.

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Dec;6(12):1253-4. Epub 2003 Nov 21. (2003)

Paz R, Boraud T, Natan C, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Aug;6(8):882-90. (2003)

Goldberg JA, Boraud T, Maraton S, Haber SN, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

J Neurosci. 2002 Jun 1;22(11):4639-53. (2002)

Steinberg O, Donchin O, Gribova A, Cardosa de Oliveira S, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Eur J Neurosci. 2002 Apr;15(8):1371-80. (2002)

Donchin O, Gribova A, Steinberg O, Mitz AR, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

J Neurophysiol. 2002 Dec;88(6):3498-517. (2002)

A. Gribova, O. Donchin, H. Bergman, E. Vaadia, S. Cardoso de Oliveira

Experimental Brain Research October 2002, Volume 146, Issue 3, pp 322–335 (2002)

Raz A, Frechter-Mazar V, Feingold A, Abeles M, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

J Neurosci. 2001 Feb 1;21(3):RC128. (2001)

Bar-Gad I, Ritov Y, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

J Neurosci Methods. 2001 May 30;107(1-2):1-13. (2001)

O. Donchin, A. Gribova, O. Steinberg, H. Bergman, Cardoso S. de Oliveira, E. Vaadia

Experimental Brain Research 140(1):46-55 (2001)

Cardoso de Oliveira S, Gribova A, Donchin O, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Eur J Neurosci. 2001 Dec;14(11):1881-96. (2001)

Vaadia E.

Nature. 2000 Jun 1;405(6786):523-5. (2000)

Martignon L, Deco G, Laskey K, Diamond M, Freiwald W, Vaadia E.

Neural Comput. 2000 Nov;12(11):2621-53. (2000)

Slovin H, Abeles M, Vaadia E, Haalman I, Prut Y, Bergman H.

J Neurophysiol. 1999 Feb;81(2):858-74. (1999)

Donchin O, de Oliveira SC, Vaadia E.

Neuron. 1999 May;23(1):15-8. (1999)

Prut Y, Vaadia E, Bergman H, Haalman I, Slovin H, Abeles M.

J Neurophysiol. 1998 Jun;79(6):2857-74. (1998)

Haalman I, Vaadia E.

Z Naturforsch C. 1998 Jul-Aug;53(7-8):657-69. (1998)

Reimann S, Fuster JM, Gierer A, Mayer-Kress G, Neumann T, Roelfsema P, Rotter S, Schöner G, Stephan A, Vaadia E, Walter H.

Z Naturforsch C. 1998 Jul-Aug;53(7-8):770-4. (1998)

Reimann S, Fuster JM, Gierer A, Mayer-Kress G, Neumann T, Roelfsema P, Rotter S, Schöner G, Stephan A, Vaadia E, Walter H.

Z Naturforsch C. 1998 Jul-Aug;53(7-8):770-4. (1998)

Ehud Ahissar, Moshe Abeles, Merav Ahissar, Sebastian Haidarliu, Eilon Vaadia

Neuropharmacology 37(4-5):633-55 (1998)

Bergman H, Feingold A, Nini A, Raz A, Slovin H, Abeles M, Vaadia E.

Trends Neurosci. 1998 Jan;21(1):32-8. (1998)

Donchin O, Gribova A, Steinberg O, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Nature. 1998 Sep 17;395(6699):274-8. (1998)

Martignon L., Lasky K., Deco, G. and Vaadia E

MIT Press, vol. 9, pp: 76-81 (1997)

Raz A, Feingold A, Zelanskaya V, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

J Neurophysiol; 76(3):2083-8. (1996J Neurophysiol; 76(3):2083-8.)

Vaadia E, Aertsen A, Nelken I.

Proc Biol Sci. 1995 Sep 22;261(1362):407-10. (1995)

Abeles M, Bergman H, Gat I, Meilijson I, Seidemann E, Tishby N, Vaadia E.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Sep 12;92(19):8616-20. (1995)

Vaadia E, Haalman I, Abeles M, Bergman H, Prut Y, Slovin H, Aertsen A.

Nature. 1995 Feb 9;373(6514):515-8. (1995)

Nelken I, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M.

Hear Res. 1994 Jan;72(1-2):237-53. (1994)

Nelken I, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M.

Hear Res. 1994 Jan;72(1-2):206-22. (1994)

Abeles M, Prut Y, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Prog Brain Res. 1994;102:395-404. (1994)

Abeles M, Bergman H, Margalit E, Vaadia E.

J Neurophysiol. 1993 Oct;70(4):1629-38. (1993)

Ahissar E, Vaadia E, Ahissar M, Bergman H, Arieli A, Abeles M.

Science. 1992 Sep 4;257(5075):1412-5. (1992)

Aertsen A, Vaadia E, Abeles M, Ahissar E, Bergman H, Karmon B, Lavner Y, Margalit E, Nelken I, Rotter S.

J Hirnforsch. 1991;32(6):735-43. (1991)

Nelken I, Vaadia E.

Biol Cybern. 1990;64(1):51-60. (1990)

Vaadia E, Bergman H, Abeles M.

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 1989 Jan;36(1):25-35. (1989)

Gottlieb Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M.

Exp Brain Res. 1989;74(1):139-48. (1989)

Vaadia E, Kurata K, Wise SP.

Somatosens Mot Res. 1988;6(2):207-30. (1988)

Vaadia E, Abeles M.

Isr J Med Sci. 1987 Jan-Feb;23(1-2):75-83. (1987)

Vaadia E, Benson DA, Hienz RD, Goldstein MH Jr.

J Neurophysiol. 1986 Oct;56(4):934-52. (1986)

Frostig RD, Gottlieb Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M.

Brain Res. 1983 Aug 8;272(2):211-21. (1983)

Vaadia E, Gottlieb Y, Abeles M.

J Neurophysiol. 1982 Nov;48(5):1201-13. (1982)

At this time there are no available positions in the lab.

Eilon Vaadia

Professor Emeritus

Address: The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building,
Level 2, Room 1205, Edmond J. Safra Campus,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401

“Working memory”