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Universidad de
Granada
GENIL VISITS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM
APPLICATION FORM
YOUNG TALENTED RESEARCHERS (Ref. GENIL-YTR)
Host researcher data:
Eva Martinez Ortigosa. Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnologia de los Computadores. UGR eva@atc.ugr.es
Applicant data:
Luca Leonardo Bologna. Adaptive NeuroComputation Group. CNRS - University Pierre&Marie Curie
luca.bologna@upmc.fr
Title of the project and a short summary (5 lines):
Studying the neural coding mechanisms underlying haptic perception in humans through a
neuromimetic closed-loop robotic system
The project aims at investigating the closed sensorimotor action-perception loop in humans during a Braille
reading task. With the help of a robotic platform we will build a framework in which signals from an artificial
fingertip will be converted into spiking activity and processed by higher level cerebral structures neuromimetically
modeled. This approach would help understanding the encoding/decoding of haptic signals at early stages of the
somatosensory pathway and the mechanisms underlying the movement dynamics experimentally observed
during blind Braille reading tasks.
Duration and period for the stay:
6 months, Feb - Aug, 2011
Universidad de
Granada
GENIL VISITS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM
Host researcher data:
Andres Godoy Medina. Departamento de Electrónica y Tecnología de los Computadores. UGR agodoy@ugr.es
Applicant data:
Alessando Pecchia. CNR-ISMN
pecchia@ing.uniroma2.it
"Montelibretti".
Università
di
Roma
'Tor
Vergata',
Roma.
Title of the project and a short summary (5 lines):
Electronic, transport and optical properties of Si/SiO2 nanostructures from atomistic simulations
We will analyze the electronic properties of silicon nanowires embedded on SiO2 from simulations based on
Density Functional Theory and Tight-Binding methods. Transport and optical properties will be explored by
means of Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions Techniques. This challenging project is strongly application-driven.
Duration and period for the stay:
1 month, Jun 2011
Universidad de
Granada
GENIL VISITS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM
Host researcher data:
María J. Cáceres Granados. Dept. Matemática Aplicada UGR. caceresg@ugr.es
Applicant data:
J. A. Cañizo. Dept. de Matemàtiques. U. Autònoma de Barcelona. canizo@mat.uab.es
Title of the project and a short summary (5 lines): Entropy techniques for growth-fragmentation equations
We plan to study the long time behavior for a family of growth-fragmentation equations, which has its original
motivation in a model for a group of cells undergoing growth and fragmentation, also employed in polymer
physics. In order to obtain our objectives we will try to developing suitable entropy and hypocoercivity
techniques.
Duration and period for the stay:
6 months, Sep 2011-Feb 2012
Universidad de
Granada
GENIL VISITS FOR RESEARCHERS PROGRAM
Host researcher data:
Prof. Dr. Pascual Jara Martínez. Departamento de Álgebra, UGR pjara@ugr.es
Applicant data:
Jorge Andrés Plazas Vargas. Department of Mathematics. University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
j.a.plazasvargas@uu.nl
Title of the project and a short summary (5 lines): From rings to arithmetic noncommutative spaces.
Study of rings by extending the framework of algebraic noncommutative geometry to an analytic framework.
Construction of embeddings of noncommutative rings into C*-algebras. Study of arithmetic properties of
noncommutative spaces arising from these embeddings via corresponding special values.
Duration and period for the stay:
6 months, Jan – Jun 2011