Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., New York University 2016
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 21, 2019

    Quanta Magazine

    A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Computational neuroscience
  • Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Chariker, Logan, Robert Shapley, Michael Hawken, and Lai-Sang Young. “A Computational Model of Direction Selectivity in Macaque V1 Cortex Based on Dynamic Differences between On and Off Pathways.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 42, no. 16 (April 2022): 3365–80. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2145-21.2022.
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    • Chariker, Logan, and Joel L. Lebowitz. “Time evolution of a mean-field generalized contact process.” Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2022, no. 2 (February 1, 2022): 023502–023502. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/ac4985.
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    • Chariker, Logan, Robert Shapley, Michael Hawken, and Lai-Sang Young. “A theory of direction selectivity for macaque primary visual cortex.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 32 (August 10, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2105062118.
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    • Chariker, Logan, Robert Shapley, and Lai-Sang Young. “Contrast response in a comprehensive network model of macaque V1.” Journal of Vision 20, no. 4 (April 24, 2020): 16–16. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.4.16.
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    • Joglekar, Madhura R., Logan Chariker, Robert Shapley, and Lai-Sang Young. “A case study in the functional consequences of scaling the sizes of realistic cortical models.” Plos Computational Biology 15, no. 7 (July 2019): e1007198. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007198.
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    • Li, Yao, Logan Chariker, and Lai-Sang Young. “How well do reduced models capture the dynamics in models of interacting neurons?” Journal of Mathematical Biology 78, no. 1–2 (January 2019): 83–115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-018-1268-0.
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    • Chariker, Logan, Robert Shapley, and Lai-Sang Young. “Rhythm and Synchrony in a Cortical Network Model.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 38, no. 40 (October 2018): 8621–34. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0675-18.2018.
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    • Chariker, Logan, Robert Shapley, and Lai-Sang Young. “Orientation Selectivity from Very Sparse LGN Inputs in a Comprehensive Model of Macaque V1 Cortex.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 36, no. 49 (December 2016): 12368–84. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2603-16.2016.
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    • Chariker, Logan, and Lai-Sang Young. “Emergent spike patterns in neuronal populations.” Journal of Computational Neuroscience 38, no. 1 (February 2015): 203–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10827-014-0534-4.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • MATH 181: Math Everywhere: Mathematical Concepts and Reasoning in our Modern World 2023
  • MATH 353: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations 2022
  • MATH 753: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations 2022
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Emergent dynamics in a detailed, data-driven model of macaque visual cortex. Minisymposium on Inference and data-driven modeling of large, chaotic, and noisy systems. Dynamics Days Europe 2021. August 23, 2021 - August 27, 2021  2021
  • Mechanisms for gamma rhythm production in the brain. Modeling, Computation, Non-linearity, Randomness and Waves Seminar. University of Arizona, Program in Applied Mathematics.. November 2019  2019

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