Brian S. Robinson

The paper investigates the computational role of recurrent connections in the insect mushroom body using a connectome-constrained model, finding they enable point attractor dynamics and dimensionality reduction.

The paper introduces a computational model of generative replay in fruit fly mushroom bodies to improve continual learning, showing a 20% performance increase on CIFAR-100.

The paper develops a neural model constrained by insect connectivity to perform sensor fusion and online learning for orientation estimation during translation, showing its viability in robotic systems.