Ann M. Hermundstad, Olivier Marre, Stephanie Palmer, Michael J. Berry II, Vijay Balasubramanian, and Gasper Tkacik (2014), Retina encodes information in syngeristic bursts, in preparation.
Kamesh Krishnamurthy, Ann M. Hermundstad, Thierry Mora, Aleksandra Walczak, Venkatesh Murthy, Charles F. Stevens, Vijay Balasubramanian, The functional role of randomness in olfactory processing, in preparation.
Ann M. Hermundstad, John J. Briguglio, Mary M. Conte, Jonathan D. Victor, Vijay Balasubramanian, and Gasper Tkacik (2014), Variance predicts salience in central sensory processing, eLife, in press [manuscript]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Kevin S. Brown, Danielle S. Bassett, Elissa M. Aminoff, Christine M. Tipper, Arianne Johnson, Michael B. Miller, Scott T. Grafton, and Jean M. Carlson (2014), Structurally-constrained relationships between cognitive states in the human brain, PLoS Comput. Biol. 10(5):e1003591, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003591 [manuscript] [supplement]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Danielle S. Bassett, Kevin S. Brown, Elissa M. Aminoff, Scott Freeman, Daniel Clewett, Christine M. Tipper, Arianne Johnson, Michael B. Miller, Scott T. Grafton, and Jean M. Carlson (2013), Structural foundations of resting-state and task-based functional connectivity in the human brain, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110(15):6169--6174, doi:10.1073/pnas.1219562110. [manuscript] [supplement]
Ann M. Hermundstad (2012), Expeditions in neurocartography: mappings between structural and functional pathways in artificial and cognitive neural systems, PhD Thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara. [thesis]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Kevin S. Brown, Danielle S. Bassett, and Jean M. Carlson (2011), Learning, memory, and the role of neural network architecture, PLoS Comput. Biol. 7(6):e1002063, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002063. [manuscript]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Eric G. Daub, and Jean M. Carlson (2010), Energetics of strain localization in a model of seismic slip, J. Geophys. Res., 115:B06320-1--9, doi:10.1029/2009JB006960. [manuscript]
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Ann M. Hermundstad, and Lincoln D. Carr (2007), Ultracold bosons in a tilted multilevel doublewell potential, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99(20):200402-1--4, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.200402 [manuscript]
Ann M. Hermundstad, John J. Briguglio, Mary M. Conte, Jonathan D. Victor, Vijay Balasubramanian, and Gasper Tkacik (2013), Natural scene statistics relate to perceptual salience of second-, third-, and fourth-order spatial correlations, BMC Neuroscience, 14(Suppl. 1):P16, doi:10.1186/1471-2202-14-S1-P16. [abstract]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Kevin S. Brown, Danielle S. Bassett, and Jean M. Carlson (2011), Structural Drivers of Function in Information Processing Networks, Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. [conference paper]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Kevin S. Brown, Danielle S. Bassett, and Jean M. Carlson (2011), Architectural constraints on learning and memory function, BMC Neuroscience, 12(Suppl. 1):P31, doi:10.1186/1471-2202-12-S1-P31. [abstract]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Olivier Marre, Stephanie Palmer, Michael J. Berry II, Gasper Tkacik, and Vijay Balasubramanian, Adaptation of intrinsic circuit correlations and synergy in retinal synchrony, CoSyNe Annual Meeting 2014 [poster]
Kamesh Krishnamurthy, Ann M. Hermundstad, Thierry Mora, Aleksandra Walczak, Venkatesh Murthy, Charles F. Stevens, Vijay Balasubramanian, The functional role of randomness in olfactory processing, CoSyNe Annual Meeting 2014 [poster]
Ann M. Hermundstad, John J. Briguglio, Mary M. Conte, Jonathan D. Victor, Gasper Tkacik, and Vijay Balasubramanian, Natural scene statistics relate to perceptual salience of second-, third-, and fourth-order spatial correlations, CNS Annual Meeting 2013 [poster]
Ann M. Hermundstad, Kevin S. Brown, Danielle S. Bassett, and Jean M. Carlson, Architectural constraints on learning and memory function, CNS Annual Meeting 2011 [poster].
Daniel J. Balick, Anne W. Collins, Ann M. Hermundstad, Elizabeth Gwinn, Wendy Ibsen, and Fiona Goodchild, The School for Scientific Thought: Graduate Student Designed Courses on Current Research for High School Students, AAAS Annual Meeting 2010 [poster].
Ann M. Hermundstad, Eric G. Daub, and Jean M. Carlson, Energetics of Strain Localization in a Model of Seismic Slip, SCEC Annual Meeting 2009 [poster].
I was a scientific editorial advisor on the forthcoming undergraduate textbook "Physical Models of Living Systems" by Philip Nelson. For an overview of the approach and contents of the book, click here.
Hermundstad et al. PNAS 2013 was recently highlighted in a Science review on structural and functional brain networks: Structural and Functional Brain Networks: From Connections to Cognition, by Karl Friston and Hae-Jeong Park. [review]
Hermundstad et al. PNAS 2013 was covered in a recent press release: UCSB Neuroscientists Study Connectivity in the Human Brain: White matter functions like cable networks to connect different brain areas. [press release]