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PROF ANTHONY BURKITT



Contact Details

Organization: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Position: CHAIR OF BIO SIGNALS AND BIO-SYSTEMS
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Work: 49725
Room: 3.3
Level: 03
Building: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics The University of Edinburgh 31-Dec-1983
Bachelor of Science in Theoretical Physics The Australian National University 31-Dec-1979
Bachelor of Science in Psychology The Australian National University 31-Dec-1996

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member ANS - Australian Neuroscience Society Member ANS 15-Mar-1998
Member ASSTA - Australian Speech Science and Technology Society Member ASSTA 20-Apr-2002
Member IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Senior Member IEEE 10-Jun-2004
Member INNS - International Neural Networks Society Member INNS 21-Aug-1993

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Gain modulation and stability in biological neural systems Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
Temporal Pattern Learning and Recognition in Neural Systems Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
Individualized cochlear implant sound coding: Optimized algorithms for better hearing Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
COCHLEAR LIMITED		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
Extending Communication for Patients with Post-Coma Unresponsiveness Chief Investigator HELEN MACPHERSON SMITH TRUST Research Grants 02/08/2008
Improved bionic ears through a better understanding of human sound processing. Principal Supervisor NHMRC Scholarships 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
BIONIC EYE PARTNERSHIP Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 06/10/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Emergence of network structure due to spike-timing-dependent plasticity in recurrent neuronal networks. I. Input selectivity-strengthening correlated input pathways
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 101
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 81-102
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  • Emergence of network structure due to spike-timing-dependent plasticity in recurrent neuronal networks. II. Input selectivity—symmetry breaking
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 101
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 103-114
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  • Seizure detection using seizure probability estimation: Comparison of features used to detect seizures
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Annals of Biomedical Engineering
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 2129-2145
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  • Speech coding with traveling wave delays: Desynchronizing cochlear implant frequency bands with cochlea-like group delays
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Speech Communication
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1114-1123
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Paradigm for Epileptic Seizure Prediction Using a Coupled Oscillator Model of the Brain
    Year: 2009
    Event name: 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    Page numbers: 6428-6431
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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  • The Effect of Visual Cues on Melody Segregation
    Year: 2009
    Event name: 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference
    Page numbers: 228-232
    Publisher: INESC Porto(Porto)
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  • The Thalamocortical Circuit and the Generation of Epileptic Spikes in Rat Models of Focal Epilepsy
    Year: 2009
    Event name: 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    Page numbers: 1533-1536
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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Publications in 2008

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Correlation analysis of seizure detection features
    Year: 2008
    Event name: ISSNIP 2008. The 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
    Conference Publication: ISSNIP 2008. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
    Page numbers: 309-314
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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  • Traveling wave based group delays for cochlear implant speech processing
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Interspeech 2008 incorporating SST 2008
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Interspeech 2008 incorporating SST 2008
    Page numbers: 2207
    Publisher: International Speech Communication Association
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Spike-timing-dependent plasticity for neurons with recurrent connections
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 96
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 533-546
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Constraining Neural Microcircuits with Surrogate Physiological Data and Genetic Algorithms


    Year: 2007
    Event name: 16th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 16-25
    Publisher: CNS- Organization for Computational Neurosciences(San Diego)
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  • The Learning Dynamics of Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Recurrently Connected Networks


    Year: 2007
    Event name: 16th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 190-199
    Publisher: CNS- Organization for Computational Neurosciences(San Diego)
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  • Transmission of Spiking-rate Information Through Layered Networks: The Role of Recurrent and Feedback Connections


    Year: 2007
    Event name: 16th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 24-33
    Publisher: CNS- Organization for Computational Neurosciences(San Diego)
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  • Spike-timing dependent plasticity in recurrently connected networks with fixed external inputs
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2007)
    Conference Publication: 14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2007)
    Page numbers: 1-1
    Publisher: ICONIP 2007(Kitakyushu)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A review of the integrate-and-fire neuron model: I. Homogeneous synaptic input
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 95
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-19
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  • A review of the integrate-and-fire neuron model: II. Inhomogeneous synaptic input and network properties
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 97-112
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  • Learning the structure of correlated synaptic subgroups using stable and competitive spike-timing-dependent plasticity
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Physical Review E
    Volume: 73
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-14
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A scheme for temporal pattern recognition
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Fifteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Conference Publication: Fifteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
    Page numbers: 39
    Publisher: CNS- Organization for Computational Neurosciences(San Diego)
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  • The effect of stimulation rate on spectral acuity in cochlear implant users
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Eleventh Australasian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology (SST-2006)
    Conference Publication: Eleventh Australasian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology (SST-2006)
    Page numbers: 341-345
    Publisher: The University of Auckland(Auckland)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Dynamically adjustable contrast enhancement from cortical background activity
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Neurocomputing
    Volume: 65-66
    Page numbers: 633-639
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • An analytical model for the 'Large, Fluctuating Synaptic Conductance State' typical of neocortical neurons In Vivo
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Computational Neuroscience
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 159-175
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  • Spike-timing-dependent plasticity: The relationship to rate-based learning for models with weight dynamics determined by a stable fixed point
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Neural Computation
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 885-940
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  • Ventral Cochlear Nucleus Coding of Voice Onset Time in Naturally Spoken Syllables with An Initial Stop Consonant
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 190
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 37-59
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Cochlear Implant Speech Processing Strategy Based on an Auditory Model
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Workshop on Bioinspired Models, 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2004 Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks & Information Processing Conference
    Page numbers: 491-496
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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  • A Neural Circuit Model of the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology
    Page numbers: 539-544
    Publisher: Australian Speech Science and Technology Association(Canberra)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Gain modulation and balanced synaptic input in a conductance-based neural model
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Neurocomputing
    Volume: 52-54
    Page numbers: 221-226
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  • How synapses in the auditory system wax and wane: theoretical perspectives
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 89
    Page numbers: 318-332
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  • Study of neuronal gain in a conductance-based leaky integrate-and-fire neuron model with balanced excitatory and inhibitory synaptic input
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biological Cybernetics
    Volume: 89
    Page numbers: 119-125
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Adaptive Filter for Speech Enhancement using Poisson Rates from an Auditory Model
    Year: 2003
    Event name: The Eighth Western Pacific Acoustics Conference: WESPAC VIII
    Conference Publication: WESPAC VIII Conference Proceedings: Acoustics on the Move
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: Australian Acoustical Society(Sydney)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • An information-theoretic analysis of the coding of a periodic synaptic input by integrate-and-fire-neurons
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Neurocomputing
    Volume: 44-46
    Page numbers: 69-74
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  • Summation of spatiotemporal input patterns in leaky integrate-and-fire neurons: Application to neurons in the cochlear nucleus receiving converging auditory nerve fiber input
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Computational Neuroscience
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 55-73
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Modulation Poisson Rate Estimation for Doubly Stochastic Auditory Processes
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Ninth Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Ninth Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology
    Page numbers: 16-21
    Publisher: Australian Speech Science and Technology Association(Canberra)
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