Pulin Gong

Dr. Pulin Gong is an Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on understanding the self-organizing mechanisms of neural circuits' spatiotemporal dynamics and their computational principles. He investigates distributed dynamic computation via propagating neural waves, irregular neural activity variability, and coherent spatiotemporal patterns in large-scale neural data. His work combines experimental and computational approaches to unravel neural coding principles.

Research interests include:

• Distributed dynamic computation (e.g., visual feature integration)
• Irregular neural dynamics and membrane potential fluctuations
• Coherent spatiotemporal wave patterns (e.g., spiral waves)

Recent projects involve analyzing cortical wave patterns in mice and primates, fractional neural sampling, and Lévy walk dynamics in neural systems. Collaborators include institutions like Fudan University and Kyoto University.

Current research student: Andrew LY, working on cortico-cortical loop dynamics and AI applications.