Dr James Rankin
Senior Lecturer
(Streatham) 4673 or (Streatham) 5359
01392 724673 or 01392 725359
Overview
Office: Harrison 018 & Hope Hall 1.11. Use phone extension 4673
I am a Lecturer in Mathematical Biology at the University of Exeter doing research in mathematical and computational neuroscience. My research interests include dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, modelling of sensory cortex (auditory and visual), perceptual bistability and experiments in auditory perception (psychoacoustics).
Funding
Using touch to enhance auditory perception,
EPSRC Standard Grant (Healthcare Technologies), EP/W032422/1 £568K Oct 2022 - Aug 2025
with Mark Fletcher, University of Southampton (co-I); Torsten Dau and Jeremy Marozeau, Technical University of Denmark DTU (collaborators)
Neural oscillator network modelling of auditory stream segregation,
EPSRC New Investigator Award, EP/R03124X/1 £174K Oct 2018 - Aug 2021
Recent publications (2019-2022)
Darki F, Ferrario A, Rankin J. (2022) Hierarchical processing underpins competition in tactile perceptual bistability, bioRxiv preprint
Chavane F, Perrinet LU, Rankin J. (2022) Revisiting horizontal connectivity rules in V1: from like-to-like towards like-to-all, Brain Structure and Function; special issue
Rankin J, Rinzel J. (2022) Attentional control via synaptic gain mechanisms in auditory streaming, Brain Research; special issue
Ferrario A, Rankin J. (2021) Cascades of Periodic Solutions in a Neural Circuit With Delays and Slow-Fast Dynamics
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics; special issue
Ferrario A, Rankin J. (2021) Auditory streaming emerges from fast excitation and slow delayed inhibition,
The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience; github
Darki F, Rankin J. (2021) Perceptual rivalry with vibrotactile stimuli,
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics; github
Darki F, Rankin J. (2020) Methods to assess binocular rivalry with periodic stimuli,
The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience; github
Rankin J, Rinzel J. (2019) Computational models of auditory perception from feature extraction to stream segregation and behavior,
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Byrne A, Rinzel J, Rankin J. (2019) Auditory streaming and bistability paradigm extended to a dynamic environment,
Hearing Research; github
Galvis D, Walsh D, Harries L, Latorre E, Rankin J. (2019) A dynamical systems model for the measurement of cellular senescence,
Journal of The Royal Society Interface; github
Perez A, Ashwin P, Huguet G, Seara TM, Rankin J. (2019) The uncoupling limit of identical Hopf bifurcations with an application to perceptual bistability,
The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience
Rankin J, Rinzel J. (2019) Computational Models of Auditory Stream Segregation,
Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience; book
Software and experimental data
Simulation code and experimental data for the Neuromechanistic Model of Auditory Streaming presented in three papers (2015, 2017, 2019) is available at the following github repository.
Simulation code and experimental data for the Dynamical Systems Model of Cellular Senescence (2019) is available at the following github repository.
Simulation code for the Neural Field Model of Orientation Selectivity in V1 (2017) is available at the following github repository.
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr Farzaneh Darki working on EPSRC-funded project "Using touch to enhance auditory perception" Oct 2022 - present
Dr Andrea Ferrario previously working on EPSRC-funded project "Neural oscillator network modelling of auditory stream segregation" Dec 2018 - Apr 2022
PGR students
Dr Farzaneh Darki; Graduated 2022, thesis. PhD student working on "Neural dynamics of perceptual competition" co-supervised by Pete Ashwin
Curtis Alcock; Graduated 2021, thesis. Masters by Research student working on "Network Effects Of Reduced Audibility (NEORA) and its Significance for Cognitive Decline" co-supervised by Marc Goodfellow
Asim Alwafi, PhD student working on "Applications of delay differential equations", co-superviser with Jan Sieber
Wolf Byttner, Masters by Research student working on "Determination of parameter dependencies across diverse populations of neuro-endocrine cells", co-superviser with Joel Tabak
Former clinical secondee
Yusur Al-Nuaimi working on "Connectivity within human skin: predictive modelling of hair loss patterns in Primary Cicatricial Alopecia"
Project students
Kirra Spillings working on "Dynamics of Coupled Bistable Units with Application to Bistable Perception"
Josephine Hoesel working on "Probabilistic and Dynamic Models in Bistable Perception" co-supervised with Jen Creaser
Previous project students
Thomas Lowe working on "A computational study of frequency-learning in neural oscillators - neural populations" co-supervised with Dr Andrea Ferrario
Sam Renton working on "A computational study of frequency-learning in neural oscillators - single neurons and STDP" co-supervised with Dr Andrea Ferrario
Jakub Onysk worked on "Auditory Streaming with Noise-Band Sounds" (summer 2018) and on "Adaptation in Neural Decoding of Bistable Sounds from MEG Data" (summer 2019)
Andrew Cox worked on "Computational modelling of neural populations encoding visual motion" (2018-2019 academic year)
Jo Fisher working on "Dynamical systems modelling of hair growth in health and disease" (2018-2019 academic year) co-supervised with Marc Goodfellow and Yusur Al-Nuaimi
Publications
Copyright Notice: Any articles made available for download are for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the copyright holder.
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
2022
- Chavane F, Perrinet LU, Rankin J. (2022) Revisiting horizontal connectivity rules in V1: from like-to-like towards like-to-all, Brain Structure and Function, volume 227, no. 4, pages 1279-1295, DOI:10.1007/s00429-022-02455-4. [PDF]
- Darki F. (2022) Neural dynamics of perceptual competition.
- Rankin J, Rinzel J. (2022) Attentional control via synaptic gain mechanisms in auditory streaming, Brain Res, volume 1778, DOI:10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147720. [PDF]
2021
- Ferrario A, Rankin J. (2021) Cascades of Periodic Solutions in a Neural Circuit With Delays and Slow-Fast Dynamics, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, volume 7, DOI:10.3389/fams.2021.716288.
- Ferrario A, Rankin J. (2021) Auditory streaming emerges from fast excitation and slow delayed inhibition, The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, volume 11, no. 1, article no. 8, DOI:10.1186/s13408-021-00106-2. [PDF]
2020
- Darki F, Rankin J. (2020) Perceptual rivalry with vibrotactile stimuli, DOI:10.1101/2020.09.17.301358. [PDF]
- Darki F, Rankin J. (2020) Methods to assess binocular rivalry with periodic stimuli, Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, volume 10, no. 1, DOI:10.1186/s13408-020-00087-8.
2019
- Pérez-Cervera A, Ashwin P, Huguet G, Seara TM, Rankin J. (2019) The uncoupling limit of identical Hopf bifurcations with an application to perceptual bistability, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1901.07283.
- Rankin J, Rinzel J. (2019) Computational Models of Auditory Stream Segregation, Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience, Springer New York, 1-6, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_100685-1. [PDF]
- Galvis D, Walsh D, Harries LW, Latorre E, Rankin J. (2019) A dynamical systems model for the measurement of cellular senescence, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, volume 16, article no. 159, DOI:10.1098/rsif.2019.0311.
- Byrne Á, Rinzel J, Rankin J. (2019) Auditory streaming and bistability paradigm extended to a dynamic environment, Hearing Research, volume 383, DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2019.107807.
- Rankin J, Rinzel J. (2019) Computational models of auditory perception from feature extraction to stream segregation and behavior, Curr Opin Neurobiol, volume 58, pages 46-53, DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2019.06.009. [PDF]
- Pérez-Cervera A, Ashwin P, Huguet G, Seara TM, Rankin J. (2019) The uncoupling limit of identical Hopf bifurcations with an application to perceptual bistability. [PDF]
2017
- Rankin J, Chavane F. (2017) Neural field model to reconcile structure with function in primary visual cortex, PLOS Computational Biology, volume 13, no. 10, pages e1005821-e1005821, DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005821. [PDF]
- Medathati NVK, Rankin J, Meso AI, Kornprobst P, Masson GS. (2017) Recurrent network dynamics reconciles visual motion segmentation and integration, Scientific Reports, volume 7, no. 1, article no. 11270, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-11373-z. [PDF]
- Li H-H, Rankin J, Rinzel J, Carrasco M, Heeger DJ. (2017) Attention model of binocular rivalry, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, volume 114, no. 30, pages E6192-E6201, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1620475114. [PDF]
- Rankin J, Osinga HM. (2017) Parameter-dependent behaviour of periodic channels in a locus of boundary crisis, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS, volume 226, no. 9, pages 1739-1750, DOI:10.1140/epjst/e2017-70048-x. [PDF]
- Rankin J, Osborn Popp PO, Rinzel J. (2017) Stimulus pauses and perturbations differentially delay or promote the segregation of auditory objects: psychoacoustics and modeling, Frontiers in Neuroscience, volume 11, pages 198-198, DOI:10.3389/fnins.2017.00198.
2016
- Meso AI, Rankin J, Faugeras O, Kornprobst P, Masson GS. (2016) The relative contribution of noise and adaptation to competition during tri-stable motion perception, Journal of Vision, volume 16, no. 15, pages 6-6, DOI:10.1167/16.15.6. [PDF]
- Sharpee TO, Destexhe A, Kawato M, Sekulić V, Skinner FK, Wójcik DK, Chintaluri C, Cserpán D, Somogyvári Z, Kim JK. (2016) 25th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS-2016, BMC Neurosci, volume 17 Suppl 1, no. Suppl 1, DOI:10.1186/s12868-016-0283-6. [PDF]
2015
- Rankin J, Sussman E, Rinzel J. (2015) Neuromechanistic Model of Auditory Bistability, PLOS Computational Biology, volume 11, no. 11, pages e1004555-e1004555, DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004555. [PDF]
2014
- Rankin J, Avitabile D, Baladron J, Faye G, Lloyd DJB. (2014) Continuation of Localized Coherent Structures in Nonlocal Neural Field Equations, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, volume 36, no. 1, pages B70-B93, DOI:10.1137/130918721. [PDF]
2013
- Rankin J, Meso AI, Masson GS, Faugeras O, Kornprobst P. (2013) Bifurcation study of a neural field competition model with an application to perceptual switching in motion integration, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, volume 36, no. 2, pages 193-213, DOI:10.1007/s10827-013-0465-5. [PDF]
- Faye G, Rankin J, J B Lloyd D. (2013) Localized radial bumps of a neural field equation on the Euclidean plane and the Poincaré disc, Nonlinearity, volume 26, no. 2, pages 437-478, DOI:10.1088/0951-7715/26/2/437. [PDF]
2012
- Faye G, Rankin J, Chossat P. (2012) Localized states in an unbounded neural field equation with smooth firing rate function: a multi-parameter analysis, Journal of Mathematical Biology, volume 66, no. 6, pages 1303-1338, DOI:10.1007/s00285-012-0532-y. [PDF]
- Rankin J, Tlapale É, Veltz R, Faugeras O, Kornprobst P. (2012) Bifurcation analysis applied to a model of motion integration with a multistable stimulus, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, volume 34, no. 1, pages 103-124, DOI:10.1007/s10827-012-0409-5. [PDF]
- Rankin J, Walker JJ, Windle R, Lightman SL, Terry JR. (2012) Characterizing dynamic interactions between ultradian glucocorticoid rhythmicity and acute stress using the phase response curve, PLoS One, volume 7, no. 2, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0030978. [PDF]
2011
- Osinga HM, Rankin J. (2011) Two-parameter locus of boundary crisis: Mind the gaps!, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems- Series A, no. SUPPL, pages 1148-1157.
- Rankin J, Desroches M, Krauskopf B, Lowenberg M. (2011) Canard cycles in aircraft ground dynamics, Nonlinear Dynamics, volume 66, no. 4, pages 681-688, DOI:10.1007/s11071-010-9940-y. [PDF]
2010
- Rankin J, Krauskopf B, Lowenberg M, Coetzee E. (2010) Operational Parameter Study of Aircraft Dynamics on the Ground, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, volume 5, no. 2, DOI:10.1115/1.4000797. [PDF]
- Rankin J, Krauskopf B, Lowenberg M, Coetzee E. (2010) Nonlinear Analysis of Lateral Loading During Taxiway Turns, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, volume 33, no. 6, pages 1708-1717, DOI:10.2514/1.50626. [PDF]
2009
- Rankin J, Coetzee E, Krauskopf B, Lowenberg M. (2009) Bifurcation and Stability Analysis of Aircraft Turning on the Ground, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, volume 32, no. 2, pages 500-511, DOI:10.2514/1.37763. [PDF]