{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf540 {\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0 \deftab720 \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural \f0\fs24 \cf0 Robert Livi\ \ "Collective dynamics in neural networks"\ \ Complex collective dynamics is found to emerge as a typical\ spatio-temporal manifestation of neural network evolution,\ whose unit elements are leaky integrate-and-fire neurons.\ We aim at describing and analyzing various scenarios, where\ nonlinearity, disorder and dynamical (in)stability cooperate\ as sources of regular or unpredictable evolution.}