Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience.
September 13 - October 9, 1998
Daily Schedule
Weekdays were divided into two parts: Two lectures were scheduled each morning, with each week lectures on topics ranging from subcellular to abstract systems modeling. During the first two weeks, afternoons were spent on tutorials in the use of the supported software packages. In the following weeks, some optional tutorials were scheduled during the afternoon. Most of the afternoon and evening time was spent in the computer laboratory working on the student projects.
First weeek
The first week gave students a general introduction to the modeling techniques which were covered in more detail later in the course. At the end of this week, students were ready to start working on their modeling project.
Sunday, Sept. 13
20:00 : Welcome dinner at "Babi's" place
Monday, Sept. 14
09:00 - 09:30 : "Introduction to the course" (De Schutter/Segev/Moschovakis)
09:45 - 11:15 : Week Opening Lecture: "Perspectives on Neuronal modelling" (J. Jack)
11:45 - 13:15 : Lecture: "Cortical Microcircuits I" (K. Martin)
15:00 - 17:00 : Tutorial: "Unix for beginners" (optional)
Tuesday, Sept. 15
09:00 - 11:00 : Lecture "Coding and representation in the nervous system" (M. Abeles)
11:30 - 12:30 : Lecture: Lecture: "Cellular imaging methods" (M. Spira)
16:00 - 18:00 : Tutorial: "Single cell modeling with GENESIS"
Wednesday, Sept. 16
09:00 - 11:00 : Lecture: "Cellular processes underlying neuronal regeneration and regeneration" (M. Spira)
11:30 - 13:00 : "What can quantal analysis tell one about synaptic connectivity?" (Jack)
14:00 - 17:00 : Tutorial: "Single cell modeling with NEURON"
20:00 : Special evening lecture: "What is Computational Neuroscience"? (H. Sompolinski)
Thursday, Sept. 17
09:00 - 10:00 : Lecture: "Geometry of Action Potentials: Firing in the Phase Plane" (J. Rinzel)
10:30 - 12:30 : "Modeling large neural networks" (H. Sompolinski)
14:00 - 17:00 : "Network modeling with GENESIS"
19:00 - 20:00 : Round table discussion #1
Friday, Sept. 18
90:00 - 10:00 : "Network modeling of thalamic sleep rhythms" (J. Rinzel)
10:30 - 12:30 : Lecture : "Binding by spike timing in the cortex" (M. Abeles)
Second Week
Monday, Sept. 21
09:00 - 09:10 : Introduction to the 2nd week: De Schutter includes 1 minute presentation by each faculty member
09:10 - 09:40 : Multi-unit recording technology and its applications in the rat thalamocortical system (Miguel Nicolelis)
09:40 - 09:50 : questions and discussion
09:50 - 10:00 : short break
10:00 - 10:40 : Miguel Nicolelis continued
10:40 - 10:50 : questions and discussion
10:50 - 11:10 : large break
11:10 - 11:50 : Oscillations in the mammalian cns: cellular mechanisms (Yosi Yarom)
11:50 - 12:00 : questions and discussion
12:00 - 12:10 : short break
12:10 - 12:50 : Oscillations in the mammalian cns: network mechanisms (Yosi Yarom)
12:50 - 13:00 : questions and discussion
15:00 - 17:00 : Hodgkin Huxley tutorial (Ron Calabrese)
Tuesday, Sept. 22
09:10 - 09:40 : Activity dependent plasticity and LTP: Neurotrophins and the specificity of synaptic modifications (Tobias Bonhoeffer)
09:40 - 09:50 : questions and discussion
09:50 - 10:00 : short break
10:00 - 10:40 : Tobias Bonhoeffer continued
10:40 - 10:50 : questions and discussion
10:50 - 11:10 : large break
11:10 - 11:50 : Modeling and elemental oscillator that paces heartbeat in the leech (Ron Calabrese)
11:50 - 12:00 : questions and discussion
12:00 - 12:10 : short break
12:10 - 12:50 : Ron Calabrese continued
12:50 - 13:00 : questions and discussion
15:00 - 17:00 : Neuron Tutorial #2 (Mike Hines)
Wednesday, Sept. 23
09:00 - 09:40 : Calcium signaling in neurons: Routes of calcium entry in neuronal cells (An Feltz)
09:40 - 09:50 : questions and discussion
09:50 - 10:00 : short break
10:00 - 10:40 : Calcium signaling in neurons: Build up of the cytoplasmic calcium concentration: a reality or a sum of microdomains? (An Feltz)
10:40 - 10:50 : questions and discussion
10:50 - 11:10 : large break
11:10 - 11:50 : Oscillations and waves of cytosolic calcium: from experiments to theoretical models (Genevieve Dupont)
11:50 - 12:00 : questions and discussion
12:00 - 12:10 : short break
12:10 - 12:50 : Genevieve Dupont continued
12:50 - 13:00 : questions and discussion
15:00 - 17:00 : GENESIS Tutorial #2
Thursday, Sept. 24
09:00 - 09:40 : Segmentally organized central pattern generators: Is leech heartbeat pattern generator a useful example? (Ron Calabrese)
09:40 - 09:50 : questions and discussion
09:50 - 10:00 : short break
10:00 - 10:40 : Ron Calabrese continued
10:40 - 10:50 : questions and discussion
10:50 - 11:10 : large break
11:10 - 11:50 : Coincident spiking events in individual trial data (Ad Aertsen)
11:50 - 12:00 : questions and discussion
12:00 - 12:10 : short break
12:10 - 12:50 : Conditions for precise synchronous spiking in cortical neurons (Ad Aertsen)
12:50 - 13:00 : questions and discussion
15:00 - 17:00 : Neuron Tutorial #3
Friday, Sept. 25
09:10 - 09:40 : Imaging the functional architecture in adult and developing visual cortex (Tobias Bonhoeffer)
09:40 - 09:50 : questions and discussion
09:50 - 10:00 : short break
10:00 - 10:40 : Tobias Bonhoeffer continued
10:40 - 10:50 : questions and discussion
10:50 - 11:10 : large break
11:10 - 11:50 : Analysis of multi-unit recording data and its applications in monkey cortex (Miguel Nicolelis)
11:50 - 12:00 : questions and discussion
12:00 - 12:10 : short break
12:10 - 12:50 : Miguel Nicolelis continued
12:50 - 13:00 : questions and discussion
15:00 - 17:00 : GENESIS Tutorial #3
Third Week
Monday, Sept. 28
09:30 - 09:40 : Introduction to the 3rd week: A. Moschovakis includes 1 minute presentation by each faculty member
09:45 - 11:15 : Week Opening Lecture: Principles of VLSI neuromorphic modelling (Rodney Douglas)
11:45 - 13:15 : Lecture: The world of the hypercolumn (Haim Sompolinsky)
Tuesday, Sept. 29
09:30 - 11:00 : Lecture: Reverse Correlation methods and receptive fields (Larry Abbott)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture: Ion channels in dendrites that don't fire spikes: Their nonlinearity may still be important for synaptic integration (Charles Wilson)
Wednesday, Sept. 30
09:30 - 11:00 : Models of recurrent cortical excitation (Rodney Douglas)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture: Exploring thalamic visual processing using hybrid numerical and analog technologies (Gwendal Le Masson)
Thursday, Oct. 1
09:30 - 11:00 : Lecture: Theory of self-organization of cortical functional maps (Shigeru Tanaka).
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture: Models of simple and complex cells in primary visual cortex (Larry Abbott)
Friday, Oct. 2
09:30 - 11:00 : Lecture: Synaptic integration in the corticostriatal pathway. (Charles Wilson)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture: Intrinsic optical imaging of visual cortical maps and mathematical analyses (Shigeru Tanaka).
Fourth Week
Monday, Oct. 5
09:30 - 09:40 : Introduction to the 4th week (A. Moschovakis)
09:45 - 11:15 : Week Opening Lecture: Large scale neuromechanical models (Orjan Ekeberg)
11:45 - 13:15 : Lecture: The use of models and experiments to study the saccadic system (Adonis Moschovakis)
Tuesday, Oct. 6
09:30 - 11:00 : Lecture: Computational problems in robotics and motor control (Tamar Flash)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lamprey swimming (Orjan Ekeberg)
Wednesday, Oct. 7
09:30 - 11:00 : Lecture: Motion planning and learning (Tamar Flash)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture: Cortical organization of grasping movements (Giacomo Rizzolatti)
Thursday, Oct. 8
09:30 - 11:00 : Lecture: Modeling the cerebellum (Erik De Schutter)
11:45 - 13:15 : What is the future of Computational Neuroscience? (Idan Segev)
Friday, Oct. 9
09:30 - 14:30 : Student presentations
20:00 - : Farewell dinner at SIROCCO