An IBRO Neuroscience School.
Part of the EU Neuro-IT Network of Excellence
August 21 - September 15, 2000
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste Portugal
Week 1 (Erik De Schutter)
Monday, 21/8/00
09:00 - 09:30 : "Welcome and introduction"
09:30 - 10:30 : Experimentalists: "Introduction to solving differential equations" (R. Maex)
09:30 - 10:30 : Theoreticians: "Introduction to neuronal morphology and synapses" (A. Thomson)
10:45 - 11:45 : Experimentalists: "Introduction to the unix operating system" (B. Graham)
10:45 - 11:45 : Theoreticians: "Introduction to voltage gated channels" (R. Calabrese)
12:00 - 13:10 : "Cable theory" (J. Jack)
15:00 - 16:30 : "Compartmental modelling" Tutorial (E. De Schutter)
16:30 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 22/8/00
09:00 - 10:00 : Experimentalists: "Introduction to statistical distributions" (M. Stetter)
09:00 - 10:00 : Theoreticians: "Introduction to anatomy of the CNS" (J. Lund)
10:20 - 11:20 : Experimentalists: "Introduction to artificial neural networks" (Z. Ghahramani)
10:20 - 11:20 : Theoreticians: "Introduction to voltage gated channels" (R. Calabrese)
11:40 - 12:50 : "Different forms of synaptic plasticity" (A. Thomson)
15:00 - 16:30 : "Hodgkin & Huxley model" Tutorial (R. Calabrese)
16:30 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
20:00 - 22:00 : Project discussions (Tutors and students)
Wednesday, 23/8/00
09:30 - 10:50 : "How to construct a synapse" (J. Jack)
11:20 - 12:40 : "Dissecting neuronal nonlinear dynamics" (J. Rinzel)
15:00 - 16:30 : "GENESIS I" Tutorial (Maex/Blackwell)
16:30 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 24/8/00
09:30 - 10:50 : "Anatomy of the visual cortex" (J. Lund)
11:20 - 12:40 : "Probabilistic models for unsupervised learning" (Z. Ghahramani)
15:00 - 16:30 : "XPP Tutorial" (J. Rinzel)
16:30 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
20:00 - 21:00 : Needs to be scheduled
Friday, 25/8/00
09:30 - 10:50 : "Modelling an elemental oscillator that paces heartbeat in the leech" (R. Calabrese)
11:20 - 12:40 : "Rhythms, waves and states of the thalamus" (J. Rinzel)
15:00 - 16:30 : "NEURON I" Tutorial (B. Graham)
16:30 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
22:00 - 25:00 : Disco/Midnight swim
Week 2 (Klaus Obermayer)
Monday, 28/8/00
09:00-10:45 : "Visual system physiology" (J. Bullier)
11:15-13:00 : "Models of receptive field properties" (H. Sompolinsky)
15:00-17:00 : Statistics tutorial (M. Stetter)
17:00-19:30 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 29/8/00
09:00-10:45 : "Higher visual areas / feedback" (J. Bullier)
11:15-13:00 : "Neural coding" (H. Sompolinsky)
15:00-17:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 30/8/00
09:00-10:45 : "Maps, columns & optical imaging" (S. Tanaka)
11:15-13:00 : "Models of neural development, introduction" (K. Obermayer)
15:00-17:00 : "Attractors in neural networks", tutorial (H. Sompolinsky)
17:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 31/8/00
09:00-10:45 : "Models of neural development" (S. Tanaka)
11:15-13:00 : "Non-linear dynamics of coupled oscillators and neural networks" (P. Bressloff)
16:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
20:00-21:30 : "Is the Cerebral Cortex a Time Machine?" (T. Sejnowski)
Friday, 01/9/00
09:00-10:45 : "Non-classical receptive fields in a Bayesian context" (T. Sejnowski)
11:15-13:00 : "Long-range connections and pattern formation" (P. Bressloff)
15:00-17:00 : -- student project work --
Saturday, 02/9/00 - Monday, 04/9/00 : ESF Symposium: "Brain Dynamics and Plasticity"
Week 3 (Alessandro Treves)
Monday, 04/9/00
09:00-17:30 : ESF Symposium
18:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 05/9/00
09:00-11:00 : Introduction (M. Abeles)
11:30-13:00 : "Imaging Neuroscience I: Functional specialisation" (K. Friston)
14:00-16:00 : "Methods for modelling network dynamics" (Panzeri)
16:00-18:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Wednesday, 06/9/00
09:00-11:00 : Introduction (T. Tishby)
11:30-13:00 : "Imaging Neuroscience II: Functional integration" (K. Friston)
14:00-16:00 : "Top-down influences in learning" (de Sa)
16:00-18:00 : -- student project work --
20:00-22:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Thursday, 07/9/00
09:00-10:30 : "Synaptic Plasticity and Hippocampal Learning" (C. Barnes)
11:00-11:45 : needs to be scheduled (T. Tishby)
12:15-13:00 : needs to be scheduled (M. Abeles)
14:00-16:00 : "Measuring information from neural data" (Panzeri)
16:00-18:00 : -- student project work --
20:00-20:45 : surprise evening lecture
Friday, 08/9/00
09:00-10:30 : "Hippocampal structure and function" (A. Treves)
11:00-11:45 : Aging" (C. Barnes)
12:15-13:00 : "Emergence of Neocortical Lamination" (A. Treves)
14:00-16:00 : Tutorial requested by students
16:00-18:00 : -- student project work --
23:00-25:00 : Disco/Midnight swim
Saturday, 09/9/00 : Organised trip to Postumia caves: humidity cements student-speaker interactions
Week 4 (Eilon Vaadia)
Monday, 11/9/00
09:00-09:35 : Introduction (E. Vaadia)
09:35-11:40 : "Mechanisms of Neuronal synchronisation and oscillations: From the channel to the neural network" (A. Destexhe)
11:50-12:50 : "A coupled oscillator model of the dopaminergic neuron of the substantia nigra" (C.Wilson)
15:00-18:00 : --student project work --
Tuesday, 12/9/00
09:00-10:25 : "Internal models in the cerebellum" (Kawato)
10:45-12:50 : "Striatal organisation and basal ganglia function" (Wilson)
15:00-17:00 : --student project work --
20:00-21:00 : Evening lecture: Valentino Braitenberg
Wednesday, 13/9/00
09:00-10:00 : Erik De Schutter
10:15-12:30 : "Cognitive functions of the cerebellum and their model" (Kawato)
15:00-17:00 : -- student project work --
20:00-20:45 : Evening lecture: Chaotic desynchronisation of Inferior Olive neurons and demos (Kawato)
Thursday, 14/9/00
09:00-10:00 : "Dynamics of Neuronal interactions in relation to behavioural event" (E. Vaadia)
10:15-12:30 : M. Nicolelis
12:30-13:00 : Closing remarks: Students, Destexhe, De Schutter, Wilson, Kawato, Nicolelis, Vaadia