An IBRO Neuroscience School.
August 19 - September 13, 2002
Obidos, Portugal
The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the panoply of problems and methods of computational neuroscience, simultaneously addressing several levels of neural organisation, from sub-cellular processes to operations of the entire brain.
The course consists of two complementary parts. A distinguished international faculty gives morning lectures on topics in experimental and computational neuroscience. The rest of the day is devoted to practical training, including learning how to use simulation software and how to implement a model of the system the student wishes to study on individual unix workstations.
The course gradually introduces students to essential neuroscience concepts and to the most important techniques in modelling single cells, networks and neural systems. Students learn how to apply software packages like GENESIS, MATLAB, NEURON, XPP, etc. to the solution of their problems. The lectures will cover specific brain functions, each week topics ranging from modelling single cells and their biophysical properties to the simulation of simple circuits, large neuronal networks and system level models of the brain. The course ends with a presentation of the students' projects.
The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience is designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in a variety of disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer science and psychology. Students are expected to have a basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. Students of any nationality can apply.