An IBRO Neuroscience School.
August 19 - September 13, 2002
Obidos, Portugal
Schedule Week 1 (Alain Destexhe)
Monday, 19/8/03
09:00 - 09:45 : "Welcome and introduction"
10:00 - 11:30 : Dual Track :
Experimentalists : "Models of ion channels and cable theory"(J. Jack)
Theoreticians: "Introduction to neuronal morphology and synapses" (H. Markram)
11:45 - 13:15 : Dual Track :
Experimentalists : "Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and phase plane analysis"
(J. Rinzel)
Theoreticians : "The microcircuits of neocortex" (K. Martin)
15:00 - 16:15 : NEURON Tutorial (M. Hines)
16:30 - 17:45 : GENESIS Tutorial (D. Beeman)
Tuesday, 20/8/02
09:30 - 11:00 : "Dynamic clamp and hybrid systems: how models can talk directly to real neurons " (G. Le Masson)
11:30 - 13:00 : "Modelling dendrites" II (I. Segev)
15:00 - 16:15 : XPP Tutorial (J. Rinzel)
16:30 - 17:45 : MATLAB Tutorial (L.Schwabe)
18:00 - 20:00 : -- student meeting with tutors --
Wednesday, 21/8/02
09:30 - 11:00 : "Modelling circuits and networks in vertebrates" (A. Lansner)
11:30 - 13:00 : "Dendritic impact on synaptic efficacy and plasticity" (I. Segev)
15:00 - 16:30 : "Compartmental modelling" Tutorial (E. De Schutter)
16:30 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
21:30 - 22:30 : Evening Lecture (H. Markram)
Thursday, 22/8/02
09:30 - 10:30 : "Synaptic depression and spontaneous rhythms in developing spinal cord" (J. Rinzel)
10:30 - 11:30 : "50 years of Quantal Analysis: What have we learnt?" (J. Jack)
12:00 - 13:00 : "How to compute with cortical neurons" (K. Martin)
15:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work --
Friday, 23/8/02
09:30 - 10:30 : "A reduced network model of the lamprey spinal locomotor generator" (A. Lansner)
10:30 - 11:30 : "Local inhibition in sensory relay structures: "analysis of canonical circuits with hybrid techniques"" (G. Le Masson)
12:00 - 13:00 : "Algorithmic and experimentalist views of Hebbian plasticity" (Y. Fregnac)
15:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work --
Schedule Week 2 (Eilon Vaadia)
Monday, 26/8/03
09:30-09:40 : Opening of motor week (E.Vaadia)
09:40-11:00 : "Concepts for understanding sensorimotor integration and motor control" (M. Flanders)
11:30-13:00 : "Introduction to the Visual System: From the organization of sensory receptive fields to the emerge of association perceptual fields" (Y. Fregnac)
15:00-16:30 : Statistics tutorial (L. Schwabe)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 27/8/02
09:30-10:30 : "Simplicity and complexity in the control of sophisticated hand movements" (M. Flanders)
10:30-11:30 : "Modelling of cerebellar dynamics and plasticity" (E. De Schutter)
12:00-13:30 : "Basal ganglia input processing: Cortex and Striatum" (C. Wilson)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 28/8/02
09:30-11:00 : "Basal ganglia output processing: Subthalamic Nucleus and Globus Pallidus" (C. Wilson)
11:30-13:00 : "Modeling neural networks for planning and execution of movements" (H. Sompolinsky)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 29/8/02
09:30-10:30 : "Variability and Reliability of Neuronal Population Activity in the Motor Cortex" (A. Aertsen)
10:30-11:30 : "Dynamic and distributed processing of sensorimotor information by cortical networks" (M. Nicolelis)
12:00-13:30 : "Computational aspects of neuronal population codes" (H. Sompolinsky)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
21:30-22:30 : Evening lecture by A. Aertsen: "Synchronization Dynamics in Cortical Networks - Experiments and Models"
Friday, 30/8/02
09:30-11:00 : "Neural representation of internal models of movement dynamics and kinematics" (E. Vaadia)
11:30-12:30 : "Actions from thoughts: Building neuroprosthetic devices to restore neurological functions" (M. Nicolelis)
Saturday, 31/8/02 - Sunday 01/9/02
ESF-Symposium 'Establishing Synapses to the Future'
Schedule Week 3 (Klaus Obermayer)
Monday, 02/9/03
09:30-11:00 : "Modelling primary visual cortex" (P. Bressloff)
11:30-13:00 : "An Introduction to artificial neural networks" (Z. Ghahramani)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 03/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Statistical approaches to machine learning" ( Z. Ghahramani)
11:30-13:00 : "Models of neural development" (K. Obermayer)
15:00-16:30 : "Cortical patterns and waves" Tutorial (P. Bressloff)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 04/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Coding of complex sounds in the auditory system" (I. Nelken)
11:30-13:00 : "Gain modulation in neural networks" (L. Abbott)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 05/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Spiking vs. firing rate models" (L. Abbott)
11:30-13:00 : "Neuronal correlates of auditory perception" (I. Nelken)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
21:30-22:30 : Evening lecture: "What can geometric visual hallucinations tell us about the visual cortex?" (P. Bressloff)
Friday, 06/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Models of neural development" (K. Obermayer)
11:30-13:00 : "Population coding in the pain system" (V. Galhardo)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Schedule Week 4 (Alessandro Treves)
Monday, 09/9/03
09:30-11:00 : "Imaging Neuroscience I" (K. Friston)
11:30-13:00 : "Hippocampal Facts" (G. Buszaki)
15:00-20:00 : --student project work --
Tuesday, 10/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Imaging Neuroscience II" (K. Friston)
11:30-13:00 : "Models of Motion Detection" (A. Borst)
15:00-19:00 : --student project work --
21:30-22:30 : Evening lecture: "Hippocampal Dreams and Speculations" (G. Buszaki)
Wednesday, 11/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Neural Circuits in the Cockpit of the Fly" (A. Borst)
11:30-13:00 : "Fatigue helps to know where we are - a model for Isocortex" (A. Treves)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 12/9/02
09:30-11:00 : "Eye, Mind and Brain" (S. Barash)
11:30-13:00 : "Fatigue helps to predict the Future - a model for Archicortex" (A. Treves)
15:00-16:30 : Closing remarks by Students and Directors
Student Project Presentation 1
(those who are leaving earlier)
Friday, 13/9/02
09:30-11:00 : Student Project Presentation 2
11:15-12:45 : Student Project Presentation 3
14:00-15:30 : Student Project Presentation 4
15:45-17:15 : Student Project Presentation 5
19:00-24:00 : Goodbye Party