An IBRO/FENS Neuroscience School.
Part of the EU Neuro-IT Network of Excellence
August 11 - September 5, 2003
Obidos, Portugal
Schedule Week 1 (Alain Destexhe)
Monday, 11/8/03
09:00 - 09:30 : Welcome and introduction
09:45 - 11:15 : Dual Track
Experimentalists : "Membrane conductance and the Hodgkin-Huxley model" (E. De Schutter)
Theoreticians : "General neuroanatomy and cortical histology: From Cajal to present"
(J. De Felipe)
11:30 - 13:00 : Dual Track
Experimentalists : " Neurons as nonlinear dynamical systems " (J. Rinzel)
Theoreticians : "Neuronal morphology and synapses" (A. Thomson)
15:00 - 16:15 : NEURON Tutorial (M. Hines)
16:30 - 17:45 : GENESIS Tutorial (D. Beeman)
Tuesday, 12/8/03
09:30 - 11:00 : "Intrinsic neuronal properties and emergent activity in small biological and hybrid networks" (T. Bal)
11:15 - 12:45 : "Foundation of dendritic modelling" (I. Segev)
15:00 - 16:15 : XPP Tutorial (J. Rinzel)
16:30 - 17:45 : MATLAB Tutorial (L. Schwabe)
18:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 13/8/03
09:30 - 10:30 : "Cortical microcircuits: quantitative and evolutionary aspects" (J. De Felipe)
10:30 - 11:30 : "What dendritic synapses inform the axon and vice versa" (I. Segev)
11:45 - 12:45 : "In vivo states and synaptic noise" (A. Destexhe)
15:00 - 18:00 : On-Demand Tutorials
18:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 14/8/03
09:30 - 10:30 : "Modelling calcium dynamics" (E. De Schutter)
10:30 - 11:30 : "Short-term synaptic dynamics" (A. Thomson)
11:45 - 12:45 : "Synaptic depression as a mechanism for spontaneous network episodic activity" (J. Rinzel)
15:00 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
20:00 Ð 21:30 : Evening lecture (L. Abbott)
Friday, 15/8/03
09:30 - 11:30 : "Combining modelling, in vitro and dynamic-clamp study of the integrative properties of central neurons" (T. Bal & A. Destexhe)
15:00 - 19:00 : Recovery!
19:00 - 25:00 : Party organized by students
Schedule Week 2 (Klaus Obermayer)
Monday, 18/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Receptive Fields and Functional Organisation of the Visual System" (A. Engel)
11:30-13:00 : "Spike-timing Dependent Plasticity " (L. Abbott)
15:00-16:30 : Statistics Tutorial (L. Schwabe)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 19/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Multiple forms and multiple uses of Adaptation" (L. Abbott)
11:30-13:00 : "Stimulus transformations and representations in the Ascending Auditory System" (I. Nelken)
15:00-16:30 : Lungwitz-Seminar (W. Zabka)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 20/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning Methods" (K. Obermayer)
11:30-13:00 : "Segmentation, Synchronisation and Neural Coding" (A. Engel)
15:00-16:30 : "Simulation of Integrate-and-Fire Networks" Tutorial (M. Diesmann)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 21/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Reading the Sensory Code/Functional Architecture of Auditory Cortex" (I. Nelken)
11:30-13:00 : "Brain Imaging and Functional Specialisation" (K. Friston)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
20:30-21:30 : "Olfaction in Animals and Machines" (T. Pearce)
Friday, 22/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Brain Imaging and Functional Integration" (K. Friston)
11:30-13:00 : "Neural Coding in the Olfactory Pathway " (T. Pearce)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Schedule Week 3 (Eilon Vaadia)
Monday, 25/8/03
09:20-09:30 : "Opening remarks - The Motor week" (E. Vaadia)
09:30-10:45 : "Computational principles of motor neuroscience" (D. Wolpert)
11:00-13:00 : "Fast oscillations in the cerebellum: experiments, modelling and theory" (E. De Schutter)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 26/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Human motor learning" (D. Wolpert)
11:30-13:00 : "Basal ganglia input processing: Cortex and Striatum" (C. Wilson)
15:00-16:30 : --student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Wednesday, 27/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Basal ganglia output processing: Subthalamic Nucleus and Globus Palladius" (C. Wilson)
11:30-13:00 : "Neuronal activity in Motor Cortex during learning" (E. Vaadia)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Thursday, 28/8/03
09:30-10:30 : "Inference of arm movements from local field potentials in monkey motor cortex" (Aertsen)
10:30-11:30 : "What can robots tell us about brains? - Overview lecture - " (P. Verschure)
12:00-13:30 : "Thalamocortical optimisation of sensorimotor processing" (M. Nicolelis)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
20:00-21:30 Evening lecture: "Towards Theoretical Brain?" (H. Gutfreund)
Friday, 29/8/03
09:30-11:00 : "Robot models of learning and problem solving: from classical conditioning to an interactive space" (P. Verschure)
11:30-13:00 : "Computing with neural ensembles" (M. Nicolelis)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Schedule Week 4 (Ad Aertsen)
Monday, 01/9/03
09:15-09:30 : "Cortical Dynamics Week - Opening Remarks" (A. Aertsen)
09:30-11:00 : "Quantitative Aspects of Cortical Connectivity and Neural Network Models" (M. Abeles)
11:30-13:00 : "Visualisation of Cortical Dynamics" (A. Arieli)
15:00-19:00 : --student project work --
Tuesday, 02/9/03
09:30-11:00 : "The Origin of Variability in Cortical Activity" (C. van Vreeswijk)
11:30-13:00 : "Detecting Precise Firing Sequences in Cortical Activity"(M. Abeles)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
20:00-21:00 : Evening Lecture: "Computational Neuromodulation" (P. Dayan)
Wednesday, 03/9/03
09:30-11:00 : "Cortical Dynamics Ð Variability and Precision" (A. Aertsen)
11:30-13:00 : "The Dynamics of Cortical States Ð The Functional Role of Ongoing Activity in Sensory Processing" (A. Arieli)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 04/9/03
09:30-11:00 : "Renewal Processes and Information Theory" (C. van Vreeswijk)
11:30-13:00 : "Precise Spiking Timing in Cortex Ð Feasibility and Constraints" (A. Aertsen)
15:00-16:30 : Closing remarks by Students and Directors
Student Project Presentation 1 (those who are leaving earlier)
Friday, 05/9/03
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
19:00-25:00 : Farewell Party