An IBRO Neuroscience School.
August 16th - September 10th, 2004
Obidos, Portugal
Schedule Week 1 (Alain Destexhe)
Monday, 16/08/04
09:00 - 09:30 : "Welcome and introduction"
09:30 - 11:00 : "Hodgkin-Huxley and beyond: ion channel dynamics and dendrites" (M. Hausser)
11:30 - 13:00 : "Neurons as nonlinear dynamical systems " (J. Rinzel)
15:00 - 16:15 : NEURON Tutorial (M. Rudolph)
16:30 - 17:45 : GENESIS Tutorial (A.-E. Tobin)
Tuesday, 17/8/04
09:00 - 10:30 : "Neuronal morphology and synapses " (A. Thomson)
11:00 - 12:30 : "States of activity in cortex: from deep anaesthesia to the awake brain" (A. Destexhe)
15:00 - 16:15 : XPP Tutorial (J. Rinzel)
16:30 - 17:45 : MATLAB Tutorial (D. Bibitchkov)
18:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 18/8/04
09:00 - 10:30 : "Intrinsic properties of neurons and dynamic-clamp: how models can interact with real neurons" (G. LeMasson)
11:00 - 12:30 : "Integrate... and fire! From the single neuron to large networks" (W. Gerstner)
15:00 - 18:00 : NEST Tutorial (H.-E. Plesser) and On-Demand Tutorials
20:00 - 21:30 : Evening lecture: John Rinzel
Thursday, 19/8/04
09:00 - 10:00 : "Models of dendritic integration" (M. Hausser)
10:30 - 11:30 : "Short-term synaptic dynamics" (A. Thomson)
11:45 - 12:45 : "Models of synaptic noise" (A. Destexhe)
15:00 - 19:00 : -- student project work or tutorials--
Friday, 20/8/04
09:00 - 10:00 : "Network dynamics of the spinal cord " (G. LeMasson)
10:00 - 11:00 : "Network consequences of synaptic depression " (J. Rinzel)
11:00 - 12:00 : "Models of STDP and functional consequences " (W. Gerstner)
15:00 - 19:00 : Recovery !
19:00 - 25:00 : Party organized by students
Schedule Week 2 (Ad Aertsen)
Monday, 23/08/04
09:15-09:30 : "Cortical network 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)
15:00-16:30 : NEURON Tutorial (M. Hines)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 24/8/04
09:00-10:30 : "Neocortical network dynamics in vivo measured with intracellular electrodes" (E. Stern)
11:00-12:30 : "Dynamics in cortical network models - asynchronous states, synchronous states" (N. Brunel)
15:00-16:30 : NEST - Simulation of large-scale neuronal systems" Tutorial (M.-O. Gewaltig)
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 25/8/04
09:00-10:30 : "Precise firing sequences in cortical activity" (M: Abeles)
11:00-12:30 : "Spike synchronisation in cortical neural networks" (M. Diesmann)
15:00-16:30 : On-Demand Tutorials
16:30-20:00 : -- student project work --
20:00-21:30 : Evening lecture: "Disruption of neuronal computations in neurodegenerative disease - Implications for normal function" (E. Stern)
Thursday, 26/8/04
09:00-10:30 : "The dynamics of cortical states - The functional role of ongoing activity in sensory processing" (A. Arieli)
11:00-12:30 : "Dynamics in cortical network models - persistent activity and working memory" (N. Brunel)
15:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Friday, 27/8/04
09:00-10:30 : "Interaction of synchronous spiking and background activity" (M. Diesmann)
11:00-12:30 : "N.N." (A. Aertsen)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
19:00-25:00 : Party organized by students
Schedule Week 3 (Peter Dayan)
Monday, 30/08/04
09:00-10:30 : "The circuitry of the basal ganglia and some functions" (C. Wilson)
11:00-12:30 : "Computing with neural ensembles I" (M. Nicolelis)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 31/8/04
09:00-10:30 : "Molecular genetic and electrophysiological approaches to studying the hippocampus" (M. Wilson)
11:00-12:30 : "Computational Neuromodulation" (P. Dayan)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Wednesday, 01/9/04
09:00-10:30 : "Statistical models for neural encoding and decoding I" (L. Paninski)
11:00-12:30 : "Introduction to network models I" (Z. Li)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
20:00-21:30 : Evening lecture: The role of the hippocampus in memory and space (M. Wilson)
Thursday, 02/9/04
09:00-10:30 : "Dynamics of subthalamo - palladial interactions" (C. Wilson)
11:00-12:30 : "Computing with neural ensembles II" (M. Nicolelis)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
Friday, 03/9/04
09:00-10:30 : "Statistical models for neural encoding and decoding II" (L. Paninski)
11:00-12:30 : "Introduction to network models II" (Z. Li)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
20:00-25:00 : Party organized by students
Schedule Week 4 (Eilon Vaadia)
Monday, 06/09/04
09:00 : Opening remarks (E. Vaadia)
09:10-10:30 : "Computational principles of motor neuroscience I" (E. Todorov)
11:00-12:30 : "Theoretical principles of efficient neuronal data representations" (T. Tishby)
15:00-19:00 : -- Student project work --
Tuesday, 07/09/04
09:00-10:30 : "Dynamic properties of synaptic transmission in the cortex I" (M. Tsodyks)
11:00-12:30 : "Computational principles of motor neuroscience II" (E. Todorov)
15:00-19:00 : -- Student project work --
Wednesday, 08/09/04
09:00-10:00 : "Dynamic properties of synaptic transmission in the cortex II" (M. Tsodyks)
10:30-11:30 : "Analysis of regularity of Purkinje cell simple spiking" (E. De Schutter)
11:30-12:30 : "On the analysis of cortical representations of dynamics" (T. Tishby)
15:00-19:00 : -- Student project work --
Thursday, 09/09/04
09:00-10:30 : "Modelling of resonant synchronisation in inhibitory networks" (E. De Schutter)
11:00-12:30 : "Learning improves cortical representations of movements" (E. Vaadia)
15:00-19:00 : -- Student project work and project presentations (those who are leaving earlier) --
Friday, 10/09/04
09:00-15:00 : Student projects presentations
19:00- ? : Farewell party