An IBRO/FENS.
August 1 - 26, 2005
Arcachon, France
Schedule Week 1 (Alain Destexhe)
Monday, 01/08/05
09:00 - 09:30 : "Welcome and introduction"
09:30 - 11:00 : "Neuronal morphology and synapses" (A. Thomson)
11:00 - 12:30 : "Modelling neuronal excitability" (A. Destexhe)
15:00 - 17:00 : -- student's and tutor's project discussion --
17:00 - 18:00 : -- tutor's and director's project discussion --
Tuesday, 02/08/05
09:30 - 11:00 : "The intrinsic properties of neurons" (D. McCormick)
11:15 - 12:45 : "Modelling dendrites: from rall to present" (I. Segev)
15:00 - 16:15 : NEURON Tutorial (M. Rudolph)
16:30 - 17:45 : GENESIS Tutorial (A.-E. Tobin)
18:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 03/08/05
09:30 - 10:30 : "The dynamic-clamp: mixing model and real neurons" (G. LeMasson)
10:30 - 11:30 : "Network dynamics in cortical slices" (D. McCormick)
11:45 - 12:45 : "Modelling synaptic noise" (A. Destexhe)
15:00 - 16:15 : MATLAB Tutorial (P. Series/H. Cuntz)
16:30 - 17:45 : NEST Tutorial (M.-O. Gewaltig)
20:00 - 21:00 : Evening Lecture: "From neurons to neuro-esthetics" (I. Segev)
Thursday, 04/08/05
09:30 - 10:30 : "Modelling calcium dynamics in neurons" (E. De Schutter)
10:30 - 11:30 : "Synaptic interactions in neocortex" (A. Thomson)
11:45 - 12:45 : "Interfacing neuronal dynamics" (G. LeMasson)
15:00 - 20:00 : -- student project work or tutorials on demand --
Friday, 05/08/05
09:30 - 11:00 : "The integrate-and-fire family" (N. Brunel)
11:00 - 12:30 : "Neuronal dynamics: Excitability in the phase plane" (J. Rinzel)
15:00 - 17:00 : Student project presentation (1 minute each)
17:00 - 19:00 : -- student project work --
19:00 - 25:00 : Party organized by students
Schedule Week 2 (Ad Aertsen)
Monday, 08/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Inhibition can be exciting" (J. Rinzel)
11:30-13:00 : "Dynamics of cortical network models" (N. Brunel)
15:00-17:30 : XPP Tutorial (J. Rinzel)
18:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Tuesday, 09/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Cognitive Motor Processes I" (A. Riehle)
11:30-13:00 : "Spike synchronisation in cortical neural networks" (M. Diesmann)
15:00-17:30 : "Analytical techniques for studying network dynamics" Tutorial (N. Brunel)
18:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Wednesday, 10/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Cerebellar Purkinje cells: modeling and spike train analysis" (E. De Schutter)
11:30-13:00 : "Heterogeneity and contrast invariance in a model of V1" (C. van Vreeswijk)
15:00-17:30 : NEURON Tutorial (M. Hines)
20:00-21:30 : Bernstein Lecture: "Disruption of neural computation in neurodegenerative disease" (E. Stern)
Thursday, 11/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Cognitive Motor Processes II" (A. Riehle)
11:30-13:00 : "Reading the popular vote - towards motor BMI" (A. Aertsen)
15:00-17:30 : "Integration methods for large spiking neural networks" Tutorial (M. Diesmann)
18:00-20:00 : -- student project work --
Friday, 12/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Is irregular activity bad for you?" (C. van Vreeswijk)
11:30-13:00 : "Interaction of synchronous spiking and background activity" (M. Diesmann)
15:00-17:30 : Tutorials on demand
18:00-20:00 : Project discussions between students and tutors
20:00-25:00 : Party organized by students
Schedule Week 3 (Israel Nelken)
Monday, 15/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Information, correlation and coding"(P.Latham)
11:30-13:00 : "Motor cortex, coding and learning" (E. Vaadia)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Tuesday, 16/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Motor cortex" (M. Nicolelis)
11:30-13:00 : "Computing auditory space" (B. Grothe)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Wednesday, 17/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Plasticity in auditory space perception" (B. Grothe)
11:30-13:00 : "High-level and low-level coding in auditory cortex" (I. Nelken)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
20:00-21:30 : Evening lecture: Miguel Nicolelis
Thursday, 18/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Structure and microcircuitry of visual cortex" (Y. Fregnac)
11:30-13:00 : "Models of visual computations I" (Z. Li)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Friday, 19/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Intracellular mechanisms of visual processing" (Y. Fregnac)
11:30-13:00 : "Models of vision" (Z. Li)
15:00-16:30 : -- student project work --
16:30-19:00 : -- tutors and students project discussion --
Schedule Week 4 (Peter Dayan)
Monday, 22/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Imaging cortex" (A. Arieli)
11:30-13:00 : "Mechanisms of neural plasticity" (E. Schuman)
15:00-19:00 : -- Student project work --
Tuesday, 23/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Spontaneous cortical states" (A. Arieli)
11:30-13:00 : "Olfaction in vertebrates and invertebrates"(G. Laurent)
15:00-19:00 : -- Student project work --
20:00-21:00 : ? ()
Wednesday, 24/08/05
09:30-11:00 : "Plasticity and the hippocampus" (E. Schuman)
11:30-13:00 : "Temporal neural codes in olfaction" (G. Laurent)
15:00-19:00 : -- student project work --
Thursday, 25/08/05
09:30-13:00 : -- student project work --
15:00-16:30 : Closing remarks by Students and Directors
Student Project Presentation 1 (those who are leaving earlier)
Friday, 26/08/05
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 : Goodbye Party