Last year schedule

August 6th - August 31st, 2007

Arcachon, France

Schedule Week 1 (John Rinzel)

Monday, August 6

09:30 - 11:00 : Larry Abbott - Theoretical Neuroscience from Neurons to Networks

11:30 - 13:00 : Alex Thomson - Introduction to synaptic mechanisms and synaptic circuitry

LUNCH - hosted by course.

14:00 - 16:00 : Software previews and introduction of tutors

16:00 - 18:00 : Discussions between students and tutors

Later : Discussions between tutors and director

Tuesday, August 7

09:30 - 11:00 : Alain Destexhe - Biophysical models of neuronal excitability and synaptic interactions

11:30 - 13:00 : Idan Segev - Dendritic integration and cable theory

Afternoon : - NEURON tutorial by Michelle Lilith
- XPP tutorial by Janet Best

Wednesday, August 8

09:30 - 11:00 : Alex Thomson - Diversity and specificity in cortical circuits

11:30 - 13:00 : Larry Abbott - Synaptic Plasticity, Learning and Memory

Afternoon : - MATLAB tutorial by Tim Vogels
- NEST tutorial by Marc-Oliver Gewaltig

Evening lecture : Idan Segev - Neuro-ethics

Thursday, August 9

09:30 - 11:00 : John Rinzel - The nonlinear dynamics of neuronal excitability

11:30 - 13:00 : Nicolas Brunel - From Hodgkin-Huxley to integrate-and-fire models

Afternoon : - Tutorial - on request
- preparation of project presentation

Friday, August 10

09:30 - 11:00 : Alain Destexhe - Synaptic noise: back and forth between experiments and models

11:30 - 13:00 : Erik de Schutter - Complex Purkinje cell model: parameters and calcium dynamics

Afternoon : Short (2 minute) presentations of all projects by the students

Schedule Week 2 (Nicolas Brunel)

Monday, August 13

09:30 - 11:00 : Nicolas Brunel - Introduction: network models

11:30 - 13:00 : John Rinzel - Slow oscillations in networks

15:00 - 16:30 : Carl van Vreeswijk (tutorial) - Stochastic point processes

Tuesday, August 14

09:30 - 11:00 : Amos Arieli - Experimental methods for investigating network dynamics

11:30 - 13:00 : John Rinzel (to be confirmed) - Synchronization in networks

15:00 - 16:30 : Alex Roxin (tutorial) - Dynamical systems theory methods for analyzing network dynamics

Wednesday, August 15

09:30 - 11:00 : Amos Arieli - Dynamics of visual cortex: experiments

11:30 - 13:00 : Carl van Vreeswijk - Dynamics of strongly coupled E/I networks

15:00 - 16:30 : Carl van Vreeswijk (tutorial) - The Fokker-Planck equation

Evening lecture : Ad Aertsen - Brain-machine interfaces

Thursday, August 16

09:30 - 11:00 : Gwendal LeMasson - Hybrid networks

11:30 - 13:00 : Carl van Vreeswijk - Models of visual cortex

15:00 - 16:30 : Tutorial on demand

Friday, August 17

09:30 - 11:00 : Ad Aertsen - Synchronous patterns of spikes in active networks

11:30 - 13:00 : Nicolas Brunel - Models of persistent activity and working memory

Schedule Week 3 (Israel Nelken)

Monday, August 20

09:30 - 11:00 : Merav Ahissar - Introduction to sensory systems

11:30 - 13:00 : Ehud Ahissar - Active sensing

Tuesday, August 21

09:30 - 11:00 : Ehud Ahissar - The somatosensory system

11:30 - 13:00 : David McAlpine - The auditory system

Wednesday, August 22

09:30 - 11:00 : David McAlpine - The auditory system

11:30 - 13:00 : Yves Fregnac - The visual system

Evening lecture : by Rafi Malach - A window into consciousness

Thursday, August 23

09:30 - 11:00 : Yves Fregnac - The visual system

11:30 - 13:00 : Zhaoping Li - Models of visual processing

Friday, August 24

09:30 - 11:00 : Zhaoping Li - Models of visual processing

11:30 - 13:00 : Merav Ahissar - Sensory hierarchy: forward and reverse

Schedule Week 4 (Director: Peter Dayan)

Monday, August 27

09:30 - 11:00 : Peter Latham - Information, correlations and coding

11:30 - 13:00 : Alex Pouget - Coding and computation with population codes

Tuesday, August 28

09:30 - 11:00 : Roberto Caminiti - Parieto-frontal network: from planning to control of movement

11:30 - 13:00 : Alex Pouget - Computational approaches to sensorimotor transformations, decision making and attention in the parietal cortex

Wednesday, August 29

09:30 - 11:00 : Peter Dayan - Computational Neuromodulation

11:30 - 13:00 : Peter Latham - How the brain works, week 4

Thursday, August 30

presentations

Friday, September 31