* NATO Advanced Study Institute *
METHODS AND MODELS IN NEUROPHYSICS
METHODES ET MODELES EN NEUROPHYSIQUE
July 28 - August 29, 2003
*Scientific Direction:*
C. C. Chow (Pittsburgh, USA)
B. Gutkin (London, UK)
D. Hansel (Paris, France)
C. Meunier (Paris, France)
I. Segev (Jerusalem, Israel)
*Opening lecture: * E. Marder (Waltham, USA)
/Why would a self-respecting experimental biologist be susceptible to theory?/
*Lecture series:*
L. Abbott (Waltham, USA): /Synaptic plasticity and learning/.
P. Bressloff (Salt Lake City, USA): /Pattern formation and visual cortex./
E. Brown (Boston, USA): /Statistical analysis of data./
J. Rinzel (New York, USA): /Non-linear dynamics of neurons./
H. Sompolinsky (Jerusalem, Israel): /Theory of large networks: from spikes to behavior./
D. Terman (Colombus, USA): /Singular perturbations analysis of neuronal dynamics./
T. Tishby (Jerusalem, Israel): /Biological information processing - an information theoretic perspective/
*Shorter Lectures and seminars:*
N. Brunel (Paris, France): /Stochastic dynamics of neurons.
/W. Gerstner (Lausanne, Switzerland): /Models of synaptic plasticity./
D. Golomb (Beersheva, Israel): /Propagating activity in cortical circuits./
G. Mato (Bariloche, Argentina): /Theory of neural synchrony./
C. Pouzat (Paris, France): /Techniques for spike sorting./
M. Shelley (New York, USA): /Large scale models of primary visual cortex./
A. Treves (Trieste, Italy):/ Information-theoretic approach to the evolution of the mammalian cortex/
M. Tsodyks (Rehovot, Israel): /Synaptic dynamics/.
C. van Vreeswijk (Paris, France): /Balancing excitation and inhibition in large networks./
F. Wolf (Gottingen, Germany): /A theory of cortical maps./
These lectures will be complemented by short topical workshops dedicated to specific neurophysiological issues and experimental aspects.
*Scientific Program: **
* Many concepts and methods borrowed from Theoretical Physics, Dynamical Systems Theory, Signal Processing and Information Theory have been introduced, elaborated and used over the past years to study the nervous system. This school will focus largely on analytical approaches with a strong emphasis on the underlying physical concepts and on the mathematical techniques. It will provide the participants with the appropriate background for research in Neurophysics. In parallel, through the talks given by experimentalists during the workshops, the participants will become acquainted with some of the open issues in Neuroscience, particularly those in the somatosensory and the motor systems. This summer school is aimed at young researchers and established scientists with a background in Physics or Mathematics.
*Registrations:*
Applications must be received by the School before March 7, 2003 in order to be
considered by the selection committee. The full cost per participant, including
housing, meals and the lectures book, is 1500 euros. Thanks to financial support
by various funding agencies, a contribution of only 900 euros/participant is
requested. A few additional grants are available. Application forms and
additional information are available from the School at
Ecole d'été de Physique théorique
La C?te des Chavants
74310 Les Houches, France
Phone: +33 -4 50 54 40 69 - Fax: +33 -4 50 55 53 25
Email: secretariat.houches@ujf-grenoble.fr <mailto:secretariat.houches@ujf-grenoble.fr>
Web:http://www-houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/
You can also download the registration forms (format A4 pdf <http://w3houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/ete-80/appliA4-80.pdf> rtf <http://w3houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/ete-80/appliA4-80.rtf> ; US Letter pdf <http://w3houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/ete-80/appliLTR-80.pdf> rtf <http://w3houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/ete-80/appliLTR-80.rtf>)
Les Houches is a resort village in the Chamonix valley in the French Alps.
Established in 1951, the Physics School is located in a group of chalets
surrounded by meadows and woods, at an altitude of 1150 m facing the
Mont-Blanc range - a very favourable environment for intellectual activity
in ideal surroundings for hiking, mountaineering and sight-seeing.
The Physics School is affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier of Grenoble <http://www.ujf-grenoble.fr/> and Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble <http://www.inpg.fr/> , and is supported by the Ministère de la Jeunesse, de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche <http://www.education.gouv.fr/>, by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS <http://www.cnrs.fr/> ) and by the Direction des Sciences de la Matière du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA/DSM <http://www.cea.fr/>).
This session is supported by the NATO Advanced Study Institute program
(ASI 979042), by IBRO and by CNRS
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