Fairhall Lab

NBIO 490

Seminar course in computational neuroscience

Open to all, no particular prerequisites except a curious mind!

Now run by Nick Steinmetz, for current course see here!

Meets 12.30pm Fridays in ECE 003.

**Submit homework on canvas!Autumn 2019:

10/4 Adrienne Fairhall: Introduction: coding principles in sensory systems

10/11 Wyeth Bair: Artiphysiology: learning about vision from neural networks

10/18 TBA

10/25 John Tuthill: How the brain keeps track of the body

11/1 Chet Moritz: Harnessing brain-computer interfaces for motor rehabilitation

11/8 Eric Shea-Brown: Math in neuroscience

11/15 Saskia deVries: MindScope and the Allen Brain Observatory

11/22 Andrea Stocco: Brain to brain communication

12/06 Amy Orsborne: Using BCIs as a tool to uncover principles of learning


Autumn 2018:

9/26 Adrienne Fairhall: Introduction: coding principles in sensory systems

10/5 Howard Chizeck: Brain-computer interfaces

10/12 John Tuthill: How the brain keeps track of the body

10/19 Beth Buffalo: Attention and learning

10/26 Wyeth Bair: Artiphysiology: learning about vision from neural networks

11/2 Nathan Kutz: Controlling neural systems

11/9 Eric Shea-Brown: Math in neuroscience

11/16 Andrea Stocco: Brain to brain communication

11/30 Azadeh Yazdan: Neuroengineering and neurorehabilitation

12/7 Saskia deVries: MindScope and the Allen Brain Observatory


Autumn 2017:

9/30 Adrienne Fairhall: Coding principles in sensory systems

10/6 Eric Shea-Brown: Math in neuroscience

10/13 John Tuthill: How the brain keeps track of the body

10/20 Merav Stern: Learning in mice & models

10/27 Chet Moritz: Brain-computer interfaces

11/3 Tom Daniel: Learning from flight

11/10 No class: Veteran’s Day

11/17 Bing Brunton: Big data approaches in neuroscience

12/1 Fred Rieke: Deciphering the retina

12/7 Beth Buffalo: Attention and learning



Schedule for Autumn 2016:

9/30 Adrienne Fairhall: Coding principles in sensory systems

10/7 Eric Shea-Brown: Math in neuroscience

10/14 Jeff Riffell: Olfactory coding and behavior in insects

10/21 Anitha Pasupathy: Processing in high-level vision

10/28 Chet Moritz: Brain-computer interfaces

11/4 Bing Brunton: Big data approaches in neuroscience

11/09 No class: Veteran’s Day

11/18 John Tuthill: Feeling in flies

12/2 Shawn Olsen: The Allen Brain Observatory

12/8 Beth Buffalo: Attention and learning



Schedule for Autumn 2016:

9/30 Adrienne Fairhall: Coding principles in sensory systems

10/7 Eric Shea-Brown: Math in neuroscience

10/14 Jeff Riffell: Olfactory coding and behavior in insects

10/21 Anitha Pasupathy: Processing in high-level vision

10/28 Chet Moritz: Brain-computer interfaces

11/4 Bing Brunton*: Big data approaches in neuroscience*

11/09 No class: Veteran’s Day

11/18 John Tuthill: Feeling in flies

12/2 Shawn Olsen: The Allen Brain Observatory

12/8 Beth Buffalo: Attention and learning


Schedule for Autumn 2015:

10/2 Adrienne Fairhall: Coding principles in sensory systems

10/9 Ione Fine: What will the world look like with a bionic eye?

10/16 Jeff Riffell: Olfactory coding and behavior in insects

10/23 Beth Buffalo: Attention and learning

10/30 Eric Shea-Brown: Cortical computation

11/6 Fred Rieke: Repurposing neural circuitry

11/13 Eli Shlizerman: The mathematics of olfaction

11/20 Bing Brunton: Big data approaches in neuroscience

12/4 David Gire: Navigating with olfaction

12/11 Jay Rubinstein: Using biophysics to design cochlear implants


Schedule for Autumn 2014:

9/25 Stephen Smith (at the Comp Neuro Connection): Probing human cell types at the Allen Institute

10/3 Adrienne Fairhall: Coding and computation in sensory systems

10/10 Fred Rieke: Repurposing neural circuitry

10/17 Jeff Riffell: Olfactory coding and behavior in insects

10/24 Bing Brunton: Big data approaches in neuroscience

10/31 Wyeth Bair: Computer models of the visual cortex – a cloud-based approach

11/7 Beth Buffalo: Learning and memory in primates

11/14 Jay Rubinstein: Using biophysics to design cochlear implants

11/21 Chet Moritz: Hacking the central nervous system: Can electronic devices replace the damaged brain or spinal cord?

12/5 Shawn Olsen: High-throughput tools to analyze cortical circuitry


Schedule for Autumn 2013:

9/27 Beth Buffalo (at the Comp Neuro Connection): Attention and learning

10/4 Adrienne Fairhall: Coding and computation in sensory systems

10/11 David Perkel: Circuits for vocal learning in songbirds

10/18 KC Lee: Imaging the perception of sound

10/25 Anitha Pasupathy: Processing in high-level vision

11/1 Wyeth Bair: Deconstructing the visual system

11/8 Jay Rubinstein: Using biophysics to design cochlear implants

11/15 Rajesh Rao: Brain-computer interfacing

11/22Jeff Riffell: Olfactory coding and behavior in insects

12/7 Fred Rieke: Repurposing neural circuitry

11/14 Jay Rubinstein: Using biophysics to design cochlear implants