Seminar course in computational neuroscience
Open to all, no particular prerequisites except a curious mind!
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
11/22 Jeff Riffell: Olfactory coding and behavior in insects
12/7 Fred Rieke: Repurposing neural circuitry
11/14 Jay Rubinstein: Using biophysics to design cochlear implants
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