LASCON IX

LASCON 2024

IX Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience

NeuroMat – Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center

for Neuromathematics,

Institute of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of São Paulo

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

January 8 – February 2 2024

Video presentation of LASCON

Podcast about LASCON (in Portuguese)

The ninth edition of the Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience – LASCON IX will be held at the NeuroMat Center in the main campus of the University of São Paulo in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The school will last for four weeks and will cover the following topics: single-cell models (biophysically detailed, reduced and simplified), circuit and network models of biophysically detailed and simplified spiking neurons, probabilistic neuronal models, synaptic plasticity and learning, spike train analysis, neural population models, neuron-glia interaction models, models of extracellular fields, brain criticality, computational psychiatry, traveling waves in neural systems, and dynamics of neuronal functional connectivity. These models will be illustrated with the use of the programs NEURON, NetPyNE, NEST, XPP-AUTO, Brian and The Virtual Brain. The faculty is composed of an international team of world-renowned researchers in the field of computational neuroscience.

Students should be fluent in English (written/spoken) and have a solid background in life and/or hard sciences. Experience in computer programming is also desirable. Applications should be made electronically using the application form. Applicants are also requested to submit a detailed CV (in English) and to provide two letters of recommendation. The number of students is limited to 40 so the student selection will be competitive and based on the information provided. There is no registration fee for the school. Depending on available funding, the school organization may provide free accommodation for students not from the Greater São Paulo area.  The school will not give travel support for students, who are encouraged to apply for this to both national and international funding agencies.

Selected students will have to bring their own laptops with the necessary programs already installed on them (the organizers will announce the list of programs and their versions prior to the beginning of the school).

At the end of the school students will present preliminary results of simulation projects developed during the school. These projects will be made in groups of two students, and the decisions on the project themes will be made during interviews of students and the school organizers and lecturers in the middle of the second week of school. Student groups will work on the chosen projects during the rest of the school, in parallel with the other activities, and give brief oral presentations of the progress achieved during an assessment session in the beginning of the final week of school. Then, based on suggestions and comments made by lecturers and other students during the assessment session, student groups will resume their work and present their final results orally on the last day of school. An evaluation committee constituted by organizers, lecturers and tutors will choose the best project. Each member of the winning group will gain a computational neuroscience book of his/her choice worth up to US$ 80. 

Before arriving at LASCON, students are encouraged to study the material under the “Resources for Students” link in the LASCON webpage. It contains basic stuff that students will need to know to follow the classes.

LASCON 2024 is an activity of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center (RIDC) for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat).

Application Deadline: October 22, 2023 (until Midnight, US Pacific time)

Organizing Committee

Organizers

Antonio Galves, in memoriam (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)

Aline Duarte (University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Bóris Marin (Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil)

Cristiane O. R. Salum (Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil)

Maurício Girardi-Schappo (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

Rodrigo F. O. Pena (Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, USA)

Local Organizers

Carybé G. Silva (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Lourdes Netto (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Marilucia Otama

Thaís M. Carvalho (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Scientific Committee

Adriano Tort (Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, RN, Brazil)

Antonio Galves (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)

Aline Duarte (Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)

Bóris Marin (Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil)

Cristiane O. R. Salum (Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil)

Demian Battaglia (University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France)

Fernanda S. Matias (Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio, AL, Brazil)

Horacio Rotstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA)

John D. Murray (Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA)

Marcelo Reyes (Federal University of ABC, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil)

Markus Diesmann (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)

Maurício Girardi-Schappo (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

Osame Kinouchi (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)

Sidarta Ribeiro (Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, RN, Brazil)

Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)

William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)

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