I NeuroMat Course on Parallel and GPU Programming for Neuroscience and
Mini Workshop on Computational Neuroscience
Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil December 5-8 2016
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Mon Dec 5 |
09:00 – 10:30 |
Course 1. Introduction to NEST |
S. van Albada |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Course 2. Building, running, and visualizing parallel NEURON models (part 1) |
R. McDougal |
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12:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 – 16:00 |
Course 3. GPU-accelerated spiking network simulations with GeNN and Brian 2 – part 1 |
M. Stimberg |
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30 – 17:30 |
Invited talk 1. |
M. Gubitoso |
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Tue Dec 6 |
09:00 – 10:30 |
Course 1. Creating neuron models in NEST |
S. van Albada |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Course 2. Building, running, and visualizing parallel NEURON models (part 2) |
R. McDougal |
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12:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 – 16:00 |
Course 3. GPU-accelerated spiking network simulations with GeNN and Brian 2 – part 2 |
M. Stimberg |
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30 – 17:30 |
Invited talk 2. |
J. Stolfi |
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Wed Dec 7 |
09:00 – 10:30 |
Course 1. Parallel simulations with NEST |
S. van Albada |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Course 2. Advanced parallel NEURON topics: gap junctions, randomness, load balancing, subworlds |
R. McDougal |
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12:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 – 16:00 |
Course 3. GPU-accelerated spiking network simulations with GeNN and Brian 2 – part 2 |
M. Stimberg |
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30 – 17:30 |
Invited talk 3. |
N. Kamiji |
Mini Workshop on Computational Neuroscience
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Thu Dec 8 |
09:30 – 10:30 |
Talk 1. Addressing limits to network scaling by full-scale modeling of cortex |
S. van Albada |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Talk 2. Calcium induced calcium release and neuronal electrophysiology |
R. McDougal |
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12:00 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 – 15:30 |
Talk 3. Fast learning with weak synaptic plasticity |
M. Stimberg |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 – 17:00 |
Talk 4. Mechanisms of self-sustained sleep-like and awake-like activity states in a heterogeneous spiking network model |
R. Pena |
Lecturers (Courses and Mini Workshop Talks)
Sacha van Albada, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Course 1. Parallel implementations of large-scale spiking network models in NEST
Robert McDougal, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Course 2. Parallel implementations of large-scale spiking network models in NEURON
Marcel Stimberg, Institute de la Vision, Paris, France
Course 3. Simulation of large-scale spiking network models on GPU
Lecturers (Talks)
Jorge Stolfi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, campinas, SP, Brazil
Marco Gubitoso, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Nilton Kamiji, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Rodrigo Pena, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Venues
The course (December 5-7) will be held at room 602 of the Department of Computing and Mathematics (DCM) of the School of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto (USP/RP). The mini-workshop will be held at room 220 (Sala Verde) of the Department of Physics (DF) of FFCLRP, USP/RP.
Coffee-breaks will take place at “Cantina do Valter”, which is located besides the DCM and DF buildings. Lunches can be held either at “Cantina do Valter” or at the canteen of the Law School across the street from DCM and DF. The Law School canteen has a better range of vegetarian dishes.