LASCON 2012
IV Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
January 15 – February 10 2012
The fourth edition of the Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience – LASCON IV was held at the University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The school was four weeks long and covered the following topics: biophysically detailed single neuron models; simplified neuron models; neural network models; synaptic plasticity and memory models; system-level brain models; information theory and spike train analysis; and computational cognitive neuroscience. These models were illustrated with the use of programs NEURON, neuroConstruct, XPP-AUTO, NEST and Matlab. The faculty was composed of an international team of world-renowned researchers in the field of computational neuroscience.
Organizing Committee
Organizer
Antonio Roque
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Local Co-Organizer
Julian Tejada
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Other Local Organizers
Denise Arruda
Diogo Vieira
Lucas Figueira
Rafael Arantes
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Scientific Committee
Antonio Roque
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Antonio Jose da Costa-Filho
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Arnd Roth
(University College, London, UK)
Osame Kinouchi
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Reynaldo Pinto
(University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Oliveira
(Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon, Portugal)
Rodrigo Publio
(University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil)
Volker Steuber
(University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
Sponsors
IBRO – International Brain Research Organization (IBRO Latin American Regional Committee)
CNPq – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
FAPESP – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Biophysical Society
OCNS – Organization for Computational Neuroscience
USP – Universidade de São Paulo