| Date: | Time: | Activity: | Coordinator(s): |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Jan 15 | 14:00–18:00 | Arrival | A. Roque |
| 18:30–19:00 | LASCON presentation | A. Roque | |
| 19:00–20:00 | Introduction of Students | A. Roque | |
| 20:00–21:00 | Welcome reception | A. Roque | |
| Mon Jan 16 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 1. Basic neuroscience | V. Steuber |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 2. The cable equation | A. Roth | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 3. The Hodgkin-Huxley model | V. Steuber | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 1. LINUX tutorial | D. Vieira and J. Tejada | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 2. PYTHON tutorial | L. Figueira and D. Vieira | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 3. Introduction to NEURON | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
| Tue Jan 17 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 4. Matching passive neuron models to data | A. Roth |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 5. Modeling ionic currents and their effects | V. Steuber | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 6. Introduction to reduced neuron models and phase plane analysis | G. Cymbalyuk | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 4. NEURON 1 | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 5. NEURON 2 | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 6. XPP-AUTO 1: Introduction to XPP-AUTO | G. Cymbalyuk and W. Barnett | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
| Wed Jan 18 | 09:00 – 10:00 | Lecture 7. Modeling synapses | A. Roth |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 8. Compartmental modeling | V. Steuber | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 9. Reduced neuron models 1: periodic tonic spiking and subthreshold oscillations | G. Cymbalyuk | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 7. NEURON 3 | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 8. NEURON 4 | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 9. XPP-AUTO 2: analysis of stationary states | G. Cymbalyuk and W. Barnett | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
| Thu Jan 19 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 10. Dendritic computation | A. Roth |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffeebreak | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 11. Realistic modeling of small neuronal circuits | V. Steuber | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 12. Reduced neuron models 2: dissection of bursting dynamics | G. Cymbalyuk | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 10. neuroConstruct tutorial 1 | V. Steuber | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 11. NEURON 5 | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 12. XPP-AUTO 3: following orbits with XPP-AUTO | G. Cymbalyuk and W. Barnett | |
| 20:00–23:00 | Confraternization party 1 | A. Roque | |
| Fri Jan 20 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 13. Reduced neuron models 3: burst control | G. Cymbalyuk |
| 10:00–10:20 | Cofee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 1. Energy-efficient propagation of action potentials (1st part) and Neural circuit reconstruction (2nd part) | A. Roth | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 14. Simple neuron models: Integrate-and-fire, MAT* and Izhikevich model | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 13. XPP-AUTO 4: analysis of bursting dynamics with XPP-AUTO | G. Cymbalyuk and W. Barnett | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 14. Resources for neural modeling | V. Steuber | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 15. NEURON 6 | A. Roth and S. Neymotin | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
| Sat Jan 21 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 2. Multi-scale models of information processing in the cerebellum | V. Steuber |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 15. Simple neuron models: Firing-rate models | T.Tetzlaff | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:00–12:30 | Invited lecture 3. Neurons with multiple personalities: multistability in neuronal dynamics | G. Cymbalyuk | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 16. Leaky integrate-and-fire neuron | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 17. Rate dynamics of LIF neurons with strong synapses | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–18:00 | Tutorial 18. neuroConstruct tutorial 2 | V. Steuber | |
| 18:00–20:00 | Confraternization: Football match | Students | |
| 20:00– | Dinner and evening free | ||
| Sun Jan 22 | Day off | ||
| Mon Jan 23 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 4. Care and feeding of simulations | W. Lytton |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 16. Networks models: Random networks & dynamics of firing rates | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 17. Synaptic plasticity and memory: Introduction | H. Shouval | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 19. Biophysical neural networks tutorial 1 | W. Lytton and S. Neymotin | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 20. NEST tutorial 1: Overview, Hello world, Help | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 21. Hopfield network | H. Shouval | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Tue Jan 24 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 18. Networks of biophysical neuron models 1 | W. Lytton |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 19. Networks models: stochastic dynamics of LIF networks | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 20. Unsupervised learning in abstract neurons | H. Shouval | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 22. Biophysical neural networks tutorial 2 | W. Lytton and S. Neymotin | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 23. NEST tutorial 2: balanced random network model | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 24. Hebb and principal component analysis (PCA) | H. Shouval | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Wed Jan 25 | 09:00–10:00 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque and lecturers |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque and lecturers | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque and lecturers | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque and lecturers | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–18:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 20:00–23:00 | Confraternization party 2 | A. Roque | |
| Thu Jan 26 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 5. Decorrelation of neural-network activity by inhibitory feedback | T. Tetzlaff |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 21. Networks of biophysical neuron models 2 | W. Lytton | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 22. The biophysics of synaptic plasticity and spike time dependent plasticity (STDP) |
H. Shouval |
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| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 25. Biophysical neural networks tutorial 3 |
W. Lytton and S. Neymotin | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 26. NEST tutorial 3: topological connections | T. Tetzlaff | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Tutorial 27. STDP | H. Shouval | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Fri Jan 27 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 23. Networks of biophysical neuron models 3 | W. Lytton |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 24. The Calcium dependent model of synaptic plasticity (CaDP) | H. Shouval | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 25. Information theory and spike train analysis 1 | R. Pinto |
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| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 28. Networks of biophysical neuron models 4 | W. Lytton and S. Neymotin | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 29. CaDP |
H. Shouval | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Invited lecture 6. Optimization of neuronal morphologies for pattern recognitions | G. de Sousa | |
| 17:30–17:40 | Interval | ||
| 17:40–18:40 | Tutorial 30. Information theory and spike train analysis tutorial 1 | R. Pinto | |
| Sat Jan 28 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 7. What does Weber’s law tell us about neural spike statistics | H. Shouval |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 26. Computer modeling of epilepsy | W. Lytton | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 27. Information theory and spike train analysis 2 | R. Pinto |
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| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 31. Information theory and spike train analysis tutorial 2 | R. Pinto |
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| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 18:00–20:00 | Confraternization: Football match | Students | |
| 20:00– | Dinner and evening free | ||
| Sun Jan 29 | 09:00–19:00 | Day off | |
| MonJan 30 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 28. Quantitative anatomy of the cerebral cortex | M. Abeles |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 29. Memories and the hippocampus | E. Kropff | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 30. Information theory and spike train analysis 3 | R. Pinto | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 32. Memories and the hippocampus tutorial | E. Kropff | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 33. Information theory and spike train analysis tutorial 3 | R. Pinto |
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| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Tue Jan 31 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 31. The synfire model: general description | M. Abeles |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 32. The music of the hippocampus | E. Kropff | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 33. Information theory and spike train analysis 4 | R. Pinto | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 34. Music of the hippocampus tutorial | E. Kropff | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 35. Information theory and spike train analysis tutorial 4 | R. Pinto |
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| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Invited lecture 8. Bringing rest into consideration: analyzing databases of computational models for multistability | B. Marin | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Wed Feb 01 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 34. Modeling synfire chains | M. Abeles |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 35. Correlated memories and the role of the dentate gyrus | E. Kropff |
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| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 36. Brain networks: segregation and integration | O. Sporns | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 36. Correlated memories and the role of the dentate gyrus tutorial | E. Kropff | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 37. Brain networks: segregation and integration tutorial | O. Sporns | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Invited lecture 9. Oscillations and information transfer in neocortex and hippocampus | S. Neymotin | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Thu Feb 02 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 37. The fit between cortical anatomy and neural network models (perceptron, attractor neural network and synfire chain) | M. Abeles |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Lecture 38. Entorhinal grid cells: feeding the hippocampus? | E. Kropff | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Lecture 39. Brain networks: modules and hubs | O. Sporns | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 38. Entorhinal grid cells tutorial | E. Kropff | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Tutorial 39. Brain networks: modules and hubs tutorial | O. Sporns | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Invited lecture 10. Forming what-where associations | A. Tort | |
| 20:00–23:00 | Confraternization party 3 | ||
| Fri Feb 03 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 40. Structural and functional brain connectivity | O. Sporns |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 11. Binding activities in the cortex – an MEG study | M. Abeles | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Invited lecture 12. Scaling and universality in spike avalanches of freely-behaving rats | M. Copelli | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 40. Structural and functional brain connectivity tutorial 1 | O. Sporns |
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| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Invited lecture 13. Entorhinal grid cells: experiments defeat models | E. Kropff | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Invited lecture 14. Phase-amplitude coupling between field potential oscillators | A. Tort |
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| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–20:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| Sat Feb 04 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 41. Modeling brain dynamics | O. Sporns |
| 10:00–10:2 0 |
Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 15. Applications of complex networks in neuroscience | L. da F. Costa | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Invited lecture 16. Dynamic range enhancement at the vertebrate retina: a NEURON model | R. Publio | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Tutorial 41. Modeling brain dynamics tutorial | O. Sporns | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
| 18:00–20:00 | Confraternization: Football match | A. Roque | |
| 20:00– | Dinner and evening free | ||
| Sun Feb 05 | 09:00–19:00 | Day off | |
| Mon Feb 06 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 17. Connectomics: the complex brain | O. Sporns |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 18. Between bifurcations: a cell-autonomous model for phase constancy | W. Barnett | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Student poster preparation | ||
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Student poster session | A. Roque | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Student poster session | A. Roque | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Student poster session | A. Roque | |
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–22:00 | Project work | ||
| Tue Feb 07 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 19. The many cycles of gamma: a critical review of the neuronal synchronization hypothesis | S. Neuenschwander |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 20. Propagation of “network belief” in cat V1 revealed by apparent motion | P. Carelli | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Invited lecture 21. The fly’s way to decode rotational information | R. Köberle | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Project work | ||
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Project work | ||
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Project work | ||
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–22:00 | Project work | ||
| Wed Feb 08 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 22. Gamma oscillations as a correlate of temporal expectation | S. Neuenschwander |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 23. Memory, sleep and dreams | S. Ribeiro | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Project work | ||
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Project work | ||
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Project work | ||
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Project work | ||
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–22:00 | Project work | ||
| Thu Feb 09 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 24. Topics in animals communication: from calls to symbols, from songs to psycographs | S. Ribeiro |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–11:20 | Invited lecture 25. Characterization of the rat exploratory behavior in the elevated plus-maze with Markov chains | G. Bosco and J. Tejada | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–12:30 | Project work | ||
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Project work | ||
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–16:10 | Project work | ||
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–17:30 | Project work | ||
| 17:30–18:00 | Interval | ||
| 18:00–22:00 | Project work | ||
| Fri Feb 10 | 09:30–10:00 | Introduction to the project presentations | A. Roque |
| 10:00–10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:20–10:35 | Project presentation 1 | B. Medeiros and D. Padilla | |
| 10:35–10:50 | Project presentation 2 | F. Matias and F. Reis | |
| 10:50–11:05 | Project presentation 3 | F. Mayoral and G. Hammen | |
| 11:05–11:20 | Project presentation 4 | E. Salido and J.P. Machado | |
| 11:20–11:30 | Interval | ||
| 11:30–11:45 | Project presentation 5 | A. Reimer and T. Mosqueiro | |
| 11:45–12:00 | Project presentation 6 | B. Araujo and D. Penalva | |
| 12:00–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00–14:15 | Project presentation 7 | A. Godoi and T. Borduqui | |
| 14:15–14:30 | Project presentation 8 | C. Zugarramurdi and R. Kulkarni | |
| 14:30–14:45 | Project presentation 9 | J. Dornas and L. Fernandes | |
| 14:45–15:00 | Project presentation 10 | A. Coleman and D. Fernandes | |
| 15:00–15:10 | Interval | ||
| 15:10–15:25 | Project presentation 11 | G. Sanguinetti and R. Siqueira | |
| 15:25–15:40 | Project presentation 12 | F. Davoine and M. Bayati | |
| 15:40–15:55 | Project presentation 13 | B. Souza and V. dos Santos | |
| 15:55–16:10 | Project presentation 14 | A. Canena and W. Godoy | |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30–16:45 | Project presentation 15 | M. Hilscher and T. Moulin | |
| 16:45–17:00 | Project presentation 16 | J. Sanguinetti and S. Conde | |
| 17:00–17:15 | Project presentation 17 | K. Batista and L. Suarez | |
| 17:15–17:45 | Closing remarks | A. Roque | |
| 20:00– | Final party | A. Roque | |
| Sat Feb 11 | 09:00– | Return home | |