LASCON VII

LASCON 2018

VII Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

January 7 – February 2 2018

The seventh edition of the Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience – LASCON VII was held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The school was four weeks long and covered the following topics: biophysically detailed single neuron models; reduced and simplified single neuron models; networks of biophysical and simplified neuron models; synaptic plasticity and learning; active inference and predictive coding in the brain; spike train analysis; stochastic modeling of ion channels; dynamics of neuronal functional connectivity; variable length memory chains and applications in neuroscience; and computational psychiatry. These models were illustrated with the use of programs NEURON, neuroConstruct, XPP-AUTO, Matlab, NEST, Brian and the Virtual Brain. The faculty was composed of an international team of world-renowned researchers in the field of computational neuroscience.

LASCON 2018 was an activity of the  Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center (RIDC) for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat).

Organizing Committee

Organizers

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

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

Nilton Kamiji (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)

Local Organizers

Carlos Ribas (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

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

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

Marilucia Otama

Vera L. Ribeiro (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 Roque 
(University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)

Arnd Roth 
(University College, London, UK)

Julian Tejada
 (Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil)

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

Nilton Kamiji – (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)

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

Reynaldo Pinto 
(University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)

Rodrigo Oliveira
 (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon, Portugal)

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)

Sponsors

IBRO – International Brain Research Organization (IBRO Latin American Regional Committee)

CNPq – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

CAPES – Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

FAPESP – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

NeuroMat – Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics

USP – Universidade de São Paulo