From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Mar 22 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Erik De Schutter Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Trieste Course in Computational Neuroscience Date: 23 Mar 1999 13:49:24 -0000 Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, U.K. Lines: 91 Message-ID: <7d8654$2d1$1@mserv2.dl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mserv2.dl.ac.uk Original-To: biophys@dl.ac.uk content-length: 4721 Return-Path: EU ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE LAST CALL: APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 31 AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 17, 1999 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, TRIESTE, ITALY DIRECTORS: Erik De Schutter (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Klaus Obermayer (Technical University Berlin, Germany) Idan Segev (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) Alessandro Treves (SISSA, Trieste, Italy) The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the panoply of problems and methods of computational neuroscience, simultaneously addressing several levels of neural organisation, from subcellular processes to operations of the entire brain. The course consists of two complementary parts. A distinguished international faculty gives morning lectures on topics in experimental and computational neuroscience. The rest of the day is devoted to practicals, including learning how to use simulation software and how to implement a model of the system the student wishes to study on individual unix workstations. The first week of the course introduces students to essential neuro- biological concepts and to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, networks and neural systems. Students learn how to apply software packages like GENESIS, MATLAB, NEURON, XPP, etc. to the solution of their problems. During the following three weeks the lectures will cover specific brain functions. Each week topics ranging from modeling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits, large neuronal networks and system level models of the brain will be covered. The course ends with a presentation of the students' projects. The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience is designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in a variety of disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer science and psychology. Students are expected to have a basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. A total of 30 students will be accepted. Students of any nationality can apply. We specifically encourage applications from researchers who work in less-favoured regions of the EU and from women. Travel grants and free accomodations are available for students from most countries in the world. More information and application forms can be obtained: - http://www.bbf.uia.ac.be/EU_course.shtml http://www.ictp.trieste.it/cgi-bin/ICTPsmr/mklinks/mklist?smr1166 Please apply electronically using a web browser if possible. - email: eucourse@bbf.uia.ac.be - by mail: Prof. E. De Schutter Born-Bunge Foundation University of Antwerp - UIA, Universiteitsplein 1 B2610 Antwerp Belgium FAX: +32-3-8202669 APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 31, 1999. Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection procedures by May 1. CONFIRMED FACULTY: M. Abeles (Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel), S. Amari (RIKEN, Japan), B. Bialek (NEC Research Institute, USA), C. Colby (University Pittsburgh, USA), M. Corbetta (Washington University St Louis, USA), V. de Sa (University California San Francisco, USA), O. Ekeberg (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), W. Gerstner (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), D. Hansel (Ecole Polytechnique Paris, France), D. Heeger (Stanford University, USA), J. Jack (Oxford University, UK), J. Keizer (University of California Davis, USA), R. Kotter (Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf), G. LeMasson (University of Bordeaux, France), J. Lund (University College London, UK), E. Marder (Brandeis University, USA), H. Markram (Weizmann Institute, Israel), B. McNaugthon (University Arizona Tucson, USA), J. Mehler (CNRS Paris, France), M. Nicolelis (Duke University, USA), J. Rinzel (New York University, USA), H. Sompolinsky (Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel), M. Stetter (Technical University Berlin, Germany), S. Ullman (Weizmann Institute, Israel), J. Van Pelt (Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam), C. Wilson (University of Tennessee, USA), T. Zador (University of California San Diego, USA). The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience is supported by the European Commission (4th Framework Biotechnology program), by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste), by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and by The Brain Science Foundation (Tokyo). .