Lecture + Tutorial, Summer 2010 Computational Neuroscience: Acquisition and Analysis of Neural Data Richard Kempter, Benjamin Blankertz

Lecture: Dr. Richard Kempter, Dr. Benjamin Blankertz
Tutorial on spike trains: Paula Kuokkanen, Jose Donoso, and Jorge Jaramillo.
Tutorial on EEG data: Dr. Benjamin Blankertz

Date: From 23-April-2010 to 16-July-2010.

Location: Lectures and tutorials take place at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neurosciences Berlin, Haus 6, Philippstr. 13.

Times:
Lectures (2 SWS, 2 ECTS): Fridays from 10:00 to 11:30 am in the lecture hall 102
Tutorials (2 SWS, 5 ECTS): Fridays from 12:30 to 14:00 pm in rooms 115 and/or 215

Target Group: Students of Computational Neuroscience, Medical Neuroscience, Biology, Biophysics, Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science.

Requirements: Basic knowledge in Neurobiology and Mathematics at the level of the first year of the Masters Program in Computational Neuroscience.

Topics: This part of the module ''Acquisition and Analysis of Neural Data'' of the Master Program in Computational Neuroscience provides knowledge on statistical analyses of neural data:

(1) Analysis of spike trains (spike statistics, neural coding, theory of point processes, linear systems theory, correlation analysis, spike-triggered average, reverse correlation, STRF, neural decoding, signal detection theory, infomation theory, signal-to-noise ratio analysis). Please click here for details on the first part of the tutorial.

(2) Statistical analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) data, e.g., forward calculation; investigation of event-related potentials (ERPs) and event-related desynchronization (ERD); spatial filters; classification. Please click here for details on the second part.

Course Certificates: To obtain course certificates, at least 75% of the points in the exercises (5 ECTS) must be obtained.

To obtain the full 5 ECTS for the tutorial, every individual student has to complete an additional small programming project. Project topics will be distributed at the end of the lecture series, and every student should work on her/his topic in the lecture-free time (July/August/September 2010).

The final oral exam on the module "Acquisition and Analysis of Neuronal Data" will take place in the week from October 4 to October 8, 2010.

Background material for the analysis of spike trains:
P. Dayan and L.F. Abbott (2001) Theoretical Neuroscience. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.