Summer Semester 2004/2005
Computational Neuroscience II: Foundations of Neuronal Coding
(Mathematische Modelle der Kodierung und Dekodierung im Gehirn)
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Time and Location:
Mondays from 12:15 to 2:00 pm in the seminar room of the ITB
(Invalidenstr. 43, west wing).
Syllabus:
Statistics of firing rates and spike trains, reverse correlations
between stimuli and neuronal output,
optimal filtering and decoding, population coding, and information theory
applied to spiking neurons.
The lectures adhere closely to the outline given by the book
"`Theoretical Neuroscience"'
of Dayan and Abbott (1999).
Intended audience:
Students in the natural sciences with an interest
in biology and biophysics.
Attendence at the lectures, successful completion of the exercises
and computer lab, and presentation of a short report
on a research project
will be recognized by a course certificate (Kursschein).
Prerequisites:
Some knowledge of linear algebra and Fourier transforms.
Recitations
Recitations are scheduled Tuesdays from 8:15 until 10:00, in the seminar
room of the ITB.