EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience

an I.B.R.O. Neuroscience School


21 August - 15 September 2000

(Miramare - 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 is an intensive four week combined lecture and laboratory series with 
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 neuroscience 
concepts and to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, networks 
and neural systems.  During the following three weeks the lectures will cover 
specific brain functions, dealing respectively with sensory systems and 
especially vision, with memory and attention, with motor planning and control.  
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. 

COURSE FACULTY

M. Abeles 		(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
C. Barnes 		(University of Arizona, Tucson)
A. Berthoz 		(ENS & CNRS, Paris)
V. Braitenberg 		(Tübingen)
J. Bullier 		(INSERM Bron)
C. Colby 		(University Pittsburgh) 
V. De Sa 		(Univ. California San Francisco)
E. De Schutter 		(University of Antwerp) 
A. Destexhe 		(University of Laval, Quebec)
O. Donchin 		(Johns Hopkins, Philadelphia) 
K. Friston 		(University College London)
B. Graham 		(University of Edinburgh)
J.J.B. Jack 		(Oxford University, U.K.)
J. Lund 		(University College London) 
H. Markram 		(Weizmann Institute, Israel)
M. Nicolelis 		(Duke University, NC)
K. Obermayer 		(Technical University Berlin) 
S. Panzeri 		(University of Newcastle)
A. Pouget 		(University of Rochester, New York)
J.M. Rinzel 		(New York University) 
N. Schweighofer 	(ERATO, Kyoto)
I. Segev 		(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
T. Sejnowski 		(The Salk, La Jolla)
H. Sompolinsky 		(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
M. Stetter 		(Technical University Berlin) 
S. Tanaka 		(RIKEN, Tokyo)
A. Thomson 		(University College London)
T. Tishby 		(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
A. Treves 		(SISSA, Trieste)
E. Vaddia 		(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
C. Wilson 		(University of Tennessee, Memphis)

and others to be announced.

Deadline:   31 MARCH 2000


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' English conversation and reading skills should be fluent 
as all the courses are taught in English.  Students are expected to have a basic 
background in neurobiology, as well as some computer experience.

The Course is supported by the European Commission, the Boehringer Ingelheim 
Foundation, the International Brain Research Organization, the Abdus Salam 
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste) and the Brain Science 
Foundation (Tokyo). 

A total of 32 students will be accepted.  Students of any nationality can apply, 
but the majority of accepted students will be from the European Union and 
affiliated countries (Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein and Norway).  These 
students will be supported by the European Commission and we specifically 
encourage applications from researchers who work in less-favoured regions of the 
EU and from women.  The Abdus Salam ICTP and IBRO will support participation of 
students from developing countries (applications from Eastern Europe and Africa 
are particularly encouraged), while the Brain Science Foundation will support 
Japanese students.  Students receiving support from these sources will receive 
travel grants and free full board at the Adriatico Guest House.  Students from 
Canada, Switzerland and the USA may be charged for their accommodation and/or 
may need to obtain national support for their travel.


More information and a WEB Application Form may be accessed on: 
http://www.bbf.uia.ac.be/EU_course.shtml
or by e-mailing to eucourse@bbf.uia.ac.be
or smr1248@ictp.trieste.it, or by mail to:

EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience
the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera 11, I-34100 Trieste, Italy 

Telephone: +39 - 040 - 2240111
Telefax: +39 - 040 - 224163
Telex: 460392 ICTP I
E-mail: SMR1248@ictp.trieste.it


Should applying through the WWW be impossible, the completed request for 
participation form, appended to this announcement (also obtainable via e-mail: 
smr1248@ictp.trieste.it by typing on the subject line get index, or via WWW 
server: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/), should be sent to the above address.

Trieste, January 2000