EU Summerschool on Computational Neuroscience 2001

[Camilla Bruns]

This is the first call for the EU Summerschool on Computational 
Neuroscience 2001.

       EU ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
               (AN I.B.R.O. NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL)
                               
                   July 30 - August 24, 2001

 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, TRIESTE, ITALY
                               

DIRECTORS:      Klaus  Obermayer (Technical University  Berlin,
Germany)
                   Alessandro Treves (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
                      Eilon    Vaadia    (Hebrew    University,
Jerusalem, Israel)
         Alain Destexhe (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

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 practical training,  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
neurobiological  concepts and to the most important  techniques
in   modelling  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
modelling  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.  Students
of any nationality can apply.

A total of 32 students will be accepted. About 20 students will
be  from  the European Union and affiliated countries (Iceland,
Israel,  Liechtenstein and Norway plus all countries which  are
negotiating future membership with the EU). These students  are
supported  by  the  European  Commission  and  we  specifically
encourage  applications  from researchers  who  work  in  less-
favoured  regions  of  the EU and women.  IBRO,  ICTP  and  the
Boehringer    Ingelheim   Foundation   provide   support    for
participation from students of non-European countries all  over
the  world,  IBRO  and ICTP in particular  countries  from  the
former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia and South America, while  The
Brain  Science Foundation supports Japanese students.  Students
receiving  support  from  the mentioned  sources  will  receive
travel grants and free full board at the Adriatico Guest  House
in Trieste.


More   information  and  application  forms  can  be  obtained:
http://www.neuroinf.org/courses/trieste2001.shtml

Please apply electronically using a web browser if possible.

   - e-mail:  bruns at cs.tu-berlin.de
    -  mail:        Camilla Bruns, Technical University Berlin,
Department of Computer Science, Franklinstr,
         28/29, 10587 Berlin, Germany
        Phone: +49-(0)30-314-73442
        Fax:     +49-(0)30-314-73121


           APPLICATION DEADLINE:  March 31st , 2001

              Applicants will be notified of the results of
    the selection procedures by April 30, 2001.