Connectionists: Second Call: LASCON*2006

[Rodrigo Freire Oliveira]

Second Call -  LASCON*2006

the I Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience
LASCON 2006

http://neuron.ffclrp.usp.br/lascon/home.htm

January 15-28 2006
University of Sao Paulo
Ribeirao Preto, SP Brazil

Faculty
David Beeman, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
James Bower, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA
Kim Blackwell, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Michael Hines, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Michael Hasselmo, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Dieter Jaeger, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Roland Koberle, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
Marcelo Mazza, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Rodrigo Oliveira, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Reynaldo Pinto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Arnd Roth, University College, London, UK
Michael Vanier, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, USA
Charles Wilson, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA

Organizer
Antonio Roque, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

Co-organizer
Rodrigo Oliveira, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

Scientific Committee
David Beeman, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
James Bower, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA
Rodrigo Oliveira, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

Deadline for student application: September 9, 2005 (Friday)

The I Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience (LASCON 2006)
aims at introducing advanced undergraduate and graduate students to the
use of methods for detailed modeling of neurons and neural circuits,
based on the Hodgkin-Huxley formalism, the cable equation and the
compartmental modeling technique. The use of these methods will be
illustrated with the development and investigation of numerical
simulations with the programs GENESIS and NEURON. The school is divided
in two weeks, the first one for theoretical lectures and hands on
tutorials, and the second one for invited lectures and the development
of project works by the students. Students will follow a highly
demanding schedule of morning lectures followed by afternoon and evening
computational laboratory sessions.

The School will be held at the campus of the University of São Paulo at
Ribeirão Preto (a city about 313 km north of Sao Paulo). Course
applicants should be fluent in English (written/spoken) and have a solid
background in life and/or hard sciences (some experience in computer
programming is also desirable).

Applications are welcome and should be made by using the application
form on the school web page
(http://neuron.ffclrp.usp.br/lascon/home.htm). The number of students is
limited to 20 and priority will be given to students from Latin American
countries. Under exceptional circumstances, students from other areas of
the world could be accepted as well. Costs for accommodation and meals
will be covered by the school organization. In exceptional cases,
limited funding is available to partly cover travel expenses.

More information on the school can be found at
http://neuron.ffclrp.usp.br/lascon/home.htm