Connectionists: Workshop: Predicting every spike?

[Renaud Jolivet]

We would like to announce a workshop on

Quantitative Neuron Modeling: Predicting every spike?
June 25-26, 2007
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

http://lcn.epfl.ch/~gerstner/QuantNeuronMod2007/

AIMS:
Recently, there have been efforts in several labs towards quantitative
neuron models by measuring the model quality over lots of different
paradigms - including spike-by-spike predictions for time-dependent input.

The aim of the workshop will be to bring these people together, compare
methods, and maybe get into a discussion of:
   
    1. What are suitable generic sets of stimuli to test neuron models?
    2. What are suitable measures to quantify and optimize the quality 
of neuron models?

We have also opened a challenge:

Predicting Single-Neuron Behavior
http://lcn.epfl.ch/~gerstner/QuantNeuronMod2007/challenge.html
The results will be discussed at the workshop.

The number of participants in the workshop will be limited
to facilitate discussions.

The organization committee
    Arnd Roth (UCL London)
    Felix Schuermann (EPFL and  Blue Brain Project)
    Renaud Jolivet (UNIL, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience)
    Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL, Brain Mind Institute)

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Renaud Jolivet
PhD Neuroscience, MSc Physics, EPFL

EPFL Brain Mind Institute
Station 15
CH-1015 Lausanne

URL: http://icwww.epfl.ch/~rjolivet
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