Connectionists: BCF/NWG Course "Analysis and Models in Neurophysiology", Freiburg, Germany

[Birgit Ahrens]

*BCF/NWG Course***

*"Analysis and Models in Neurophysiology"***

/Sunday, October 9 - Friday, October 14, 2016 /
/Bernstein Center Freiburg, Hansastraße 9a, 79104 Freiburg, Germany/


*Aim of the course:*

The course is intended to provide advanced Diploma/Masters and PhD 
students, as well as young researchers from the neurosciences with 
approaches for the analysis of electrophysiological data and the 
theoretical concepts behind them.

*The course includes various topics such as*:

  * Neuron Models and Point Processes (Prof. Stefan Rotter)
  * Local field potentials (Prof. Ulrich Egert)
  * Neural Coding (Dr. Robert Schmidt)
  * Neural Decoding (Prof. Carsten Mehring)

The course will consist of lectures in the morning and matching 
exercises using Matlab and Mathematica in the afternoon. The 
participants should have a basic understanding of scientific 
programming. This course is designated especially for advanced 
diploma/master students and PhD students (preferentially in their first 
year).

*Application:*
Please apply by sending one single pdf document containing your CV and a 
meaningful letter of motivation to nwg-course at bcf.uni-freiburg.de 
<mailto:nwg-course at bcf.uni-freiburg.de>.
The letter of motivation should refer to the following points:

  * Reasons for wanting to take this course
  * Background in mathematics
  * Background in scientific programming
  * Experience in using Matlab and Mathematica
  * Background in neuroscience

The course is limited to 20 participants.

*Course fees:*NWG members - free, others - 125€

*Application deadline: *June 15, 2016

*More information: 
*_http://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/events/conferences-workshops/20161009-nwgcourse_

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Dr. Birgit Ahrens
Teaching & Training Coordinator
Bernstein Center Freiburg
University of Freiburg
Hansastr. 9a
D - 79104 Freiburg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575
Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559
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