<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">**** Apologies for cross-posting ****</span></div><div><br></div><div>IX Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience - <span class="gmail-il">LASCON</span> 2024<br>January 8 - February 2, 2024, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil<br><a href="http://www.sisne.org/lascon-ix">www.sisne.org/<span class="gmail-il">lascon</span>-ix</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FDmMw2IbM" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">LASCON</span> Video</a></div><div><br>APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 14, 2023</div><div><br>Dear Colleagues, <br><br>After the hiatus of the pandemic, I am pleased to announce that the 9th edition of the Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience (<span class="gmail-il">LASCON 2024) </span>will take place January 8 - February 2, 2024 at the NeuroMat Center in the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. <br> <br><span class="gmail-il">LASCON</span> aims at introducing young researchers and graduate and advanced undergraduate students to the use of computational and mathematical methods for modeling neurons and neural networks. The following topics will be covered: <font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(38,38,38)">single-cell models (biophysically detailed, reduced and simplified), circuit and network models of biophysically detailed and simplified spiking neurons, probabilistic neuronal models, synaptic plasticity and learning, spike train analysis, neural population models, neuron-glia interaction models, models of extracellular fields, brain criticality, computational psychiatry, traveling waves in neural systems, and dynamics of neuronal functional</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"> </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(38,38,38)">connectivity</span></font>. These subjects will be taught via theoretical classes and hands-on tutorials with the use of the programs NEURON, NetPyNE, NEST, Brian, The Virtual Brain and others. Students will have to work on small research projects (to be done in groups of two), which they will present orally at the end of the school. <br> <br>The following lecturers will be in charge of theoretical classes and tutorials:<br><br><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">Aline Duarte, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">Arnd Roth, University College, London, UK</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">Christophe Pouzat, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">Demian Battaglia, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">Fabio M. Simoes de Souza, Federal University of ABC, Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">Gaute Einevoll, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, As, Norway</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica">German Mato, Bariloche Atomic Center, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:nor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="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">Antonio C. Roque<br>Professor Associado<br>Departamento de Fisica<br>FFCLRP, Universidade de Sao Paulo<br>14040-901 Ribeirao Preto-SP<br>Brazil  -  Brasil</p><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:antonior@ffclrp.usp.br" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">antonior@usp.br</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:aroquesilva@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">aroquesilva@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.sisne.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.sisne.org</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">ORCID: <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-4840" target="_blank">0000-0003-1260-4840</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">ResearcherID: <a href="http://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/C-2316-2011" target="_blank">C-2316-2011</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">Google Scholar: <a href="http://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=GqHWF74AAAAJ" target="_blank">GqHWF74AAAAJ</a></div><div>CV Lattes: <a href="http://lattes.cnpq.br/4609096963207702" target="_blank">4609096963207702</a></div></div></div></div></div>