Course description
Course G: Basic neurosciences 2
Part 2: Tutorium on Computational Neuroscience (Deubel)
Time and Location
Where: CIP-Pool 3001 (Leopoldstraße 13)
When: 23.05., 30.05., 06.06., 13.06. (wednesdays) 10:00 - 12:00 (s.t.)
Tutorial aims
- Introducing basic mathematical concepts relevant for the field of computational neuroscience
- Reducing the terror of mathematical formalizations and reasoning
- Gaining hands-on expericence for network dynamics and learning mechanisms with help of labs in Simbrain (neural networks simulator)
Tutorial contents
- Matrix Calculus and Linear associators
- Differential Equations and the leaky integrator
- Working with simbrain: Labs on activity propagation, Hebbian learning and sensori-motor control
Requirements for course credit points
• Lecture: written examination (weighing 75%)
• Tutorial: Solving problem sets and working actively on Simbrain labs (weighing 25% = 10% homework + 15% lab activity).
(last change: 12.03.2012; 16:00)