Program / OCNC2019

  • All the lectures take place in the Seminar Room, OIST Seaside House unless otherwise indicated.
  • Meetings with faculty take place in Meeting room 1

Week 1 (June 24-29) : Methods

(Sunday, June 23: Arrival Day)

Monday, June 24

  • 09:30-09:45   Greetings from the organizers
  • 10:00-12:00   Parallel Sessions
    • Kenji Doya: Introduction to numerical methods for differential equations (Seminar Room) Lecture Material
    • Marylka Yoe Uusisaari:Foundations of computation by biological neurons  (Meeting Room 1)
  • 14:00-18:00   Student poster presentations (14:00-16:00 Group1 / 16:00-18:00 Group2)
  • 19:00-21:00   Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, June 25

  • 09:30-12:30  Bernd Kuhn:
    • 1. Ion channel physiology and the Hodgkin-Huxley model of neuronal activity
    • 2. Functional optical imaging
  • 14:00-15:00  Introduction of the tutors
  • 15:00-17:00  Tutorial: Basic Python
  • 17:00-18:00  Tutorial: Git

Wednesday, June 26

  • 09:30-12:30   Tomoki Fukai: Neural network modeling of cognitive functions
  • 14:00-16:00   Tutorial: Advanced Python
  • 16:00-18:00   Tutorial: Brian

Thursday, June 27

  • 09:30-12:30   Erik De Schutter: Introduction to modeling neurons
  • 14:00-16:00   Tutorial: Nest
  • 16:00-18:00   Tutorial: Neuron

Friday, June 28

  • 09:30-12:30   Kenji Doya: Introduction to reinforcement learning and Bayesian inference
  • 14:00-16:00   Tutorial: Advanced MATLAB
  • 16:00-18:00   Tutorial: STEPS/NetPyNE

Saturday, June 29

  • 09:30-12:30   Erik De Schutter: Modeling biochemical reactions, diffusion and reaction-diffusion systems

Sunday, June 30 (Day off or Excursion)

Week 2 (July 01-06) : Neurons, Networks and Behavior I

Monday, July 01

  • 09:30-12:30   Sebastian Seung: Models of cortical learning are constrained by functional connectomics
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof.Seung
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Kuhn

Tuesday, July 02

  • 09:30-12:30   Yi Zeng: From Brain Knowledge Engine to Brain-inspired Artificial Intelligence
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Zeng(14:00-15:00) or Meeting with Prof. De Schutter
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Fukai

Wednesday, July 03

  • 09:30-12:30   Taro Toyoizumi: Exploring the learning principle in the brain
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Toyoizumi

Thursday, July 04

  • 09:30-12:30   Eve Marder: Variability, Robustness and Modulation in a Simple Central Pattern Generating Circuit
  • 13:40-            Moving to Main Campus              
  • 14:00-17:30   OIST Campus Visit(Lab tour)
    • Optical Neuroimaging Unit (Prof. Kuhn),
    • Neural Computation Unit (Prof.Doya)
    • Brain Mechanism for Behaviour Unit (Prof.Arbuthnott)

Friday, July 05

  • 09:30-12:30   Wenbiao Gan: Experience and sleep-dependent neuronal plasticity and stability
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Marder(meeting room1)
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work

Saturday, July 06

  • 09:30-12:30   Jun Izawa:Computational Basis of Neuro-Motor Control
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Gan(meeting room1)
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Izawa(meeting room2)

Sunday, July 07 (Day off or Excursion)

Week 3 (July 08–11) : Neurons, Networks and Behavior II

Monday, July 08

  • 09:30-12:30   Sukbin Lim: Network models for learning and memory
  • 14:00-16:00   Greg Stephens: Principles and Possibilities in the Phase Space of Animal Behavior
  • 16:00-17:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Lim(meeting room1)

Tuesday, July 09

  • 09:30-12:30   Michael Hausser: All-optical interrogation of neural circuits in behaving animals
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Hausser(meeting room1)
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Doya(meeting room2)

Wednesday, July 10

  • 09:30-12:30   Geoffery Goodhill: Modelling neural development: axon guidance, cortical maps and neural coding
  • 14:00-16:00   Project work or Meeting with Prof. Goodhill(meeting room1)
  • 16:00-18:00   Project work

Thursday, July 11

  • 11:00-12:30   Kenji Doya: Bayesian brain and meta-learning
  • 14:00-17:00   Student project presentations
  • 19:00-21:00   Banquet & Dinner

Friday, July 12: Departure day