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NEUR 1680

Computational Neuroscience

Spring Semester, 2012

Last updated: April 16, 2012

Class 13

Wednesday Apr 18, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignments for Class 13:

· All of Chapter 8 of book, paying particular attention to the last few pages on learning in the Boltzmann machine.

· Song Miller Abbott 2000

Class 12

Wednesday Apr 11, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignment for Class 12: Chapter 8 of book, sections 1, 2, and first 5 pages of section 3 (up to and including subsection on Principal-Component Projection)

HW assignment for Class 12:

Problems 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Chapter 8.

Use eight_1_incomplete.m and eight_4_incomplete.m.

Problems for Chapter 8

Class 11

Wednesday Apr 4, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignments for Class 11:

· Chapter 7 of book, sections 5 and 6

· Excitatory Inhibitory Neural Network Part 1

· Excitatory Inhibitory Neural Network Part 2

· First_Order_System.m in Solution code

Class 10

Wednesday Mar 21, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignments for Class 10:

· Chapter 7 of book, sections 1 to 4

· Vogels 2005

Class 9

Wednesday Mar 14, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignment for Class 9:

· Salinas and Sejnowski 2000

· Kuhn et al. 2004

HW assignment for Class 9:

Problem 6 of Chapter 5.

Class 8

Wednesday Mar 7, 2012, 3:00—5:20

The FitzHugh-Nagumo Model. Also, see FitzHugh-Nagumo code in Solution code.

Reading assignment for Class 8:

All of Chapter 5.

HW assignment for Class 8:

Problems 4 and 5 of Chapter 5.

Solution code

Class 7

Thursday Mar 1, 2012, 11:00—12:00

HW assignment for Class 7:

Problem 3 of Chapter 5

Solution code

Problems for Chapter 5

Class 6

Wednesday Feb 29, 2012, 3:00—4:00

Reading assignments for Class 6:

· Linear Systems of DEs (review material)

· Nonlinear Systems of DEs (review material)

· Book, Chapter 5, Sections 1 to 4.

Class 5

Wednesday Feb 22, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignments for Class 5:

· Book, Chapter 3, up to and including the section on Optimal Decoding Methods (does not include Fisher Information and following sections).

· Gallant Nature 2008 (with Supplement) (Reading of supplementary material is optional)

HW assignment for Class 5:

Problem 2 of Chapter 3 Solution code

Problems for Chapter 3

Class 4

Wednesday Feb 15, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignment for Class 4:

Softky_Koch_93 First 5 pages, i.e., up to but not including Analytical Models.

Class 3

Wednesday Feb 8, 2012, 3:00—5:20

Reading assignment for Class 3:

All of Chapter 1 of book

HW assignment for Class 3:

Problems 1 and 2 of Chapter 1 Solution code

Problems for Chapter 1

All HW Format: Create a single file (pdf or word) that contains your results (figures and/or brief comments as applicable) and your code. Please use the following format for the file name:

NEUR1680_HWxxx_YourName

Please email me the file prior to class on the day the HW is due.