2024 MCN Schedule
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July 24 |
Arrival |
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July 25 |
9:00 - 12:00 |
Neuronal biophysics |
Steve Baccus |
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2:00 - 5:00 |
Linear algebra bootcamp |
Mark Goldman |
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7:45 - 8:45 |
Matlab / Python tutorial |
TAs |
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July 26 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Introduction to probability theory, statistics, and information measures |
Uri Eden |
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10:50-12:15 |
Neural decoding and state-space models |
Uri Eden |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Faculty brief presentations on their lectures and project proposals |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
Backyard brains |
Greg Gage |
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July 29 |
9:00-10:25 |
Single synapse and neuron physiology |
Nelson Spruston |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Single neuron modeling and dynamical systems theory |
Bard Ermentrout |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
XPP tutorial |
Bard Ermentrout |
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July 30 |
9:00-10:25 |
Introduction to neural coding |
Adrienne Fairhall |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Introduction to sensory systems |
Steve Baccus |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
Neural coding |
James Firtzerald |
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8:00 |
Massey Family Endowed Lecture |
Adrienne Fairhall |
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July 31 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Recurrent network theory of E-I balance |
Haim Sompolinsky |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
The structure-function mapping in |
Srdjan Ostojic |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
Problem set 1 presentation |
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August 1 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Synaptic plasticity and homeostatic regulation |
Claudia Clopath |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Cellular and circuit basis of memory |
André Fenton |
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2:00 - 3:25 |
Pattern generation and robustness in neural circuits |
Eve Marder |
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6:00 pm |
BBQ |
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August 2 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Neural correlations and behavior |
Xaq Pitkow |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Geometry of neural representation and abstraction |
Stefano Fusi |
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August 5 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
State-dependent neural computations |
Anne Churchland |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
High-dimensional networks and deep learning |
Surya Ganguli |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
Problem set 2 presentation |
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August 6 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Neuronal population interactions between brain areas |
Byron Yu |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
High-dimensional networks and deep learning |
Surya Ganguli |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Dimensionality reduction tutorial |
Byron Yu |
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August 7 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Representational geometry |
SueYeon Chung |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Dynamical systems models of neural activity and behavior |
Scott Linderman |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Tutorial |
Scott Linderman |
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August 8 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Decision-making |
Roozbeh Kiani |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Neural integrators: linear network theory & beyond |
Mark Goldman |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
Student project proposal due |
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7:00 - 8:00 |
Pytorch tutorial |
TAs |
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August 9 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Modeling the memory system |
Ila Fiete |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Local and non-local representations for navigation |
Loren Frank |
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2:00 - 3:25 |
Vector computation for navigation |
Larry Abbott |
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August 12 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
RL and circuit mechanisms of dopamine signaling |
Kim Stachenfeld |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Reinforcement learning and dopamine |
Nao Uchida |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Parallel small group meetings on student projects |
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| 3:30 - 5:20 |
Parallel small group meetings on student projects |
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August 13 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Neural computations in the cerebellum |
Reza Shadmehr |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Basal ganglia and learned motor behavior |
Michale Fee |
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2:00 - 3:25 |
Motor planning and control |
Sara Solla |
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August 14 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
The neurocognitive mechanisms of model-based reinforcement learning |
Marcelo Mattar |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
The function of the direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia |
Ilana Witten |
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August 15 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Discovering natural behavioral fingerprints |
Bob Datta |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Distributed brain dynamics and cognition in a multi-regional cortex, lecture 1 |
Xiao-Jing Wang |
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| 6:00 |
BBQ |
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August 16 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Synaptic credit assignment |
Karel Svoboda |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Modeling of human cortex |
John Murray |
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2:00 - 3:25 |
Neural circuit models of mental disorders |
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August 19 |
9:00 - 10:25 |
Distributed brain dynamics and cognition in a multi-regional cortex, lecture 2 |
Xiao-Jing Wang |
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10:50 - 12:15 |
Project presentation |
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3:30 - 5:20 |
Project presentation |
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August 20 |
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Departure |