Programme

Monday 15 July: Introduction

09:00

A crash course on the biophysics of the brain

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Models of a single neuron

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Student presentation session 1

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Student presentation session 2

17:30

Dinner

19:00

Evening tutorial

Tuesday 16 July: Neural codes

09:00

Models of the visual system

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Neural coding in the visual system

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Analyzing big data in neuroscience

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Data analysis in neuroscience

17:30

Dinner

19:00

Evening tutorial

Wednesday 17 July: Motor system and dynamics of neural circuits

09:00

Models of the motor system

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Brain-machine interfaces and robotics

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Dynamics of neuronal networks

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Excitation-inhibition balance and chaos

17:30

Dinner

19:00

Evening problem sets

Thursday 18 July: Plasticity and learning

09:00

Synaptic plasticity and learning

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Dynamics of neuronal networks in the hippocampus

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Outing to Lantau Island

19:00

Evening problem sets

Friday 19 July: Emerging theme in the field

09:00

Whole-brain activity data and circuits in small animals (part I)

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Whole-brain activity data and circuits in small animals (part II)

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Large-scale brain models (part I)

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Large-scale brain models (part II)

18:00

Dinner