Programme

  • 15 July — 19 July 2019

Past

1st Day
Introduction
09:00 — 10:30
A crash course on the biophysics of the brain
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Models of a single neuron
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Student presentation session 1
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Student presentation session 2
17:30 — 19:00
Dinner
19:00 — 22:00
Evening tutorial
2nd Day
Neural codes
09:00 — 10:30
Models of the visual system
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Neural coding in the visual system
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Analyzing big data in neuroscience
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Data analysis in neuroscience
17:30 — 19:00
Dinner
19:00 — 22:00
Evening tutorial
3rd Day
Motor system and dynamics of neural circuits
09:00 — 10:30
Models of the motor system
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Brain-machine interfaces and robotics
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Dynamics of neuronal networks
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Excitation-inhibition balance and chaos
17:30 — 19:00
Dinner
19:00 — 22:00
Evening problem sets
4th Day
Plasticity and learning
09:00 — 10:30
Synaptic plasticity and learning
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Dynamics of neuronal networks in the hippocampus
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 19:00
Outing to Lantau Island
19:00 — 22:00
Evening problem sets
5th Day
Emerging theme in the field
09:00 — 10:30
Whole-brain activity data and circuits in small animals (part I)
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Whole-brain activity data and circuits in small animals (part II)
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Large-scale brain models (part I)
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 18:00
Large-scale brain models (part II)
18:00 — 22:00
Dinner

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