The 13th Computational Neuroscience Winter School

Jan. 15-20, 2024

Organized by Lab of computational neuroscience, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Introduction

This winter course provides 8 lectures in one week to introduce a variety of topics in the field of neuroscience and computational neuroscience. Studies of brain functions have focused on the information processing properties of individual neurons, neural circuits and network systems. Computational neuroscience seeks to study these functions as revealed by neurophysiological experiments through computational means, and, as such, is highly interdisciplinary. Our winter school brings together experimentalists, modelers, and theoreticians to illustrate the diverse approaches and disciplines that make up computational neuroscience.

The winter school is sponsored by the Chinese Neuroscience Society (Committee on Computational Neuroscience and Neural Engineering)，CSIAM Mathematical Life Sciences, the SJTU Institute of Natural Sciences, Ministry of Education-Key Lab in Scientific and Engineering Computing and the SJTU Zhiyuan College.

Venue

Room 300, No. 5 Science Building, Minhang Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Application and Registration

We will recruit 30 students in this winter school to keep a good instructor-student ratio. The selection is based on applicants’ background and research interests, and importantly, how they would potentially benefit from this winter school. Applicants from math, physics, computer science, engineering, biology, neuroscience and others are all welcome to apply. Please register online by December 24, 2023: https://jinshuju.net/f/G6EmYC

For faculty who are interested in attending some of these lectures, please contact us via email yyqjune@sjtu.edu.cn.

There is no registration fee for the winter school. All participants are responsible to their own travel, accommodation, food and beverage expenses.

Schedule

Date (GMT+8)	15-Jan	16-Jan	17-Jan	18-Jan	19-Jan	20-Jan
Morning (9:00-11:00)	Lai-Sang Young (Language: English)	Tutorial 1	Guangyu Robert Yang (Language: English)	Student's Presentation	Pengcheng Zhou(Language: Chinese)	Chengyu Li
Afternoon (14:00-16:00)	Ruoyu Sun (Language: English)	Yunzhe Liu (Language: English)	Tutorial 2	Break	Zigang Huang (Language: Chinese)	Xiao-Jing Wang (Language: English)

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Programs

神经调质系统的作用及其动力学建模

by Zigang Huang, XI'AN Jiao Tong University

Dynamic cell assembly for cognition

by Chengyu Li, Lingang Lab

Building cognitive map during learning and development

by Yunzhe Liu, Beijing Normal University

Neural Network Optimization: Theory and Algorithms

by Ruoyu Sun, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Distributed dynamics and cognition in the multiregional neocortex

by Xiao-Jing Wang, New York University

Plastic neural networks and how to find them

by Guangyu Robert Yang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Understanding the visual cortex through modeling and analysis

by Lai-Sang Young, New York University

Modern neural data analysis: an intersection between neuroscience and machine learning

by Pengcheng Zhou, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences