Prerequisites (Toelatingsvoorwaarden)
Quantitative Brain Networks and Computational Neuroscience
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Objectives (Doelstelling)
This course follows Computational Neuroscience and covers results from the recent literature to bring the student up to speed with the state of the art in the field. Each meeting period will have a presentation of a designated instructor or student followed by a discussion. The course is concluded with a written essay instead of an exam. At the end of the course the student should be able to understand, present and discuss papers from the technical literature and write a short report about one of the topics covered during the course.
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Contents (Inhoud / Omschrijving)
Computational neuroscience aims to explain neural dynamics and cognition in terms of simple principles and models, thereby relating the structure of the central nervous system to function
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Literature (Literatuur)
Journal articles assigned during the class
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Teaching methods (Werkvormen)
- 16 hrs lecture
- 14 hrs student presentation
- 16 hrs student project
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Examination (Toetsingsvorm)
The final grade will be based on your class participation, your presentation and your term paper
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Enrollment ( Inschrijving college )
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Extra information (Bijzonderheden)
Co-instructor:
- Dr R.-M. Memmesheimer
- Prof. dr B. Kappen
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