WS 2007/2008

Models of Neural Systems (31064 [BXY-27], 31143)

Lecture, Tutorial, and Computer Tutorial
Dr. Jan Benda and Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott

Tutorial: Mondays 8:30-10 o'clock in the lecture hall or seminar room of the Bernstein Center.
Lecture: Mondays 10:15-12 o'clock in the lecture hall or seminar room of the Bernstein Center.
Computer Tutorial: Mondays 16-18 o'clock in the computer room of the Bernstein Center.

This course covers the basic processes in a single cell and small networks from a computational point of view.

See also web page http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~benda/teaching/mnsws07/ by Jan Benda.

Lecture

Tentative schedule

10.	14.01.2008	Neural Networks - Introduction
11.	21.01.2008	Hebbian Learning
12.	28.01.2008	Visual Receptive Fields (physiology and simple-cell models)
13.	04.02.2008	Visual Receptive Fields (complex-cell models, SFA)
14.	11.02.2008	Visual Receptive Fields (SFA yields complex cell receptive fields)
		General Remarks (complexity of the brain, my scientific confession)

Laurenz Wiskott, http://www.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/PEOPLE/wiskott/