Computational Neuroscience: Vision and Memory
Lecture and TutorialProf. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott
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Computational Neuroscience: Vision and MemoryLecture and TutorialProf. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott |
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Lecture (2 SWS, 2 credit points): Tuesdays 12:15-13:45 o'clock
in the INI seminar room NB 3/57. First time 03.04.2012.
Tutorial (2 SWS, 4 credit points): Tuesdays 14:30-16:00 o'clock
in the INI seminar room NB 3/57. First time 10.04.2012.
This lecture covers models of selforganization in neural systems, in particular addressing vision (receptive fields, neural maps, invariances, attention) and associative memory (Hopfield network).
The mathematical level of the course is mixed. There are some lectures that require almost no math and others that require a lot. The tutorial is almost entirely mathematical. Mathematics required include calculus (functions, derivatives, integrals, differential equations, ...), linear algebra (vectors, matrices, inner product, orthogonal vectors, basis systems, ...), and a bit of probability theory (probabilities, probability densities, Bayes' theorem, ...).
Criteria for a certificate for the tutorial are an active participation, in particular presentation of selected exercises, and at least 50% in the final exam.
This course can be given in English upon request. Course material (lecture notes and exercise sheets) will be in English in any case.
| # | date | Topic |
| 1 | 2012-04-03 | Introduction |
| 2 | 2012-04-10 | Hebbian Learning |
| 3 | 2012-04-17 | Visual Receptive Fields 1 (physiology, simple cell models) |
| 4 | 2012-04-26 | Visual Receptive Fields 2 |
| 5 | 2012-05-08 | Neural Fields |
| 6 | 2012-05-15 | Neural Map Formation (physiology, models) |
| 7 | 2012-05-22 | Optimization - Analytical Methods |
| 8 | 2012-06-05 | Hopfield Networks (Torsten Neher) |
| 9 | 2012-06-12 | From Neural Dynamics to Constrained Optimization 1 |
| 10 | 2012-06-19 | From Neural Dynamics to Constrained Optimization 2 |
| 11 | 2012-06-26 | Hippocampus
SFA Theory of Grid Cell Formation 1 |
| 12 | 2012-07-03 | SFA Theory of Grid Cell Formation 2 |
| 13 | 2012-07-10 | SFA Theory of Grid Cell Formation 3 Summary and Review of the Course |