CELEST Summer Workshop on Computational Neuroscience
- July 13 – 15, 2010
- Boston University
- Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
- 677 Beacon Street
- Boston MA 02215
Day One: Tuesday, July 13
CELEST Catalyst Session and Neural Plasticity Talks and Posters
| 10:00am–12:00pm |
CELEST Catalyst Session Heather Ames [CELEST] Boston University, Cognitive and Neural Systems Department “Computational neuroscience beyond the classroom” |
| 12:00pm–2:00pm | Lunch break (everyone on their own) |
| 2:00pm–4:00pm |
Talks on Neural Plasticity Sarah Fish [VL2] Boston University, Program in Deaf Studies “The construct of plasticity: Language acquisition and the deaf child” Timothy Gardner [CELEST] Boston University, Biology Department “Neural circuit formation in songbirds” Kathleen Kantak [CELEST] Boston University, Psychology Department “Neural plasticity and memory system functioning: Effects in cocaine-addicted rats” Hengye Man Boston University, Biology Department “AMPA receptor trafficking and turnover in synaptic plasticity” Gina Turrigiano Brandeis University, Biology Department Talk title to be determined |
| 4:00pm–5:00pm |
Poster session on Neural Plasticity Bullock, D., Tan, C.O., and John, Y.J. (2010). Computational implications of microcircuit specializations in forebrain circuits for motivated action selection Gorchetchnikov, A., Versace, M., Ames, H., Leveille, J., Yazdanbakhsh, A., Chandler, B., Mingolla, E., and Snider, G. (2010). General form of learning algorithms for neuromorphic hardware implementation MacDonald, C.J. and Eichenbaum H. (2010). Hippocampal neurons disambiguate overlapping sequences of non-spatial events Nic Dhonnchadha, B.Á., Achat-Mendes, C., Platt, D.M., Pinard, E., Alberati, D., Wettstein, J.G., Spealman, R.D., and Kantak, K.M. (2010). Inhibiting glycine transporter-1: Effects on extinction and reacquisition of cocaine self-administration Noyce, A., Maryott, J., and Sekuler, R. (2010). Eye movements track motion sequence learning: What happens when expectations are disrupted? Panko, M., Brumberg, J.S., Nieto-Castanon, A., Wright, E.J., Law, R., Kennedy, P.R., and Guenther, F.H. (2010). Decoding intended speech with a brain-machine interface utilizing a neurotrophic electrode Patel, A., Zikopoulos, B., and Barbas, H. (2010). Synaptic pathways from the amygdala to the thalamic reticular nucleus in rhesus monkeys |
| 5:30pm | Ice cream social for CELEST undergraduate and graduate students |
Day Two: Wednesday, July 14
CELEST Lab Tours
| 10:00am–12:00pm |
Small rotating guided group tours of CELEST labs Neural Circuit Formation Lab (Gardner) CNS Vision Lab (Mingolla) Auditory Neuroscience Lab (Shinn-Cunningham) |
| 12:00pm–1:30pm | Lunch break (everyone on their own) |
| 1:30pm – 5:00pm |
Small rotating guided group tours of CELEST labs Neural Systems Lab (Barbas) Quantitative Neuroscience Lab (Bohland) Cognitive Neurobiology Lab (Eichenbaum) Speech Lab (Guenther) Behavioral Neuroscience Lab (Kantak) Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab (Liederman) |
Day Three: Thursday, July 15
Graduate School, Career Development, and Professional Tutorials
| 10:00am–12:00pm |
Graduate school and career development discussions CELEST graduate students and postdocs Professor Ennio Mingolla, CELEST PI Professor Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, CELEST co-PI |
| 12:00pm–2:00pm | Lunch break (everyone on their own) |
| 2:00pm–3:00pm |
Tutorial: An introduction to MATLAB Tim Barnes [CELEST] Boston University, Cognitive and Neural Systems Department |
| 3:00pm–4:00pm |
Tutorial: Playing with MATLAB time series for fun and profit Ross Maddox [CELEST] Boston University, College of Engineering |
| 4:00pm–5:00pm |
Tutorial: Image processing in MATLAB Karthik Srinivasan [CELEST] Boston University, Cognitive and Neural Systems Department |