Ottawa Computational Neuroscience Summer School

2nd COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL
CENTER FOR NEURAL DYNAMICS
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
JUNE 8-20, 2008

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
We are pleased to announce the 2nd Summer School in Computational Neuroscience, which will be held from Sunday June 8, 2008 until Friday June 20, 2008 inclusively. It is organized by the Center for Neural Dynamics at the University of Ottawa. The course is directed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the physical sciences (e.g. physics, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science) and the life sciences (e.g. neuroscience, biology, physiology, human kinetics) who wish to develop their skills in neural data analysis and in mathematical modeling of neural activity. The topics will range from cellular to systems neuroscience, with a focus on sensory and motor systems.
The course will consist of 3 hours of lectures in the mornings, followed by 3-hour MATLAB-based computer laboratories in the afternoons. Participants will pair up for these laboratories, and an effort will be made to pair someone from the life sciences with someone from the physical sciences. All classes and laboratories will be held on the main downtown campus of the University of Ottawa. The School will be held in English, although many of the lecturers also speak French. The course can be taken for credit, since it is a University of Ottawa three-credit graduate course (NSC8104). The mark will be based on work done in the computer laboratories and on the completion and presentation of a research project bv the end of the course. The first day of the school (Sunday June 8th) will be a mathematics refresher open to all participants, which will include some introduction to differential equations.
Enrollment in the course will be limited to 40 participants.
MATH PRE-REQUISITES: Calculus I and II, first-year university level Linear Algebra and Probability and Statistics.
LIFE SCIENCES PRE-REQUISITES: first-year university level life science courses for students in the physical sciences.
FACULTY
Prof. Ramesh Balasubramaniam, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa
Prof. Maurice Chacron, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, Dept. Physiology, McGill
Prof. Victor LeBlanc, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa
Prof. John Lewis, Biology, University of Ottawa
Prof. Tim Lewis, Mathematics, University of California at Davis
Prof. André Longtin, Physics, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
Prof. Len Maler, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
TUITION
see the application form at: http://www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation will be available at the New Residence of the University of Ottawa, a few minutes walk away from the Biosciences Complex, cafeterias and downtown Ottawa with its restaurants, museums etc… Accommodation consists of a single room with a double bed, with two such rooms per apartment. Each apartment has a living room, kitchen and bathroom. The cost is approximately $50 CAN per night per person, taxes included. This is based on participation in the whole summer school.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Partial financial support is available for those demonstrating the need.
IMPORTANT DATES
February 1st , 2008: Application, including a letter of recommendation sent to compneuro08@uottawa.ca
March 1st, 2008: Notification of acceptance and level of financial support.
April 1st, 2008: Notification of acceptance by the participant.
Accommodation: as soon as possible after notification of acceptance, participants can reserve their accommodation online at reserve@uottawa.ca or by phoning 1-888-564-4545.
REGISTER AT: www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html
CONTACT US: compneuro08@uottawa.ca