Informations
Theoretical neuroscience is a mathematical approach to understanding neural systems. This course provides a thorough introduction to current approaches in the field
Heavy use will be made of mathematical, statistical, and computational methods. The course is open to anyone, although students should feel comfortable with linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, and probability theory at the level found in Boas (Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences) or Arfken (Mathematical Methods for Physicists).
The course textbook is Theoretical Neuroscience by Dayan and Abbot.
Lecturers
Peter Latham, Maneesh Sahani and Peter Dayan
Teaching Assistants
Arthur Guez (aguez_at_gatsby.ucl.ac.uk)
Marius Pachitariu (marius_at_gatsby.ucl.ac.uk)
Office: 506
Venue
4th Floor Seminar Room
Gatsby Unit
Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square
London
WC1N 3AR
Schedule
Lectures
Dates: Tuesdays and Fridays, 4th Oct - 20th Dec 2011
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Review sessions
Dates: Tuesdays
Time: 16:30-17:30
News
| 13.12.2011 | Homework 10 posted, optional |
| 09.12.2011 | Homework 9 posted, optional |
| 05.12.2011 | Homework 8 posted, due Dec 12th |
| 26.11.2011 | Homework 7 posted, due Dec 2nd |
| 19.11.2011 | Homework 6 posted, due Nov 25th |
| 14.11.2011 | Homework 5 posted, due Nov 21st. |
| 06.11.2011 | Homework 4 posted, due Nov 11th. |
| 28.10.2011 | Homework 3 posted, due Nov 4th. |
| 10.10.2011 | Second homework posted, due Oct 28th. |
| 10.10.2011 | First homework posted, due Oct 21st. |
| 07.10.2011 | First lecture slides posted, review session time decided (Tuesdays 4:30pm) |
| 27.09.2011 | Website is up! |