Computational Neuroscience: A Lecture Series from Models to Applications
Module EI7646
This module handbook serves to describe contents, learning outcome, methods and examination type as well as linking to current dates for courses and module examination in the respective sections.
Module version of SS 2015
There are historic module descriptions of this module. A module description is valid until replaced by a newer one.
Whether the module’s courses are offered during a specific semester is listed in the section Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature below.
available module versions | |
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WS 2015/6 | SS 2015 |
Basic Information
EI7646 is a semester module in German or English language at Master’s level which is offered every semester.
This Module is included in the following catalogues within the study programs in physics.
- Catalogue of non-physics elective courses
Total workload | Contact hours | Credits (ECTS) |
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90 h | 30 h | 3 CP |
Content, Learning Outcome and Preconditions
Content
General overview: Anatomical and physiological basis of neuroscience:
- Neuroscience in general, evolution, model systems, general function (sensory organ → CNS → motor response), anatomy (vertebrate/human), general overview of the auditory and visual system and their most important elements.
- neural transmission: resting and action potential, synaptic transmission, neuronal morphology, processing in dendrites, small networks, in vitro electrophysiology
Modeling: Neural dynamics and coding
- Modeling single neurons (classical computational neuroscience, spiking models, current models, firing rate models), or what can math/physics tell us about neurons?
- Populations of neurons; (Sparse) coding, theory of neural networks, associative learning (Hebbian, STDP), reinforcement learning, supervised vs. unsupervised learning
- fundamentals of neuronal signal processing and its modelling; neural encoding/decoding; correlations, reverse correlations, receptive fields; information theory
Towards integration in the nervous system
- Learning and memory: Hippocampal formation, episodic memory and space representation
Engineering for Neuroscience and Neuroprothetics
- Recording neural activity in vivo, multichannel electrophysiology, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation
- Cell-chip interface, network patterning on chip, on-chip neuroscience
- Machine learning and information retrieval in high dimensional data
- Cochlea Implantats: Electric stimulation of the auditory nerve, phenomenological and biophysical models, system overview and stimulation algorithms
- Retina implants and Deep Brain Stimulation
- Key issues in neuro implants
- Neuroscience in general, evolution, model systems, general function (sensory organ → CNS → motor response), anatomy (vertebrate/human), general overview of the auditory and visual system and their most important elements.
- neural transmission: resting and action potential, synaptic transmission, neuronal morphology, processing in dendrites, small networks, in vitro electrophysiology
Modeling: Neural dynamics and coding
- Modeling single neurons (classical computational neuroscience, spiking models, current models, firing rate models), or what can math/physics tell us about neurons?
- Populations of neurons; (Sparse) coding, theory of neural networks, associative learning (Hebbian, STDP), reinforcement learning, supervised vs. unsupervised learning
- fundamentals of neuronal signal processing and its modelling; neural encoding/decoding; correlations, reverse correlations, receptive fields; information theory
Towards integration in the nervous system
- Learning and memory: Hippocampal formation, episodic memory and space representation
Engineering for Neuroscience and Neuroprothetics
- Recording neural activity in vivo, multichannel electrophysiology, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation
- Cell-chip interface, network patterning on chip, on-chip neuroscience
- Machine learning and information retrieval in high dimensional data
- Cochlea Implantats: Electric stimulation of the auditory nerve, phenomenological and biophysical models, system overview and stimulation algorithms
- Retina implants and Deep Brain Stimulation
- Key issues in neuro implants
Learning Outcome
This interdisciplinary lecture series taught by neurosience experts from TUM and LMU provides an introduction to computational neuroscience. After taking part in this course, students are familiar with basic neuroanatomy and the neural processes in different sensory systems (visual, auditory). Students will have learnt the fundamental methods for modelling neural behaviour on the cell and the systemic level and how data to fit those models can be obtained from experiments. Additionally, students will have understood how such models can be used for engineering technical applications involving neural systems, like Neuroprostheses.
Preconditions
Basic knowledge of biology and mathematics recommended.
Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature
Courses and Schedule
WS 2022/3
SS 2022
WS 2021/2
SS 2021
WS 2020/1
SS 2020
WS 2019/20
SS 2019
WS 2018/9
SS 2018
WS 2017/8
SS 2017
WS 2016/7
SS 2016
WS 2015/6
SS 2015
Type | SWS | Title | Lecturer(s) | Dates | Links |
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VO | 2 | Computational Neuroscience: A Lecture Series from Models to Applications | Gjorgjieva, J. Hemmert, W. Luksch, H. Seeber, B. Wolfrum, B. |
Tue, 18:00–19:30 |
eLearning |
Learning and Teaching Methods
Video-projection based lecture with practical examples and demonstrations given by experts in each lecture topic.
Media
Lecture with frequent practical demonstrations, notes on the board and video projection, explanations on practical examples, multimedia presentation of important concepts and information.
Literature
General textbooks and further reading will be identified at the beginning of the lecture series. Each lecturer will additionally provide optional further reading texts via Moodle.
Module Exam
Description of exams and course work
Students take part in the lecture and additionally learn the course content during self study with the materials provided by the lecturers (handouts, further reading advice). The lecture, providing an overview of the various aspects pertaining to computational neuroscience, will be presented by several experts in their respective fields.
Knowledge-based learning outcomes and understanding of the course content, from the neurobiological foundation, the mathematical tools, principles of auditory prostheses to techniques to measure physiological responses will be assessed in a 60 min written examination with questions set and corrected by the respective lecturers. The exam will also assess the ability to solve general (practical) problems in order to test the ability to transfer knowledge.
Knowledge-based learning outcomes and understanding of the course content, from the neurobiological foundation, the mathematical tools, principles of auditory prostheses to techniques to measure physiological responses will be assessed in a 60 min written examination with questions set and corrected by the respective lecturers. The exam will also assess the ability to solve general (practical) problems in order to test the ability to transfer knowledge.
Exam Repetition
There is a possibility to take the exam in the following semester.