The Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Seminar at Univeristy of Texas, Houston Medical School meets every Tuesday, 4:00pm, in the seventh floor conference room 7.046.

Graduates should register to this as a course: GS 140111

We present and discuss recent developments in computational neuroscience, attempting a thorough understanding of the material as well as a wide view of the current literature.

Would you like to join? Please see our schedule and show up to our next meeting.

Like to be on the email list? Send a request to Harel Shouval: harel.shouval@uth.tmc.edu

Fall 2010 SCHEDULE

1/25	Animesh Agarwal	Stochastic chemical kinetics and the quasi-steady-state assumption: Application to the Gillespie algorithm Rao and Arkin 2002
	Special Short Couse RM 70.37	A Short Course on Computational Topology and Spatial Representation
2/1*	Yuri Dabaghian	Introduction to Topology, basic concepts
2/8*	Yuri Dabaghian	Simplicial Homology methods
2/15*	Yuri Dabaghian	Homological methods of data analysis, ideas and examples
2/22	Dimitry Yatsenko	Spontaneous cortical activity reveals hallmarks of an optimal internal model of the environment. P. Berkes, G. Orbán, M. Lengyel, and J. Fiser. Science, 331(6013):83–7, Jan 2011. (supporting material)
3/1	Kreso Josic	Observers Exploit Stochastic Models of Sensory Change to Help Judge the Passage of Time Aherns and Sahani (2011)
3/8	Harel Shouval	How chaotic is the balanced state? Jahnke, Memmesheimer and Timme Frontiers (2009)
3/15	Raymond Chan	Discerning nonrigid 3D shapes from motion cues Jain and Zaidi PNAS (2010)
3/22	Katie Ward	A model of episodic memory: Mental time travel along encoded trajectories using grid cells Michael E. Hasselmo, 2009
3/29	Paul Smolen	Emergence of Noise-Induced Oscillations in the Central Circadian Pacemaker Ko et al 2010
4/5	Sarah Baum	A reanalysis of McGurk data suggests that audiovisual fusion in speech perception is subject-dependent Jean-Luc Schwartza (2009)
4/12	Mircea Chelaru	Statistical Comparisons of Spike Responses to Natural Stimuli in Monkey Area V1 With Simulated Responses of a Detailed Laminar Network Model for a Patch of V1. Rasch, et al (2011).
4/19	Eric Lin	A Biological Solution to a Fundamental Distributed Computing Problem Afek et al (2011) Supplement
4/26	Stuart Red	Modeling inhibition of return as short-term depression of early sensory input to the superior colliculus Satel et al (2011)
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Related Links:

1. List of Theoretical and Computational Talks in the Houston area

2. Archive of recent interesting theoretical papers

3. UTH Seminars