2024 MCN Schedule

July 24

Arrival

July 25

9:00 - 10:25

Introduction to neuronal biophysics, lecture 1

Steve Baccus

10:50-12:15

Introduction to neuronal biophysics, lecture 2

Steve Baccus

2:00 - 5:00

Linear algebra bootcamp

Mark Goldman

7:45 - 8:45

Matlab / Python tutorial

TAs

July 26

9:00 - 10:25

Introduction to probability theory, statistics, and information measures

Uri Eden

10:50-12:15

Neural decoding and state-space models

Uri Eden

2:00 - 3:00

TBA

3:30 - 5:20

Backyard brains

Greg Gage

 July 29

9:00-10:25

Single synapse and neuron physiology

Nelson Spruston

2:00 - 3:00 

Single neuron modeling and dynamical systems theory

Bard Ermentrout

3:30 - 5:20

XPP tutorial

Bard Ermentrout

July 30

9:00-10:25

Introduction to neural coding

Adrienne Fairhall

10:50-12:15

Computation in the Early Visual System

Steve Baccus

2:00 - 3:00

Faculty brief (presentations on lectures and project proposals)

3:30 - 5:20

Neural coding

James Firtzgerald 

8:00

Massey Family Endowed Lecture: From Neural Dynamics to Behavior in Hydra

Adrienne Fairhall

July 31

9:00 - 10:25

Recurrent network theory of E-I balance

Haim Sompolinsky

10:50 - 12:15

The structure-function mapping in
low-rank recurrent neural networks

Srdjan Ostojic

3:30 - 5:20

Problem set 1 presentation

August 1

9:00 - 10:25

Synaptic plasticity and homeostatic regulation

Claudia Clopath

10:50 - 12:15

Cellular and circuit basis of memory 

André Fenton

2:00 - 3:25

Pattern generation and robustness in neural circuits

Eve Marder

 6:00 pm

 BBQ

August 2

9:00 -  10:25

Neural correlations and behavior

Xaq Pitkow

10:50 - 12:15

Geometry of neural representation and abstraction

Stefano Fusi

August 5

9:00 - 10:25

State-dependent neural computations

Anne Churchland

10:50 - 12:15

High-dimensional networks and deep learning

Surya Ganguli

3:30 - 5:20

Problem set 2 presentation

August 6

9:00 - 10:25

Neuronal population interactions between brain areas

Byron Yu

10:50 - 12:15

High-dimensional networks and deep learning

Surya Ganguli

2:00 - 3:00

Dimensionality reduction tutorial

Byron Yu

August 7

9:00 - 10:25

Representational geometry

SueYeon Chung

10:50 - 12:15

Dynamical systems models of neural activity and behavior

Scott Linderman

2:00 - 3:00

Tutorial

Scott Linderman

August 8

9:00 - 10:25

Neural mechanisms of decision making

Roozbeh Kiani

10:50 - 12:15

Neural integrators: linear network theory & beyond

Mark Goldman

3:30 - 5:20

Student project proposal due

7:00 - 8:00

Pytorch tutorial

TAs

August 9

9:00 - 10:25

Modeling the memory system 

Ila Fiete

10:50 - 12:15

Local and non-local representations for navigation

Loren Frank

2:00 - 3:25

Vector computation for navigation

Larry Abbott

August 12

9:00 - 10:25

RL and circuit mechanisms of dopamine signaling

Kim Stachenfeld

10:50 - 12:15

Reinforcement learning and dopamine

Nao Uchida

2:00 - 3:00

Parallel small group meetings on student projects

3:30 - 5:20

Parallel small group meetings on student projects

August 13

9:00 - 10:25

Neural computations in the cerebellum

Reza Shadmehr

10:50 - 12:15

Basal ganglia and learned motor behavior

Michale Fee

2:00 - 3:25

Motor planning and control

Sara Solla

August 14

9:00 - 10:25

The neurocognitive mechanisms of model-based reinforcement learning

Marcelo Mattar

10:50 - 12:15

The function of the direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia

Ilana Witten

August 15

9:00 - 10:25

Discovering natural behavioral fingerprints 

Bob Datta

10:50 - 12:15

Distributed brain dynamics and cognition in a multi-regional cortex, lecture 1

Xiao-Jing Wang

2:00-3:25

Distributed brain dynamics and cognition in a multi-regional cortex, lecture 2

Xiao-Jing Wang

6:00

BBQ

August 16

9:00 - 10:25

Synaptic credit assignment

Karel Svoboda

10:50 - 12:15

Modeling of human cortex

 John Murray

2:00 - 3:25

Neural circuit models of mental disorders

John Murray

August 19

9:00 - 10:25

Project presentation

10:50 - 12:15

Project presentation

3:30 - 5:20

Project presentation

6:00

Dinner

August 20

Departure