The course will cover topics related to mathematical modelling of signal processing in nerve cells, neural coding and decoding, receptive fields in the visual system, information transmission in the nervous system, biophysics of nerve cells, biological neural networks, and learning and memory.
More information about the course can be found here.
Schedule:
Physical meetings:
11 September
8 - 9 October
12 - 13 November
Zoom lectures in between the physical meetings
Exam: 2nd half of December
The course is supported by the Digital Life Norway Research School and travel and accommodation are free for our members if you apply for a travel grant*.
* A limited number of travel grants are available
Students from other universities than NMBU have to register as individual subject students at NMBU with a deadline of September 1st. Register here: https://www.nmbu.no/studier/opptak/soke_enkeltemner.
After registration at NMBU, the students can sign up for the course (FYS488), which has a deadline of September 15th.
Contact
Gaute T. Einevoll, gaute.einevoll@nmbu.no