NATO Advanced Study Institute
METHODS AND MODELS IN NEUROPHYSICS
July 28 - August 29, 2003
Scientific Direction: C. C. Chow (Pittsburgh), B. Gutkin (London), D. Hansel
and C. Meunier (Paris), I. Segev (Jerusalem)
Program
Opening lecture: E. Marder (Waltham, USA)
Why would a self-respecting experimental biologist be susceptible to theory?
Lecture series:
L. Abbott (Waltham, USA), P. Bressloff (Salt Lake City, USA),
E. Brown (Boston, USA), J. Rinzel (New York, USA),
H. Sompolinsky (Jerusalem, Israel), D. Terman (Colombus, USA),
T. Tishby (Jerusalem, Israel)
Short lectures and seminars:
N. Brunel (Paris, France), W. Gerstner (Lausanne, Switzerland),
D. Golomb (Beersheva, Israel), G. Mato (Bariloche, Argentina),
C. Pouzat (Paris, France), M. Shelley (New York, USA),
A. Treves (Trieste, Italy), M. Tsodyks (Rehovot, Israel),
C. van Vreeswijk (Paris, France), F. Wolf (Göttingen, Germany).
Topical workshops:
Workshop 1: The neuron in the network.
L. Graham (Paris, France) and others to be announced
Workshop 2: Dynamics in the somatosensory system
E. Ahissar (Rehovot, Israel), M. Brecht (Heidelberg, Germany), D. Kleinfeld
(San Diego, USA), R. Petersen (Trieste, Italy)
Workshop 3 : Learning and Memory
G.Q. Bi (Pittsburgh, USA), Y. Dudai (Rehovot, Israel), J. Taube (Hanover,USA),
and others to be announced
Registration
Applications must be received before March 7, 2003. A contribution of
900 euros per participant is requested for full accomodation. A few
grants are available. Application forms and additional information
are available from the School at
Ecole d'été de Physique théorique
La Côte des Chavants, 74310 Les Houches, France
Phone: 00-33 -4 50 54 40 69 - Fax: 00 33 -4 50 55 53 25
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www-houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/
Les Houches is a resort village of the Chamonix valley facing the Mont-Blanc
range. Established in 1951, the Physics School is affiliated with
Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), INPG and supported by the Ministère
de la Jeunesse, de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche , by the
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and by the Commissariat à
l'Energie Atomique. This session received support from NATO IBRO and CNRS.
