COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE: VISION
June 16 - 29, 2006
Application Deadline: March 15, 2006

Instructors:
Jonathan Demb, University of Michigan
Eero Simoncelli, New York University
Stefan Treue, German Primate Center

Computational approaches to neuroscience will produce important advances in our understanding of neural processing. Prominent success will come in areas where strong inputs from neurobiological, behavioral and computational investigation can interact. The theme of the course is that an understanding of the computational problems, the constraints on solutions to these problems, and the range of possible solutions can help guide research in neuroscience. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on experience in a computer laboratory, this intensive course will examine color vision, spatial pattern analysis, motion analysis, oculomotor function, attention, and decision-making.

Lecturers in the past were: E. Adelson, D. Brainard, M. Carrasco, K. Cullen, D. Dacey, W. Geisler, N. Graham, K. Grill Spector, J. Groh, D. Heeger, D. Kersten, S. McKee, F. Miles, J. A. Movshon, W. Newsome, J. Palmer, A. Parker, F. Rieke, J. Schall, M. Shiffr

The course will be held at the Laboratory’s Banbury Conference Center located on the north shore of Long Island. All participants stay within walking distance of the Center, close to tennis court, pool and private beach.