OKINAWA COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE 2008

The aim of the Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course is to provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds to learn the latest advances in neuroscience, and for those with experimental
backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling.

We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate in the course, held from June 15th through July 4th, 2008 at an oceanfront seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.
Interested students can now apply through the course web page at http://www.irp.oist.jp/ocnc/2008 Applications will close February 17th, Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance in the 3rd week of March.

Like last year, OCNC will be a comprehensive three-week course covering single neurons, networks, and behaviors with ample time for student projects.
The first week will focus exclusively on methods with hands-on tutorials during the afternoons, while the second and third weeks will have lectures by international experts. We invite those who are interested in integrating experimental and computational approaches at each level, as well as in bridging different levels of complexity.

The sponsor will provide lodging and meals during the course and support travel for those without funding. We hope that this course will be a good opportunity for theoretical and experimental neuroscientists to meet each other and to explore the attractive nature and culture of Okinawa, the southernmost island prefecture of Japan.

Invited faculty:
Arbuthnott, Gordon
Bhalla, Upi
Butera, Robert
De Schutter, Erik
Deneve, Sophie
Destexhe, Alain
Doya, Kenji
Fairhall, Adrienne
Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver
Hausser, Michael
Ishii, Shin
Li, Zaopin
Longtin, Andre
Montague, Read
Stiefel, Klaus
Tsodyks, Misha
Wang, Xiao-Jing
Wickens, Jeff