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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>3</span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>rd </span><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>COMPUTATIONAL
NEUROSCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>CENTER
FOR NEURAL DYNAMICS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>UNIVERSITY
OF OTTAWA <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>JUNE
7-20, 2009 </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>SECOND
ANNOUNCEMENT </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>We
are pleased to announce the 3</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>rd </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>summer School in
Computational Neuroscience, which will be held from Sunday June 7, 2009 until
Saturday June 20, 2009 inclusively. It is organized by the Center for Neural
Dynamics at the University of Ottawa. The highly pedagogical course is directed
at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the physical sciences (e.g.
physics, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science) and the life
sciences (e.g. neuroscience, biology, physiology, human kinetics) who wish to
develop their skills in neural data analysis and in mathematical modeling of
neural activity. The topics will range from cellular to systems neuroscience,
with a focus on sensory and motor systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>The
course will consist of 3 hours of lectures in the mornings, followed by 3-hour
MATLAB-based computer laboratories in the afternoons. Participants will pair up
for these laboratories, and an effort will be made to pair someone from the
life sciences with someone from the physical sciences. All classes and
laboratories will be held on the main downtown campus of the University of
Ottawa. The School will be held in English, although many of the lecturers also
speak French. The course can be taken for credit, since it is a University of
Ottawa three-credit graduate course (NSC8104). The mark will be based on work
done in the computer laboratories and on the presentation of a research project
by the end of the course, with write-up to follow within a week. The first day
of the school (Sunday June 7</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>th</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>) will be a mathematics
refresher open to all participants, which will include some introduction to
differential equations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Enrollment
in the course will be limited to 40 participants. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>MATH
PRE-REQUISITES: Calculus I and II, first-year university level Linear Algebra
and Probability and Statistics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>LIFE
SCIENCES PRE-REQUISITES: first-year university level life science courses for
students in the physical sciences. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-before:always;
text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>FACULTY </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
Ramesh Balasubramaniam, School of Human Kinetics, McMaster University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
Maurice Chacron, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, Dept. Physiology, McGill <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
Victor LeBlanc, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
John Lewis, Biology, University of Ottawa <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
Tim Lewis, Mathematics, University of California at Davis <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
André Longtin, Physics, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Prof.
Len Maler, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>TUITION
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>see
the application form at: <a
href="http://www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html">http://www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>ACCOMMODATION
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Accommodation
will be available at the Stanton Residence of the University of Ottawa, a few
minutes walk away from the Biosciences Complex, cafeterias and downtown Ottawa
with its restaurants, museums etc... Accommodation consists of a single or
double room (with respectively one or two single beds, desks and internet
access), with communal kitchen and living area and shared bathroom. The cost is
approximately $40 CAN per night per person, taxes included. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>FINANCIAL
SUPPORT </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Partial
financial support is available for those demonstrating the need. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>IMPORTANT
DATES </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><u><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>February
1st , 2009</span></u><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>: Application, including a letter of recommendation sent to
compneuro09@uottawa.ca <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><u><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>February
15, 2009</span></u><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>: Notification of acceptance and level of financial support. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><u><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>March
1</span></u><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>st</span></u><u><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>, 2009</span></u><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>: Notification of acceptance by the participant. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Accommodation:
as soon as possible after notification of acceptance, participants can reserve
their accommodation online at <u>reserve@uottawa.ca </u>or by phoning
1-888-564-4545. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>REGISTER
AT: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>CONTACT
US: <u><a href="mailto:compneuro09@uottawa.ca">compneuro09@uottawa.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-before:always;
text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>SYLLABUS </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>1)
Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-solutions
of linear differential equations <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-qualitative
analysis of nonlinear differential equations <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>2)
Single Neuron Models </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-ionic
models <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-simplified
deterministic models <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-stochastic
models <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>3)
Neural Spike Train Analysis and Modeling </span></b><span style='font-size:
11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-basic
statistics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-autocorrelation,
spectrum <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-information
theory toolbox <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>4)
Sensory Coding </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-artificial
and naturalistic stimuli <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-modeling
activity along the afferent pathways <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-modeling
feedback <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-population
coding and information theory <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>5)
Computational and Dynamical Approaches to Motor Control </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-posture
control and equilibrium point approaches <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-movement
adaptation to force fields <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-timing
and rhythmic movements <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-computational
approaches to movement pathologies <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>6)
Synaptic Plasticity </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-short
term depression and facilitation <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-long
term plasticity <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-implications
for information processing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>7)
Coupled Neurons </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-gap
junction <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-excitatory
and inhibitory synaptic coupling <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-effect
of coupling on neural population behavior <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>8)
Waves of Activity in Neural Networks </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-neural
field models <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>-traveling
waves <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>-spiral waves</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Victor
G. LeBlanc, Ph.D.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directeur,
Chair</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mathématiques
et statistique, Mathematics and Statistics</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:matchair@uottawa.ca"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:blue'>matchair@uottawa.ca</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tél.
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