Tentative Lecture Schedule, 2004

Computational Neuroscience: Vision
A Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory summer course

Date Topic(s) Lecturer(s)
Friday,
June 18
AM Intro
Course themes: tuning/populations/adaptation/estimation
Organizers
PM Signal Detection Theory
Rods/Photos
Rieke
Saturday,
June 19
AM Entropy/information
Spikes
Rieke
PM Linear Systems
Linearity in the retina
Chichilnisky
Sunday,
June 20
AM Retinal Ganglion Cell Encoding
RGC Nonlinearities
Chichilnisky
Demb
PM RGC nonlinear mechanisms
RGC contrast adaptation
Demb
Chichilnisky
Monday,
June 21
AM RGC population code
Linear Algebra
Chichilnisky
Brainard
PM Trichromacy
Elements of Early Vision
Brainard
Adelson
Tuesday,
June 22
AM Constancy/Adaptation
Context
Brainard
Adelson
PM Break  
Wednesday,
June 23
AM Eye movements Cullen
PM LGN
Image Statistics I: PCA/Spectral Models
Reinagel
Simoncelli
Thursday,
June 24
AM Efficient Coding
V1 Physiology I
Reinagel
Carandini
PM Human V1/fMRI
Heeger
Friday
June 25
AM V1 Physiology II
Image Statistics II: sparseness/ICA/nonlinearities
Carandini
Simoncelli
PM Pattern Perception / Texture Rosenholtz
Saturday,
June 26
AM Binocular stereo: perception and physiology Cumming
PM Break  
Sunday,
June 27
AM Object/shape perception Kersten
PM Object/shape physiology DiCarlo
Monday,
June 28
AM Attention psychophysics Verghese
PM Attention physiology Treue
Tuesday,
June 29
AM MT Physiology Movshon
PM Motion perception / decisions Shadlen
Wednesday,
June 30
AM Decision / games Glimcher
PM Break  
Thursday,
July 1
AM Project presentations / wrapup discussion  

Revised: 26 May 2004. Course Description Top of page