G-Node Advanced Neural Data Analysis Course 2021
Techniques to record neuronal data from populations of neurons are rapidly improving. Simultaneous recordings from hundreds of channels are possible while animals perform complex behavioral tasks. The analysis of such massive and complex data becomes increasingly challenging. This advanced course aims at providing deeper training in state-of-the-art analysis approaches in systems neuroscience.
The course is addressed to excellent master and PhD students and young researchers who are interested in learning advanced techniques in data analytics and in getting hands-on experience in the analysis of electrophysiological data. Internationally renowned researchers will give lectures on statistical data analysis and data mining methods with accompanying exercises. Students will define and perform their own analyses on provided data to solve a challenge.
Participants are required to have a strong interest in data analysis, a background in a mathematical or related field, knowledge of algebra, matrix operations, and statistics, and need to have solid programming experiences (preferably in Python).
Venue
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this 4th ANDA course will be held online
Faculty
- Michael Denker, Jülich Research Center, Germany
- Udo Ernst, Univ. Bremen, Germany
- Sonja Grün, Jülich Research Center, Germany
- Björn Kampa, RWTH Aachen Univ., Germany
- Adam Kohn, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
- Jakob Macke, TU Munich, Germany
- Luca Mazzucato, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, USA
- Martin Nawrot, Univ. of Cologne, Germany
- Yifat Prut, Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem, Israel
- Hansjörg Scherberger, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
- Thomas Wachtler, LMU Munich, Germany
Topics covered
Single neuron properties and statistics · Stochastic processes · Surrogate methods · Detection of spatio-temporal patterns · Unitary Events · Statistical analysis of massively parallel spike data · Higher-order correlation analyses · Elephant toolbox · Spike-LFP relationship · Population coding · State space analysis · Machine learning · Data mining · Research data management, reproducibility, data sharing
Course Fee
50 Euros
How to apply
The application should include
- a letter of motivation (max 1 page)
- curriculum vitae (please indicate the relevant courses you have taken)
- description of programming experience
- a letter of recommendation.
Please send all documents as a single PDF file to advanced-course@g-node.org.
Deadline
January 31, 2021
Organizers
- Sonja Grün, Jülich Research Center and RWTH Aachen Univ, Germany
- Martin Nawrot, University of Cologne, Germany
- Thomas Wachtler, G-Node, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München, Germany
The German Neuroinformatics Node receives funding from the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)