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Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Summer School
CNeuro2024 Event Schedule
This Summer School is organised in a two sessions: Basic and Advanced. It also includes a number of group discussions, hosted by the organizers and lecturers.
Please find the dates and times of the lectures (in golden yellow) and the group discussions (in dark blue).
A PDF version of this schedule can be downloaded here.
The lecture dates and times for Basel (GMT +2) and Beijing (GMT +8) are also listed separately in two respective columns.
Speaker & Moderator
Date & Time in Beijing, GMT +8
Lecture Title
BREAK & DINNER
17.00-19.00
08.30-09.00
09.00-09.30
09.30-11.00
10 min
break
11.55-12.40
10 min
break
19.55-20.40
11.30-13.00
14.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
16.30-17.00
19.00-20.00
19.00-20.00
JULY 09 (Tuesday)
09.00-10.30
11.00-12.30
14.00-15.30
15.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
19.00-20.00
JULY 10 (Wednesday)
09.00-10.30
11.00-12.00
14.00-15.30
15.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
19.00-20.00
09.00-10.30
11.00-12.30
14.00-15.30
AUGUST 18 (Thursday)
15.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
JULY 12 (Friday)
09.00-10.00
10.30-11.30
13.00-14.00
14.30-15.30
15.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
19.00-20.30
JULY 14 (Sunday)
09.00-10.30
11.00-12.00
13.30-14.30
15.00-16.00
16.00-16.30
16.30-17.00
19.00-20.30
JULY 15 (Monday)
09.00-10.00
10.30-11.30
13.00-14.00
14.30-15.30
15.30-18.00
18.00-
The Normative Approach to Understanding Neural Computation
Moderator: Sen Song
The Cerebellum:
A Computational Perspective
Moderator: Rava Azeredo da Silveira
Introduction to Soft Reinforcement Learning
BASIC SESSION
Introduction to Soft Reinforcement Learning
Moderator: Quan Wen
Modular Architecture for Understanding Cognitive Interactions
(advanced lecture)
Moderator: Rava Azeredo da Silveira
Bayesian Observer Models
Moderator: Sen Song
Social Decision-Making: Games, Algorithms, and Brain
Moderator: Sen Song
Linking Human EEG
and MEG Data to Deep Neural Networks
Neural Mechanism of Decision-Making - Basic Frameworks: Signal Detection Theory and Drift-Diffusion Models
Advanced Reinforcement Learning: Replay, Temporal Abstraction, and Function Approximation
Dendritic and Circuit Computation for an Intelligent Behavior in Mammalian Brain
What Can Connectomes Tell Us about Neural Computation?
Fractional Neural Sampling
Dopamine and Reinforcement Learning (I)
Attention, Value, and Confidence - Extending Drift-Diffusion Model
Arrival & Registration
Moderator: Quan Wen
Moderator: Rava Azeredo da Silveira
INTRODUCTION
BREAK
30min break
LUNCH BREAK
13.00-14.30
TEACHING ASSISTANTS' OFFICE HOUR
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
LIFE & SCIENCE PANEL SESSION 2
​
Nathaniel Daw &
Ruben Moreno-Bote
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 2
Moderator:
Louis Tao
LUNCH BREAK
12.30-14.00
BREAK
30min break
JULY 11 (Thursday)
Moderator: Quan Wen
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 3
Moderator: Louis Tao
LIFE & SCIENCE PANEL SESSION 3
​Sukbin Lim &
Ninglong Xu
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
TEACHING ASSISTANTS' OFFICE HOUR
LUNCH BREAK
12.00-14.00
BREAK & DINNER
16.30-19.00
BREAK
JULY 13 (Saturday)
TEACHING ASSISTANTS' OFFICE HOUR
Moderator: Sen Song
LIFE & SCIENCE SESSION 4
​Pulin Gong &
Hang Zhang
LUNCH BREAK
11.30-13.00
BREAK
30min break
TEACHING ASSISTANTS' OFFICE HOUR
Moderator: Rava Azeredo da Silveira
LIFE & SCIENCE SESSION 5
​Ole Jensen &
Lusha Zhu
Moderator: Quan Wen
STUDENT GROUP PRESENTATIONS 1
BREAK & DINNER
16.30-19.00
LIFE & SCIENCE PANEL SESSION 6
​Naoshige Uchida &
Tianming Yang
Moderator: Louis Tao
BREAK
30min break
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
JULY 08 (Monday)
Welcome to CNeuro2024
LIFE & SCIENCE
SESSION 1
Mitya Chklovskii & Vincent Hakim
BREAK
30min break
TEACHING ASSISTANTS' OFFICE HOUR
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 1
Moderator: Rava Azeredo da Silveira
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
Moderator: Quan Wen
BREAK & DINNER
16.30-19.00
Moderator: Rava Azeredo da Silveira
LUNCH BREAK
12.30-14.00
BREAK
30min break
ADVANCED SESSION
BREAK
30min break
LUNCH BREAK
12.00-13.30
Dopamine and Reinforcement Learning (II)
The Credit Assignment Problem and the Cerebellum
BREAK
30min break
TEACHING ASSISTANTS' OFFICE HOUR
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
STUDENT GROUP PRESENTATIONS 2
Moderator: Quan Wen
Moderator: Teaching Assistants
BREAK & DINNER
17.00-19.00
Behavior Without Rewards: the Maximum Occupancy Principle (MOP)
Mental Representation and Decision Making on Social Networks
Pipelining in the Brain by Coupled Oscillations
Structured Priors and Bounded Rationality in Human Learning and Decision-Making
BREAK
30min break
LUNCH BREAK
11.30-13.00
BREAK
30min break
BREAK & DINNER
16.00-19.00
'WRAP-UP'
DISCUSSION SESSION
OPEN EVENING
FAREWELL
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