Programming

Learn to write your own computer programs to analyse data and simulate neuronal systems. In the first half of the lectures and practical exercises, you will achieve the basic skills to write computer programs which perform simple calculations, and we will advise you how to break down a more complex problem into simple tasks a computer can perform. In the second half of the course, you will apply your acquired skills to analyse neural signals (mean and variance, estimation of firing rates, reverse correlation, ROC analysis, etc.), and simulate single neurons or synapses (integrate-and-fire neuron, Hodgkin-Huxley neuron).