Course: 15-880(B) - Computational Models of Neural Systems

General Class Information

Days and Time: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1:30 to 2:50 PM

Place: Wean Hall 4615A

Instructor:

Dave Touretzky

Office: 8128 Wean Hall

Office Hours by appt.

email: dst@cs.cmu.edu

phone: 412-268-7561

TA

David Redish

Office: Wean Hall 8301

Office Hours by appt.

phone: 412-258-3074

email: dredish@cs.cmu.edu

Credits:

12 units (CMU)

4 credits (Pitt)

probably 1 core unit (CS or NPC)

Evaluation:

class presentation of selected papers, plus a take-home final.

Prerequisite:

Prior familiarity with either computer science or neuroscience. Computer science students should have passed the graduate AI core course, or taken at least two undergraduate courses in AI or cognitive modeling. Neuroscience students should have taken Neuroscience 1 and 3 and have some formal training in computation, such as an undergraduate programming class.

Description:

This course is an in-depth study of information processing in real neural systems from a computer science perspective. We will examine several brain areas where processing is sufficiently well understood that it can be discussed in terms of specific representations and algorithms. We will focus primarily on computer models of these systems, after establishing the necessary anatomical, physiological, and psychophysical context. There will be some neuroscience tutorial lectures for those with no prior background in this area.

The syllabus

Lectures and Handouts

17 January 1995

DST: Introduction

19 January 1995

DST: Computation and the Brain

24 January 1995

DST: Neurophysiology for Computer Scientists

26 January 1995

DST: Matrix Memories

DST: Terms and References

31 January 1995

Nathan Urban: Neurophysiology of Hippocampus

2 February 1995

DST: Marr

7 February 1995

DST: Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map I

9 February 1995

David Redish: Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map II

14 February 1995

DST: Recoding in the Hippocampus

16 February 1995

Randy O'Reilly: Pattern Separation and Completion

DST: Cholinergic Modulation

21 February 1995

Jim Dilmore: LTP and LTD

23 February 1995

DST: Clusteron and Volume Learning Models

28 February 1995

DST: Olfactory cortex

DST: Competetive Learning

2 March 1995

Ravi Desai: Granger/Lynch Model of Piriform Cortex

7 March 1995

Nathan Urban: Wilson/Bower Model of Piriform Cortex

9 March 1995

Ken Rideout: Chaos and the Freeman et al. Model of Piriform Cortex

14 March 1995

Lisa Saksida: Classical Conditioning

16 March 1995

DST: Invertebrate Learning Mechanisms

21 March 1995

No class, Spring Break.

23 March 1995

No class, Spring Break.

28 March 1995

DST: Backprop

30 March 1995

DST: Backprop

DST: Intro to VI

4 April 1995

Yi-Jen Lin: Motion Processing in the Fly Retina

7 April 1995

DST: Stereo Vision

11 April 1995

Jordan Fielder: Development of Ocular Dominance and Orientation Selectivity in V1

13 April 1995

Rich Zemel: Motion Processing in V1 and MT

18 April 1995

Andrew Gove: Shape From Shading

20 April 1995

Thea Ghiselli-Crippa: Coordinate Transformations in Parietal Cortex

25 April 1995

David Redish: Superior Colliculus and Saccade Generation

27 April 1995

Jim-Shih Liaw: Visuomotor coordination in Frogs

2 May 1995

David Redish: Vector Models of Motor Control

4 May 1995

DST: Cerebellum

• The final exam.
• Answer key.