15-883 Homework 1

Computational Models of Neural Systems

Download and install the Hodgkin-Huxley simulator from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/HHsim. Note: both source and compiled versions (Windows and MacOS) are available, so if you can't run the compiled version, just install MATLAB and run the simulator from source.

Read Channeling with Bard, an online tutorial by G. Bard Ermentrout, to understand the Hodgkin-Huxley parameters m, h, and n.

Do the following exercises from the list of sample exercises on the web page. Show your calculations, don't just write down numbers.

  • Part I, questions 1 and 2.

  • Part II, questions 1 and 2.

  • Part III, questions 1, 2, and 3.

Your answers are due on the date shown in the class schedule. Please submit them via Canvas if possible. (If you're a cross-registered student and don't yet have Canvas access, just email them to the instructor.)


Dave Touretzky