NEUSCI490

NEUSCI 490: Seminar in Computational Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience, in brief, is concerned with the use of computational tools (statistics, ML, simulations, modeling, etc) to study the computations of the brain (perception, decision-making, memory, motor planning, etc). In this course we will hear about the cutting-edge research of leading computational neuroscientists in Seattle in discussion-oriented lectures by the researchers themselves. Homework assignments are weekly short (300 word, ~2 paragraph) written responses to prompts based on reading one of their latest papers, and there are no exams. 1 Credit. This course is ideal for anyone looking for a deep (but sparse) dive into the latest computational neuroscience research, with ample opportunity for direct discussion of the work with the researchers themselves. Feel free to contact me with any questions - nsteinme@uw.edu. See the course catalog entry here.

Lecturers for Fall 2024

  • Adrienne Fairhall (UW Neurobiology & Biophysics)
  • Eric Shea-Brown (UW Applied Math)
  • Nathan Kutz (UW Applied Math)
  • Anna Gillespie (UW Neurobiology & Biophysics)
  • Uygar Sümbül (Allen Institute)
  • Anitha Pasupathy (UW Neurobiology & Biophysics)
  • Ali Shojaie (UW Biostatistics)
  • Ulises Pereira-Obilinovic (Allen Institute)
  • Nick Steinmetz (UW Neurobiology & Biophysics and course director)

Lecturers for Fall 2023

  • Adrienne Fairhall
  • Eric Shea-Brown
  • Eli Shlizerman
  • Anna Gillespie
  • Bing Brunton
  • Christof Koch
  • Edgar Walker
  • Matt Golub
  • Nick Steinmetz

Lecturers for Fall 2022

  • Adrienne Fairhall
  • Eric Shea-Brown
  • Rajesh Rao
  • Anton Arkhipov
  • Bing Brunton
  • Saskia deVries
  • Wyeth Bair
  • Sama Ahmed
  • Nick Steinmetz

Lecturers for Fall 2021

  • Adrienne Fairhall
  • Eric Shea-Brown
  • Rajesh Rao
  • Anton Arkhipov
  • Fred Rieke
  • Amy Orsborn
  • Wyeth Bair
  • Saskia deVries
  • Geoff Boynton
  • Nick Steinmetz

Lecturers for Fall 2020

  • Adrienne Fairhall
  • Eric Shea-Brown
  • Beth Buffalo
  • Anton Arkhipov
  • Bing Brunton
  • Amy Orsborn
  • Wyeth Bair
  • Saskia deVries
  • John Tuthill
  • Nick Steinmetz

Prior to 2020, this course was run by Adrienne Fairhall; see course history here.