To facilitate cross-disciplinary training and exchanges, from this year courses offered within several curricula will be coordinated to allow all interested SISSA students to attend them, and familiarize with analytical and computational concepts and tools useful in understanding Biology and Neuroscience questions.

In the academic year 2010/2011, the coordination operates among faculty from the Neurobiology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Functional Analysis sectors, who in their classes will discuss a broad range of topics, including neuronal networks, information theory, dynamical systems, signal processing and sensory systems, according to the following schedule:

Neuronal Computation

Alessandro Treves, Cognitive Neuroscience Sector

Each Monday and Thursday @ 9 AM from Nov. 1 to Dec. 16
(please note that classes will be held @ 1 PM in the period Nov. 1-18)

See detailed schedule @ Cognitive Neuroscience PhD Courses web page
Syllabus can be download @ http://people.sissa.it/~ale/NeurCompCourse_2010.pdf

Dynamical models in Biology

Claudio Altafini, Functional Analysis Sector

Each Monday and Wednesday @ 11 AM from Nov. 22
(approximately 10 lectures will be held)

See detailed schedule and syllabus @ http://people.sissa.it/~altafini/teach/DynModBio10.html

Signal Processing

Vincent Torre, Neurobiology Sector

Scheduled to be held between Jan 17 and Feb. 11

Detailed schedule will be available on the Neurobiology Sector Wiki page

Introduction to Sensory Systems

The Somatosensory System: Mathew Diamond, Cognitive Neuroscience Sector

The Visual System: Davide Zoccolan, Neurobiology Sector

Scheduled to be held between May 2 and 13
(5 lectures of 1.5 hours per week)

Detailed schedule will be available on the Neurobiology Sector Wiki page and Cognitive Neuroscience PhD Courses web page