Lecturer: |
Professor Aurel A. Lazar |
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Office hours: |
Wednesdays, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, EST, Room 819 Schapiro |
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E-mail address: |
aurel "at" ee.columbia.edu |
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Class Web Site: |
Offered by CourseWorks |
Day and Time: |
Mondays, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Class Location: |
ENG 253 |
Credits for course: |
4.5 points |
Prerequisites |
[ELEN E3801 Signals and Systems] or [Biology W3004 Neurobio I: Cellular and Molecular (plus Matlab or Python)]
or [BMEB W4020 Computational Neuroscience: Circuits in the Brain] or [the instructor's approval]. |
Description: |
Passive and Active Isopotential Cells, The Passive Cable, Passive and Active Dendritic Trees, Synaptic Transmission and Quantal Release, Neuronal Calcium Signaling, Phototransduction, Models of Simple and Complex Cells, Neuronal Networks.
Major project(s) in Matlab. |
Required texts: | ---
Fabrizio Gabbiani and Steven J. Cox, Mathematics for Neuroscientists, Academic Press, New York, 2010.
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Homework(s): |
TBA |
Paper(s): |
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Project(s) |
2 Projects |
Midterm exam: |
Project |
Final Exam: |
Project |
Grading |
The homework grade is based on the average of the best 10 out of 12 homeworks.
The final grade has three components: homework, project #1 and project #2. Weighting: 1/5 homework, 2/5 for each project. |
Hardware requirements: |
Laptop for demos and discussions |
Software requirements: |
Matlab (student version) or Python |