| Call Number | 11018 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 7:00pm-9:30pm 1127 Seeley W. Mudd Building |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | Department |
| Instructor | Aurel A Lazar - e-mail, homepage |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | The biophysics of computation: modeling biological neurons, the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron, modeling channel conductances and synapses as memristive systems, bursting neurons and central pattern generators, I/O equivalence and spiking neuron models. Information representation and neural encoding: stimulus representation with time encoding machines, the geometry of time encoding, encoding with neural circuits with feedback, population time encoding machines. Dendritic computation: elements of spike processing and neural computation, synaptic plasticity and learning algorithms, unsupervised learning and spike time-dependent plasticity, basic dendritic integration. Projects in MATLAB. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Electrical Engineering |
| Enrollment | 37 students (80 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, November 1, 2025 |
| Subject | Biomedical-Electrical Engineering-Biology |
| Number | W4020 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | School of Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate |
| Open To | Schools of the Arts, Barnard College, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, Engineering:Graduate, GSAS, Global Programs, General Studies, SIPA, Professional Studies |
| Section key | 20253BMEB4020W001 |