PRESCHOOL

Thursday-Friday August 27-28 [CDE auditorium or other room, e.g. Studium]

• 9 – 12:30; lunch; 2 – 6 PM (Philippe Isope, Jyotika Bahuguna)
  Introduction to Python programming : Conda environment, Python basics (Object, Types, list, arrays, loops, conditions, functions, classes), Python packages (e.g. Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib...), use (and possible abuses) of Python with AI copilot systems.

SCHOOL

Monday August 31st [CDE auditorium + jardin]

• 8:30 AM: Welcome and course presentation (Demian Battaglia)
• 9 - 12:30: Fundamentals of spectral analysis (Axel Hutt)
• 2 - 4 PM: Hands-on session on computational analysis of neural oscillations - From the raw data to the characterization of oscillatory activity (Romain Goutagny)
• 4:30 - 6 PM: Revisiting statistics: statistical testing, regression and model comparison, resampling (TBA)

Tuesday Sept 1st [CDE auditorium + jardin]

• 9 - 12:30: Machine learning for beginners Part I: from clustering to classification (Demian Battaglia)
• 2 - 4 PM: Computational tools for spike train analysis and statistics (Pascale Quilichini)
• 4:30 – 6:30 PM: Hands-on analyzing calcium imaging data (Antoine Valera, Yaroslav Sych)

Wednesday Sept 2nd [CDE auditorium + jardin]

• 9-11:00: Network tools, functional connectivity analyses, graph theory (Demian Battaglia)
• 11:30-12:30 PM: Neuronal circuits modelling, microscale Part I (Jyotika Bahuguna)
• 2-4 PM: Neuronal circuits modelling, microscale Part II (Jyotika Bahuguna)
• 4:15 - 6 PM: Neuronal circuits modelling, macroscale (Marisa Saggio)
• 6 - 7 PM: Project selection, discussion

Thursday Sept 3rd [CDE auditorium + jardin + small seminar room]

• 9-12:30  Computational tools for behavior analysis (TBA)
• 2-3:30 PM: Machine learning for beginners Part II: from classification to prediction (Camille Gontier)
• 3:30-5 PM: Introduction to AI tools for data analysis (Demian Battaglia)
• 5:30 - 7 PM: Projects

Friday Sept 4th  [CDE auditorium + jardin + small seminar room]

• 9 - 12:30 AM: Projects
• 2 – 6:00 PM: Projects
• 6 - 7 PM: Roundtable: reproducible science/open science (Christophe Pouzat)

Saturday Sept 5th [INCI seminar room]

• 9 - 12 AM: Project presentations and debriefing

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• Jyotika Bahuguna, LNCA, University of Strasbourg (coord)
• Demian Battaglia, LNCA, University of Strasbourg (coord)
• Camille Gontier, INRIA, University of Strasbourg (coord)
• Romain Goutagny, CNRS, University of Strasbourg
• Axel Hutt, INRIA, University of Strasbourg
• Philippe Isope, CNRS, University of Strasbourg
• Antoine Valera, CNRS, University of Strasbourg

INVITED FACULTY AND TUTORS

• Samy Castro, LNCA, University of Strasbourg
• Matilde Cordero-Erausquin, CNRS, University of Strasbourg
• Christophe Pouzat, IRMA, University of Strasbourg
• Pascale Quilichini, INSERM, Aix-Marseille University
• Marisa Saggio, INS , Aix-Marseille University
• Yaroslav Sych, CPJ CNRS, university of Strasbourg

REGISTRATION & CONTACT

The summer school is free of charge. Accommodation in shared rooms and lunches are also provided. However, travel expenses are the responsibility of the applicants.

1- Application deadline: May 31st
2- Results notification: June 15th

REGISTRATION

Contact: dbattaglia[at]unistra.fr 

SPONSORS

This summer school is supported by ITI NeuroStra (SFRI STRAT’US project ANR-20-SFRI-0012), University of Strasbourg Initiative of Excellence.