Aim of the course
The course is intended to provide advanced Diploma/Masters and PhD students, as well as young researchers from the neurosciences with approaches for the analysis of electrophysiological data and the theoretical concepts behind them.

The course includes various topics such as

Neuron models and spike train statistics
Point processes and correlation measures
Systems and signals
Local field potentials

The course will consist of lectures in the morning and and matching exercises using Matlab and Mathematica.
Experience with these software packages will be helpful but is not required for registration. The participants should have a basic understanding of scientific programming.
This course is designated especially for advanced diploma/master-students and PhD-students (preferentially in their first year).


Organisation and teaching
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rotter, Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Sonja Gruen, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6), Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Research Center Juelich, 
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Egert, Biomicrotechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Ad Aertsen, Neurobiology & Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg

Application
Please apply by sending an email containing your CV and a meaningful letter of motivation to nwg-course@bcf.uni-freiburg.de.

The letter of motivation should refer to the following points:

Reasons for wanting to take this course
Background in mathematics
Experience using Matlab / Python/ Mathematica
Background in neuroscience

The course is limited to 20 participants.



Course fees:

NWG members: 50 Euro

others: 125 Euro