NWI-NM080B
Quantitative Brain Networks
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleNWI-NM080B
Credits (ECTS)6
CategoryMA (Master)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Science; Wiskunde, Natuur- en Sterrenkunde;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer
prof. dr. F.P. Battaglia
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Coordinator
dr. B. Englitz
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Lecturer
dr. B. Englitz
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Lecturer
prof. dr. D.G. Norris
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Lecturer
prof. dr. P.H.E. Tiesinga
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Academic year2020
Period
KW3-KW4  (25/01/2021 to 31/08/2021)
Starting block
KW3
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
The goal is to provide the neurobiological background and the mathematical/computational skills necessary to understand current technical publications in the field of Brain networks and neuronal communication.
Content
This course covers the experimental methods to assess connectivity; data analysis methods to extract connectivity from dynamics; statistical models for connectivity and dynamical models that reproduce the observed coherent brain states.
The brain is all about communication, between individual neurons as well as between brain areas comprised of billions of neurons. To study brain communication advanced new experimental and mathematical techniques have been developed, which require mathematical sophistication and a neurobiological background to fully comprehend.

Instructional Modes
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
(Physics master): Neurophysics 1 and Neurophysics 2.
Students in other programs (Artificial Intelligence, Research Master Cognitive Neuroscience) that do not satisfy these requirements need approval of the course instructor to enroll. They need to demonstrate sufficient math and neurophysics background.
Test information
The final grade will be based on your class/practice hours participation, handed-in homework and a final exam
Specifics

Required materials
To be announced
Reading materials will be made available at cost during the course.

Instructional modes
Course occurrence

Lecture

Practical computer training

Zelfstudie

Tests
Digital Exam
Test weight1
Test typeDigital exam with CIRRUS
OpportunitiesBlock KW4, Block KW4