Sponsor: Human Neuroimaging Lab (HNL) Theory Group
Read Montague, Amin Kayali, Terry Lohrenz

OUTLINE OF COURSE I

  1. 1- Statistical Mechanics
    1. Statistical Ensambles and Ergodicity.
    2. Distribution functions, Ideal gas.
    3. Linear Response Theory.
    4. Correlation functions, Susceptibility and Fluctuations-Dissipation theory.
  2. 2- Topics in Biophysics
    1. Photon counting in vision 1.
    2. Photon counting in vision 2.
    3. Bacterial chemotaxis I.
    4. Bacterial chemotaxis II.
    5. Computing and coding of motion in fly vision.
  3. 3- Data Dimensional Reduction
    1. PCA and ICA.
    2. Application to image reconstruction.