The aim of the Okinawa/OIST Computational Neuroscience Course is to provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds to learn the latest advances in neuroscience, and for those with experimental backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling.

We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate in the course, held from June 23th through July 10th, 2025 at an oceanfront seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. Applications are through the course web page (https://www.oist.jp/conference/ocnc-2025) only; January 1 - January 31, 2025. 
Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance end of March.

Like in preceding years, the 2025 OCNC will be a comprehensive three-week course covering single neurons, networks, and behaviors with ample time for student projects. The first week will focus exclusively on methods with hands-on tutorials during the afternoons, while the second and third weeks will have lectures by international and local experts. The course has a strong hands-on component based on student proposed modeling or data analysis projects, which are further refined with the help of a dedicated tutor. Applicants are required to propose their project at the time of application. 

For the first time we charge a modest tuition fee of 60,000JPY. The sponsor will provide lodging and meals during the course. We hope that this course will be a good opportunity for theoretical and experimental neuroscientists to meet each other and to explore the attractive nature and culture of Okinawa, the southernmost island prefecture of Japan.

Lecturers:

    Erik De Schutter (OIST)
    Kenji Doya (OIST)
    Tomoki Fukai (OIST)
    Yukiko Goda (OIST)
    Bernd Kuhn (OIST)
    Alexander Mathis (EPFL, Switzerland)
    Mackenzie Mathis (EPFL, Switzerland)
    Lucy Palmer (University of Melbourne, Australia)
    Gerald Pao (OIST)
    Padmini Rangamani (University of California, San Diego, USA)
    Sam Reiter (OIST)
    Yu Takagi (National Institute of Informatics)
    Kazumasa Tanaka (OIST)
    Tim Vogels (IST Austria)
    Jeff Wickens (OIST)