OKINAWA/OIST COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE 2023
Methods, Neurons, Networks and Behaviors
June 19 to July 6, 2023
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan
https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc

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 19th through July 6th, 2023 at an oceanfront seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. Applications are through the course web page (https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc) only; January 1 - January 31, 2023.
Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance end of March.

Like in preceding years, the 18th 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.

There is no tuition fee. The sponsor will provide lodging and meals during the course and may provide partial travel support. 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.

Invited faculty:
• Upinder Bhalla (NCBS, India)

• Claudia Clopath (Imperial College London, UK)

• Erik De Schutter (OIST)

• Kenji Doya (OIST)

• Tomoki Fukai (OIST)

• Izumi Fukunaga (OIST)

• Yukiko Goda (OIST)

• Mike Häusser (University College London, UK)

• Bernd Kuhn (OIST)

• Jinny Kim (KIST, South Korea)

• Rosalyn Moran (King's College London, UK)

• Steve Prescott (University of Toronto, Canada)

• Sam Reiter (OIST)

• Greg Stephens (OIST)

• Kazumasa Tanaka (OIST)