OSB Workshop: Building and sharing models of the cortex¶

Alghero, Sardinia, 14-16 May 2014¶

This meeting will be the second main meeting of the Open Source Brain initiative (http://www.opensourcebrain.org).

The focus of this meeting will be on cortical cell & network models at all levels of detail from integrate & fire to detailed multicompartmental models. While modellers of other areas are more than welcome, we hope to get a critical mass of cortical modellers and experimentalists together.

Dates: 9am Wednesday 14th - 5pm Friday 16th May, 2014

Location: Hotel Calabona, Alghero, Sardinia

Local organisers: Sergio Solinas, Irene Solinas
Organising committee: Padraig Gleeson, Eugenio Piasini, Angus Silver, Boris Marin

Focus of meeting¶

The focus of this meeting will be on open source multicompartmental, conductance based cortical cell & network models.

There are an increasing number of multicompartmental, conductance based (thalamo)cortical cell models being made available and reused/modified by interested parties to address different scientific questions. This meeting will to look at the range of models out there from the neocortex and thalamus which are interesting for multiple parties and work towards getting these onto public, open source repositories, in standardised formats (NeuroML & PyNN) and get them well tested, annotated and ready for use as research tools by the attendees and the wider community.

Confirmed speakers¶

Angus Silver
Alon Korngreen

Provisional Agenda¶

Wednesday 14th May, 9am - 6pm¶

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| Introduction to the aims of the Open Source Brain initiative| What are the goals? What has been developed already? How can we get experimentalists to contribute data? |
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| Detailed modelling of individual cortical neurons | Types of models which will be discussed include: Synaptic integration in L5 Pyramidal cell - Larkum et al. 2009; L5 Pyramidal Neuron - Almog and Korngreen 2014; Layer 5b Pyramidal cell - Hay et al. 2011 |

Thursday 15th May, 9am - 6pm¶

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| Network models of cortex: reduced models | Examples of models of this type on OSB: Balanced network with inhibitory plasticity - Vogels et al. 2011; Minimal HH models - Pospischil et al. 2008; Izhikevich Spiking Neuron Model ; Self Sustained Network Activity - Destexhe 2009; Sparsely connected spiking neuron network - Brunel 2000 |
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| Network models of cortex: morphologically detailed | Examples of models of this type on OSB: Thalamocortical network - Traub et al. 2005; Primary Auditory Cortex network |

Friday 16th May, 9am - 6pm¶

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| OSB Symposium: Oscillation and resonance in CNS network loops | Organiser: Sergio Solinas This symposium aims to cluster the neuroscientists actively working in the field of neuronal network oscillations within the framework of OSB in order to promote the integration of models and tools in this area. |
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| The future of OSB | Where do we go from here? What tools/infrastructure do we need to achieve real collaborative modelling in computational neuroscience? |

Enquiries¶

If you have any enquiries about this meeting, please don’t hesitate to contact: p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk.