CSE 590NC: Neural Computation


Welcome to CSE 590NC! This is a new seminar on Neural Computation, being offered for the first time in Autumn, 2001. The plan is to discuss one or more papers per week, diverging as necessary into detail on topics that are of particular interest to seminar attendees.

We meet on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 2:30pm in Loew 111.

What is the seminar all about? Our primary focus is on neurally-inspired algorithms for learning and sensorimotor control. While some papers will address computational models of neurobiological systems, others will involve implementations of neurally-inspired algorithms in software (e.g. in computer vision and robotics) and in hardware (e.g. in analog VLSI).

There is a list of presentations with links to appropriate papers and background reading. A preliminary list of the broad subject areas that we could pick papers from: Papers from other related subject areas may also be picked if there is sufficient interest in the class.

Mailing List: Be sure to join the class mailing list and browse the email archive. To join, send a message to majordomo@cs.washington.edu, and include the following in the body of your message: subscribe cse590nc
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Online resources: Click here to check out an introductory online neurobiology tutorial.

Credit Hours: 1
Grading: Credit/No Credit (enrolled students are expected to present one or more papers and participate in class discussions)


Comments to: Raj Rao or Aaron Shon
The background image is from http://clasdean.la.asu.edu/news/images/ubep2001/neuron3.jpg and displays an isolated neuron from rat thalamus. This structure is the "gateway" from lower-level brain regions, such as the retina, to the neocortex.