計算神經科學實際上是很寬泛的一個學科。和神經科學多個層次的特性一樣,通過理論/計算模型來研究神經系統也有明顯的在不同層次上的模型。單純的從行為角度出發的Normative Model,例如Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Statistical Inference等,到試圖理解神經環路層面的Dynamical System Model,都可以是計算神經科學的範疇。
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The study of the nervous system is an interdisciplinary enterprise that draws upon scientific disciplines ranging from molecular biology and biophysics, to computational science and engineering, to the study of cognitive psychology and neurology. To meet the challenge of providing training for entry into this exciting and growing field, Vanderbilt offers its undergraduates an interdisciplinary program of concentration in Neuroscience. The program offers both a major and a minor within the College of Arts and Sciences and draws its training faculty from both the College of Arts and Sciences and the Vanderbilt School of Medicine. It is additionally affiliated with the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, which helps integrate neuroscience training and research across the different academic units at Vanderbilt, and sponsors talks by national and international leaders in the field, which undergraduates are welcome to attend.
The major in Neuroscience is designed to fulfill a premed curriculum and to also provide preparation for students wishing to pursue graduate work in neuroscience or related fields such as biology or psychology. It utilizes expertise from several departments and schools within the University to provide a comprehensive background in the basic sciences of biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics as well as a strong foundation in the fundamentals of neuroscience and psychology. As students advance, they are able to pursue advanced work in one or more specific sub-areas of neuroscience through elective courses.
The minor in Neuroscience is designed for individuals who wish to gain exposure to the fundamental of neuroscience, but who do not wish to complete the full premed curriculum or who want to augment another relevant major in the college.
Brandeis Neuroscience
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Brandeis Neuroscience has research strengths that span a wide spectrum that includes neurogenetics and neural development, cellular electrophysiology and biophysics, neural circuit dynamics, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, and the neuroscience of human disorders. Our laboratories are highly interactive and collaborative, and it is common for an advance made in one lab to stimulate a new finding in another laboratory.
Many subdisciplines of Neuroscience increasingly involve the acquisition and analysis of large and complex data sets, and our educational and training philosophy is to foster the development of strong quantitative, analytic, and creative skills to ensure that the next generation of Neuroscientists we produce are equipped to embark on a wide range of scientific careers.
The interdepartmental neuroscience program offers PhD and MS programs and an undergraduate major.
grad.ubc.ca/unit/neurosThe Graduate Program in Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary program administered under the Faculty of Medicine and the Brain Research Centre at the University of British Columbia. It offers a coordinated program of graduate studies leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Neuroscience. The objective of the program is to educate graduate students as neuroscientists with intensive experience in at least one area of research, and to ensure that students in the Program develop a broadly based knowledge of the Neurosciences.