The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the ETH Zurich have a joint government board and are considered the top Technical Universities in Switzerland. Moreover, the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences is ranked amongst the top 10 European Institutions and amongst the top 100 institutions world wide. The Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience (LCN) is part of the School of Computer and Communications Sciences as well as part of the Brain-Mind Institute in the School of Life Sciences of the EPFL.
Main tasks
EPFL will be in charge of modelling work using networks of spiking neurons and will be involved with conceptual modelling related to learning and memory. The emphasis will be on modelling biological data, particularly that generated by SISSA.
Research experience
The LCN has a long tradition in modelling spiking neurons and spiking neuronal networks, spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP), and systems-level modelling of brain systems underlying rodent navigation (e.g. hippocampus). A particular focus has been the formulation and analysis of spike-time based learning rules. It has been shown that these rules can be used to learn spatio-temporal spike patterns or navigational strategies. The group has also been involved in modelling rodent navigation behavior in a Morris water maze or on a linear track.
