Brain Science and AI Course - Autumn 2025
Duration: 15 weeks (September 18 - December 25, 2025) | Special Note: Week 3 meets on Sep 28th
| Week | Date | Description | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 09/18/2025 Wednesday |
Introduction, Course Setup, Brain & AI Overview, Python Bootcamp + Kickoff Reading Assignment | Tutorial: python |
| Week 2 | 09/25/2025 Wednesday |
NeuroAI + Tutorial: Data Access with Python for Projects | Tutorial: dataset |
| Week 3 | 09/28/2025 Sunday AM |
Neural Coding 1: Foundation, Information Theory, Efficient Coding | Reading assignment 1 |
| Week 4 | 10/09/2025 Wednesday |
Neural Coding 2: Encoding Models (GLM) | Tutorial: GLM |
| Week 5 | 10/16/2025 Wednesday |
Neural Coding 3: Latent Variable Models; DNN; Supervised vs self-supervised models | Tutorial: CNN |
| Week 6 | 10/23/2025 Wednesday |
Transformer; Foundation model; Divisive Normalization; Variability | Tutorial: Transformer |
| Week 7 | 10/30/2025 Wednesday |
Representation: Dimensionality Reduction | Tutorial: Dimensionality Reduction |
| Week 8 | 11/06/2025 Wednesday |
Representation: Manifolds; RDM; Representation alignment | Project team finalization |
| Week 9 | 11/13/2025 Wednesday |
Dynamical Systems; Continuous attractors; Hopfield network | Tutorial: LDS |
| Week 10 | 11/20/2025 Wednesday |
RNN and State Space Models | Tutorial: HMM |
| Week 11 | 11/27/2025 Wednesday |
Network: low rank RNN and motifs | |
| Week 12 | 12/04/2025 Wednesday |
Continual learning | Speaker Info |
| Week 13 | 12/11/2025 Wednesday |
Bayesian inference and its applications in neuroscience | Speaker Info |
| Week 14 | 12/18/2025 Wednesday |
AI agent for science & Project presentation | |
| Week 15 | 12/25/2025 Wednesday |
Project Presentations (Last Class) | Project Requirements |