Workshop on Modelling of Brain Activity
http://cobra.cs.cas.cz/WMBA_2019

Time	Program	Affiliation	Title
10:00-10:30	Registration
10:30-11:00	Opening words
11:00-11:45	Stephen Coombes	University of Nottingham	Modelling Brain Waves
11:45-12:30	Alberto Pérez	Czech Acad. Sci., Prague	Phase Response Curves in Epilepsy
12:30-14:00	Lunch (restaurant)
14:00-14:45	Helmut Schmidt	Max-Planck Institute, Leipzig	Oscillations in networks of spiking neurons and their role in memory tasks
14:45-15:30	Pavel Sanda	Czech Acad. Sci., Prague	Bidirectional oscillatory interactions during NREM sleep
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-16:45	Oscar Gonzáles	University of California, San Diego	Biophysical origin of resting-state infraslow fluctuations in brain networks
16:45-17:10	Abigail Cocks	University of Nottingham	Understanding Sensory Induced Hallucinations: From Neural Fields to Amplitude Equations
17:10-17:45	Coffee break
17:45-18:30	Gorka Zamora Lopez	Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona	Model-based graph theory: a new framework to study whole-brain connectivity (and beyond)
18:30-	Reception

Time	Program	Affiliation	Title
9:00-10:00	Coffee morning
10:00-10:45	Viktor Sip	Aix-Marseille Université	Modelling local and global seizure propagation in epileptic brain networks
10:45-11:30	Oscar Gonzáles	University of California, San Diego	Ionic and synaptic mechanisms of seizure generation and epileptogenesis
11:30-13:00	Lunch (conference center)
13:00-13:45	Stephen Coombes	University of Nottingham	Mathematical modelling of large-scale brain dynamics
13:45-14:30	Jonathan Hadida	University of Oxford	Modelling and Optimisation of Large-Scale Biophysical Networks
14:30-15:00	Coffee break
15:00-15:25	Martin Gajdos	Masaryk University, Brno	Simulation of noise in BOLD fMRI
15:25-15:50	Helmut Schmidt	Max-Planck Institute, Leipzig	Ephaptic coupling modulates axonal transmission delays
15:50-16:30	Conclusion & Coffee

The book of abstracts can be downloaded here.

The public transport is recommended. It is quite reliable and safe, with the following prices (EUR 1,- = cca. CZK 26,-):

You can buy tickets in slot machines in the underground stations, in most newsstands, specialized public transport shops, Prague transport information centers at the airport and main railway station. You can use this link for searching public transport connections: spojeni.dpp.cz/ConnForm.aspx?cl=E5 . The closest underground stations to the main Venue are “Můstek” (green(A)/yellow(B) line), “Staroměstká” (green line) and “Národní třída” (yellow line).

The comprehensive info how to travel from/to Václav Havel Airport (“Letiště Václava Havla”) can be found at www.prg.aero/en/transport-airport. You can either take an airport taxi (it should cost about CZK 600,-) or use public transport, which is way cheaper (and safe as well): take the bus line 119, direction Nádraží Veleslavín (“Veleslavín train station”) and change there to the underground green line A (direction Depo Hostivař), geting off at the station Staroměstská will bring you close to the main venue. The journey takes ca. 30–45 minutes in total. From the airport to main railway station in downtown you can also use non-stop AE (airport express) bus with special fare CZK 60,- (common tickets are not valid on this bus).

All the long-distance trains arrive to the main railway station (“Hlavní nádraží”), where you can find underground station connecting you with the rest of public transport system as well.

Jaroslav Hlinka (hlinka@cs.cas.cz), Pavel Sanda (sanda@cs.cas.cz), Barbora Buckova (buckova2@cs.cas.cz), David Hartman.

Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Pod Vodarenskou vezi 2 Prague 8, 182 07, Czech Republic

Web: http://cobra.cs.cas.cz

Supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences through Strategy AV21 by the program Hopes and Risks of the Digital Era.