| Week |
Dates |
Read |
Assigned Problems |
Due Date |
| 1 | 9/3 | Chapters 1 and 2 | Section 2.5: 1,2 | 9/10 |
| 2 | 9/8-9/10 | Sections 3.1 and 3.2 | Section 2.5: 4 (part (c) should say for t ≥ 4 ms) Section 3.7: 1 (second equation) |
9/17 |
| 3 | 9/15-9/17 | Sections 3.3 and 3.4 (3.5 and 3.6, optional) Sections 4.1-4.3 |
Section 3.7: 2, 3 Section 4.6: 1 |
9/24 |
| 4 | 9/22-9/24 | Section 4.4 Chapter 5 |
Section 4.6: 2, 3 Section 5.6: 1, 2, 4 |
10/1 |
| 5 | 9/29-10/1 | Sections 6.1 - 6.4 | Section 6.8: 1, 2, 3 | 10/8 |
| 6 | 10/6-10/8 | Sections 6.5 - 6.7 | Take home midterm | 10/15 |
| 7 | 10/13-10/15 | Section 7.4 | Section 6.8: 5. Note: where the problem says "all steady states," you can assume that all steady states fall into one of the categories (a) where all activities (i.e., the E's) of all neurons are equal, (b) where activity of one neuron is zero and the activities of the remaining two neurons are equal, and (c) where the activities of two neurons are zero. Section 7.6: 5 |
10/22 |
| 8 | 10/20-10/22 | Section 8.1 | Section 8.7: 1 | 10/29 |
| 9 | 10/27-10/29 | Section 8.2 | Form groups for final project and submit tentative list of papers. | 11/5 |
| 10 | 11/3-11/5 | Sections 8.3-8.4 | Section 8.7: 3, 4 | 11/17 |
| 11-13 | 11/10-11/24 | Sections 8.5,8.6,9.1,9.2 | Section 8.7: 5 Section 9.8: 1 |
12/3 |