BioE
2696/ECE 2695: Control Theory in Neuroscience (3 Credits, Spring
2009)
Description: Control theory has been an important tool for
understanding the organization and operation of the nervous systems. This
course introduces the general principles of control theory and its application
in neuroscience.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of differential equations; instructor
permission required for undergraduate enrollment.
Time: Monday 4:30 pm—5:45 (lecture); Wednesday 4:30 pm—5:45
(lecture) and 5:50—6:45 (recitation).
Instructors:
Zhi-Hong Mao, 434 Benedum
Hall, 412-624-9674, maozh@engr.pitt.edu.
Office hours: Tuesdays 4:00 pm—6:00 pm. Location: 434 Benedum
Hall.
Teaching
Assistant:
Guest
Lecturers:
Doug Weber, Pat Loughlin, Mark Redfern, Raj Gandhi,
Peter Strick, Steve Massaquoi, Robert Turner, et
al.
Textbook: No textbook required. Notes will be provided on the
website morning of lecture, or distributed at the start of lecture.
Website: http://www.engr.pitt.edu/electrical/faculty-staff/mao/2696/
Evaluation: Homework and class participation 20%, literature
report 15%, project 50%, and midterm exam 15%.
Schedule:
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Date |
Topic |
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Assignments |
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1/5 M (Monday) |
Course
introduction; signals
and systems I |
Batista,
Mao |
HW
1 distributed |
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1/7 W (Wednesday) |
Mao |
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1/7 WR (Wednesday, recitation) |
Material review, HW 1 hints |
Bacher |
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1/12 M |
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Mao |
HW
1 due HW
2 distributed |
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1/14 W |
Batista |
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1/14 WR |
HW 1 review, HW 2 hints |
Bacher |
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1/19 M |
No
class (Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday
observance) |
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HW
3 distributed (data
file, please unzip after downloading) |
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1/21 W |
System identification (pdf file and ppt file) |
Weber |
HW
1 returned HW
2 due |
(2) Humphrey |
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1/21 WR |
Mao |
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1/26 M |
|
Mao |
HW
2 returned HW
3 due HW
4 distributed |
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1/28 W |
Lecture cancelled due
to snow |
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2/2 M |
Posture I |
Loughlin |
Projects
introduced |
(1) Peterka (2) Winter
et al. |
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2/4 W |
Posture II |
Loughlin |
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2/4 WR |
HW review and hints |
Bacher |
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2/9 M |
Redfern |
HW
3 returned HW
4 due HW
5 distributed (data
file, please unzip after downloading) |
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2/11 W |
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Batista |
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2/11 WR |
Discussion of projects and literature report |
(1)
Control theoretic models of the oculomotor system: Robinson (2)
Computational models of the cerebellum: Mial et al., Wolpert et al. (two papers) (3)
Motor learning: Shadmehr and Mussa-Ivaldi (4)
Optimal control: Scott,
Todorov (two papers) (5)
Sensory prediction: Crapse and Sommer (6)
Reinforcement learning: Schultz
et al. |
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2/16 M |
Batista |
HW
4 returned HW
5 due |
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2/18 W |
Eye
movement I: behavior, anatomy, and physiology |
Gandni |
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(1) Goldberg
et al. (2) Sparks |
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2/18 WR |
Batista, Mao |
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2/23 M |
Eye
movement II: control model of
saccades |
Gandni |
HW
5 returned |
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2/25 W |
Midterm |
(exam covers through biomechanics II) |
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2/25 WR |
(no recitation held) |
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3/2 M |
Batista |
Project
proposals due |
(1) Bizzi et al. |
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3/4 W |
Optimization
and optimal control |
Mao |
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3/4 WR |
Project proposal presentations |
students |
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3/9 M |
No class (spring break) |
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3/11 W |
No class (spring break) |
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3/16 M |
Batista |
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3/18 W |
Physiology
III: Macro-architecture of basal ganglia and cerebellar
loops with the cerebral cortex |
Strick |
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3/18 WR |
Review of recent material |
Bacher |
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3/23 M |
Learning
I: reach adaptation (file
of high resolution) |
Batista |
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3/25 W |
To
be announced |
Massaquoi |
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3/25 WR |
Review of recent material |
Bacher |
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3/30 M |
Learning
II: VOR adaptation (file
of high resolution) |
Batista |
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4/1 W |
Mao |
From
Batista: (1)
Updated
literature review guidelines |
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4/1 WR |
Review of recent material |
Bacher |
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4/6 M |
Reinforcement
learning: physiology |
Turner |
|
(1) Schultz (2) Redgrave
et al. |
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4/8 W |
Visual
stability corollary discharge |
Sommer |
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4/8 WR |
Review of recent material |
Bacher |
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4/13 M |
Project presentations I |
(1) Mike, Cliff, Greg (2) Denis, Areej, Pooya (3) Mircea |
(1)
Updated
literature review guidelines |
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4/15 W |
Project presentations II |
(1) Husam, Alan, Nick (2) Jordan, Sam, Iheanyi (3) Shimeng, Joseph, Yuwen (4) Noah, Josh (5) Jason, Andrew, Shawn, Trevor |
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4/20 M |
Project presentations III |
(1) Wenchao (2) Zhanpeng (3) Uday (4)
Benjamin |
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4/22 W |
Literature review and final report due |
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