Advanced Data Analysis in Neuroscience

Daniel Durstewitz is Professor for Theoretical Neuroscience and Head of the Department of Theoretical Neuroscience at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, and the University of Heidelberg. He is also the coordinator and a director of the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg-Mannheim. He has authored numerous articles in the fields of theoretical and computational neuroscience, applying and advancing various statistical and modeling techniques. Together with Jeremy Seamans, he has also developed an influential computational theory of dopamine function in the prefrontal cortex.

• Statistical Inference.- Regression Problems.- Classification Problems.- Model Complexity and Selection.- Clustering and Density Estimation.- Dimensionality Reduction.- Linear Time Series Analysis.- Nonlinear Concepts in Time Series Analysis.- Time Series From a Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Perspective.