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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Computational Neuroscience by University of Washington

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    About the Course

    This course provides an introduction to basic computational methods for understanding what nervous systems do and for determining how they
    function. We will explore the computational principles governing various aspects of vision, sensory-motor control, learning, and memory.
    Specific topics that will be covered include representation of information by spiking neurons, processing of information in neural networks, and
    algorithms for adaptation and learning. We will make use of Matlab/Octave/Python demonstrations and exercises to gain a deeper
    understanding of concepts and methods introduced in the course. The course is primarily aimed at third- or fourth-year unde...
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    Top reviews

    AG

    Jun 11, 2020

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    Brilliant course. For a HS student the math was challenging, but the quizzes and assignments were perfect. The tutorials and supplementary materials are super helpful. All in all, I loved it.

    JR

    Apr 8, 2018

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    Extremely enlightening course on how Neuron's work and the science of computational neuroscience. Even if you don't want to get into the complex mathematics you can get a lot out of the course

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    By Misael A A M

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    Nov 25, 2020

    This is an awesome course! I love it because it brings you the real neural part of the artificial neural networks, a thing all courses I've seen till now misses or gives at a really high level.

    I don't give it 5 stars because the lectures are sometimes really boring. And I'm not complaining about the topics itself, but the videos are on average 20 minutes long, and the voices are really low, so it's really difficult to keep the focus on.

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    By Shengliang D

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    Jan 18, 2020

    The contents are well organized and arranged corresponding to the textbook Theoretical Neuroscience. There are supplementary materials for the lecture of each week. The assignments are very helpful for understanding the lectures, with code and data for Matlab, Python 2 and Python 3, which is very friendly for people who are only familiar with some of them. It would be better if the assignments could cover more about the lecture.

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    By Viktor I

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    Aug 19, 2024

    some python code is outdated (had the version issues for me), and also the quizes would be better without translations rather than with the translations which it have (some problems to understand the questions with a not perfect translations). So it's probably a technical/organisal issues, but the course itself is good and not easy with quizes as well what helps to train your neurons even more. :)

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    By michael b

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    Oct 24, 2023

    Great course! Parts were very challenging and the supplementary were useful to augment the lectures. The programming was at the right level. Some course links were outdated. I decided to purchase the texts and I am glad I did. I would have appreciated a back button to review material when I got a quiz question incorrect. Overall, great course and I look forward to taking another to build on.

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    By Joost v T

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    Dec 2, 2020

    Great course with great lectures given by great people. I liked the variety of topics in the course and all the fun little jokes and trivia offered in the lectures. The quizes were of fairly high level for me, so I really feel like I've learned something new. I would have liked to have exercises before trying the quiz though. And after the quiz it was hard to see what went wrong.

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    By Wojtek P

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    Jul 8, 2017

    Extremely interesting subject, many ideas and methods presented. Basic disadvantage is a method of source which is closer to seminar rather than leacture. But, lost of details is acceptable due to a huge amount of material. Advanced mathematics from various areas is necessary to fully understand all the ideas. Anyway, I recommend the course.

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    By Eshan P

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    Feb 4, 2025

    Very informative and good course. My only gripe is that this isn't really for "beginners"? Lots of complex math like Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Gradient Descent are involved so you will want some prior experience. The supplementary videos are very nice, but still - I would recommend you study up a little beforehand.

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    By Víthor R F

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    Mar 10, 2018

    Many of the lectures do not make a plenty of sense relative to their quizzes. The lectures are rather theoretical and the quizzes are rather practical. Also, one of the professors have better didactics than the other. Either way, it was quite an adventure (my hat almost didn't survive).

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    By Manuel P

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    Dec 15, 2017

    I enjoyed the course very much and hopefully learned quite a bit about how to model neurons and some interesting new ways to look at methods like perceptrons and PCA. The course videos are short by very dense. Make sure you make enough notes and prepare enough time for all of them.

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    By george v

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    Mar 18, 2017

    Very good teaching skills by both professors and interesting guest lectures and tutorials. Assignements that demand your full attention. I would like some more depth as far as the developement of programming skills and the practice. Great intuition and explanation.

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    By Chenyu L

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    Mar 16, 2018

    This course provides you with a brief introduction to computational neural science. You can benefit from it as long as you have basis in calculus and linear algebra. But for those who want to get the best from it, you need to build up your mathematics.

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    By Krasin G

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    Nov 16, 2016

    This is a very interesting course that provides many interesting ideas. At the same time it is quite challenging. Solid background in probability theory, linear algebra and signal processing is needed. Considering it "Introductory" level is misleading.

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    By Marek C

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    Apr 9, 2018

    Good introduction to the topic. Course quite easy for engineers, may be quite challenging fro non-engineers. I didn't like quizes - they were too easy and were not provoking too much creative thinking. They were also easier than the lecture material.

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    By Tristan L

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    Aug 11, 2022

    Provides a great basic understanding of Compuational Neuroscience, and doesn't shy away from the interesting math and programming. While I don't have a comprehensive understanding yet, I now know some key topics and resources to continue learning.

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    By Peter K

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    May 30, 2017

    Great course introducing fundamental concepts in computational neuroscience. People with weak mathematical background can master it although from time to time some more clarification could be helpful. Thanks so much for providing this :-)

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    By Medha S

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    Feb 25, 2021

    It was a little difficult to get all the mathematical concepts in such a short time, but I really enjoyed the course and it gave me a good insight of what computational neuroscience encompasses.

    Thank you for a wonderful course!

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    By Adrian M

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    Apr 4, 2021

    Maybe adding more coding examples during course videos might be useful to get a better understanding of how to implement the concepts. Quiz code questions are good for that, but maybe more guided examples might be great.

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    By Chiang Y

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    Jul 30, 2020

    Pretty comprehensive for beginners, the only drawback is that the course doesn't offer organized ppt or notes for review. Writing notes took me lots of unnecessary time so I suggest a more efficient teaching method.

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    By Diego J V

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    Feb 20, 2017

    This course serves as a nice introduction to the field of computational neuroscience. However, at some points, more than basic knowledge of differential equations and probability & statistics is needed.

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    By Bora D

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    Oct 31, 2023

    This course has taught me a lot about computational neuroscience, but it is definitely not at a basic level. I spent a lot of time trying to understand some of the concepts that were explained.

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    By Gustavo S

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    Nov 15, 2016

    Learnt concepts about Neural Networks, Supervised / Unsupervised / Reinforcement Learning. Covers topics about Information Theory, Statistic and Probability. Matlab / Python assignments.

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    By Le N H G

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    Mar 30, 2024

    The knowledge is not easy to understand at first; however, it is really necessary and useful. I will have it reviewed! Many thanks to the lecturers and the team who created this course.

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    By Beatriz B

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    Aug 3, 2019

    In my opinion, the course level ought to be intermediate, not beginner. You can take more out of the course if you already have knowledge in this, or related, areas.

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    By Hui L

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    Feb 26, 2017

    interesting instructor and interesting content. Now I know more about the theoretical research related to neuro function and its connection to machine learning now.

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    By Mark A

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    Jul 13, 2017

    A good look at mathematical models focusing mainly at the synapse and neuron level. The math came a little fast and furious for my 30+ years antique math training.

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