COMS30127 Lab 3: Only for eagles

All other assignments on this unit are very simple and prescriptive, so it is very easy to get 100% by simply following the instructions from the lectures. Unfortunately, according to the marking scale, the mark for following the material from lectures can only be upto 70%. So to get a higher average mark from assignments in this unit you have to do something beyond the topics discussed during the lectures. Here are some suggestions of things you may try:

• Look at more complex models of neurons described in Dayan & Abbott and simulate Hodgkin & Huxley model, or model with bursting
• Read some papers in which multiple integrate and fire neurons were connected into a network (type into Google Scholar "integrate and fire neurons"), and simulate such a network
• Download some software for neural simulation (e.g. Neuron), figure out how to use it, and simulate something in it
• Let your imagination fly high, and do something amazing

Write a brief report (no longer than 2 pages). Submit it in the pdf format together with the code by the deadline given on the main unit page.