Computational Neuroscience

How does the brain process information and what are the mechanisms in the nervous system that enable its computational capacities? This is one of the key questions addressed by computational neuroscience. Also known as theoretical neuroscience, the discipline is characterised by its interdisciplinary approach: In Freiburg, there are physicists, mathematicians, biomedical engineers, electrical engineers, biologists as well as researchers with backgrounds in computer science and astrophysics who contribute to computational neuroscience research.  

At the core of this research are computational models: Researchers run simulations on high performance computers such as the Freiburg Nemo cluster to frame hypotheses. These hypotheses are later tested in biological and psychological experiments and vice versa. The specialty of computational neuroscience in Freiburg is the systematic study of brain dynamics – the concerted evolution of neuronal activity in brain networks over time. The central institution for computational neuroscience in Freiburg is the Bernstein Center Freiburg.

Principal Investigators

	Prof. em. Dr. Ad Aertsen Neurobiology and Biophysics ad.aertsen@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Marlene Bartos Systemic and Cellular Neurophysiology marlene.bartos@physiologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Johann Bollmann Systems Neuroscience johann.bollmann@bio.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Ilka Diester Optophysiology ilka.diester@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Egert Biomicrotechnology ulrich.egert@imtek.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Christian Leibold Neural Representations of Space christian.leibold@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Carsten Mehring Neurobiology and Neurotechnology carsten.mehring@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Stefan Rotter Computational Neuroscience stefan.rotter@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw Neural Circuits and Behavior andrew.straw@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Dr. Julia Veit Cortical Circuits julia.veit@physiologie.uni-freiburg.de