Stochastic Analysis of Neural Spike Count Dependencies [Elektronische Ressource] / Arno Onken. Betreuer: Klaus Obermayer

Technische Universitat Berlin¨Stochastic Analysisof Neural Spike Count Dependenciesvorgelegt vonDiplom-InformatikerArno Onkenaus AurichVon der Fakultat IV - Elektrotechnik und Informatik¨der Technischen Universitat Berlin¨zur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der NaturwissenschaftenDr. rer. nat.genehmigte DissertationPromotionsausschuss:Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert Mu¨llerBerichter: Prof. Dr. Klaus ObermayerBerichter: Prof. Dr. Valentin DragoiTag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 17.08.2011Berlin 2011D 83berlini1AcknowledgmentsFirst of all, I would like to express my greatest gratitude to Prof. Klaus Obermayerfor supervising my Ph.D. research. In his group and in the Bernstein Center forComputational Neuroscience Berlin he has established a profoundly animating sci-entificenvironment. Thediscussionswehadwerealwayssharpandtothepoint. YetI had great freedom in choosing my research topics and pursuing my own ideas. Heprovided unconfined opportunities for traveling to conferences where he gave me theopportunity to get in touch with important researchers from the field. I also like tothanktheothermembersofmyBCCNPh.D.committee: FelixWichmann,ManfredOpper and Laurenz Wiskott. During our meetings we had critical discussions andthey gave some very constructive comments.Furthermore, I would like to express special thanks to my collaborators ValentinDragoi, Matthias Munk and Maneesh Sahani.