Computational models of contrast and orientation processing in primary visual cortex [Elektronische Ressource] / Marcel Stimberg. Betreuer: Klaus Obermayer
Computational modelsof contrast and orientation processingin primary visual cortexvorgelegt vonDiplom-InformatikerMarcel Stimbergaus Berlinvon der Fakultät IV – Elektrotechnik und Informatikder Technischen Universität Berlinzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDr. rer. natgenehmigte DissertationPromotionsausschuss:Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Oliver BrockBerichter: Prof. Dr. Klaus ObermayerBerichterin: Prof. Dr. Wioletta WaleszczykBerichter: Prof. Dr. David C. LyonTag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 8.9.2011Berlin 2011D 83AcknowledgementsFirst, I want to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Klaus Obermayer, the supervi-sor of this thesis, for giving me the opportunity to work in his Neural InformationProcessing Group at the Technische Universität Berlin. The scientific environmentset up by him, the invited guests, meetings with collaborators, and the opportunityto present my work at numerous conferences greatly contributed to the success ofthis research project.I’m indebted to Mriganka Sur and the other members of his group, in particularJames Schummers, for sharing experimental data and collaborating on some of theresearch presented in this thesis. During the short visit to the MIT and during variousmeetings at conferences, I learned a lot and gained essential insights into the experi-mental approach to neuroscientific questions.