Wulfram Gerstner Last updated February 06, 2026 German neuroscientist
Wulfram Gerstner (born 1963 in Heilbronn ) is a German and Swiss computational neuroscientist . His research focuses on neural spiking patterns in neural networks,and their connection to learning,spatial representation and navigation. [ 1] Since 2006 Gerstner has been a full professor of Computer Science and Life Sciences at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),where he also serves as a Director of the Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience. [ 2]
Research Gerstner's research is focused on models of spiking neurons , [ 7] [ 8] spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), [ 9] neuronal coding in single neurons and neuron populations. [ 10] He also investigates models of the hippocampus and their application in the spatial representation for navigation of rat-like autonomous agents. [ 11]
He is also one of the initiators of The Deep Artificial Composer (DAC),a deep-learning algorithm that can generate melodies by imitating a given style of music. [ 12]
Books Gerstner is the author of neuroscientific text books such as Spiking Neuron Models:Single neurons,populations,plasticity (Gerstner,W. and Kistler,W.M.,2002,Cambridge University Press) that introduced the field of spiking neural networks , [ 8] and Neuronal dynamics:From single neurons to networks and models of cognition (Gerstner,W.,Kistler,W.M.,Naud,R. and Paninski,L.,2014,Cambridge University Press) on the field of computational neuroscience that was also published as an online version including exercises and video lectures. [ 13]
Selected publications Gerstner, Wulfram (2000). "Population Dynamics of Spiking Neurons: Fast Transients, Asynchronous States, and Locking" (PDF) . Neural Computation . 12 (1): 43– 89. doi :10.1162/089976600300015899 . PMID 10636933 . S2CID 7832768 . Clopath, Claudia; Büsing, Lars; Vasilaki, Eleni; Gerstner, Wulfram (2010). "Connectivity reflects coding: A model of voltage-based STDP with homeostasis" (PDF) . Nature Neuroscience . 13 (3): 344– 352. doi :10.1038/nn.2479 . hdl :10044/1/21440 . PMID 20098420 . S2CID 8046538 . Gerstner, Wulfram; Kempter, Richard; Van Hemmen, J. Leo; Wagner, Hermann (1996). "A neuronal learning rule for sub-millisecond temporal coding" (PDF) . Nature . 383 (6595): 76– 78. Bibcode :1996Natur.383...76G . doi :10.1038/383076a0 . PMID 8779718 . S2CID 4319500 . Brette, Romain; Gerstner, Wulfram (2005). "Adaptive Exponential Integrate-and-Fire Model as an Effective Description of Neuronal Activity" (PDF) . Journal of Neurophysiology . 94 (5): 3637– 3642. doi :10.1152/jn.00686.2005 . PMID 16014787 . Kempter, Richard; Gerstner, Wulfram; Van Hemmen, J. Leo (1999). "Hebbian learning and spiking neurons" (PDF) . Physical Review E . 59 (4): 4498– 4514. Bibcode :1999PhRvE..59.4498K . doi :10.1103/PhysRevE.59.4498 . References ↑ "Sechs neue Mitglieder in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz" . idw-online.de . Retrieved 5 November 2020 . 1 2 3 "Wulfram Gerstner" . people.epfl.ch . Retrieved 4 September 2020 . ↑ GERSTNER, Wulfram (1991). "Associative Memory in a Network of 'Biological' Neurons" (PDF) . Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems . 3 : 84– 90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2024 . ↑ Gerstner, Wulfram; Abbott, L.F. (1 January 1997). "Learning Navigational Maps Through Potentiation and Modulation of Hippocampal Place Cells" . Journal of Computational Neuroscience . 4 (1): 79– 94. doi :10.1023/A:1008820728122 . ISSN 1573-6873 . PMID 9046453 . S2CID 6616177 . ↑ GERSTNER, Wulfram (1995). "Time structure of the activity in neural network models" . Physical Review E . 51 (1): 738– 758. Bibcode :1995PhRvE..51..738G . doi :10.1103/PhysRevE.51.738 . PMID 9962697 . ↑ "Wulfram Gerstner CV" . lcnwww.epfl.ch . Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2020 . ↑ Brette, Romain; Gerstner, Wulfram (1 November 2005). "Adaptive Exponential Integrate-and-Fire Model as an Effective Description of Neuronal Activity" (PDF) . Journal of Neurophysiology . 94 (5): 3637– 3642. doi :10.1152/jn.00686.2005 . ISSN 0022-3077 . PMID 16014787 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2020 . 1 2 Gerstner, Wulfram. (2002). Spiking neuron models : single neurons, populations, plasticity . Kistler, Werner M., 1969–. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-511-07817-X OCLC 57417395 . ↑ Gerstner, Wulfram; Kempter, Richard; van Hemmen, J. Leo; Wagner, Hermann (5 September 1996). "A neuronal learning rule for sub-millisecond temporal coding" . Nature . 383 (6595): 76– 78. Bibcode :1996Natur.383...76G . doi :10.1038/383076a0 . ISSN 1476-4687 . PMID 8779718 . S2CID 4319500 . Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2020 . Zenke, Friedemann; Agnes, Everton J.; Gerstner, Wulfram (21 April 2015). "Diverse synaptic plasticity mechanisms orchestrated to form and retrieve memories in spiking neural networks" . Nature Communications . 6 (1): 6922. Bibcode :2015NatCo...6.6922Z . doi :10.1038/ncomms7922 . ISSN 2041-1723 . PMC 4411307 . PMID 25897632 . Clopath, Claudia; Büsing, Lars; Vasilaki, Eleni; Gerstner, Wulfram (24 January 2010). "Connectivity reflects coding: a model of voltage-based STDP with homeostasis" (PDF) . Nature Neuroscience . 13 (3): 344– 352. doi :10.1038/nn.2479 . hdl :10044/1/21440 . ISSN 1097-6256 . PMID 20098420 . S2CID 8046538 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2020 . ↑ Gerstner, Wulfram (1 January 2000). "Population Dynamics of Spiking Neurons: Fast Transients, Asynchronous States, and Locking" . Neural Computation . 12 (1): 43– 89. doi :10.1162/089976600300015899 . ISSN 0899-7667 . PMID 10636933 . S2CID 7832768 . Pozzorini, Christian; Naud, Richard; Mensi, Skander; Gerstner, Wulfram (July 2013). "Temporal whitening by power-law adaptation in neocortical neurons" . Nature Neuroscience . 16 (7): 942– 948. doi :10.1038/nn.3431 . ISSN 1546-1726 . PMID 23749146 . S2CID 1873019 . Jimenez Rezende, Danilo; Gerstner, Wulfram (4 April 2014). "Stochastic variational learning in recurrent spiking networks" . Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience . 8 : 38. doi : 10.3389/fncom.2014.00038 . ISSN 1662-5188 . PMC 3983494 . PMID 24772078 . Vogels, T. P.; Sprekeler, H.; Zenke, F.; Clopath, C.; Gerstner, W. (10 November 2011). "Inhibitory Plasticity Balances Excitation and Inhibition in Sensory Pathways and Memory Networks" (PDF) . Science . 334 (6062): 1569– 1573. Bibcode :2011Sci...334.1569V . doi :10.1126/science.1211095 . hdl :10044/1/21441 . ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 22075724 . S2CID 45134325 . Hennequin, Guillaume; Vogels, Tim P.; Gerstner, Wulfram (18 June 2014). "Optimal Control of Transient Dynamics in Balanced Networks Supports Generation of Complex Movements" . Neuron . 82 (6): 1394– 1406. doi :10.1016/j.neuron.2014.04.045 . ISSN 0896-6273 . PMC 6364799 . PMID 24945778 . ↑ Sheynikhovich, Denis; Chavarriaga, Ricardo; Strösslin, Thomas; Arleo, Angelo; Gerstner, Wulfram (1 July 2009). "Is there a geometric module for spatial orientation? Insights from a rodent navigation model" (PDF) . Psychological Review . 116 (3): 540– 566. doi :10.1037/a0016170 . ISSN 1939-1471 . PMID 19618986 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2020 . ↑ ↑ Gerstner, Wulfram. (24 July 2014). Neuronal dynamics : from single neurons to networks and models of cognition . Kistler, Werner M., 1969–, Naud, Richard., Paninski, Liam. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-107-06083-8 OCLC 861774542 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link ) "Neuronal Dynamics - a neuroscience textbook by Wulfram Gerstner, Werner M. Kistler, Richard Naud and Liam Paninski" . neuronaldynamics.epfl.ch . Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020 . ↑ "Science Magazine Masterhead" . 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2020 . ↑ "Wulfram Gerstner receives Valentino Braitenberg Award 2018 — Bernstein Netzwerk Computational Neuroscience" . www.bernstein-network.de . Retrieved 4 September 2020 . ↑ "ERC Advanced Grant 2010" (PDF) . 20 January 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020 . ↑ "Prof. Dr. Wulfram Gerstner : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz" . www.adwmainz.de . Retrieved 4 September 2020 . External links
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