Rui P. Costa                                                                     r...@ed.ac.uk
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Journals         
  • Rui P. Costa and P. Jesper Sjöström - One cell tu rule them all, and in the dendrites bind them (link) - Front. Syn. Neurosci. 3:5. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2011.00005, 2011. (commentary on Legenstein and Maass (2011). J. Neurosci. 31)
  • C. A. Teixeira, B. Direito, H. Feldwisch, M. Valderrama, Rui P. Costa, C. Alvarado-Rojas, S. Nikolopoulos, M. Le Van Quyen, J. Timmer, B. Schelter  and A. Dourado - EPILAB: A software package for studies on the prediction of epileptic seizures (link) - Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Volume 200, Issue 2, 15 September 2011, Pages 257-271.

Chapters
  • B. Direito, Rui P. Costa, H. Feldwisch, M. Valderrama, S. Nikolopoulos, B. Schelter, M. Jachan, C. A. Teixeira, L. Aires, J. Timmer, M. Le Van Quyen and A. Dourado - EPILAB: A MATLAB platform for multi-feature and multi-algorithm seizure prediction - Epilepsy: The Intersection of Neurosciences, Biology, Mathematics, Engineering and Physics, 2011.


Refereed Conference Papers
  • C. A. Teixeira, B. Direito, Rui P. Costa, M. Valderrama, H. Feldwisch, S. Nikolopoulos, M. Le Van Quyen, B. Schelter and A. Dourado - A Computational Environment for Long-Term Multi-Feature and Multi-Algorithm Seizure Prediction - 32nd Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, 2010.
  • Rui P. Costa and Nuno Seco - Hyponymy Extraction and Web Search Behavior Analysis Based On Query Reformulation (pdf, results), 11th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2008 October. 
  • Rui P. Costa, Pedro Oliveira, Guilherme Rodrigues, Bruno Direito and António Dourado – Epileptic Seizure Classification Using Neural Networks With 14 Features (pdf, code/data) – Invited Session on Computational Intelligent Techniques for Bioprocess Modelling, Monitoring and Control - KES, 2008 September.
  • Raquel Hervás, Rui P. Costa, Hugo Costa, Pablo Gervás and Francisco C. Pereira - Enrichment of Automatically Generated Texts using Metaphor (pdf, code), 6th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2007 November.


Theses
  • Rui P. Costa − Modelling the Impact of Presynaptic NMDA Receptors on Short-Term Plasticity of L5 Pyramidal Neurons, MRes’s Thesis, University of Edinburgh, August 2010 (Supervisor: Dr. Per Jesper Sjöström (UCL))
  • Rui P. Costa − Computational Model Of Axon Guidance, Master’s Thesis, University of Coimbra, July 2009 (Supervisors: Prof. Ernesto Costa, Dr. Joao O. Malva and Dr. Luis Macedo)


Posters
  • Rui P. Costa, Mark van Rossum, Per Jesper Sjöström - The Impact of Synaptic Dynamics on the Structure of Plastic Networks. Workshop on Learning and Plasticity, Marseille, November 2011.
  • Rui P. Costa, Buchanan KA, Elgar D, Oyrer J, Blackman AV, Sjöström PJ - Presynaptic NMDA Receptors Differentially Regulate Release Probability at Neocortical Excitatory Synapses. UCL Neuroscience Symposium 2011:32.
  • Blackman AV, Buchanan KA, Moreau AW, Elgar D, Rui P. Costa, Oyrer J, Tudor Jones AA, Sjöström PJ - Target-Specific Expression of Presynaptic NMDA Receptors in Local Neocortical Circuits. UCL Neuroscience Symposium 2011:39.
  • B. M. Direito, Rui P. Costa, H. Feldwisch, M. Valderrama, S. Nikolopoulos, B. Schelter, M. Jachan, C. A. Teixeira, L. Aires, J. Timmer, M. Le Van Quyen, A. Dourado - EPILAB: A Matlab® platform for multi-feature and multi-algorithm seizure prediction studies, In 4th International Workshop on Seizure Prediction (ISPW4), Kansas City, June 4-7, 2009. (Top 5% Award)
  • C. A. Teixeira, Rui P. Costa, B. M. Direito, F. Sales and A. Dourado - Low-complex TD-RBF and TD-SVM seizures predictors based on EEG energy and ECG entropy, In 4th International Workshop on Seizure Prediction (ISPW4), Kansas City, June 4-7, 2009. 
  • Rui P. Costa, Luís Macedo, João Malva, Ernesto Costa and Carlos Duarte – Towards An Emergent Computational Model Of Axon Guidance – Bernstein Conference On Computational Neuroscience 2009, Frankfurt, September 2009.
  • Bruno Direito, Rui P. Costa, Ricardo Martins, António Dourado, Francisco Sales and Marco Vieira - Computational Intelligence Algorithms for Seizure Prediction, In Proceedings of the 8th European Congress of Epileptology, 8th ECE: 228, ILAE-CEA, Berlin Sept 21-25, 2008.
  • Rui P. Costa and Luís Macedo – Axon Guidance Simulation: A Multi-Agent Approach ( pdf ) – Seventeenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS, 2008 July. Published in BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9(Suppl 1):P95.


Research reports   
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Demonstrations   
  • Rui P. Costa – yArbor: Performing Axon Guidance Simulations - Bernstein Conference On Computational Neuroscience 2009, Frankfurt, September 2009.