[CTN] 2018 Nengo Summer School

[Peter Blouw]

Hi all,
I thought I'd send out one final reminder about the upcoming application
deadline (Feb 15th) for the Nengo summer school this June. Details are
included below, but let me know if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Peter

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Peter Blouw <pblouw at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Just a quick reminder about the Nengo summer school this year - the
> application deadline is Feb. 15. Let me know if you have any questions
> about the school or applying.
> Best wishes,
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:08 PM, Peter Blouw <pblouw at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> The CNRG lab in the CTN is gearing up to organize another Nengo summer
>> school in 2018, with a special focus on neuromorphic hardware. Please feel
>> free to pass along the call for applications included below (or the
>> attached flyer) to any interested students or colleagues. And if you have
>> questions about the school, please get in touch with me at
>> pblouw at uwaterloo.ca.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Peter
>>
>> [All details about this school can be found online at
>> https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool]
>>
>> The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo is
>> excited to announce a special version of our annual Nengo summer school
>> that will host the* first public access* to *Braindrop*, a new mixed
>> analog-digital neuromorphic chip developed in collaboration with Stanford
>> and Yale.
>>
>> In addition to introducing Braindrop, this two-week school will teach
>> participants to use the Nengo simulation package to build state-of-the-art
>> cognitive and neural models to run both in simulation and on neuromorphic
>> hardware. Nengo provides users with a versatile and powerful environment
>> for designing cognitive and neural systems, and has been used to build what
>> is currently the world's largest functional brain model, Spaun [1]. Nengo
>> is also being used to program a variety of state-of-the-art neuromorphic
>> chips, including Braindrop!
>>
>> For a look at last year's summer school, check out this short video:
>> https://goo.gl/4tVUkQ
>>
>> We welcome applications from all interested graduate students, research
>> associates, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals with a
>> relevant background.
>>
>> [1] Eliasmith, C., Stewart T. C., Choo X., Bekolay T., DeWolf T., Tang
>> Y., Rasmussen, D. (2012). A large-scale model of the functioning brain.
>> Science. Vol. 338 no. 6111 pp. 1202-1205. DOI: 10.1126/science.1225266. [
>> http://compneuro.uwaterloo.ca/files/publications/eliasmith.2012.pdf]
>>
>> Application Deadline: February 15, 2018
>>
>> *Format*: A combination of tutorials and project-based work.
>> Participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for projects, which
>> may focus on testing hypotheses, modeling neural or cognitive data,
>> implementing specific behavioural functions with neurons, expanding past
>> models, or providing a proof-of-concept of various neural mechanisms.
>> Hands-on tutorials, work on individual or group projects, and talks from
>> invited faculty members will make up the bulk of day-to-day activities. A
>> project demonstration event will be held on the last day of the school,
>> with prizes for strong projects!
>>
>> Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to:
>>
>>    - interface Nengo with various kinds of neuromorphic hardware
>>    - build perceptual, motor, and cognitive models using spiking neurons
>>    - model anatomical, electrophysiological, cognitive, and behavioural
>>    data
>>    - use a variety of single cell models within a large-scale model
>>    - integrate machine learning methods into biologically oriented models
>>    - interface Nengo with cameras and robotic systems
>>    - implement modern nonlinear control methods in neural models
>>    - and much more...
>>
>> *Date and Location:* June 3th to June 15th, 2018 at the University of
>> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
>>
>> *Applications*: Please visit http://www.nengo.ai/summerschool, where you
>> can find more information regarding costs, travel, lodging, along with an
>> application form listing required materials.
>>
>> If you have any questions about the school or the application process,
>> please contact Peter Blouw (peter.blouw at appliedbrainresearch.com). We
>> look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>>
>
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