[CTN] 2018 Nengo Summer School

[Peter Blouw]

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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