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2016 Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School

2016 Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School
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2016 Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) Summer School
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 08:30-17:30
NYU Shanghai | 1555 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai

The Summer School is sponsored by NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Beijing Normal University and Cold Spring Harbor Asia.

Designed to emphasize higher cognitive functions and their underlying neural circuit mechanisms, the course aims at training talented and highly motivated students and postdoctoral fellows from Asia and other countries in the world. Applicants with quantitative (including Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science) or experimental background are welcomed. The lectures will introduce the basic concepts and methods, as well as cutting-edge research on higher brain functions such as decision-making, attention, learning and memory. Modeling will be taught at multiple levels, ranging from single neuron computation, microcircuits and large-scale systems, to normative theoretical approach. Python-based programming labs coordinated with the lectures will provide practical training in important computational methods.

The Summer School is a closed-door event. The current application cycle is closed. 

Organizers

  • Xiao-Jing Wang (New York University and NYU Shanghai)
  • Zach Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Program)
  • Si Wu (Beijing Normal University)
  • John D. Murray (Yale University)
  • Eric DeWitt (Champalimaud Neuroscience Program)

Lecturers

  • Yang Dan (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Gustavo Deco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
  • Stanislas Dehaene (College de France)
  • Bob Desimone (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Michael Hausser (University College London)
  • Quentin Huys (University of Zurich)
  • Razvan Pascanu (Google)
  • Philip Sabes (University of California, San Francisco)
  • Mariano Sigman (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
  • Mike Shadlen (Columbia University)
  • Misha Tsodyks (Weizmann Institute)
  • Daniel Yamins (Stanford University)

Date: July 9-27, 2016

Venue: NYU Shanghai | 1555 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai, China

 

 Live Webcast 

Live webcast of the Summer School courses will be provided for interested public audience at

  • Room 385, Geography Building, ECNU | 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Putuo, Shanghai
  • Room 102, NYU Shanghai | 1555 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai