Connectionists: Autuman School on Computational Neuroscience in China

[Si Wu]

Dear Connectionists,

Some of you might be interested in the following message:

International Autumn School on Computational Neuroscience,
October 12-18, Fudan University, Shanghai, CHINA

Application DEADLINE: August 1st, 2008.

We are pleased to announce that an international school on Computational 
Neuroscience will be held from October 12 to 18, in Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

The school lasts for seven days, including lectures, projects and poster presentations.
Lectures will be given by distinguished and leading scientists in the 
morning sections, and will cover a wide-range of hot topics in the field.
Each student will be assigned to a tutor and a project, depending on research
interest and background. In the afternoon and the evening sections, 
students will have opportunity to carry out chosen projects, supervised by 
tutors. At the end of the school, students are expected to
submit a report of five pages, and to present results in a poster form to 
all participants (poster and discussion sections will be organized).

The level of courses is designed for advanced graduate students and 
postdoctoral fellows in related disciplines. Students are expected to have 
a solid background in either neuroscience, mathematics, or
computer science, and have strong interests in Computational 
Neuroscience. The maximum number of 30 participants will be accepted. The 
course is free, but students need to pay costs for lodging and meals which 
are reasonably cheap in Shanghai.

To apply for a position, a candidate needs to submit a CV, a short 
description of research interest, and two reference letters
through the electronic mail of the school: snsa at fudan.edu.cn .

All applications will be assessed by the scientific committee, based on 
the following criteria: 1) the scientific quality of the candidate (CV), 2) the
reference letters, and 3) the evidences showing that the school will 
benefit the candidate's future career substantially.

We have a limited number of travelling grants available for international 
students coming from overseas. Applicants who need this support may 
specify it in the application.

Confirmed speakers in the Autumn School:

Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN, Japan)
Guo-qiang Bi (UST, China; Pittsburgh, USA)
Zhaoping Li (UCL, UK)
John Rinzel (New York, USA) [ partially confirmed at present ]
Hugh Robinson (Cambridge, UK)
Kechen Zhang (John Hopkins, USA)

Scientific Committee:

Andreas Dress (CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai)
Jgen Jost (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Germany)
Jianfeng Feng (Warwick University, UK; Fudan University, China)
Wei Lin (Fudan University, China)
Mu-Ming Poo (Berkeley, USA; Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)
Si Wu (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai;Sussex University, UK)



-- 
Dr Si WU
Senior Lecturer in Neural Computation
Lab. of Bioinformatics and Machine Learning
Dept. of Informatics
The University of Sussex, UK
Tel: 44-1273-678770