Connectionists: CNeuro2024 summer school in computational neuroscience, Beijing, July 2024

[Rava A. da Silveira]

*CN**EURO**2024*

*Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Summer School*



*8 to 15 July 2024  —  In person in Beijing, China*



*This year: “N**EURAL** C**ODING,** L**EARNING,* *AND **D**ECISION **M*
*AKING**”*



*www.cneuro.net* <http://www.cneuro.net>



*About CNeuro*

How intelligence and behavior emerge from complex and intricate
interactions within the brain remains a deep and unsolved mystery, central
to an exciting area of interdisciplinary research. The past decade has seen
rapid progress in experimental tools that now make it possible to monitor
and manipulate brain circuits in unprecedented detail. This evolution
presents challenges and opportunities for both experimentalists and
theorists. Mathematical theory is instrumental in the emergence of
theoretical insights and frameworks that can help guide experimental work
and identify unifying principles of brain function. The aim of the one-week
summer school will be to introduce students with a strong quantitative
background (in mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering) to
the emerging field of theoretical and computational neuroscience. The
distinguishing feature of CNeuro is the emphasis it places on the role of
systematic mathematical theory for understanding the brain, in part by
stressing the connections between neuroscience, statistics, machine
learning, and artificial intelligence.



*Topic and format*

This year’s school will explore various facets of neural coding, learning,
and decision making, from circuit neuroscience to cognition to artificial
intelligence. The course will bring together leading scientists in the
field, who will deliver both introductory and advanced lectures, and take
part in small-group discussions. Other activities will include homework
sessions and student presentations, as well as the now popular ‘Life and
Science’ panel series, in which faculty and students can both share their
personal experiences and views on research and career.



*Faculty*

Dmitri (Mitya) Chklovskii (Flatiron Institute)

Nathaniel Daw (Princeton University)

Pulin Gong (University of Sydney)

Vincent Hakim (Ecole Normale Supérieure)

Ole Jensen (University of Birmingham)

Sukbin Lim (New York University Shanghai)

Rubén Moreno Bote (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Naoshige Uchida (Havard University)

Ninglong Xu (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)

Tianming Yang (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)

Hang Zhang (Peking University)

Lusha Zhu (Peking University)



*Organizers*

Rava Azeredo da Silveira (ENS and IOB)

Stella Christie (Tsinghua University)

Sen Song (Tsinghua University)

Louis Tao (Peking University)

Xiaoqin Wang (Johns Hopkins University)

Quan Wen (USTC)



*Application and deadline*

Information and application guidelines at https://www.cneuro.net/cneuro2024.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We will make every effort
to recruit students from diverse backgrounds including all genders and
ethnic groups.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/pipermail/connectionists/attachments/20240226/5a3a9468/attachment.html>