<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div>One final reminder to apply to the 2014 Nengo Summer School by Feb. 15th. The school will run from June 8th to June 21st in Waterloo, Ontario. Details below:</div><br><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">is inviting applications for an in-depth, two week summer school that </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">will teach participants how to use the Neural Engineering Framework </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and the Nengo simulation package to build state-of-the-art cognitive </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and neural models. Nengo has been used to build what is currently the </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">world's largest functional brain model, Spaun, and provides users with </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">a versatile and powerful environment for simulating cognitive and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">neural systems. We welcome applications from all interested graduate </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">students, research associates, postdocs, professors, and industry </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">professionals. No specific training in the use of modelling software </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">is required, but we encourage applications from active researchers </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">with a relevant background in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">science, neuromorphic engineering, robotics, or a related field. More information about Nengo, the Neural </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Engineering Framework, and Spaun can be found at </span><a href="http://www.nengo.ca/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.nengo.ca</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">For more information about the summer school,  please visit: </font><a href="http://nengo.ca/summerschool" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://nengo.ca/summerschool</a><br>
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