<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-594284a9-d2dd-1e45-c950-3e36aec49799"><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Call for Topic Area Proposals</span></h3><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">2015 Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Telluride, Colorado, June 28 -July 18, 2015</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We are now accepting proposals for Topic Areas in the 2015 Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop.  We support topics and projects in neuromorphic cognition, particularly those that involve solving challenging ‘everyday’ tasks that incorporate domain-specific knowledge, exploration, prediction, and problem solving. In particular, we are interested in projects that hold promise for addressing Grand Challenge types of problems that do not have strong solutions of any form, neuromorphic or not.  These Challenge problems should feature long-duration sensorimotor problems that involve autonomous cognitive decision making.  Examples might include tasks such as learning a new language, navigating through an unknown environment to locate an object or reach a desired location, adaptively manipulating unknown or complex objects in the service of a task, playing a game requiring inference of hidden information or long-term planning and learning, etc. Proposals related to hardware technologies that aim to bring these capabilities to reality are also encouraged. Topic proposals that aim to solve a particular problem using the multidisciplinary experience of participants will be favored over topics that simply gather a large number of people working within a discipline, or using a single technology, or approach.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Topic areas for this summer's </span><a href="http://ine-web.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> will be chosen from proposals submitted to the organizers.  We will have 4 topic areas and a “Future hardware technologies” tutorial/projects group.</span></p><br><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Topic areas can span a large field; we are looking for leadership in planning activities and inviting good people in a field.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">  Although past topic areas have tended to be very broad and discipline-oriented (e.g., cognition, audition, vision, robotics, neural interfacing, neuromorphic VLSI, etc.), application-oriented topic areas (e.g., sensor fusion, game-playing robot, object recognition, auditory scene analysis, human robot interaction, mobile electronic implementations of neuromorphic sensing, real time deep network implementations) are especially desirable. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Topic area leaders will receive housing for themselves and their invitees, and limited travel funds.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Topic area leaders will help to define the field of neuromorphic cognition engineering through the projects they pursue and the people they invite.  They shape their topic by inviting speakers and project leaders (the </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">invitees</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">) and by initiating topic area project discussions prior to the workshop.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Teams of two organizers are required. One of the organizers should be an attendee of a previous Telluride Workshop (in any capacity) who has stayed at the Workshop for at least one week. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The second organizer should be a person who comes ideally from a field outside traditional neuromorphic engineering.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Pre-workshop topic area choices and study assignments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Before the workshop begins, each topic area will be required to prepare and distribute study materials that constitute: 1) an introductory presentation (e.g., pptx, video, review paper) of the fundamental knowledge associated with the topic area that </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">everyone at the workshop</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> should be exposed to, and 2) a few critical papers that the participants in the topic area should read before the workshop. The topic area should 3) begin a serious group discussion of the projects (e.g., via Google+, Skype, email, etc).   </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The maximum 2-page proposals should include:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">1. Title of topic area.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">2. Names of the two topic leaders, their affiliations, and contact information (email</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">    addresses!).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">3. A paragraph explaining the focus and goals of the topic area.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">4. A list of possible specific topic area projects.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">5. A list of example invitees (up to six names and institutions).</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Commitments from your invitees should already be in place such that these invitees can come to the workshop if your proposal is accepted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">6. Any other material that fits within the two-page limit that will help us make a smart</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">    choice.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Send your topic area proposal</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> in pdf or text format to </span><a href="mailto:organizers14@neuromorphs.net" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,153);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">organizers14@neuromorphs.net</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> with subject line containing "topic area proposal".</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Proposals must be received by </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">December 20th</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, 2014</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">; proposals received after the deadline may still be considered if space is available.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Resources limit the workshop to 4 topic areas</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, each with 5 invitees</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> If your proposal for the topic area is not accepted, we will work with you to see if there is a natural way to include your ideas (and you) into the accepted topic areas. We hope to have significant turn-over each year in the topic areas and leaders to ensure fresh new ideas and participants. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">See the Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering (</span><a href="http://www.ine-web.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.ine-web.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">) for background information on the workshop and </span><a href="http://www.neuromorphs.net/nm/wiki/2014" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">neuromorphs.net</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> for the 2014 workshop wiki.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We look forward to your topic proposals!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deadline: </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">December 20th</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, 2014</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Workshop Directors:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="mailto:fer@umiacs.umd.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Cornelia Fermuller</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (University of Maryland), </span><a href="http://etienne.ece.jhu.edu/people/ralph/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ralph Etienne-Cummings</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (Johns Hopkins Univ.) </span><a href="mailto:shih@ini.phys.ethz.ch" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Shih-Chii Liu</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich), </span><a href="http://www.isr.umd.edu/~timmer" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Timmer Horiuchi</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (University of Maryland)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Former 2007-2012 Workshop Director: </span></p><a href="mailto:tobi@ini.phys.ethz.ch" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Tobi Delbruck</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich)</span></span><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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