<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Colleague,<br><br>we would like to invite you to register for the 5th <br><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Osnabrueck Computational Cognition Alliance Meeting (OCCAM 2015)<br>"From Simple Neurons to Large-Scale Models of Cognition"<br>May 6-7, 2015.<br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br><br>List of invited speakers:<br><br>Nicolas Brunel<br>Gustavo Deco<br>Wolfgang Einhäuser<br>Virginia Flanagin<br>Sonja Grün<br>Marc-Oliver Gewaltig<br>Herbert Jaeger<br>Gordon Pipa<div>Paul Verschure<br>Kai Vogeley<br><br>The workshop will take place in Osnabrueck, Germany, and will be<br>hosted by the Institute of Cognitive Science (University of<br>Osnabrueck). Details can be found below and on the following webpage:<br><br><a href="http://www.occam-os.de/">http://www.occam-os.de</a> <br><br>The registration deadline is March 7, 2015 (first come first<br>served). The registration fee is 100,- Euros. This year the OCCAM<br>workshop is co-located with an INCF Short Course on the same topic<br>(<a href="http://www.incf.ni.uos.de/">http://www.incf.ni.uos.de/</a>).<br><br>The OCCAM workshop series aims at understanding the principles of<br>information processing in the brain with a particular focus on 3<br>major topics:<br><br>1. Neural coding and representation in hierarchical systems<br>2. Self-organization in dynamical systems <br>3. Mechanisms for probabilistic inference<br><br>There will also be a poster session where conference participants will<br>have the opportunity to present their work. The deadline for<br>submitting an abstract for a poster presentation is also March 7.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Frank Jäkel, Peter König, Gordon Pipa (Organizing committee)</div></body></html>