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<div class="">We are pleased to announce the 6th Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) Summer School which will take place July 9-27, 2016, on the campus of NYU-Shanghai in Shanghai, China.</div>
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<div class="">Designed to emphasize higher cognitive functions and their underlying neural circuit mechanisms, the course aims at training talented and highly motivated students and postdoctoral fellows from Asia and other countries in the world. Applicants
with quantitative (including Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science) or experimental background are welcomed. The lectures will introduce the basic concepts and methods, as well as cutting-edge research on higher brain functions such as decision-making,
attention, learning and memory. Modeling will be taught at multiple levels, ranging from single neuron computation, microcircuits and large-scale systems, to normative theoretical approach. Python-based programming labs coordinated with the lectures will provide
practical training in important computational methods.</div>
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<div class="">Course information is available on the CCN official website: <a href="http://www.ccnss.org/" class="">www.ccnss.org</a> </div>
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<div class="">Applications are being accepted now through the Cold Spring Harbor Asia website: <a href="http://www.csh-asia.org/2016meetings/s-cosyne16.html" class="">http://www.csh-asia.org/2016meetings/s-cosyne16.html</a></div>
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<div class="">The application deadline is March 15.</div>
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<div class="">Organizers:</div>
<div class="">- Xiao-Jing Wang (New York University)</div>
<div class="">- Zach Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Program)</div>
<div class="">- Si Wu (Beijing Normal University)</div>
<div class="">- Eric DeWitt (Champalimaud Neuroscience Program)</div>
<div class="">- John D. Murray (Yale University)</div>
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<div class="">Lecturers:</div>
<div class="">- Yang Dan (University of California, Berkeley)</div>
<div class="">- Gustavo Deco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)</div>
<div class="">- Stanislas Dehaene (College de France)</div>
<div class="">- Bob Desimone (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</div>
<div class="">- Michael Hausser (University College London)</div>
<div class="">- Quentin Huys (University of Zurich)</div>
<div class="">- Razvan Pascanu (Google)</div>
<div class="">- Philip Sabes (University of California, San Francisco)</div>
<div class="">- Mariano Sigman (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)</div>
<div class="">- Mike Shadlen (Columbia University)</div>
<div class="">- Misha Tsodyks (Weizmann Institute)</div>
<div class="">- Daniel Yamins (Stanford University)</div>
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<div class="">Feel free to direct any questions to: <a href="mailto:john.murray@yale.edu" class="">john.murray@yale.edu</a></div>
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