<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:26.25pt 12pt 0.0001pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop
2016 Wiki<a href="https://neuromorphs.net/nm/wiki/2016#TellurideNeuromorphicCognitionEngineeringWorkshop2016Wiki" title="Link to this section" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(215,215,215);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration:none"> ¶</span></a></span></b><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Sunday Jun 26th - Saturday July 16th, 2016 - <i><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hguqv4rgstl12d0m0n6c704nsg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Denver" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(10,129,61);text-decoration:none"> click here
for workshop calendar</span></a>, Telluride Elementary School, Telluride,
Colorado - <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?ll=37.939984,-107.815039&spn=0.011998,0.015707&ctz=420&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(10,129,61);text-decoration:none"> click for
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Applications to the 2016 Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition
Engineering Workshop</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">2016 NEUROMORPHIC COGNITION ENGINEERING WORKSHOP</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://neuromorphs.net/nm/wiki/2016" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(10,129,61);text-decoration:none">https://neuromorphs.net/nm/wiki/2016</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Sunday June 26th - Saturday July 16th, 2016, Telluride, Colorado</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">IMPORTANT DATES FOR APPLICATION (Instructions are at the bottom of
the page)</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Application Website Open - 16th February, 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Applications Due - 2nd April, 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Notification of Acceptance - 15th April, 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Application website: <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7040" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(10,129,61);text-decoration:none"> https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7040</span></a>.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">GOALS:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Neuromorphic engineers design and fabricate artificial neural
systems whose organizing principles are based on those of biological nervous
systems. Over the past 18 years, this research community has focused on the
understanding of low-level sensory processing and systems infrastructure;
efforts are now expanding to apply this knowledge and infrastructure to
addressing higher-level problems in perception, cognition, and learning. In
this 3-week intensive workshop and through the Institute for Neuromorphic Engineering
(INE), the mission is to promote interaction between senior and junior
researchers; to educate new members of the community; to introduce new enabling
fields and applications to the community; to promote on-going collaborative
activities emerging from the Workshop, and to promote a self-sustaining
research field.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">FORMAT:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">The three week summer workshop will include background lectures on
systems and cognitive neuroscience (in particular sensory processing, learning
and memory, motor systems and attention), practical tutorials on emerging
hardware design, mobile robots, hands-on projects, and special interest groups.
Participants are required to take part and possibly complete at least one of
the projects proposed. They are furthermore encouraged to become involved in as
many of the other activities proposed as interest and time allow. There will be
two lectures in the morning that cover issues that are important to the
community in general. Because of the diverse range of backgrounds among the participants,
some of these lectures will be tutorials, rather than detailed reports of
current research. These lectures will be given by invited speakers. Projects
and interest groups meet in the late afternoons, and after dinner. In the early
afternoon there will be tutorials on a wide spectrum of topics, including
analog VLSI, mobile robotics, vision and auditory systems,
central-pattern-generators, selective attention mechanisms, cognitive systems,
etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">2016 TOPIC AREAS:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Decoding Multi-Modal Effects on Auditory Cognition: Edmund Lalor
(Trinity College Dublin), Alain de Cheveigne (UPMC, France), Malcolm Slaney
(Google), and Shihab Shamma (UM-College Park)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Spike-Based Cognition in Active Neuromorphic Systems: Ryad
Benjamin Benosman (UPMC, Paris), Cornelia Fermuller (Univ. of Maryland),
Garrick Orchard (National University of Singapore), Michele Rucci (Boston
University), and Bert Shi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Neuromorphic Path Planning for Robots in a Disaster Response
Scenario: Jeff Krichmar (University of California, Irvine) and Jennifer Hasler
(Georgia Institute of Technology)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Neuromorphic Tactile Sensing:James Wright (MARCS Institute,
Western Sydney University), Jonathan Tapson (MARCS Institute, Western Sydney
University), and Nitish V. Thakor (SINAPSE, Singapore University for
Neurotechnology)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Computational Neuroscience (invitational mini-workshop): Terry
Sejnowski (Salk Institute)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">The summer school will take place in the small town of Telluride,
9000 feet high in southwest Colorado, about 6 hours drive away from Denver (350
miles). There are several small airports (e.g. Montrose) close to Telluride.
All facilities within the beautifully renovated public school building are
fully accessible to participants with disabilities. Participants will be housed
in ski condominiums, within walking distance of the school. Participants are
expected to share condominiums.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on.
Participants are not required to have had previous experience in analog VLSI
circuit design, computational or machine vision, systems level neurophysiology
or modeling the brain at the systems level. However, we strongly encourage
active researchers with relevant backgrounds from academia, industry and
national laboratories to apply, in particular if they are prepared to work on
specific projects, talk about their own work or bring demonstrations to
Telluride (e.g. robots, chips, software). Wireless internet access will be
provided. Technical staff present throughout the workshops will assist with
software and hardware issues. We encourage participants to bring along their
personal laptop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">No cars are required. Given the small size of the town, we
recommend that you do not rent a car. Bring hiking boots, warm clothes, rain
gear, and a backpack, since Telluride is surrounded by beautiful mountains.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Unless otherwise arranged with one of the organizers, we expect
participants to stay for the entire duration of this three week workshop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Notification of acceptances will be mailed out around the April
15th, 2016. The Workshop covers all your accommodations and facilities costs
for the 3 weeks duration. You are responsible for your own travel to the
Workshop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Registration Fees: For expenses not covered by federal funds, a
Workshop registration fee is required. The fee is $1500 per participant for the
3-week Workshop. This is expected from all participants at the time of
acceptance. Accommodations: The cost of a shared condominium, typically a
bedroom in a shared condo for senior participants or a shared room for
students, will be covered for all academic participants. Upgrades to a private
rooms or condos will cost extra. Participants from National Laboratories and
Industry are expected to pay for these condominiums.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">The 2016 Workshop and Summer School on Neuromorphic Engineering is
sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Neuromorphic
Engineering, University of Maryland - College Park, Institute for
Neuroinformatics – University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Boston University, University of Western
Sydney and the Salk Institute.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Workshop Directors:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Cornelia Fermüller (University of Maryland)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Johns Hopkins Univ.)</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Shih-Chii Liu (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Timmer Horiuchi (University of Maryland)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Katalin Gotthard (University of Arizona)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Michael Pfeiffer (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Francisco Barranco (University of Granada)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Former 2007-2013 Workshop Director: Tobi Delbruck (University of
Zurich and ETH Zurich)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Workshop Advisory Board: Andreas Andreou (Johns Hopkins
University) Andre van Schaik (University Western Sydney, Australia) Avis Cohen
(University of Maryland) Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (Boston University) Giacomo
Indiveri (Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich)
Jonathan Tapson (University Western Sydney, Australia) Malcolm Slaney (Google)
Jennifer Hasler (Georgia Institute of Technology) Rodney Douglas (Institute of
Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich) Shihab Shamma (University
of Maryland) Tobi Delbruck (Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich
and ETH Zurich)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">HOW TO APPLY:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Applicants should be at the level of graduate students or above
(i.e. postdoctoral fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff and the
equivalent positions in industry and national laboratories). We actively
encourage women and minority candidates to apply.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Anyone interested in proposing or discussing specific projects
should contact the appropriate topic leaders directly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">The application website is (after February 16th, 2016): <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7040" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(10,129,61);text-decoration:none"> https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7040</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Application information needed:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Contact email address.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">First name, Last name, Affiliation, valid e-mail address.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Curriculum Vitae (a short version, please).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">One page summary of background and interests relevant to the
workshop, including possible ideas for workshop projects. Please indicate which
topic areas you would most likely join.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Two letters of recommendation (uploaded directly by references).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Applicants will be notified by e-mail.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">16th February, 2016 - Applications accepted on website</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">2nd April, 2016 - Applications Due</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">15th April, 2016 - Notification of Acceptance</span></p><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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