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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Cognitive
Computational Neuroscience (CCN) is an annual conference
designed to foster interaction between cognitive science,
computational neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.<br>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">CCN
will take place in Philadelphia this September 6-8, 2018, with
tutorials preceding on September 5. More information available
at </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a
href="http://ccneuro.org/" target="_blank"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">ccneuro.org</span></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We
have an exciting list of confirmed speakers:</span></span><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"></span></span></p>
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Ryan
Adams</b> (Princeton)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Danielle
Bassett</b> (Pennsylvania)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Marlene
Cohen</span></b></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(Pittsburgh)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Anne
Collins</span></b></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(Berkeley)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Sam
Gershman</span></b></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(Harvard)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Alison
Gopnik</b> (Berkeley)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> John
Krakauer</span></b></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(Johns Hopkins)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Tim
Lillicrap</b> (Google DeepMind)<span
style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Josh
McDermott</b> (MIT)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Mala
Murthy</b> (Princeton)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Maneesh
Sahani</b> (UCL)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Eero
Simoncelli</b> (NYU)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>Dan
Yamins</b> (Stanford)</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We
will be holding several special events:</span></span><span
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mind
matching</span></b></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(computer-assisted one-on-one networking event)<span
style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Challenges
and controversies</span></b></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(three-way debate between leaders from different disciplines)<span
style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
<p
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style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cross-collaboration
breakouts</span></b></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(directed small-group discussion to foster crossdisciplinary
collaboration)<span style="background:white"></span></span></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></span>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
submission deadline is May 31, 2018.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please
consider joining us in Philadelphia and share this
announcement with others.</span></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></span><span
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><br>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></span><span
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
Steering Committee of CCN</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"></span></span><span
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://www.danisbassett.com/" target="_blank"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Danielle
Bassett</strong></a>, Skrikanich Assistant Professor of
Innovation, Bioengineering, Electrical and Systems Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:dsb@seas.upenn.edu" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122,
183); text-decoration: none;">dsb@seas.upenn.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://www.stat.ucla.edu/%7Eakfletcher/" target="_blank"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Alyson
“Allie” Fletcher</strong></a>, Assistant Professor of
Statistics, CS, EE, and Mathematics, University of California,
Los Angeles, USA,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:akfletcher@ucla.edu" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122,
183); text-decoration: none;">akfletcher@ucla.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://cvnlab.net/"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);
text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
font-weight: 700;">Kendrick Kay</strong></a>, Assistant
Professor, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:kay@umn.edu" style="box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);
text-decoration: none;">kay@umn.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://kordinglab.com/" target="_blank"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Konrad
Kording</strong></a>, Professor (PIK), Neuroscience and
Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:kording@upenn.edu" style="box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);
text-decoration: none;">kording@upenn.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/nikolaus.kriegeskorte/"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);
text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
font-weight: 700;">Nikolaus Kriegeskorte</strong></a>,
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Affiliated Member of
Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:n.kriegeskorte@columbia.edu" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122,
183); text-decoration: none;">n.kriegeskorte@columbia.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://naselarislab.net/" target="_blank"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Thomas
Naselaris</strong></a>, Assistant Professor, Department of
Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:tnaselar@musc.edu" style="box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);
text-decoration: none;">tnaselar@musc.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de/research/research-groups/junior-research-groups/neurophysiology-of-visual-and-decision-processes/research-directions.html"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);
text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
font-weight: 700;">Hendrikje Nienborg</strong></a>, Head of
Research Group, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative
Neuroscience, Universitat Tübingen, Tübingen, DE,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:hendrikje.nienborg@cin.uni-tuebingen.de"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">nienborg@cin.uni-tuebingen.de</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://poldracklab.stanford.edu/" target="_blank"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Russ
Poldrack</strong></a>, Professor, Psychology, Stanford
University, CA, USA,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:poldrack@stanford.edu" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122,
183); text-decoration: none;">poldrack@stanford.edu</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="http://shohamylab.psych.columbia.edu/" target="_blank"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Daphna
Shohamy</strong></a>, Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:ds2619@columbia.edu" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122,
183); text-decoration: none;">ds2619@columbia.edu</a></li>
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Dr. Hendrikje Nienborg
Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience
Universitaet Tuebingen
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hendrikje.nienborg@cin.uni-tuebingen.de">hendrikje.nienborg@cin.uni-tuebingen.de</a></pre>
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