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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Self-repairing Hardware Paradigms based on Astrocyte-neuron
Models” is an informal workshop which will be held in the historic city of York
from the 3^rd to the 5^th of September 2018. The workshop
aims to highlight and discuss emerging trends and future directions in the
fields of bio-inspired fault tolerant systems, particularly self-repairing<span>  </span>spiking neural networks, with applications to
autonomous robotic systems (and beyond). The workshop will feature invited
position papers from world-leading researchers and industrialists.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The workshop website, which includes information on
submission and an up-to-date list of invited speakers can be found at <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/spanner-workshop">https://www.york.ac.uk/spanner-workshop</a><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are currently soliciting abstracts from members of the
community who are interested in presenting at this workshop. Abstracts should
be no longer than three page of A4 in standard IEEE conference format, and should
focus upon the potential for future developments within the field of bio-inspired
fault tolerant systems. We welcome contributions that span topics from
biological modelling through to hardware and applications.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Topics include (but are not restricted to):<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Astrocyte-neuron interactions and modelling<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Spiking neural networks – models, algorithms and hardware
implementations<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Training, learning and optimisation in spiking neural
networks<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Biological models for fault tolerant systems<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Implementation of bio-inspired and fault tolerant systems
on FPGA<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Hardware optimisations for bio-inspired systems<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Spiking neural network and bio-inspired controllers for
autonomous robotics <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Autonomous swarm robotic systems<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Fault tolerance in robotic systems<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Innovative design techniques for bio-inspired and fault
tolerant systems<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 31^st July
2018. Please address any questions and submissions to <a href="mailto:spanner-workshop@york.ac.uk">spanner-workshop@york.ac.uk</a><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Attending the Workshop<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We welcome attendees from all areas of the bio-inspired and
robotics communities. Thanks to funding from the EPSRC, registration is free.
We have accommodation for a limited number of places, priority will be given to
authors of accepted contributions. <span> </span>We
also have a number of student bursaries available, which will provide free
accommodation and contribute towards the travel costs of registered PhD students.
If you would like to attend, please see the website at <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/spanner-workshop">https://www.york.ac.uk/spanner-workshop</a><span></span></p>





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