<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt">CNeuro</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt">: International
Summer School and Workshop</span></b></p>
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and Computational Neuroscience</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt">Tsinghua University, Beijing (August 2019)</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Background</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">How intelligence and behavior emerge from
complex and intricate interactions within the brain remain important and
unsolved mysteries in modern science. In the last decade, we have seen rapid
progress in experimental tools that now make it possible to monitor and
manipulate brain circuits in unprecedented detail. This research area presents
both challenges and opportunities for experimentalists and theoreticians. The
complexity and dynamics of the brain make it difficult to tackle its mechanisms
and functions with experimental approaches alone. Mathematical theory is
pivotal for obtaining new insights and for guiding experiment, as well as for identifying
and unifying concepts and principles of brain functions. <b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The aim of the two-week summer school and
workshop will be to introduce students with strong quantitative background
(e.g., in mathematics, theoretical physics, computer science, or engineering)
to the emerging field of theoretical and computational neuroscience. The course
will also bring together leading scientists in theoretical and computational neuroscience.
We envision a collaborative environment where faculty and students will have
in-depth discussions on topics in the frontier of neuroscience. The course will
be a pedagogical basis for new students, introducing them to advanced
mathematical methods and modeling approaches that are currently being used and
developed to understand brain functions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Time</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">15 – 29 August 2019</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Location</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The summer school will be held at the Tsinghua
Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence (THBI), at Tsinghua University, in Beijing.
THBI is a flagship project of the university. It is <span style="color:black">a new interdisciplinary research
institute recently established by Tsinghua University, with dedicated faculty
positions and research space. The institute aims to conduct cutting-edge
interdisciplinary research across the fields of systems and computational
neuroscience and artificial intelligence. </span>The <span style="color:black">institute
</span>occupies three floors in a newly
renovated building with large classrooms for teaching and computer labs, and ample
offices for visiting scholars.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Organizers</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Xiaoqin Wang, Johns Hopkins University and Tsinghua
University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Aravi Samuel, Harvard
University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Rava Azeredo da Silveira, Ecole Normale Supérieure</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Quan Wen, University of Science and
Technology of China</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Faculty</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Yoram Burak,
The Hebrew University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Dmitri
Chklovskii, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Michael
Hausser, University of College London</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Yu Hu, Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Dezhe Jin,
Penn State University</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Cengiz
Pehlevan, Harvard University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Aravi
Samuel, Harvard University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Rava Azeredo
da Silveira, Ecole Normale Supérieure</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Sen Song,
Tsinghua University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Louis Tao,
Peking University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Srinivas
Turaga, Janelia Research Campus</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Xiaoqin Wang, Johns Hopkins University and Tsinghua
University<span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Quan Wen,
University of Science and Technology of China</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Kechen
Zhang, John Hopkins University</span><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Applications</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please send a CV and a statement of purpose
to <a href="mailto:thbi@tsinghua.edu.cn" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">thbi@tsinghua.edu.cn</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Application deadline: <b><i>20 May 2019</i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Housing</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">International students will be housed on the Tsinghua
University campus.</p>
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