<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Workshop “EVENT-BASED
ASYNCHRONOUS NEURO-COGNITIVE CONTROL” </span><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, </span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">August 26 – 28, 2019  </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:16px"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">(</font></span></b><a href="https://www.cwi.nl/research/groups/machine-learning/events/workshop-neurocognitivecontrol/event-based-asynchronous-neuro-cognitive-control" style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">website</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">This workshop aims to bring together experts in
computational neuroscience and machine learning to foster collaboration and
start working on integrating the various components into coherent end-to-end cognitive models. Specifically, we aim to determine the `missing components’
that are needed to implement fast and effective sensori-cognitive-motor models.</span><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">At a high level, the main topics in the workshop
include <b><i>End-to-end time-continuous learning</i></b>, m<b><i>ulti-level motion representation, planning and control </i></b>and e<b><i>vent-based
asynchronous neural computation</i></b>.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">The workshop will be held over a 3-day period at CWI,
the Dutch National Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science. Invited
speakers will bring broad-ranging expertise from neuroscience and machine
learning, with a special focus on efficient platforms. The workshop will also
have plenty of time for formal and informal discussions. A separate hands-on “Lab”
event will take place after the main meeting on Wednesday afternoon, offering
the opportunity to learn more about current event-based software platforms.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Confirmed invited speakers</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Thomas Nowotny (Univ Sussex, UK)<br>
Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL, CH)<br>
Shih-Chii Liu (INI Zurich, CH)<br>
Eleni Vasilaki (Univ Sheffield, UK)<br>
Friedemann Zenke (FMI Basel, CH)<br>
Terry Stewart (Univ Waterloo, CA)<br>
Gang Pan (Zhejiang University,CN)<br>
Chiara Bartolozzi (IIT Genova, IT)<br>
Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (Univ Bonn, DE)<br>
Mihai Petrovici (Univ Heidelberg, DE)<br>
Jamie Knight (Univ Sussex, UK)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Participation and deadlines</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Participation in the workshop is free of charge and
includes the lunches for the three days. However, the workshop is limited to a
restricted number of people given the capacity of the venue and the aim of the
event. Prospective attendees should express their interest in participating by
submitting the form downloadable from the link below, and their willingness to
contribute a poster. For the poster, people are also invited to submit a
short/extended abstract (max 2 pages), possibly including figures. The
submissions will be selected on the basis of the quality and of how well they
fit the workshop’s aims.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Both senior and young researchers, including Ph.D.
students, are encouraged to submit to ensure a full representation of the
community.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Deadline: 11.07.2019</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Please use <a href="https://www.cwi.nl/research/groups/machine-learning/events/workshop-neurocognitivecontrol/eancc2019form.odt" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(196,18,48)">this form</span></a> and submit it and the
optional abstract <i>(subject: “EANCC submission: name, last name”)</i> to: <b><a href="mailto:eancc2019@gmail.com" target="_blank">eancc2019@gmail.com</a></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">Organising Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)"></span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(66,66,66);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Sander Bohte – CWI / Univ. of Amsterdam / RUG Groningen, NL</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(66,66,66);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Aditya Gilra – IST Austria, AT</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(66,66,66);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Qinghai Guo – Huawei Research, CN</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(66,66,66);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">J. Camilo Vasquez Tieck – FZI Karlsruhe, GE</span></li>
</ul></div>