<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">(sorry for cross-posting)</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr">We are delighted to welcome applications for the second edition of the <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><a id="m_-8421135143097376854gmail-OWAb0d8434b-1abf-a300-5c94-76576561e68f" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.compsoccog.com/" title="https://www.compsoccog.com/" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Birmingham-Leiden Summer School in Computational Social Cognition (<span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">CSC</span>)</a></u></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">. </span>The summer school is hosted at the University of Birmingham (UK), in collaboration with Leiden University (NL), and will take place from <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2nd-5th September <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2025</span></span>. Apply by <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">18th April <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2025</span></span> (see information below)!</div><div aria-hidden="true" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr"> </div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr">Attending the Birmingham-Leiden <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">CSC</span> Summer School will equip a diverse cohort of early career researchers (trainees through to junior faculty members) with the ability to understand, program, and interpret the output of a range of computational models of social cognition (e.g., reinforcement learning models, evidence accumulation models, Bayesian inference models) and their potential interaction with other modalities of measurements (e.g., fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking). Attendees will receive various types of training (keynote lectures, workshops, tutorials, etc) and work on a group project, both aimed at understanding modelling as well as the theoretical and practical inferences that can be drawn from computational models under social contexts. </div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font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px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2025</span></span>. Outcomes will be communicated in early May, with registration for successful applicants then open until mid-June.</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr">This year, the <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">CSC</span> Summer School received financial support from the <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><a id="m_-8421135143097376854gmail-OWA725c1a21-faa2-c279-f6fd-9b9742252ef4" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/estes-fund" title="https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/estes-fund" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">William K. & Katherine W. Estes Fund in association with the Association of Psychological Science</a></u></span>  </div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr">We hope to see you this summer in Birmingham!</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;direction:ltr">Jo (<span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2025</span> co-lead), Lei (<span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2025</span> co-lead), & Anna, on behalf of the <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">CSC</span> <span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">2025</span> organising committee </div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#666666">---</font></div><div><font face="monospace" color="#000000">Dr. Lei Zhang</font></div></div><font face="monospace" color="#000000">w: <a href="http://lei-zhang.net" target="_blank">lei-zhang.net</a><br>t: <a href="https://twitter.com/lei_zhang_lz" target="_blank">@lei_zhang_lz</a></font><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>