[ACT-R-users] Nengo Summer School

[Terry Stewart]

Hello everyone,

I've talked with some of you individually about this, but I thought
the general ACT-R community might be interested in the summer school
we're running this year on the neural modelling software Nengo that
we've been using to do models like Spaun.  The neural cognitive
architecture we use is significantly inspired by ACT-R, with some
interesting modifications due to the fact that each module needs to be
implementable in neurons.  We've also been doing some experimenting
with hybrid models, where part of the system is running in neurons and
part of the system is running in more traditional ACT-R.  The format
of the summer school is project-based, with the intent to have people
building models relevant to their own research.

Dates: June 8th to June 21st, 2014
Location: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Application Deadline: February 15, 2014

Overview:
The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo
is inviting applications for an in-depth, two week summer school that
will teach participants how to use the Neural Engineering Framework
and the Nengo simulation package to build state-of-the-art cognitive
and neural models. Nengo has been used to build what is currently the
world's largest functional brain model, Spaun, and provides users with
a versatile and powerful environment for simulating cognitive and
neural systems. We welcome applications from all interested graduate
students, research associates, postdocs, professors, and industry
professionals. No specific training in the use of modelling software
is required, but we encourage applications from active researchers
with a relevant background in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive
science, or a related field. More information about Nengo, the Neural
Engineering Framework, and Spaun can be found at http://www.nengo.ca

More information: http://nengo.ca/summerschool

There's also a poster attached to this email.

I hope this is of interest!

Terry Stewart
Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience
University of Waterloo
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