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[plunkett (Kim Plunkett)]

                    UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD



               MRC BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR CENTRE
      McDONNELL-PEW CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

          SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING


           Department of Experimental Psychology
                    University of Oxford

                    11-23 September 1994



Applications are  invited  for  participation  in  a  2-week
residential  Summer  School  on  techniques in connectionist
modelling of cognitive and biological phenomena.  The course
is aimed primarily at researchers who wish to exploit neural
network models in their teaching and/or research.   It  will
provide  a  general  introduction to connectionist modelling
through lectures and exercises on PCs. The instructors  with
primary  responsibility  for  teaching  the  course  are Kim
Plunkett and Edmund Rolls.

No  prior  knowledge  of  computational  modelling  will  be
required  though  simple  word  processing  skills  will  be
assumed.  Participants will be encouraged to start  work  on
their own modelling projects during the Summer School.

The Summer School is sponsored (jointly) by  the  University
of  Oxford  McDonnell-Pew  Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience
and the MRC Brain and Behaviour Centre.  The cost of  parti-
cipation  in  the  summer  school  is  500 pounds to include
accommodation (bed and breakfast at St. John's College)  and
summer school registration. Participants will be expected to
cover their own travel and meal costs.  A  small  number  of
graduate  student  scholarships may be available. Applicants
should indicate whether they wish to  be  considered  for  a
graduate  student  scholarship but are advised to seek their
own funding as well, since in previous years the  number  of
graduate student applications has far exceeded the number of
scholarships available.

If you are interested in participating in the Summer School,
please contact:

Mrs. Sue King
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3UD

Tel:  (0865) 271353
Email:  sking at uk.ac.oxford.psy

Please send a brief description of your background  with  an
explanation  why  you would like to attend the Summer School
(one page maximum) no later than 1 April 1994.