Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling

[Steven Young]

** CALL FOR ATTENDANCE **

Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling
Department of Experimental Psychology,
University of Oxford
19 - 31 July 1998

Applications are invited for participation in a 2-week
residential Summer School on techniques in connectionist
modelling.  The course is aimed primarily at researchers who
wish to exploit neural network models in their teaching and/or
research and it will provide a general introduction to
connectionist modelling, biologically plausible neural networks
and brain function through lectures and exercises on Macintoshs
and PCs.  The course is interdisciplinary in content though many
of the illustrative examples are taken from cognitive and
developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.  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 encourages to start work on their own
modelling projects during the Summer School.

The cost of participation in the Summer School is £950 for
Faculty and £750 for Graduate Students.  This figure covers the 
cost of accommodation (bed and breakfast at St. John's College),
registration and all literature required for the Summer School.
Participants will be expected to cover their own travel and meal
costs.  A small number of partial bursaries will be available for
graduate students.  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.

Further information about contents of the course can be obtained
from Steven.Young at psy.ox.ac.uk.

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

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

Tel: +44 (1865) 271 353
Email: sking at psy.ox.ac.uk

Please send a brief description of your background with an
explanation of why you would like to attend the Summer School
(one page maximum) no later than 31st January 1998.

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           Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University
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