Connectionists: Undergraduate summer program in computational neuroscience

[Dave_Touretzky@cs.cmu.edu]

Carnegie Mellon - University of Pittsburgh Joint Summer Undergraduate
Program in Computational Neuroscience

Undergraduates interested in receiving research training in
computational neuroscience are encouraged to apply to an NIH-sponsored
summer program at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition in
Pittsburgh. The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition is a joint
interdisciplinary program of Carnegie Mellon University and the
University of Pittsburgh. The 2010 program will run from May 24
through July 30. The final deadline for application is Feb 15. All
participants must be United States citizens or permanent residents,
must be enrolled at a 4-year accredited institution, and must be in
their sophomore or junior year at the time of application. Any
undergraduate may apply, but we are especially interested in
attracting students with strong quantitative backgrounds with some
experience in calculus, statistics and/or computer
programming. Experience in neuroscience is not required. Students from
groups underrepresented in the sciences are encouraged to apply.

The core of the program is the opportunity to carry out an individual
mentored research project working closely with a faculty mentor. Other
aspects of the scientific program include: 12 faculty lectures on
computational neuroscience at the beginning, followed by student
presentations and discussion of articles from the scientific
literature, presentations on career options and scientific ethics, and
a concluding symposium in which students present their research.

The application form is available at:
   http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/summercompneuro .

Applications can be returned via email or regular mail (see addresses
below). In addition to the application, the following items are required
for evaluation:

 Â Â Â * A brief (one page) essay about your interest and experience in 
      neural computation.

 Â Â Â * Official transcript from the institution you are attending

 Â Â Â * Two letters from professional references. You should contact
      your recommenders and ask them to mail or email a letter directly
      to us.

 Â Â Â * SAT/ACT scores (do NOT have to be official; photocopies are
      acceptable)

Documents should be mailed to:
Computational Neuroscience Summer Program
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Suite 115
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2617
CNBC-summer-UG at andrew.cmu.edu

List of CMU-Pitt CNBC faculty working in computational neuroscience
(some are not available for summer 2010):

John Anderson (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology) -- not available.
Aaron Batista (University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering)
Marlene Behrmann (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology)
Justin Crowley (Carnegie Mellon, Biology)
Brent Doiron (University of Pittsburgh, Mathematics)
William Eddy (Carnegie Mellon, Statistics)
Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh, Mathematics)
Robert Kass (Carnegie Mellon, Statistics)
Charles Kemp (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology)
Tai Sing Lee (Carnegie Mellon, Computer Science)
Tom Mitchell (Carnegie Mellon, Machine Learning) -- not available.
Carl Olson (Carnegie Mellon, Neural Basis of Cognition)
David Plaut (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology)
Steven Prescott (University of Pittsburgh, Neurobiology)
Lynne Reder (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology)
Johnathan Rubin (University of Pittsburgh, Mathematics)
Andrew Schwartz (University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering)
Daniel Simons (University of Pittsburgh, Neurobiology)
Michael Tarr (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology)
Dave Touretzky (Carnegie Mellon, Computer Science) -- not available.
Robert Turner (University of Pittsburgh, Neurobiology)
Valerie Ventura (Carnegie Mellon, Statistics)
Douglas Weber (University of Pittsburgh, Physical medicine and Rehabilitation)
Byron Yu (Carnegie Mellon, ECE/Biomedical Engineering)