Connectionists: CMU/Pitt Joint Summer Undergraduate 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 31 through August 5, 2011. The final deadline for application is Feb
10. 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/article/76-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:

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

    * Official transcript from the institution you are attending

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

    * 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
email: CNBC-summer-UG at andrew.cmu.edu

List of CMU-Pitt CNBC faculty working in computational neuroscience:

John Anderson (Carnegie Mellon, Psychology)Â 
Aaron Batista (University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering)Â 
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)Â 
Carl Olson (Carnegie Mellon, Neural Basis of Cognition)Â 
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)
David Touretzky (Carnegie Mellon, Computer Science and Robotics)
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)