Connectionists: FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 2017 Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop

[Ralph Etienne-Cummings]

>
> *Call for Applications to the 2017 NEUROMORPHIC COGNITION ENGINEERING
> WORKSHOP*
>
> *Sunday June 25th - Saturday July 16th, 2017, Telluride, Colorado*
>
>
> *Application Website: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8908
> <https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8908>*
>
> Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering Webpages: http://ine-web.org/
>
> Past workshop wiki is at http://telluride.iniforum.ch/
>
> *IMPORTANT DATES FOR APPLICATION* (Instructions are at the bottom of the
> page)
>
> Application Website Open - 16th February, 2017
>
> Applications Due - 9th April, 2017
>
> Notification of Acceptance - 21st April, 2017
>
> *GOALS:*
>
> Neuromorphic engineers design and fabricate artificial neural systems
> whose organizing principles are based on those of biological nervous
> systems. Over the past 18 years, this research community has focused on the
> understanding of low-level sensory processing and systems infrastructure;
> efforts are now expanding to apply this knowledge and infrastructure to
> addressing higher-level problems in perception, cognition, and learning. In
> this 3-week intensive workshop and through the Institute for Neuromorphic
> Engineering (INE), the mission is to promote interaction between senior and
> junior researchers; to educate new members of the community; to introduce
> new enabling fields and applications to the community; to promote on-going
> collaborative activities emerging from the Workshop, and to promote a
> self-sustaining research field. *The 2017 workshop will be focused on the
> theme of Neuromorphic Autonomous Agents.*
>
> *FORMAT:*
>
> The three week summer workshop will include background lectures on systems
> and cognitive neuroscience (in particular sensory processing, learning and
> memory, motor systems and attention), practical tutorials on emerging
> hardware design, mobile robots, hands-on projects, and special interest
> groups. Participants are required to take part and possibly complete at
> least one of the projects proposed. They are furthermore encouraged to
> become involved in as many of the other activities proposed as interest and
> time allow. There will be two lectures in the morning that cover issues
> that are important to the community in general. Because of the diverse
> range of backgrounds among the participants, some of these lectures will be
> tutorials, rather than detailed reports of current research. These lectures
> will be given by invited speakers. Projects and interest groups meet in the
> late afternoons, and after dinner. Following the theme of the 2017
> workshop, the projects this year will focus on developments in robotics,
> learning, control, sensors, language and reasoning, and
> computational/experimental aspects of systems that can accomplish goals
> with limited human intervention.
>
> *2017 TOPIC AREAS:*
>
> Tracking Auditory Attention with Science and Robots: Edmund Lalor
> (University of Rochester/Trinity College Dublin), Alain de Cheveigne
> (ENS/CNRS/UCL)
>
> Neuromorphic Approaches to Drone Autonomy: Kwabena Boahen (Stanford
> University), Chris Eliasmith (University of Waterloo)
>
> Neuromorphic Event-based Compound Eyes and Vision: Ryad Benjamin Benosman
> (UPMC, Paris), Elisabetta Chicca (University of Bielefeld)
>
> Neuromorphic Autonomous Agents for Exploration and Navigation of Unknown
> Environments : Emre Neftci (University of California, Irvine) and Scott
> Koziol (Baylor University)
>
> Computational Neuroscience (invitational mini-workshop) : Terry Sejnowski
> (Salk Institute)
>
> *LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS:*
>
> The summer school will take place in the small town of Telluride, 9000
> feet high in southwest Colorado, about 6 hours drive away from Denver (350
> miles). There are several small airports (e.g. Montrose) close to
> Telluride. All facilities within the beautifully renovated public school
> building are fully accessible to participants with disabilities.
> Participants will be housed in ski condominiums, within walking distance of
> the school. Participants are expected to share condominiums.
>
> The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. Participants
> are not required to have had previous experience in analog VLSI circuit
> design, computational or machine vision, systems level neurophysiology or
> modeling the brain at the systems level. However, we strongly encourage
> active researchers with relevant backgrounds from academia, industry and
> national laboratories to apply, in particular if they are prepared to work
> on specific projects, talk about their own work or bring demonstrations to
> Telluride (e.g. robots, chips, software). Wireless internet access will be
> provided. Technical staff present throughout the workshops will assist with
> software and hardware issues. We encourage participants to bring along
> their personal laptop.
>
> No cars are required. Given the small size of the town, we recommend that
> you do not rent a car. Bring hiking boots, warm clothes, rain gear, and a
> backpack, since Telluride is surrounded by beautiful mountains.
>
> Unless otherwise arranged with one of the organizers, we expect
> participants to stay for the entire duration of this three week workshop.
>
> *FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS:*
>
> Notification of acceptances will be mailed out around the April 15th,
> 2017. The Workshop covers all your accommodations and facilities costs for
> the 3 weeks duration. You are responsible for your own travel to the
> Workshop.
>
> Registration Fees: For expenses not covered by federal funds, a Workshop
> registration fee is required. The fee is 1500 USD per participant for the
> 3-week Workshop. This is expected from all participants at the time of
> acceptance.
>
> Accommodations: The cost of a shared condominium, typically a bedroom in a
> shared condo for senior participants or a shared room for students, will be
> covered for all academic participants. Upgrades to a private rooms or
> condos will cost extra. Participants from National Laboratories and
> Industry are expected to pay for these condominiums.
>
> The 2017 Workshop and Summer School on Neuromorphic Engineering is
> sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Neuromorphic
> Engineering, The EU-Collaborative Convergent Science Network (CNS-II),
> University of Maryland - College Park, Institute for Neuroinformatics –
> University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Georgia Institute of Technology, Johns
> Hopkins University, Boston University, University of Western Sydney and the
> Salk Institute.
>
> *Workshop Directors:*
>
> Cornelia Fermüller (University of Maryland)
>
> Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Johns Hopkins University)
>
> Shih-Chii Liu (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich)
>
> Timmer Horiuchi (University of Maryland)
>
> Katalin Gothard (University of Arizona)
>
> Michael Pfeiffer (Bose Research)
>
> Francisco Barranco (University of Granada)
>
> *Former 2007-2013 Workshop Director:*
>
> Tobi Delbruck (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich)
>
> *Workshop Advisory Board:*
>
> Andreas Andreou (Johns Hopkins University)
>
> Andre van Schaik (University Western Sydney, Australia)
>
> Avis Cohen (University of Maryland)
>
> Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (Boston University)
>
> Giacomo Indiveri (Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and
> ETH Zurich)
>
> Jonathan Tapson (University Western Sydney, Australia)
>
> Malcolm Slaney (Google)
>
> Jennifer Hasler (Georgia Institute of Technology)
>
> Rodney Douglas (Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and
> ETH Zurich)
>
> Ryad Benosman (Institut de la Vision, France)
>
> Shihab Shamma (University of Maryland)
>
> Tobi Delbruck (Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH
> Zurich)
>
> *HOW TO APPLY:*
>
> Applicants should be at the level of graduate students or above (i.e.
> postdoctoral fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff and the
> equivalent positions in industry and national laboratories). We actively
> encourage women and minority candidates to apply.
>
> Anyone interested in proposing or discussing specific projects should
> contact the appropriate topic leaders directly.
>
> The application website is:
>
> *https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8908
> <https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8908>*
>
> Important Note: This is not a job application but a mechanism to receive
> applications for the Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Workshop
>
> *Application information needed:*
>
> Contact email address.
>
> First name, Last name, Affiliation, valid e-mail address.
>
> Curriculum Vitae (a short version, please).
>
> One page summary of background and interests relevant to the workshop,
> including possible ideas for workshop projects. Please indicate which topic
> areas you would most likely join.
>
> Two letters of recommendation (uploaded directly by references).
>
> *Applicants will be notified by e-mail.*
>
> 16th February, 2017 - Applications Accepted on Website
>
> 9th April, 2017 - Applications Due
>
> 21st April, 2017 - Notification of Acceptance
>
> *Direct all questions to : Ms. Pamela White at tellurideworkshop at gmail.com
> <tellurideworkshop at gmail.com>*
>
> --
> Ralph Etienne-Cummings, PhD, FIEEE
> Professor and Chairman
> Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> Computational Sensor Motor Systems Lab
> Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics
> The Johns Hopkins University
> Baltimore, MD
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Ralph Etienne-Cummings, PhD, FIEEE
Professor and Chairman
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computational Sensor Motor Systems Lab
Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
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