Connectionists: workshop Event-based Neurocognitive Control Aug 26-28 Amsterdam

[Sander Bohte]

Workshop “EVENT-BASED ASYNCHRONOUS NEURO-COGNITIVE CONTROL” *Centrum
Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, **August 26 – 28, 2019
(*website
<https://www.cwi.nl/research/groups/machine-learning/events/workshop-neurocognitivecontrol/event-based-asynchronous-neuro-cognitive-control>
)


This workshop aims to bring together experts in computational neuroscience
and machine learning to foster collaboration and start working on
integrating the various components into coherent end-to-end cognitive
models. Specifically, we aim to determine the `missing components’ that are
needed to implement fast and effective sensori-cognitive-motor models.

At a high level, the main topics in the workshop include *End-to-end
time-continuous learning*, m*ulti-level motion representation, planning and
control *and e*vent-based asynchronous neural computation*.

The workshop will be held over a 3-day period at CWI, the Dutch National
Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science. Invited speakers will bring
broad-ranging expertise from neuroscience and machine learning, with a
special focus on efficient platforms. The workshop will also have plenty of
time for formal and informal discussions. A separate hands-on “Lab” event
will take place after the main meeting on Wednesday afternoon, offering the
opportunity to learn more about current event-based software platforms.

*Confirmed invited speakers*

Thomas Nowotny (Univ Sussex, UK)
Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL, CH)
Shih-Chii Liu (INI Zurich, CH)
Eleni Vasilaki (Univ Sheffield, UK)
Friedemann Zenke (FMI Basel, CH)
Terry Stewart (Univ Waterloo, CA)
Gang Pan (Zhejiang University,CN)
Chiara Bartolozzi (IIT Genova, IT)
Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (Univ Bonn, DE)
Mihai Petrovici (Univ Heidelberg, DE)
Jamie Knight (Univ Sussex, UK)

*Participation and deadlines*

Participation in the workshop is free of charge and includes the lunches
for the three days. However, the workshop is limited to a restricted number
of people given the capacity of the venue and the aim of the event.
Prospective attendees should express their interest in participating by
submitting the form downloadable from the link below, and their willingness
to contribute a poster. For the poster, people are also invited to submit a
short/extended abstract (max 2 pages), possibly including figures. The
submissions will be selected on the basis of the quality and of how well
they fit the workshop’s aims.

Both senior and young researchers, including Ph.D. students, are encouraged
to submit to ensure a full representation of the community.

*Deadline: 11.07.2019*

Please use this form
<https://www.cwi.nl/research/groups/machine-learning/events/workshop-neurocognitivecontrol/eancc2019form.odt>
and submit
it and the optional abstract *(subject: “EANCC submission: name, last
name”)* to: *eancc2019 at gmail.com <eancc2019 at gmail.com>*

*Organising Committee*

   - Sander Bohte – CWI / Univ. of Amsterdam / RUG Groningen, NL
   - Aditya Gilra – IST Austria, AT
   - Qinghai Guo – Huawei Research, CN
   - J. Camilo Vasquez Tieck – FZI Karlsruhe, GE
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