Connectionists: Open Virtual Summer School on Neuronal dynamics for embodied cognition starts next week!

[DFT Summer School]

Please forward this advertisement to whoever you think might be interested.
The deadline for applications is Aug 30, 2020!

Thanks, Raul Grieben and Jan Tekülve

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Virtual DFT School 2020

This year our summer school "Neural Dynamics for Embodied Cognition" 
will take place in virtual form from August 31 until September 5, 2020.

Neuronal dynamics provide a powerful theoretical language for the design 
and modeling of embodied and situated cognitive systems. This school 
provides a hands-on and practical introduction to neuronal dynamics 
ideas and enables participants to become productive within this 
framework. The school is aimed at advanced undergraduate or graduate 
students, postdocs and faculty members in embodied cognition, cognitive 
science, and robotics.

Topics addressed include neural dynamics, attractor dynamics and 
instabilities, dynamic field theory, neuronal representations, 
artificial perception, simple forms of cognition including detection and 
selection decisions, memory formation, learning, and grounding 
relational concepts.

This virtual edition of our summer school will consist of two parts: A 
live-lecture series and a hands-on workshop. The lecture series will be 
held as a video conference and provides a step-by-step introduction to 
Dynamic Field Theory. This year's lectures will be open for everyone,  
while the one-on-one tutoring limits the number of participants who can 
take part in the workshop. Participants for the workshop have already 
been selected and thus application for the workshop is no longer possible.

The lecture series will be held from August 31 until September 4 and the 
workshop takes place September 3-5.
Lectures will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. (CET) on each day.

Participation in any part of the school is free of charge.

To apply for the lecture series, please visit our web page: 
https://dynamicfieldtheory.org/events/summer_school_2020/