Connectionists: Announcing Okinawa/OIST Computational Neuroscience Course 2022

[Erik De Schutter]

OKINAWA/OIST COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE 2022
Methods, Neurons, Networks and Behaviors
               June 13 to June 29, 2022
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan
           https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc

After two consecutive cancelations due to COVID-19, OCNC 2022 will take 
place on June 13-29, preceding Neuro2022 (https://neuro2022.jnss.org) in 
Okinawa. Depending on the immigration situation in June the course will be 
either pure on-site or hybrid: a mixture of on-site and remote.

The aim of the Okinawa/OIST Computational Neuroscience Course is to
provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds
to learn the latest advances in neuroscience, and for those with experimental
backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling.

We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate
in the course, held from June June 13 through June 29, 2022 at an oceanfront
seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate
University. Applications are through the course web page 
(https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc) only: January 26 - February 28, 2022. 
Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance in April.

The 17th OCNC will be a shorter course than in the past: a two-week
course covering single neurons, networks, and behaviors with time for
student projects. Teaching will focus on methods with hands-on tutorials 
during the afternoons, and lectures by international experts. The course 
has a strong hands-on component based on student proposed modeling or 
data analysis projects, which are further refined with the help of a dedicated tutor. 
Applicants are required to propose their project at the time of application. 
However in the case of a hybrid format course, only on-site students will
receive support for student projects.

There is no tuition fee. The sponsor will provide lodging and meals during
the course and may provide partial travel support. We hope that this course 
will be a good opportunity for theoretical and experimental neuroscientists
to meet each other and to explore the attractive nature and culture of 
Okinawa, the southernmost island prefecture of Japan.

Invited faculty:
	• Michael Berry II (Princeton University, USA)
	• Anne Churchland, Cold Spring Harbor Labs, USA
	• Erik De Schutter (OIST)
	• Kenji Doya (OIST)
	• Gaute Einevoll, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (online)
	• Tomoki Fukai (OIST)
	• Boris Gutkin (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
	• Yukiyasu Kamitani, Kyoto University, Japan
	• Bernd Kuhn (OIST)
	• Sang Wan Lee, KAIST, South Korea
	• Devika Narain, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
	• Viola Priesemann, MPG Göttingen, Germany (online)
	• Ivan Soltesz, Stanford University, USA
	• Greg Stuart, Australian National University, Australia
	• Greg Stephens (OIST)
	• Saori Tanaka, (ATR, Japan)
	• Marylka Yoe Uusisaari (OIST)

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