Connectionists: Preparatory workshop for shaping funded research teams in neuromorphic and unconventional computing (Europe only)

[Herbert Jaeger]

The Volkswagen Foundation -- Germany's largest private research funding 
organization -- launches an initiative for the development of 
neuromorphic and other non-digital approaches to analyse and engineer 
computing systems. One action within this initiative is to support the 
formation of INTERDISCIPLINARY, possibly multi-national research teams.

In a preparatory "Ideation" workshop, to be held in Einbeck (Germany) in 
December 5-8, 2022, European researchers interested in non-digital 
computing are invited to exchange views and ideas and start networking. 
The target audience is open-minded postdocs and assistant/junior 
professors with backgrounds in relevant areas - including but not 
restricted to materials and devices, microchip technology, optical 
computing, neuroscience, cognitive modeling, theory of computing, 
machine learning, complex dynamical systems, or philosophy of computing. 
The aim of the workshop is the nucleation of research teams who 
subsequently submit funding proposals for large-scale interdisciplinary 
research projects.

More information can be found at
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/next-integrating-approaches-to-neuromorphic-computing.

-- 
Dr. Herbert Jaeger
Professor of Computing in Cognitive Materials
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Faculty of Science and Engineering - CogniGron
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Nijenborgh 9, 9747 AG Groningen

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