[Neuroinfo] IBRO SIMONS COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE IMBIZO

[Alex Antrobus]

We would like to draw your attention to the first

*IBRO SIMONS COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE IMBIZO*
9 - 28 January 2017, Muizenburg Beach Cape Town, South Africa


http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk <http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/>

*Applications deadline: 31st July 2016
*
The #isiCNI2017 is a (southern hemisphere) summer school aiming to 
promote computational neuroscience in Africa by bringing together 
international and local students under the tutelage of world-leading 
experts in the field. Like its international sister courses, this 
three-week summer school aims to teach central ideas, methods, and 
practices of modern computational neuroscience through a combination 
of lectures and hands-on project work. Mornings will be devoted to 
lectures given by distinguished international faculty on topics across 
the breadth of experimental and computational neuroscience. The rest of 
the day will be spent working on research projects in teams of 
2-3 people under the close supervision of expert tutors and faculty. 
Research projects decided with the students and focus on the modeling of 
neurons, neural systems, behavior, the analysis of state-of-the-art 
neural data (behavioral data, multi-electrode recordings, calcium 
imaging data, connectomics data, etc.), and the development of theories 
to explain experimental observations.

The course is aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from 
various disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, 
electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, psychology and 
biology. Students are expected to have a keen interest and basic 
background in neurobiology, a solid foundation in mathematics, as well 
as some computer experience.

*Essential details:
** Fee (which covers tuition, lodging, and meals): 1000 EUR
* Generous scholarships and travel stipends are available. Successful 
African applicants will be fully subsidised.
* Application deadline: 31 July 2016
* Notification of results: September 2016

*Information and application*
http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk <http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/>


*POSTER DOWNLOAD:*
http://tinyurl.com/isiCNI2017
(please distribute this is you can)

*Imbizo*
\ɪmˈbiːzɒ\ | Xhosa - Zulu
A gathering of the people to share knowledge.

*Local Organiser:*
Alex Antrobus (isicn.imbizo at gmail.com <mailto:isicn.imbizo at gmail.com>)

*DIRECTORS*
Peter Latham (Gatsby Unit for Computational Neuroscience, University 
College London, UK)
Joseph Raimondo (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Tim Vogels (University of Oxford, UK)

*FACULTY*

Larry Abbott - Columbia University
Emery Brown - Harvard University / MIT
Nando deFreitas - Google DeepMind
Adrienne Fairhall - Washington University
Surya Ganguli - Stanford University
Wulfram Gerstner - EPFL Lausanne
Peter Latham - University College London
Timothy Lillicrap - Google DeepMind
Mate Lengyel - University of Cambridge
Eve Marder - Brandeis University
Joseph Raimondo - University of Cape Town
Yiota Poirazi - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Srikanth Ramaswamy - EPFL Lausanne
Rajnish Ranjan - EPFL Lausanne
Tim Vogels - University of Oxford
Daniel Wolpert - University of Cambridge

Special Guests:
Alyssa Piccini Schaffer - Simons Foundation
Arthur Wingfield - Brandeis University

*Teaching Assistants*

We are still assembling our roster of teaching assistants. If you are 
interested, or you know of an able and enthusiastic postdoc or senior 
graduate student, please send a two-page CV to isicn.imbizo at gmail.com 
<mailto:isicn.imbizo at gmail.com>, or at any of the course directors.


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