[Todos] Fwd: New Call for Computational Neuro Imbizo Applications

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 		Fwd: New Call for Computational Neuro Imbizo Applications

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 		REMITENTE:
 		Fernando Fabian Montani <fmontani at gmail.com>

 		DESTINATARIO:
 		Secretaria del Dpto.de Física <secre2 at fisica.unlp.edu.ar>

Hola Alejandro, 
               podrias por favor re enviar este mail a todos? 
Gracias, 
Saludos. 
Fernando.

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From: ISICNI2017 COMMITTEE <isicn.imbizo at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:05 PM
Subject: New Call for Computational Neuro Imbizo Applications
To: isiCNI2017 Committee <isicn.imbizo at gmail.com>

Dear all,  

we would like to draw your attention to the 2nd

IBRO SIMONS COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE IMBIZO 

#ISICNI2018 

GET TO KNOW (AND HELP TO BUILD) AFRICAN COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL
NEUROSCIENCE. 

from 7 - 28 January 2018, Muizenberg Beach, Cape Town, South Africa 

http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk [1] 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15TH AUGUST 2017 

The #ISICNI2018 is a southern hemisphere summer school aiming to promote
computational neuroscience in Africa. It will bring together
international and local students under the tutelage of the world's
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
on topics across the breadth of experimental and computational
neuroscience. The rest of the day will be spent working on research
projects under the close supervision of expert tutors and faculty.
Individual research projects will focus on the modelling of neurons,
neural systems, behaviour, the analysis of state-of-the-art neural data,
and the development of theories to explain experimental observations. 

WHO SHOULD APPLY? 

This course is aimed at Masters and PhD level students though Honours or
Postdoctoral students may also apply. Students should sufficient
quantitative skills, (e.g. a background in mathematics, physics,
computer science, statistics, engineering or related field). Some
knowledge of neural biology will be useful but not essential.
Experimental neuroscience students are encouraged to apply, but should
ensure that they have a reasonable level of quantitative proficiency
(i.e. at least second-year level mathematics or statistics and have done
at least one course in computer programming). 

Please distribute this information as widely as you can. 

ESSENTIAL DETAILS 

* Fee (which covers tuition, lodging, and meals): 1100 EUR 

* Generous scholarships and travel stipends are available based on merit
and need 

* Application deadline: 15TH AUGUST 2017 

* Notification of results: End of September 2017 

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION 

http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk [1] 

APPLICATION FORM 

https://goo.gl/forms/cBMc4DrChjpmbR9l1 [2] 

QUESTIONS? 

isicn.imbizo at gmail.com 

WHAT IS AN IMBIZO?

\ɪmˈbiːzɒ\ | Xhosa - Zulu 

A gathering of the people to share knowledge. 

FACULTY

Larry Abbott - Columbia University 

Adrienne Fairhall - Washington University 

Surya Ganguli* - Stanford University 

Peter Latham - University College London 

Blake Richards - University of Toronto 

Timothy Lillicrap - Google DeepMind 

Mate Lengyel - University of CambridgeJoseph Raimondo - University of
Cape Town 

Yiota Poirazi - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas 

Srikanth Ramaswamy - EPFL Lausanne 

Tim Vogels - University of Oxford 

Byron Yu - Carnegie Mellon University 

Alex Antrobus (Gatsby Unit, UCL) 

Athanasia Papoutsi (Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas) 

William Podladski (University of Oxford ) 

Friedemann Zenke (Stanford University / University of Oxford) 

and others, to be announced

(*not confirmed) 

DIRECTORS 

Peter Latham (Gatsby Unit for Computational Neuroscience, UCL, UK) 

Joseph Raimondo (University of Cape Town, South Africa) 

Tim Vogels (University of Oxford, UK) 

SPONSORS 

The isiCNI is made possible by the generous support from the Simons
Foundation (https://www.simonsfoundation.org [3]) and IBRO, the
International Brain Research Organisation (http://ibro.info [4]) and the
Wellcome Trust 

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATES 

University of Cape Town, University College London, University of
Oxford, TReND in Africa [5], CNCB [6], Gatsby Foundation [7], IBRO
African Center for Advanced Training in Neurosciences at UCT

Links:
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[1] http://isicni.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/
[2] https://goo.gl/forms/cBMc4DrChjpmbR9l1
[3] https://www.simonsfoundation.org/
[4] http://ibro.info/
[5] http://trendinafrica.org/
[6] http://www.cncb.ox.ac.uk/
[7] http://www.gatsby.org.uk/
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