Summer School: Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience

Suzhou, China 

June 30- July 20, 2019 
(Arrival-date: June 29 Departure-Date: July 21)

Application deadline:March 8

Organized by:

Xiao-Jing Wang, New York University, USA

Dora Angelaki, New York University, USA

Christopher Honey, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Robert Guangyu Yang, Columbia University, USA

The Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) summer school: 
Designed to emphasize higher cognitive functions and their underlying neural circuit mechanisms, the course aims at training talented and highly motivated students and postdoctoral fellows from Asia and around the world. We welcome both applicants with quantitative backgrounds (including Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science) and those with experimental backgrounds. The lectures will introduce the basic concepts and methods, as well as cutting-edge research on higher brain functions such as decision-making, attention, learning and memory. Modeling will be taught at multiple levels, ranging from single neuron computation and microcircuits up to large-scale systems and machine-learning approaches. Python-based programming labs coordinated with the lectures will provide practical training in important computational methods.

Invited lecturers include (Lecturer, Affiliation, Country/Region):

Carlos Brody, Princeton University, USA
Bob Desimone, MIT, USA
Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Winrich Freiwald, Rockefeller University, USA
Biyu He, New York University, USA
Sukbin Lim, NYU Shanghai, CHINA
John Murray, Yale University, USA
Jascha Sohl-Dickstein, Google Brain, USA
Jonathan Winawer, New York University, USA
Byron Yu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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 REGULAR PRICING (INCLUDING TUITION, BOARD AND LODGING): 1950 USD  

Please note stipends are available to offset tuition costs.
No payment is due until the selection decisions are made but any applicant requiring support should request this in writing during the online application.
The admissions process is need-blind, your financial situation will not be considered before admission decisions are made.