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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">[All details about this school can be found online at
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo is excited to announce our 8th annual
Nengo summer school on large-scale brain modelling and neuromorphic computing. This two-week school will teach participants to use the Nengo simulation package to build state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models to run both in simulation and on neuromorphic
hardware. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">Summer school</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">participants
will be given on-site access to neuromorphic hardware</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0"> and will learn to run high-level applications using Nengo! More generally, Nengo provides users with a versatile
and powerful environment for designing cognitive and neural systems and has been used to build what is currently the world's largest functional brain model, Spaun, which includes spiking deep learning, reinforcement learning, adaptive motor control, and cognitive
control networks. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">For a look at the last in-person summer school, check out this short video:
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">We welcome applications from all interested graduate students, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals
with a relevant background.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">***Application Deadline: March 15, 2023***</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">Format</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">:
A combination of tutorials and project-based work. Participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for projects, which may focus on testing hypotheses, modeling neural or cognitive data, implementing specific behavioural functions with neurons, expanding
past models, or providing a proof-of-concept of various neural mechanisms. Hands-on tutorials, work on individual or group projects, and talks from invited faculty members will make up the bulk of day-to-day activities. A project demonstration event will be
held on the last day of the school, with prizes for strong projects!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">build perceptual, motor, and sophisticated cognitive models using spiking neurons</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">model anatomical, electrophysiological, cognitive, and behavioural data</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">use a variety of single cell models within a large-scale model
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">integrate machine learning methods into biologically oriented models</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">interface Nengo with cameras and robotic systems</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">implement modern nonlinear control methods in neural models</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="ContentPasted0">and much more…</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">Date and Location</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">:
June 4th to June 16th, 2023 at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-weight:700" class="ContentPasted0">Applications</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">:
Please visit </span><a href="http://www.nengo.ai/summer-school" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">http://www.nengo.ai/summer-school</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">,
where you can find more information regarding costs, travel, lodging, along with an application form listing required materials.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">If you have any questions about the school or the application process, please contact Michael Furlong (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc" class="ContentPasted0">michael.furlong@uwaterloo.ca</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">).
The school is also partly supported by ONR and ABR, Inc. We look forward to hearing from you!</span>
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