Events - 2015

Monday, December 14, 2015 — 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST

Waterloo This-Idea-Must-Die Day

The University of Waterloo Cognitive Science program examines what concepts and theories are blocking progress in understanding mind, brain and intelligence?

Presenters:

1. Autism as Disability, Brian Cozzarin, Management Sciences

2. Character Trait, Igor Grossmann, Psychology

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EST

Colloquium Series 2015-2016

Quincy Almeida
Wilfrid Laurier University

Parkinson’s Disease: Sensorimotor Transformations through a Degenerating Circuit

Friday, November 20, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EST

Colloquium Series 2015-2016

Paul Cisek
University of Montréal

The Neural Dynamics of Dynamic Decisions

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT

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Stefan Köhler
Western University

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 — 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT

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Mriganka Sur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The Functional Logic of Cortical Circuits

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 — 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT

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Steve Furber
University of Manchester

The SpiNNaker Project

Sunday, June 7, 2015 (all day) to Friday, June 19, 2015 (all day)

The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo is holding their second annual summer school on large-scale brain modelling. The two-week school will teach participants how to use the Nengo simulation package to build state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 — 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EDT