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.
Steve Furber
University of Manchester
The SpiNNaker Project
Mriganka Sur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The Functional Logic of Cortical Circuits
Stefan Köhler
Western University
Paul Cisek
University of Montréal
The Neural Dynamics of Dynamic Decisions
Quincy Almeida
Wilfrid Laurier University
Parkinson’s Disease: Sensorimotor Transformations through a Degenerating Circuit
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
Michael Barnett-Cowan
University of Waterloo
Gravity's Fundamental Role for Perception and Action
Zoran Tiganj
Boston University
Memory Across Scales: Integrating Computational Models and Electrophysiological Data