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SMILES workshop call for abstracts

by Xavier Hinaut

The SMILES (Sensorimotor Interaction, Language and Embodiment of Symbols) Workshop will take place both on site and virtually at the ICDL 2022 (International Conference on Developmental Learning). * Call for abstracts : - Deadline: July 18th - Abstracts call: from 1/2 page to 2 pages (onsite and virtual participation are possible) - Abstract format: same as ICDL conference https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html - Submissions: smiles.conf(a)gmail.com + indicate if you will be onsite or online - Workshop dates: September 12, 2022 - Venue onsite: Queen Mary University of London, UK. - Venue online: via Zoom and Discord group. Accepted abstract will be asked to make a short video or poster for the workshop. * Workshop Short Description On the one hand, models of sensorimotor interaction are embodied in the environment and in the interaction with other agents. On the other hand, recent Deep Learning development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) models allow to capture increasing language complexity (e.g. compositional representations, word embedding, long term dependencies). However, those NLP models are disembodied in the sense that they are learned from static datasets of text or speech. How can we bridge the gap from low-level sensorimotor interaction to high-level compositional symbolic communication? The SMILES workshop will address this issue through an interdisciplinary approach involving researchers from (but not limited to): - Sensori-motor learning, - Symbol grounding and symbol emergence, - Emergent communication in multi-agent systems, - Chunking of perceptuo-motor gestures (gestures in a general sense: motor, vocal, ...), - Compositional representations for communication and action sequence, - Hierarchical representations of temporal information, - Language processing and language acquisition in brains and machines, - Models of animal communication, - Understanding composition and temporal processing in neural network models, and - Enaction, active perception, perception-action loop. * More info - contact: smiles.conf(a)gmail.com - organizers: Xavier Hinaut, Clément Moulin-Frier, Silvia Pagliarini, Joni Zhong, Michael Spranger, Tadahiro Taniguchi, Anne Warlaumont. - invited speakers (coming soon) - workshop website (updated regularly): https://sites.google.com/view/smiles-workshop/ - ICDL conference website: https://icdl2022.qmul.ac.uk/ Xavier Hinaut Inria Research Scientist www.xavierhinaut.com <http://www.xavierhinaut.com/> -- +33 5 33 51 48 01 Mnemosyne team, Inria, Bordeaux, France -- https://team.inria.fr/mnemosyne <https://team.inria.fr/mnemosyne> & LaBRI, Bordeaux University -- https://www4.labri.fr/en/formal-methods-and-models <https://www4.labri.fr/en/formal-methods-and-models> & IMN (Neurodegeneratives Diseases Institute) -- http://www.imn-bordeaux.org/en <http://www.imn-bordeaux.org/en> --- Our new release of Reservoir Computing library: https://github.com/reservoirpy/reservoirpy <https://github.com/reservoirpy/reservoirpy>

July 3, 2022

2022 SPARC FAIR Codeathon (prize pool of US$50,000)

by Elisabetta Iavarone

Dear colleagues, we are looking for exciting projects which use SPARC data <https://sparc.science/data?type=dataset> and/or SPARC tools and resources <https://sparc.science/data?type=sparcPartners&developedBySparc=true&skip=0> for the peripheral nervous system in novel ways, particularly in enhancing, demonstrating, or measuring the findability, accessibility, interoperability, or reusability (FAIR) of the data. *Total prize pool of US$50,000* -- including cash prizes and manuscript publication fees. Project selection has begun, but it’s not too late to suggest a novel topic for consideration. The Codeathon will take place virtually, on 6-8 August. You can find more information on the SPARC codeathon page <https://sparc.science/help/2022-sparc-fair-codeathon>. Codeathon projects should result in code, tools, datasets, or other outputs which are open and freely available. Some coding experience is beneficial, but not necessary, as part of the project involves writing exhaustive documentation of your code and the aim of your project. Examples of projects from earlier codeathons are available on GitHub <https://github.com/SPARC-FAIR-Codeathon>, and here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OG3I0Oy1HivQNKOipNOZazFYCFVsSSn4Qe_EpSc…> you can find more ideas, such as: - Quantitative Analysis of Image Data - Visualizing experimental protocols - Create a short course on data science using Jupyter Notebook and the SPARC Portal <https://sparc.science/> - Embed o²S²PARC <https://docs.osparc.io/#/> modelling and simulation functionality within the SPARC Portal <https://sparc.science/> Participation in the codeathon is free and you only need access to your own computer and reliable internet connection to work with your team. We are looking forward to receiving your proposals. Best, Elisabetta (on behalf of the organizing committee)

July 1, 2022

Fully-funded PhD and PostDoc position (4 years) in Machine / Deep Learning in Translational Psychiatry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

by Kerstin Ritter

Dear all, we offer one PostDoc position (4 years, 100%) and one PhD position (4 years, 75%) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin (Berlin, Germany) in Machine / Deep Learning in Translational Psychiatry in a newly established Research Unit 5187 "Precision Psychotherapy" (headed by Prof. Ulrike Lüken). Please see the job advertisements below. Please forward to potential candidates. Thanks, and best wishes, Kerstin (Ritter) ______________________________________________________________ Explainable Machine Learning / Deep Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging and Translational Psychiatry 1) PostDoc position (starting date: autumn 2022, 4 years; 100 %) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin (Berlin, Germany) At Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, we are looking for a motivated and highly qualified PostDoc for methods development at the intersection of explainable machine learning / deep learning and clinical neuroimaging / translational psychiatry. The position will be located in the research groups of Prof. Kerstin Ritter and Prof. John-Dylan Haynes at Charité Berlin. The main task will be to predict response to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in retrospective data and a prospective cohort of patients with internalizing disorders including depression and anxiety from a complex, multimodal data set comprising tabular data as well as imaging data (e.g., clinical data, smartphone data, EEG, structural and functional MRI data). An additional task will be to contribute to the organization and maintenance of the prospective cohort. This study will be one of several projects in the newly established Research Unit 5187 "Precision Psychotherapy" (headed by Prof. Ulrike Lüken). Requirements for the Postdoc: - Excellent master and PhD degree in relevant field (e.g. computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, computational neuroscience or related). - Excellent methodological skills (esp. machine learning, deep learning, explainable AI, medical image analysis) - Excellent programming skills in python - Excellent writing and communication skills (in English) - Strong interest in neuroscientific and psychiatric research 2) PhD position (starting date: autumn 2022, 4 years; 75 %) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin (Berlin, Germany) At Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, we are looking for a motivated and highly qualified PhD student for analyzing structural and functional MRI data in patients with internalizing disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety) using machine learning methods. An additional task will be the acquisition of fMRI data together with other PhD students in the newly established Research Unit 5187 "Precision Psychotherapy" (headed by Prof. Ulrike Lüken). The PhD student will be supervised by Prof. Kerstin Ritter, Prof. Ulrike Lüken and Prof. Norbert Kathmann. Requirements for the PhD student: - Excellent master in relevant field (e.g. computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, computational neuroscience or related). - Very good methodological skills (esp. machine learning, deep learning, statistics, neuroimaging) - Very good programming skills in python - Excellent writing and communication skills (in English and German) - Strong interest in neuroscientific and psychiatric research Please send your application (motivation+CV+references) in one pdf-file (in English or German) asap to: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Ritter Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Sauerbruchweg 4, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin E-Mail: kerstin.ritter(a)charite.de Webpage: https://psychiatrie-psychotherapie.charite.de/en/research/translation_and_n…

July 1, 2022

NEURON School on basic Computational Neuroscience 12-16 September 2022 ITALY

by Sergio Solinas

**Apologies for cross-posting** [All details about this school can be found online at The NEURON School < https://www.neuronschool.org/>] The organisers are excited to announce the third edition of The NEURON School on Computational Neuroscience. This *one-week* school will introduce the basic use of the simulation environment NEURON and related software to build brain models from experiments to their applications. - The school will provide basic notions on experimental methods to extract and process morphological and electrophysiological data targeting their use to build computational models of single neurons and neuronal networks. - The school will cover how these models can be constructed based on the principles of biological tissue electrophysiology. We welcome applications from full graduate, PhD students, and PostDocs in a variety of fields from biology, neurobiology and psychology, to physics, engineering, and mathematics, and industry professionals with a relevant background. Applicants are expected to have a good background in their discipline, an interest in neuroscience, and some knowledge (even basic) of computer programming. We will soon post updates and a flyer about the school organisation. *Format*: Morning tutorials will be complemented with Afternoon coding sessions and Evening discussions promoted by presentations of Senior Scientists. *Date and Location:* September 12th to September 16st, 2020 at the Pula Research Centre < https://www.sardegnaricerche.it/index.php?xsl=376&s=13&v=9&c=3874&nc=1> within the Science and Technology Park of Sardinia, Cagliari - Sardinia (ITALY). Application Deadline: 15 August 2022 *Applications*: Please visit https://www.neuronschool.org/ where you can find more information regarding costs, travel, and lodging. If you have any questions about the school or the application process, please contact smgsolinas(a)uniss.it or enrico(a)uniss.it We look forward to your registration and to welcoming you to the Pula Research Centre!

June 30, 2022

[JOBS] PhD @ Italian Institute of Technology, Ferrara

by Alessandro D'Ausilio

PHD PROGRAM in TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCES AND NEUROTECHNOLOGIES The Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC) @ Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), jointly with the University of Ferrara, are opening up to 8 PhD positions starting in November 1st, 2022. Research areas: - Improving performance and biocompatibility of electrode arrays for brain-computer interfaces - Organic neuroelectronics for multimodal recordings and stimulation of the brain in vivo - Hardware and software development for innovative exploration of brain signals - Machine learning applications to multimodal brain and speech signals - Investigation of sensorimotor functions in animal models - Cortical recordings in human patients during awake Neurosurgery - Human non-invasive neurophysiology of speech and sensorimotor communication by means of TMS, EEG, EMG and MoCap Who: physicists, computer scientists, biomedical/electrical engineers, biologists, biotechnologist, medical doctors and experimental psychologists eager to work in an international and multidisciplinary team. Where: The CTNSC (https://www.iit.it/it/ctnsc-unife <https://www.iit.it/it/ctnsc-unife>) is hosted by the University of Ferrara (UNIFE) in a prestigious historical building in the city center. Ferrara is a well connected renaissance city (30-min to Bologna, 40-min to Padua, 60-min to Venice; 2 nearby international airports), bustling with students (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733 <https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733>). General INFO: http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/it/corsi/riforma/neuroscience <http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/it/corsi/riforma/neuroscience> Application INFO: http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/concorsi/selection <http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/concorsi/selection> Application website: https://pica.cineca.it/unife/dottorati-38-ntn/ <https://pica.cineca.it/unife/dottorati-38-ntn/> DEADLINE: July 25rd, 2022

June 30, 2022

Workshop on State of the Art Methods for Brain Data Analysis

by Dimitris Pinotsis

State of the Art Methods for Brain Data Analysis- A workshop for computational, theoretical and cognitive neuroscientists taking place on July 6 at City— Universıty of London This hybrid workshop will discuss the state of the art methods in brain imaging and how they inform our understanding of the neural basis of behaviour and cognition. It will be of interest to computational and cognitive neuroscientists who are keen on brain imaging, computational psychiatry and network-level dynamics. Speakers: - John Ashburner, UCL - Aldo Faisal, Imperial - Gene Fridman, Johns Hopkins - Alan Jasanoff, MIT - Marcus Kaiser, Nottingham - Mark Woolrich, Oxford Hybrid format (f2f and online) July 6th, 2022 09:50 - 17:00 B200 Lecture Theatre, University Building, 2nd Floor, City, University of London Read more here: About | Brain Data Analysis (braindatanalysis.wixsite.com) Registration is free. To register, please fill in this form: . For any questions, please email braindatanalysis(a)gmail.com

June 28, 2022

2022 Western-Fields School in Networks and Neuroscience

by Lyle Muller

Applications are invited for a one-week school at the interface of mathematics and neuroscience. With similar scope as the 2021 joint seminar series<http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/21-22/western-fields>, the Western-Fields Summer School in Networks and Neuroscience<https://uwo.ca/academy/themes/neural_networks/2022_western_fields_school.ht…> will bring together advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs for a week of training in methods for networks, dynamics, learning, and modeling biological neural networks. Lectures will cover graph theory, network dynamics, advanced algebra, and machine learning. Students will receive intensive training ranging from an introduction to advanced methods in these fields. This summer school will be held September 19-23 on the campus of Western University (London, Ontario), with a closing session at the Fields Institute (Toronto, Ontario). Applications should consist of CV and one-page statement of interest, submitted as a single PDF file to Lyle Muller (lmuller2(a)uwo.ca<mailto:lmuller2@uwo.ca>) and Ján Mináč (minac(a)uwo.ca<mailto:minac@uwo.ca>). Review of applications will begin on 6 July 2022. Our team is committed to fostering diversity in mathematics and neuroscience, and a goal of this summer school is to encourage diverse candidates with quantitative training to consider problems in this growing field. Any interested applicants can write to the teaching team with questions about the program. -- Lyle Muller http://mullerlab.ca<http://mullerlab.ca/>

June 27, 2022

2022 Western Academy for Advanced Research Postdoctoral Competition

by Lyle Muller

The Western Academy for Advanced Research<https://uwo.ca/academy/index.html> is launching a competition for highly motivated postdoctoral researchers<https://uwo.ca/academy/themes/neural_networks/2022_postdoctoral_competition…> at the interface of mathematical modeling and neuroscience. Successful candidates will join a new, research-intensive program at Western University. The Western Academy’s opening Theme will develop connections between mathematics and neuroscience, leveraging mathematical approaches to answer open questions in neuroscience. Motivated postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to submit application materials, including a CV, short research statement, and contact information for three academic references, to Lyle Muller (lmuller2(a)uwo.ca<mailto:lmuller2@uwo.ca>) and Ján Mináč (minac(a)uwo.ca<mailto:minac@uwo.ca>). Postdocs will receive competitive stipends and support for their academic careers. Review of applications will begin 15 July 2022. Both our group and the University are deeply committed to fostering diversity in the sciences. Applications from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged, and any interested applicants can write the PIs directly with questions about the research environment. -- Lyle Muller http://mullerlab.ca

June 27, 2022

Fully-funded PhD project on networks in Mark Humphries’ lab, University of Nottingham (Oct 2022 start)

by Mark Humphries

A fully-funded 3.5 year PhD project is available in the Mark Humphries’ lab at the University of Nottingham, UK. Broad classes of network models, like small-world networks and scale-free networks, have taught us much about the world. But we suspect a major class of networks has been missed. This project will introduce and explore a new class of model weighted networks, “divergent” networks, in which the structure described by the links and their weights do not match. Most theoretical work on weighted networks assumes that they do, so little is known about the properties of these divergent networks. We will close that gap by quantifying the existence and extent of divergence in a range of real-world networks, including brain connectomes at both single neuron and inter-area level; by creating generative models for these networks; and by exploring how divergence alters a network’s dynamics across a range of dynamical systems implemented on the nodes, including neural models. The student will be joining the Humphries lab (https://www.humphries-lab.org/) who draw on network theory and dynamical systems approaches to understand neural coding and computations. They will also be co-supervised by Prof Stephen Coombes (School of Maths), an expert in dynamics on networks. Suggested reading: Humphries, M. D., Caballero, J. A.*, Evans, M.*, Maggi, S.* & Singh, A.* (2021) Spectral estimation for detecting low-dimensional structure in networks using arbitrary null models. PLoS ONE, 16(7): e0254057. Enquiries: mark.humphries(a)nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:mark.humphries@nottingham.ac.uk> (send a CV with queries please) Application deadline: July 29th 2022 Further details, and how to apply: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/divergent-networks-a-new-class-of-com… Funding information: EPSRC DTP studentship, 3.5 years duration. Start: October 2022 Studentship will pay Home (UK) University tuition fees (minimum £4,596 per year) and a minimum stipend of £16,062 per year for your living costs. International students are welcome to apply, but note the studentship does not cover international tuition fees (currently £26,000 per year). Professor Mark Humphries | Professor of Computational Neuroscience My book "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds" is out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook! https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195889/the-spike Lab: humphries-lab.org<https://www.humphries-lab.org/> Twitter: @markdhumphries Public blog: https://medium.com/the-spike This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.

June 26, 2022

Tutorial and Workshop on Neuron-Glial Interactions at the CNS*2022 (Melbourne, Australia)

by De Pitta, Maurizio

Dear colleagues, Please mark them on your calendar. Share and disseminate into your networks. We are organizing a Tutorial and a Workshop on Computational Methods and Models of Neuron-Glial interactions, at the forthcoming Annual Meeting of the Organization of Computational Neurosciences (CNS*2022), in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Both events will be in person. ***Tutorial on Models of Neuron-Glial Interactions*** Melbourne Convention and Exposition Center (MCEC) July 16, 2022; 9AM -- 6.15PM Session 1 (morning): Oligodendrocyte modeling Daniel Park, Afroditi Talidou, Jeremie Lefebvre (University of Ottawa, Canada) Session 2 (morning): Astrocytic Calcium modeling Hugues Berry (INRIA Lyon, France) Session 3 (afternoon): Tripartite synapses and neuron-glial networks Maurizio De Pitta (Krembil Research Institute, Canada) Session 4 (afternoon): Ionostasis at the tripartite synapses Marinus Toman, Liam McDaid (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK) Please visit the Tutorial Website for more info: https://sites.google.com/view/cns2022-tutorial-on-modeling-n/home ***Workshop on Emerging Perspectives and Models on Neuron-Glial Interactions*** Melbourne Convention and Exposition Center (MCEC) July 19, 2022; 2PM -- 6PM July 20, 2022; 8:30AM -- 7:30PM Day 1: Hugues Berry, INRIA Lyon, France Corrado Cali, University of Turin, Italy David Gonsalvez, Monash University, Australia Leonid Savtchenko, University College London, The United Kingdom Tanya Tchumatchenko, University of Mainz Medical Center, Germany Day 2: Maurizio De Pittà, Krembil Research Institute, Canada Adi Doron, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Jeremie Lefebvre, University of Ottawa, Canada Liam McDaid, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, The United Kingdom Ciaran Murphy-Royal, Université de Montréal, Canada Marlene Hao, The University of Melbourne, Australia Daniela Pietrobon, University of Padua, Italy Christine R. Rose, Heinrich Heine University, Germany Annalisa Scimemi, State University of New York at Albany, USA Please visit the Workshop Website for more info: https://sites.google.com/view/cns22-ngi-iworkshop/home To attend the Tutorial and the Workshop, Registration through the CNS*2022 is required: https://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2022-registration-fees We are looking forward to seeing you in Melbourne. Thank you for your consideration. Maurizio ----- Maurizio DE PITTA Principal Investigator Neuron-Glia Interactions Lab (NGILab) Krembil Research Institute, 4KD-509 60 Leonard Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 0S8, CA +1.416.603.5800 ext. 3290 This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Opinions, conclusions or other information contained in this e-mail may not be that of the organization. If you feel you have received an email from UHN of a commercial nature and would like to be removed from the sender's mailing list please do one of the following: (1) Follow any unsubscribe process the sender has included in their email (2) Where no unsubscribe process has been included, reply to the sender and type "unsubscribe" in the subject line. If you require additional information please go to our UHN Newsletters and Mailing Lists page. Please note that we are unable to automatically unsubscribe individuals from all UHN mailing lists. Patient Consent for Email: UHN patients may provide their consent to communicate with UHN about their care using email. All electronic communication carries some risk. Please visit our website here<https://www.uhn.ca/PatientsFamilies/Patient_Safety_Advocacy/Privacy/Documen…> to learn about the risks of electronic communication and how to protect your privacy. You may withdraw your consent to receive emails from UHN at any time. Please contact your care provider, if you do not wish to receive emails from UHN.

June 24, 2022

Reminder: Free online CNS*2022 satellite tutorials: June 27--July 1

by Ankur Sinha

Dear all, Apologies for the cross-posts. A final reminder of next week's CNS*2022 free online satellite tutorials (from June 27--July 1): https://ocns.github.io/SoftwareWG/pages/software-wg-satellite-tutorials-at-… Free registration remains open at: https://framaforms.org/incfocns-software-wg-cns2022-satellite-tutorials-reg… To prevent spam/zoom crashing, links to zoom meetings for the tutorial sessions will be limited to registrants only. Therefore, while registration is free, it is required. The satellite tutorials feature sessions on: - Arbor - Brian2 - Introduction to containers - EBRAINS - GeNN - Keras/TensorFlow - LFPy - MOOSE - Neo + Elephant - NEST - NetPyNE - NeuroLib - NeuroML - NEURON - OSBv2 - RateML Please spread the word, and we look forward to seeing you there! -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London

June 23, 2022

Research assistant position in systems neuroscience (sleep and memory). Florida, USA

by Carmen Varela

Hi, We have an opening for a research assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Carmen Varela (Psychology Department, Florida Atlantic University; https://www.varelalab.org/) to investigate sleep oscillations that correlate with memory consolidation and sleep quality. Sleep disruption is a common symptom of neurodegenerative and mental disorders and is thought to be linked to their progression. Thalamocortical activity during sleep is critical for the contribution of sleep to memory consolidation, but it is not clear what oscillatory and cellular activity patterns relate to sleep quality and memory consolidation. The candidate will assist with administrative and scientific aspects of this project, using rats to investigate the patterns of thalamic activity that promote healthy sleep function and memory consolidation. More generally, the lab uses state-of-the-art techniques to investigate the neural network mechanisms of cognitive behavior, with a focus on learning and memory and on the role of the neuronal circuits formed by the thalamus. *Keywords*: behaving rodent extracellular electrophysiology, sleep oscillations, learning and memory. Start date September 2022 (some flexibility). **** Requirements **** Interested candidates please send your curriculum and a brief description of your research interests to carmenv.work(a)gmail.com We are looking for team-oriented candidates, ideally with prior experience in rodent behavior. Candidates selected for an interview will be asked to provide contact information for two references. **** What you get **** · Work on exciting and impactful projects to understand the contribution of thalamic activity to sleep and memory. · Develop research skills using state-of-the-art systems neuroscience methods in rodents. · Mentorship, supportive lab environment, in a rapidly growing neuroscience campus. *Location**:* The Varela laboratory is located in FAU’s Jupiter campus, a rapidly growing neuroscience hub, which also hosts our partners the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Research Institute. FAU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status or any other characteristic protected by law. Best, Carmen Varela, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychology Department Florida Atlantic University MC-19, room 106 Jupiter, FL 33458

June 23, 2022

Registration for the Bernstein Conference now open

by Bernstein Communication

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear colleagues, the registration for the Bernstein Conference 2022 (Sept 13-16, 2022) is now open. Register before July 24, 2022 to benefit from the Early Bird rate. Members of the Bernstein Network receive an additional discount. Register here: https://bit.ly/BC22_reg To foster the delightfully high participation of young scientists, we have travel grants available for students, doctoral candidates and Postdoc members of the Bernstein Network: Learn more here: https://bit.ly/BC_TravelGrants -- Each year the Bernstein Network invites the international computational neuroscience community to the annual Bernstein Conference for intensive scientific exchange. It has established itself as one of the most renown conferences worldwide in this field, attracting students, postdocs and PIs from around the world to meet and discuss new scientific discoveries. In 2022, the Bernstein Conference will take place as in-person meeting again in Berlin. Talks of the Main Conference are going to be livestreamed, given speakers consent. Find more information at https://bernstein-network.de/en/bernstein-conference/ ____ IMPORTANT DATES * Bernstein Conference: September 13 - 16, 2022 * Deadline for abstract submission: July 18, 2022 * Early Bird registration: July 24, 2022 * Late registration: August 28, 2022 * Onsite registration possible ____ ABSTRACTS We invite the computational neuroscience community to submit their abstracts: Submitted abstracts can either be considered as contributed talks or posters. All accepted abstracts will be published online and will be citable via Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). Further information can be found here: https://bit.ly/BC_submission ____ INVITED SPEAKERS Keynote Sonja Hofer (University College London, UK) Invited Talks Bing Brunton (University of Washington, USA) Christine Constantinople (New York University, USA) Carina Curto (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Liset M de la Prida (Instituto Cajal, Spain) Juan Alvaro Gallego (Imperial College London, UK) Mehrdad Jazayeri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Gaby Maimon (The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) Andrew Saxe (University College London, UK) Henning Sprekeler (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Carsen Stringer (Janelia Research Campus, USA) ____ CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (Conference Chair) Christian Machens (Program Chair) Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Program Vice Chair) Moritz Helias (Workshop Chair) Anna Levina (Workshop Vice Chair) & Megan Carey, Brent Doiron, Tatiana Engel, Ann Hermundstad, Christian Leibold, Timothy O'Leary, Srdjan Ostojic, Cristina Savin, Mark van Rossum, Friedemann Zenke. ____ For any further questions, please contact: bernstein.conference(a)fz-juelich.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht, Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neugierige sind herzlich willkommen am Sonntag, den 21. August 2022, von 10:00 bis 17:00 Uhr. Mehr unter: https://www.tagderneugier.de

June 23, 2022

EITN School in Computational Neuroscience (Fall 2022, Paris): application extended to 30 June

by Zélie Tournoud

Dear everyone, I am pleased to share that application period to EITN School in Computational Neuroscience has been extended by one week, and will now run until 30 June 2022. This training is taking place from 21 to 30 September 2022 in Paris, France. Application (CV + Motivation letter) are to be sent at eitn(a)neuro-psi.fr . More information below. Thank you and have an excellent day, *Zélie Tournoud*/// EITN Communication manager/ *European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN)* UMR 9197 – *NeuroPSI*(Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay) CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay Centre CEA Paris-Saclay Bâtiment 151 91400 Saclay https://www.eitn.org <https://www.eitn.org> __________ * * EITN School in Computational Neuroscience, 2022 session EITN School in Computational Neuroscience is an intensive computational neuroscience training aimed at neuroscience students and early-career researchers. It is supported by the Human Brain Project and is an oppotunity to learn from researchers from all over Europe. The 2022 edition will take place from *21 to 30 September 2022* in Paris, France. Attendance is selective as seats are limited. *Applications are open until 30 June 2022.* *Information : https://eitnschool2022.sciencesconf.org* Organizers: Sacha Van Albada (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Albert Gidon (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Hermann Cuntz (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Ernst Strüngmann Institute), Alain Destexhe (CNRS), Matteo di Volo (Cergy Université), Spase Petkoski (Aix-Marseille Université), Gorka Zamora-Lopez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Faculty: Nicolas Brunel Hermann Cuntz Gustavo Deco Alain Destexhe Matteo di Volo Albert Gidon Jennifer Goldman Moritz Helias Viktor Jirsa Maurizio Mattia Spase Petkoski Sacha Van Albada Gorka Zamora-Lopez Damien Depannemaecker Domenico Guarino Jorge Mejias Kirsten Fischer Michael Dick Renan Shimoura András Ecker Athanasia Paputzi Marja-Leena Linne Gaute Einevoll To be completed Who is this training for? * Neuroscience (and related fields) students and related * Post-doctoral/early-career researchers Why join? * 10 days of intensive training in computational neuroscience provided by researchers from all over Europe * Small scale event: get to connect! * A complete program: o Cellular models, and models of brain signals o Circuit models and networks o Mean-field models o Whole-brain models * Hands-on learning schedule based on: o Morning classes and tutorials o Group projects in the afternoon o Free time in the evenings to visit Paris How to apply? This training has a limited capacity of 20 students, therefore a selection will be performed by a scientific organizing committee. Applications are open until 23 June 2022. *Send your application by including a resume (CV) and cover letter (explaining motivations t**o join) by email at **eitn(a)neuro-psi.fr**.* You will receive a confirmation your application has be received within 5 working days or on the day application period closes (whichever comes the soonest). If not, please consider a technical issue and submit your application again. Contact eitn(a)neuro-psi.fr for any question or assistance. Selection criteria include: * Working or studying in neuroscience or related * Experience in python programming would help * Priority is given to PhD students as the primary target of this training, although Master students and post-docs are welcome to apply Practical information: * If selected, registration fee to attend the training is 400€. * If selected, you will need to bring your own laptop with a few pre-installed programs. * The tuition fee includes lunch, coffee, access to conference facilities and internet connection during the course days (Sunday not included). Location: Institut Supérieur Clorivière, 119 Bd Diderot, 75012 Paris.

June 22, 2022

Reminder registration deadline: FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" (Jul 7-8, 2022, in Paris and online)

by von Behren, Christina

Dear all, The deadline for registration for the FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" to be held in Paris and online on July 7-8 is fast approaching. Registration is free but mandatory, please see below and register by tomorrow, June 23. We are very much looking forward to meeting you in Paris and/or online! FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" (July 7-8, 2022, Paris and online) The FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" will present exciting lines of research into neural circuit evolution from paleobiology to computational neuroscience and to the molecular and genetic generation of neuro-behavioral diversity. Organized by the German Research Foundation Priority Program "Evolutionary Optimization of Neuronal Processing"<https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/618311.html>, the symposium is designed to make the full spectrum of progress in neural circuit evolution accessible to a wide neuroscience audience. We aim to build bridges between computational, experimental, and paleobiological research approaches, and to foster integrative studies of neural circuit evolution. On July 7 the event starts with an online poster session. On July 8 there are exciting talks on the program, e.g. by Mitya Chklovskii (Flatiron Institute, New York, USA), Maude Baldwin (MPI Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen, Germany), and Lucia Prieto Godino (Francis Crick Institute, London, UK). The symposium is designed as a hybrid event. Registration will be open until June 23, 2022. For further information on program and registration see https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/660201.html

June 22, 2022

International Symposium on AI and Brain Science 2022: Registration deadlines June 23 on-site and June 30 online

by Kenji Doya

The registration deadline for the International Symposium on AI and Brain Science 2022 is June 23 for on-site and June 30 for online participation. http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2022/ The symposium is held on July 4th and 5th at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in a hybrid format as a satellite event for Neuro2022: https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/ Tentative Program: time in JST=GMT+9 <Monday July 4th> 9:00 Registration 9:40 Opening: Kenji Doya 10:00-12:00 Session 1: AI for Brain Science Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Unit) Angela Langdon (NIMH) Xiao-Jing Wang (NYU) Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute) 12:00-14:00 Lunch and Poster Session 14:00-16:00 Session 2: Biological and robotic motor control Chair: Hiroaki Gomi Tetsuya Ogata (Waseda U) Tom Macpherson (Osaka U) Jun Izawa (Tsukuba U) Rieko Osu (Waseda U) 16:30-18:30 Session 3: Brain-inspired AI Jun Tani (OIST) Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN AIP) Yutaka Matsuo (U Tokyo) Aida Nematzadeh (DeepMind) <Tuesday July 5th> 10:00-12:00 Session 4: AI, Brain, and Society Ryota Kanai (ARAYA) Yoshua Bengio (U Montreal) Ai Koizumi (Sony CSL) Patricia Churchland (Salk Institute) 12:00-13:00 Lunch and Poster Session 13:00-15:00 Session 5: Natural and artificial consciousness Chair: Naotsugu Tsuchiya Hideaki Shimazaki (Hokkaido U) Keisuke Suzuki (Hokkaido U) Makiko Yamada (QST) Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan U) 15:30-17:30 Session 6: Unifying models of cognition Chair: Tadahiro Taniguchi Misako Komatsu (Tokyo Tech) Karl Friston (UCL) Yuichi Yamashita (NCNP) Matthew Botvinick (DeepMind) 17:30-18:00 General Discussion - Closing Co-organizers: Kenji Doya (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) Karl Friston (University College London) Hiroaki Gomi (NTT Communication Science Laboratories) Takao Hensch (The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence) Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit) Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project) Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan University) Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University) Secretariat: Neural Computation Unit, OIST: ncus(a)oist.jp<mailto:ncus@oist.jp> ---- Kenji Doya <doya(a)oist.jp<mailto:doya@oist.jp>> Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan Phone: +81-98-966-8594; Fax: +81-98-966-2891 https://groups.oist.jp/ncu

June 21, 2022

how can we improve model discovery?

by McDougal, Robert

For over 25 years, ModelDB (modeldb.yale.edu<http://modeldb.yale.edu>) has provided a model sharing and discovery service for the computational neuroscience community. We’re in the process of revising our website, and we’d like to make sure we address the evolving needs and expectations of the community. Personally, I’m interested in making it easier to do analysis across the collection of models. What about you? Whatever your career stage is, please help ModelDB help you by filling out a brief survey: https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EkPlMkOUDV5xgW Thanks for your help, Robert McDougal ModelDB

June 19, 2022

Call for Papers: Mathematics of Neuroscience Symposium, Crete, Greece, 24-25th September 2022

by Ruairidh McLennan Battleday

------------------ Symposium on the Mathematics of Neuroscience. Crete, Greece, 24-25th September 2022 (www.neuromonster.org) Two decades into the 21st century, can we claim to be any closer to a unified model of the brain? In this exploratory symposium, we invite submissions for short talks and posters presenting general mathematical models of brain function. We give priority to those models that account for brain or behavioural data, or provide simulations to that effect. This year’s theme is life-long learning and discovery. Keynote Speakers Professor Peter Dayan (Director, Department of Computational Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen) “Learning from scratch: Non-parametric models of task acquisition over the long run” Professor Andrew Adamatzky (Director, Unconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England) “Fungal Brain” Symposium Chairs Professor Dan V. Nicolau (King’s College London) Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Princeton University) Invited Talks Professor Kobi Kremnitzer (University of Oxford) Professor Marc Howard (Boston University) Professor Kevin Burrage (Queensland University of Technology) Professor Rahul Bhui (MIT) Dr Jonathan Mason (University of Oxford) Dr James Whittington (University of Oxford / Stanford) Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton University) Dr Sophia Sanborn (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, University of British Columbia) Dr Christina Merrick (UC San Francisco) Dr Timothy Muller (UCL) Prize Talks Dr Aenne Brielmann (Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) Andrew Ligeralde (Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley) The symposium will be held virtually or in-person on the island of Crete, Greece from the 24-25th of September 2022 (www.neuromonster.org) Submission is by 250-word abstract before the 23rd July 2022, emailed to the organizers Professor Dan V. Nicolau Jr (dan.nicolau(a)kcl.ac.uk) and Dr Ruairidh M. Battleday (battleday(a)princeton.edu) ------------------

June 17, 2022

ASTROTECH PhD Position on Ion diffusion in the Neuron-glial vascular unit @BCAM (Spain) [Immediate hiring]

by Maurizio De Pitta

Dear colleagues, Please share and disseminate into your networks, department, and Institute. The Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), located in Bilbao (Spain), is recruiting a Ph.D. student for a 3-year project in Computational Neurobiology within the framework of the H2020 ASTROTECH International Training Network (http://www.astrotechproject.eu/) The student will be based in Bilbao (Spain) and enroll in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Basque Country. They will work under my supervision and that of Christophe Bernard (Aix-Marseille University, France). The project revolves around modeling the neuron-glial-vascular unit, focusing on epilepsy and neurodegeneration and emphasizing clinical technologies. This is an excellent opportunity for ambitious and brilliant candidates to gain expertise in the emerging field of computational modeling of neuron-glial interactions in an exceptional international setting. The average annual salary for this position is 28k-30k EUR/yr and comes with benefits and a generous budget for traveling to scientific events related to the project. Hiring is immediate, with a planned starting date of Sep-Oct 2022. Please prompt anyone who could be interested in reaching out to me at this email address or maurizio.depitta(a)uhnresearch.ca. More information about the Ph.D. project, along with eligibility requirements, can be found here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/800279 Applications must be submitted here: http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/phd-position-for-h2020-project-astro… The application deadline is July 15, 2022, at 2 pm CET (UTC+2). Thanks for your consideration. Maurizio ----- Maurizio DE PITTA Scientist, Krembil Research Institute External Scientific Member, Basque Center of Applied Mathematics https://sites.google.com/site/mauriziodepitta/home

June 16, 2022

Community feedback requested: the Neo object model

by INCF

*Call for community feedback on the Neo object model for electrophysiology and optophysiology data - open until August 14, 2022* INCF is taking a leading role in endorsing and promoting standards and best practices (SBPs) for global neuroscience <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12021-020-09509-0>, as part of our mission to promote data reuse and reproducibility in brain research. SBP’s are nominated by the community and reviewed by the INCF SBP Committee according to our criteria <https://incf.org/incf-standards-review-criteria-v20> for a FAIR community standard. If they meet our criteria, we put them up for 60 days of community review to gauge the level of user support and to identify possibilities for improvement and potential weaknesses. For the next 60 days (Closing date: August 14, 2022), we are seeking community feedback on whether we should endorse the Neo object model <https://www.incf.org/sbp/neo> as a standard. Neo <https://www.incf.org/sbp/neo> is an object model for handling electrophysiology data in multiple formats. It is suitable for representing data acquired from electroencephalographic, intracellular, or extracellular recordings, or generated from simulations. Neo has been implemented as a Python package for working with electrophysiology data, together with support for reading a wide range of neurophysiology file formats (including Spike2, NeuroExplorer, AlphaOmega, Axon, Blackrock, Plexon, Tdt, Igor Pro), and support for writing to a subset of these formats plus non-proprietary formats including Kwik and HDF5. Should Neo be endorsed as a standard? Comments open until Aug 14: f1000research.com/documents/11-658 Read more about Neo: Project page <https://neuralensemble.org/neo/> Documentation <https://neo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/> Github <https://github.com/NeuralEnsemble/python-neo> Paper <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fninf.2014.00010/full>

June 16, 2022

Last Call: Abstract submission for the Bernstein Conference

by Bernstein Communication

**Apologies for cross-posting** Dear colleagues, The deadline to submit abstracts to be considered as contributed talks at the Bernstein Conference is tomorrow, June 15. Abstract drafts created until tomorrow can be finalized until Sunday, June 19. Submit your abstract here: https://bit.ly/BC_submission Each year the Bernstein Network invites the international computational neuroscience community to the annual Bernstein Conference for intensive scientific exchange. It has established itself as one of the most renown conferences worldwide in this field, attracting students, postdocs and PIs from around the world to meet and discuss new scientific discoveries. In 2022, the Bernstein Conference will take place as in-person meeting again in Berlin. Talks of the Main Conference are going to be livestreamed, given speakers consent. Find more information at https://bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conference/ ____ IMPORTANT DATES * Bernstein Conference: September 13 - 16, 2022 * Deadline for submission of abstracts to be considered for Contributed Talks: June 15, 2022 * Deadline for abstract submission: July 18, 2022 ____ ABSTRACTS We invite the computational neuroscience community to submit their abstracts: Submitted abstracts can either be considered as contributed talks or posters. All accepted abstracts will be published online and will be citable via Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). Further information can be found here: https://bit.ly/BC_submission ____ INVITED SPEAKERS Keynote Sonja Hofer (University College London, UK) Invited Talks Bing Brunton (University of Washington, USA) Christine Constantinople (New York University, USA) Carina Curto (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Liset M de la Prida (Instituto Cajal, Spain) Juan Alvaro Gallego (Imperial College London, UK) Mehrdad Jazayeri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Gaby Maimon (The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) Andrew Saxe (University College London, UK) Henning Sprekeler (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Carsen Stringer (Janelia Research Campus, USA) ____ CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (Conference Chair) Christian Machens (Program Chair) Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Program Vice Chair) Moritz Helias (Workshop Chair) Anna Levina (Workshop Vice Chair) & Megan Carey, Brent Doiron, Tatiana Engel, Ann Hermundstad, Christian Leibold, Timothy O'Leary, Srdjan Ostojic, Cristina Savin, Mark van Rossum, Friedemann Zenke. ____ For any further questions, please contact: bernstein.conference(a)fz-juelich.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht, Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neugierige sind herzlich willkommen am Sonntag, den 21. August 2022, von 10:00 bis 17:00 Uhr. Mehr unter: https://www.tagderneugier.de

June 14, 2022

State of the Art Methods for Brain Data Analysis

by Dimitris Pinotsis

State of the Art Methods for Brain Data Analysis- A workshop for computational, theoretical and cognitive neuroscientists taking place on July 6 at City— Universıty of London.versıty of London. . This hybrid workshop will discuss the state of the art methods in brain imaging and how they inform our understanding of the neural basis of behaviour and cognition. It will be of interest to computational and cognitive neuroscientists who are keen on brain imaging, computational psychiatry and network-level dynamics. Registration is free. To register, please fill in this form. For any questions, please email braindatanalysis(a)gmail.com Further details: This hybrid workshop will discuss the state of the art methods in brain imaging and how they inform our understanding of the neural basis of behaviour and cognition. It will review techniques that allow us to access large-scale brain networks, based on deep neural networks, dynamical systems and probabilistic inference. It will also provide updates about how recent developments allow us to map and modulate brain activity and understand how information processing breaks down in disease.

June 14, 2022

PhD and postdoctoral positions at the Technical University of Munich

by Gjorgjieva, Julijana

We invite applications for PhD and postdoctoral positions at the Computation in Neural Circuits group led by Prof. Julijana Gjorgjieva at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Using mathematical and computational approaches, we study how neurons and the synaptic connections between them tune their properties during early development and young life to ensure appropriate network dynamics and behavior. Another interest relates to how adult function and behavior emerge from a diversity of mechanisms, including synaptic plasticity, sensory noise, and biophysical constraints. We address these questions at different spatial scales, from the organization of individual synaptic inputs on dendrites to large-scale networks of higher order cortex. We are especially interested in these processes during development before and shortly after birth when the brain is highly plastic, but general aspects of learning and memory, especially under naturalistic stimuli and behaviors are also of interest. We collaborate with different experimental research groups in the US, UK, Netherlands, Spain and Germany and benefit from interactions with the strong neuroscience community in Munich, including the SyNergy Cluster of Excellence. Our applications range across animals from rodent to Drosophila to reptiles and humans. Successful applicants can choose from a range of projects including theoretical model development and analytical calculations, numerical simulations, and applications to rich datasets from collaborating labs. Open topics include: - Formation and co-organization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs on dendrites, including dendritic growth, receptive field formation and alignment, and emergence of tuning. - Development of biophysical models of synaptic plasticity at the cellular and subcellular levels and investigation of their functional consequences. - Reliable top-down modulation of network dynamics during synaptic plasticity, including interactions between different information streams. - Mechanistic dissection of cortical computations driven by different cell types, especially interneurons. - Modeling network attractor states of resilience, and synaptic and homeostatic plasticity processes to rebalance network states after perturbation. Please check our website for recent publications: https://www1.ls.tum.de/compneuro/publications/ Applicants should have a strong quantitative background (in mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, or related fields) and excellent programming skills (Julia, Python, Matlab or C/C++). The positions can start at any time. For more information or an informal discussion, email me at gjorgjieva(a)tum.de<mailto:gjorgjieva@tum.de>. To apply for these positions, please email the following: 1. A curriculum vitae 2. A description of research interests, including a motivation for why you chose to apply to our group 3. A writing sample, either a paper or code 4. Contact details for 2-3 referees 5. Transcripts (if applying for a PhD position) ----------------------------------------- Julijana Gjorgjieva, PhD Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience Technical University of Munich Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 3 85354 Freising, Germany Research Group Leader Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Frankfurt, Germany office: +49 8161 71 2709 https://www1.ls.tum.de/compneuro

June 14, 2022

invitation to join an open collaborative comp neuro research project

by Goodman, Daniel F M

Hi everyone, We have started a new collaborative, open comp neuro research project (in the spirit of the Polymath project<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath_Project> that was a huge success in mathematics). Everyone is invited to participate, and anyone who does contribute will get to be an author. Some details below, but you can just jump straight in to the website and take a look here: https://comob-project.github.io/snn-sound-localization/ The idea is to experiment with doing science in the spirit of collaboration rather than competition. We've set up an initial research topic and some code/results, and then you choose what direction you want to take, get feedback from others and give feedback to them on their ideas. We have an infrastructure that makes all contributions appear automatically on the website. We're running a discussion group, and planning local workshops. The first one of those will be in Paris on July 8th, just before FENS. This project grew out of my Cosyne tutorial<https://neural-reckoning.github.io/cosyne-tutorial-2022/> on using machine learning methods with spiking neural networks (surrogate gradient descent). It's a relatively easy topic to get into and a lot of low hanging fruit to pick, so hopefully ideal for this approach. If you watch the tutorial video and run the notebooks, you're already at the boundary of new research. Contributing is super easy. Go to our GitHub repo, open it up and start running the code on Google Colab (one click, no local installation required). Use one of the existing notebooks to start your own, commit the changes (via pull request for the first one), and your notebook automatically appears on the website. Detailed instructions on the website<https://comob-project.github.io/snn-sound-localization/Contributing.html>. Thanks, and hope to see your contributions and discussion soon! Dan Goodman<http://neural-reckoning.org/> Tomas Fiers<https://tomasfiers.net/> Marcus Ghosh<https://neural-reckoning.org/marcus_ghosh.html> Rory Byrne<https://twitter.com/ryrobyrne>

June 13, 2022

08 July 22 FENS satellite event: 'EBRAINS Research Infrastructure Symposium'

by Zélie Tournoud

Dear everyone, Please find below the announcement of EBRAINS FENS Satellite event 'EBRAINS Research Infrastructure Symposium: addressing grand challenges in brain research'. In between sessions, it will be possible to visit the EBRAINS showroom with hands-on demonstrations of the platform co-organized by EITN. Registration is free but mandatory to attend, see information below. Have an excellent day, *Zélie Tournoud*/ EITN Communication manager/ *European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN)* UMR 9197 –*NeuroPSI*(Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay) CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay Centre CEA Paris-Saclay Bâtiment 151 91400 Saclay https://www.eitn.org <https://www.eitn.org/> _____ EBRAINS is organising a satellite event at the FENS Forum 2022 on 8 July from 8:30 – 17:30 CEST. The EBRAINS FENS satellite event, 'EBRAINS Research Infrastructure Symposium: addressing grand challenges in brain research', aims to bring together experimental, clinical and computational neuroscientists. The programme is structured to highlight the bridges between basic and clinical neuroscience and computational neuroscience. It will be structured therefore around four sessions on why, what, how and where to integrate multi-resolution and multi-scale data for neuroscience research. The seminar will be held on July, 8 at INSPE, rue Molitor in Paris (https://www.inspe-paris.fr/visite-virtuelle) Programme: • 08:30 Get-together: Coffee and mingling • 09:00 INTRODUCTION • 09:20 SESSION 1: What are the grand challenges in basic and human neuroscience that currently hamper reproducible the integrating multiscale, multilevel data in a new data infrastructure with tools allowing researchers to use these data. • 10:30 Coffee & posters, EBRAINS showroom • 11:00 SESSION 2: The solutions implemented in EBRAINS Research Infrastructure • 12:30 LUNCH & posters, EBRAINS showroom • 13:30 SESSION 3: Success stories from experimentalists, clinicians, modelers: neuroscience research examples empowered by EBRAINS • 15:15 Coffee & posters, EBRAINS showroom • 16:00 SESSION 4: Perspectives and future • 17:00 – 18:00 ROUND TABLE and summary Registration: Registration is free but mandatory. Register here: https://ebrains.eu/fens-satellite-event/

June 13, 2022