CNeuro: International Summer School and Workshop

in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

 

Tsinghua University, Beijing (August 2019)

 

 

Background

How intelligence and behavior emerge from complex and intricate interactions within the brain remain important and unsolved mysteries in modern science. In the last decade, we have seen rapid progress in experimental tools that now make it possible to monitor and manipulate brain circuits in unprecedented detail. This research area presents both challenges and opportunities for experimentalists and theoreticians. The complexity and dynamics of the brain make it difficult to tackle its mechanisms and functions with experimental approaches alone. Mathematical theory is pivotal for obtaining new insights and for guiding experiment, as well as for identifying and unifying concepts and principles of brain functions.

 

The aim of the two-week summer school and workshop will be to introduce students with strong quantitative background (e.g., in mathematics, theoretical physics, computer science, or engineering) to the emerging field of theoretical and computational neuroscience. The course will also bring together leading scientists in theoretical and computational neuroscience. We envision a collaborative environment where faculty and students will have in-depth discussions on topics in the frontier of neuroscience. The course will be a pedagogical basis for new students, introducing them to advanced mathematical methods and modeling approaches that are currently being used and developed to understand brain functions.

 

Time

15 – 29 August 2019

 

Location

The summer school will be held at the Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence (THBI), at Tsinghua University, in Beijing. THBI is a flagship project of the university. It is a new interdisciplinary research institute recently established by Tsinghua University, with dedicated faculty positions and research space. The institute aims to conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary research across the fields of systems and computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The institute occupies three floors in a newly renovated building with large classrooms for teaching and computer labs, and ample offices for visiting scholars.

 

Organizers

Xiaoqin Wang, Johns Hopkins University and Tsinghua University

Aravi Samuel, Harvard University

Rava Azeredo da Silveira, Ecole Normale Supérieure

Quan Wen, University of Science and Technology of China

Sen Song, Tsinghua University

 

Faculty

Yoram Burak, The Hebrew University

Dmitri Chklovskii, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation

Michael Hausser, University of College London

Yu Hu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dezhe Jin, Penn State University

Jian Liu, University of Leicester

Cengiz Pehlevan, Harvard University

Aravi Samuel, Harvard University

Rava Azeredo da Silveira, Ecole Normale Supérieure

Sen Song, Tsinghua University

Louis Tao, Peking University

Srinivas Turaga, Janelia Research Campus

Xiaoqin Wang, Johns Hopkins University and Tsinghua University

Quan Wen, University of Science and Technology of China

Kechen Zhang, John Hopkins University

Applications

Please send a CV and a statement of purpose to thbi@tsinghua.edu.cn

Application deadline: 20 May 2019

 

Housing

International students will be housed on the Tsinghua University campus.