CNEURO2024
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Summer School
8 to 15 July 2024 — In person in Beijing, China
This year: “NEURAL CODING, LEARNING, AND DECISION MAKING”
About CNeuro
How intelligence and behavior emerge from complex and intricate interactions within the brain remains a deep and unsolved mystery, central to an exciting area of interdisciplinary research. The past decade has seen rapid progress in experimental tools that now make it possible to monitor and manipulate brain circuits in unprecedented detail. This evolution presents challenges and opportunities for both experimentalists and theorists. Mathematical theory is instrumental in the emergence of theoretical insights and frameworks that can help guide experimental work and identify unifying principles of brain function. The aim of the one-week summer school will be to introduce students with a strong quantitative background (in mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering) to the emerging field of theoretical and computational neuroscience. The distinguishing feature of CNeuro is the emphasis it places on the role of systematic mathematical theory for understanding the brain, in part by stressing the connections between neuroscience, statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Topic and format
This year’s school will explore various facets of neural coding, learning, and decision making, from circuit neuroscience to cognition to artificial intelligence. The course will bring together leading scientists in the field, who will deliver both introductory and advanced lectures, and take part in small-group discussions. Other activities will include homework sessions and student presentations, as well as the now popular ‘Life and Science’ panel series, in which faculty and students can both share their personal experiences and views on research and career.
Faculty
Dmitri (Mitya) Chklovskii (Flatiron Institute)
Nathaniel Daw (Princeton University)
Pulin Gong (University of Sydney)
Vincent Hakim (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
Ole Jensen (University of Birmingham)
Sukbin Lim (New York University Shanghai)
Rubén Moreno Bote (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Naoshige Uchida (Havard University)
Ninglong Xu (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)
Tianming Yang (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)
Hang Zhang (Peking University)
Lusha Zhu (Peking University)
Organizers
Rava Azeredo da Silveira (ENS and IOB)
Stella Christie (Tsinghua University)
Sen Song (Tsinghua University)
Louis Tao (Peking University)
Xiaoqin Wang (Johns Hopkins University)
Quan Wen (USTC)
Application and deadline
Information and application guidelines at https://www.cneuro.net/cneuro2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We will make every effort to recruit students from diverse backgrounds including all genders and ethnic groups.