Dear colleagues, Please find below information regarding the Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology summerschool. ------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ------------------------------------------ Join us for the annual*"Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology summer school -BCBT2018*" to be held 3-14September2018in Barcelona, Spain. The summer school has been part of a series of events organized by the European coordination action Convergent Science Network of Biomimetics and Neurotechnology (_http://csnetwork.eu/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__csnetwork.eu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=0w3solp5fswiyWF2RL6rStC00sfV_qVWqlcnmGhKrRoTMim5rLso-FTzVW2NfNyo&m=_bbpIvwWz_c-JOyF1_VaVKcgttUAkal_-KBneK7NRk0&s=OLxjo34nRfnw4P2nBlPrR-uF70B_EbW_AUQAUW-JrBI&e=>_). For the 2018 edition of the BCBT summer school, we are counting on thesupport of the Human Brain Project (*HBP*,**humanbrainproject.eu/en),the Institute of Bioengineeringof Catalonia (*IBEC*,ibecbarcelona.eu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ibecbarcelona.eu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=0w3solp5fswiyWF2RL6rStC00sfV_qVWqlcnmGhKrRoTMim5rLso-FTzVW2NfNyo&m=_bbpIvwWz_c-JOyF1_VaVKcgttUAkal_-KBneK7NRk0&s=3F-gCXnstBXZ36wdiMQvFh3iZDfjLi_myIpt7dRPl8Q&e=>) and the*UPC Campus**Besòs*(eebe.upc.edu/ca/lescola <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__eebe.upc.edu_ca_lescola&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=0w3solp5fswiyWF2RL6rStC00sfV_qVWqlcnmGhKrRoTMim5rLso-FTzVW2NfNyo&m=_bbpIvwWz_c-JOyF1_VaVKcgttUAkal_-KBneK7NRk0&s=Uq_Fb5M1ka2efQ5fWpkS82w2HBTtGrUN0dwATGydr30&e=>). This is the 11th edition ofBCBT, which has run with great success in previous years thanks to an excellent line-up of outstanding speakersincluding Nobel Laureate winner Edvard Moser and luminaries in the fields of neurosciences, psychology, biology, robotics and AI, such as M. Arbib, S. Grilner, G. Rizzolatti, among many. TheBCBTlectures are available onlineat theConvergentScienceNetwork_lectures youtube channel <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_user_ConvergentScienceNw_playlists&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=0w3solp5fswiyWF2RL6rStC00sfV_qVWqlcnmGhKrRoTMim5rLso-FTzVW2NfNyo&m=_bbpIvwWz_c-JOyF1_VaVKcgttUAkal_-KBneK7NRk0&s=jlivxfffT4l7zfVdGf-kyNGsZtNIIcvqmZalkFrNhpg&e=>with theBCBTpodcast interviewswith many of theBCBTspeakers.http://csnetwork.eu/talks/podcast <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__csnetwork.eu_talks_podcast&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=0w3solp5fswiyWF2RL6rStC00sfV_qVWqlcnmGhKrRoTMim5rLso-FTzVW2NfNyo&m=_bbpIvwWz_c-JOyF1_VaVKcgttUAkal_-KBneK7NRk0&s=tNzuYvuRIv65D64Yqqt6ZHBAgUzzpGlRWqLQxgPoY24&e=> BCBTcaters to students and researchers involved in projects that are in the ambit of “BIO-ICT convergence”, "Brain Inspired ICT", “Cognitive systems-robotics”, “Cognitive and neural systems”, “Foundations of social cognition”. TheBCBTschool promotes a shared systems-level understanding of the functional architecture of the brain and its possible emulation in artificial systems. BCBTwill offer up to 30 student slots for the practical workshops, while as many researchers can register to attend the presentations and discussion sessions as they are interested. The atmosphere of theBCBTsummer school is informal with the goal to stimulate in-depth discussion. There are 2 or 3 presentations in the morning, with the afternoons reserved for tutorials and projects for student participantsand senior scientists with road-mapping workshops and further discussion. For the2018edition, we plan a*1^st week*of the school addressing*System level understanding of the brain and its emulation in advanced technology.*The*2^nd week*will include presentations aimed at the investigation of*Learning and Memory, Brain Function and Behavior**.*Friday14 is reserved for the presentation of the student projects to which everybody is invited. *Application deadline: 20 July2018* BCBTis organized by: Tony Prescott, Sheffield University - UK, Paul Verschure. ICREA and IBEC Barcelona, ES . - Anna Mura, IBEC Barcelona, ES. In collaboration with HBP Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology Summer School (BCBT2018) Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, UPC, Spain. 3-14 September 2018 specs.ibecbarcelona.eu/bcbt2018 -- Vicky Vouloutsi, PhD Postdoc Researcher at the laboratory for Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS <http://specs-lab.com/>) mail: vvouloutsi@ibecbarcelona.eu <mailto:vvouloutsi@ibecbarcelona.eu> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicky-vouloutsi-28496133/> researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vasiliki_Vouloutsi>