Subject: Auditory Attention at the Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop From: Malcolm Slaney <malcolm@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:16:17 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-1798--954224080 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I want to invite the denizens of the auditory mailing list to apply for = the 2012 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop. Four topic areas are mentioned = in the announcement, but one in particular should be interesting to the = auditory list. We want to find signals from the brain that will allow = us to better understand attention. Eye tracking is an obvious = indication. But can we tell something about what the *auditory* system = is attending? What can we do with EEG/MEG signals? Competition for the participant slots (usually graduate students and = postdocs) is quite keen. But the chance to work with expert faculty in = many different areas of perception and cognition is quite valuable. I = encourage you to apply if you are interested in any area of cognition, = especially related to the sensing. See you in Telluride. - Malcolm 2012/2/15 INE <ineweb@xxxxxxxx>=20 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Deadline is March 30th, 2012=20 NEUROMORPHIC COGNITION ENGINEERING WORKSHOP=20 www.ine-web.org=20 Sunday July 1st - Saturday July 21st, 2012, Telluride, Colorado=20 We invite applications for a three-week summer workshop that will be = held in Telluride, Colorado Sunday July 1st - Saturday July 21st, 2012, = 2012. The application deadline is *Friday, March 30th* and application = instructions are described at the bottom of this document.=20 The 2012 Workshop and Summer School on Neuromorphic Engineering is = sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Neuromorphic = Engineering, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Institute for = Neuroinformatics - University and ETH Zurich, Georgia Institute of = Technology, University of Maryland - College Park, Johns Hopkins = University, Boston University, University of Sydney, University of = Florida - Gainesville, and the Salk Institute.=20 Directors:=20 Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Johns Hopkins University=20 Timothy Horiuchi, University of Maryland, College Park=20 Tobi Delbruck, Institute for Neuroinformatics, Zurich=20 Workshop Advisory Board:=20 Andreas ANDREOU (The Johns Hopkins University)=20 Andre van SCHAIK (University Western Sydney)=20 Avis COHEN (University of Maryland)=20 Barbara SHINN-CUNNINGHAM (Boston University)=20 Giacomo INDIVERI (Institute of Neuroinformatics, UNI/ETH Zurich, = Switzerland)=20 Jonathan TAPSON (University Western Sydney and University of Cape Town)=20= Paul HASLER (Georgia Institute of Technology)=20 Rodney DOUGLAS (Institute of Neuroinformatics, UNI/ETH Zurich, = Switzerland)=20 Shihab SHAMMA (University of Maryland)=20 Malcolm SLANEY (Yahoo Research)=20 Previous year workshop can be found at:=20 ine-web.org/workshops/workshops-overview/index.html and last year's = wiki is https://neuromorphs.net/nm/wiki/2011 .=20 GOALS:=20 Neuromorphic engineers design and fabricate artificial neural systems = whose organizing principles are based on those of biological nervous = systems. Over the past 17 years, this research community has focused on = the understanding of low-level sensory processing and systems = infrastructure; efforts are now expanding to apply this knowledge and = infrastructure to addressing higher-level problems in perception, = cognition, and learning. In this 3-week intensive workshop and through = the Institute for Neuromorphic Engineering (INE), the mission is to = promote interaction between senior and junior researchers; to educate = new members of the community; to introduce new enabling fields and = applications to the community; to promote on-going collaborative = activities emerging from the Workshop, and to promote a self-sustaining = research field.=20 FORMAT:=20 The three week summer workshop will include background lectures on = systems and cognitive neuroscience (in particular sensory processing, = learning and memory, motor systems and attention), practical tutorials = on analog VLSI design, mobile robots, hands-on projects, and special = interest groups.Participants are required to take part and possibly = complete at least one of the projects proposed. They are furthermore = encouraged to become involved in as many of the other activities = proposed as interest and time allow. There will be two lectures in the = morning that cover issues that are important to the community in = general. Because of the diverse range of backgrounds among the = participants, some of these lectures will be tutorials, rather than = detailed reports of current research. These lectures will be given by = invited speakers. Projects and interest groups meet in the late = afternoons, and after dinner. In the early afternoon there will be = tutorials on a wide spectrum of topics, including analog VLSI, mobile = robotics, auditory systems, central-pattern-generators, selective = attention mechanisms, cognitive systems, etc.=20 2012 TOPIC AREAS:=20 "Learning and Computational Intelligence in Neuromorphic Cognitive = Systems"=20 (Gert Cauwenberghs and Giacomo Indiveri)=20 "Integrating Perception, Cognition, and Action in Neuromorphic Hardware = and Software"=20 (Kwabena Boahen and Chris Eliasmith)=20 "Human Attention in the Machine"=20 (Shihab Shamma and Barbara Shinn-Cunningham)=20 "Social Neuroscience and Robotic Pet Project"=20 (Sergi Bermudez and Ulysses Bernardet)=20 In addition, there will be a number of ad-hoc tutorials (featuring Rajit = Monahar, Jennifer Hasler and Scott Koziol), demonstrations, and = discussion groups that will focus on important issues in the research = community.=20 Terry Sejnowski =96 Computational Neuroscience (invitational = mini-workshop)=20 LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS:=20 The summer school will take place in the small town of Telluride, 9000 = feet high in southwest Colorado, about 6 hours drive away from Denver = (350 miles). Great Lakes Aviation and America West Express airlines = provide daily flights directly into Telluride. All facilities within the = beautifully renovated public school building are fully accessible to = participants with disabilities. Participants will be housed in ski = condominiums, within walking distance of the school. Participants are = expected to share condominiums.=20 The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. Participants = are not required to have had previous experience in analog VLSI circuit = design, computational or machine vision, systems level neurophysiology = or modeling the brain at the systems level. However, we strongly = encourage active researchers with relevant backgrounds from academia, = industry and national laboratories to apply, in particular if they are = prepared to work on specific projects, talk about their own work or = bring demonstrations to Telluride (e.g. robots, chips, software). = Wireless internet access will be provided. Technical staff present = throughout the workshops will assist with software and hardware issues. = We will have a network of PCs running LINUX and Microsoft Windows for = the workshop projects. We encourage participants to bring along their = personal laptop.=20 No cars are required. Given the small size of the town, we recommend = that you do not rent a car. Bring hiking boots, warm clothes, rain gear, = and a backpack, since Telluride is surrounded by beautiful mountains.=20 Unless otherwise arranged with one of the organizers, we expect = participants to stay for the entire duration of this three week = workshop.=20 ------ FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS: ------=20 Notification of acceptances will be mailed out around the April 15th, = 2012. The Workshop covers all your accommodations and facilities costs = for the 3 weeks duration. You are responsible for your own travel to the = Workshop. For expenses not covered by federal funds, a Workshop = registration fee is required. The fee is $700 per participant, however, = due to the difference in travel cost, we offer a discount to = participants outside of the US, Canada and Mexico. European registration = fees will be reduced to $450; non-US/non-European registration fees will = be reduced to $300. The cost of a shared condominium will be covered for = all academic participants but upgrades to a private room will cost = extra. Participants from National Laboratories and Industry are expected = to pay for these condominiums.=20 ------ HOW TO APPLY: -------=20 Applicants should be at the level of graduate students or above (i.e. = postdoctoral fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff and the = equivalent positions in industry and national laboratories). We actively = encourage women and minority candidates to apply.=20 Anyone interested in proposing or discussing specific projects should = contact the appropriate topic leaders directly.=20 The application website is (after February 15th, 2012): = ine-web.org/telluride-conference-2012/apply-info=20 Application information needed:=20 * contact email address=20 * First name, Last name, Affiliation, valid e-mail address.=20 * Curriculum Vitae (a short version, please).=20 * One page summary of background and interests relevant to the workshop, = including possible ideas for workshop projects. Please indicate which = topic areas you would most likely join.=20 * Two letters of recommendation (uploaded directly by references).=20 The application deadline is March 30th, 2012.=20 Applicants will be notified by e-mail.=20 15th February, 2012 - Applications accepted on website=20 30th March, 2012 - Applications Due=20 15th April, 2012 - Notification of Acceptance= --Apple-Mail-1798--954224080 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>I want to invite the denizens of the auditory mailing list to = apply for the 2012 Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop. Four topic areas are = mentioned in the announcement, but one in particular should be = interesting to the auditory list. We want to find signals from the = brain that will allow us to better understand attention. Eye = tracking is an obvious indication. But can we tell something about what = the *auditory* system is attending? What can we do with EEG/MEG = signals?</div><div><br></div><div>Competition for the participant slots = (usually graduate students and postdocs) is quite keen. But the chance = to work with expert faculty in many different areas of perception and = cognition is quite valuable. I encourage you to apply if you are = interested in any area of cognition, especially related to the = sensing.</div><div><br></div><div>See you in = Telluride.</div><div><br></div><div>- = Malcolm</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><= div><br></div><div>2012/2/15 INE <<a = href=3D"mailto:ineweb@xxxxxxxx">ineweb@xxxxxxxx</a>> <br>CAL= L FOR APPLICATIONS: Deadline is March 30th, = 2012 <br><br>NEUROMORPHIC COGNITION ENGINEERING = WORKSHOP <br><a = href=3D"http://www.ine-web.org/">www.ine-web.org</a> <br><br>Sunday = July 1st - Saturday July 21st, 2012, Telluride, = Colorado </div><div><br></div><div>We invite applications for a = three-week summer workshop that will be held in Telluride, Colorado = Sunday July 1st - Saturday July 21st, 2012, 2012. The application = deadline is *Friday, March 30th* and application instructions are = described at the bottom of this document. <br><br>The 2012 Workshop = and Summer School on Neuromorphic Engineering is sponsored by the = National Science Foundation, Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering, = Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Institute = for Neuroinformatics - University and ETH Zurich, Georgia Institute = of Technology, University of Maryland - College Park, Johns = Hopkins University, Boston University, University of = Sydney, University of Florida - Gainesville, and the Salk = Institute. <br><br>Directors: <br>Ralph Etienne-Cummings, = Johns Hopkins University <br>Timothy Horiuchi, University of = Maryland, College Park <br>Tobi Delbruck, Institute for = Neuroinformatics, Zurich <br><br></div><div>Workshop Advisory = Board: <br>Andreas ANDREOU (The Johns Hopkins = University) <br>Andre van SCHAIK (University Western = Sydney) <br>Avis COHEN (University of Maryland) <br>Barbara = SHINN-CUNNINGHAM (Boston University) <br>Giacomo INDIVERI = (Institute of Neuroinformatics, UNI/ETH = Zurich, Switzerland) <br>Jonathan TAPSON (University Western = Sydney and University of Cape Town) <br>Paul HASLER (Georgia = Institute of Technology) <br>Rodney DOUGLAS (Institute of = Neuroinformatics, UNI/ETH Zurich, Switzerland) <br>Shihab SHAMMA = (University of Maryland) <br>Malcolm SLANEY (Yahoo = Research) <br><br>Previous year workshop can be found = at: <br><a = href=3D"http://ine-web.org/workshops/workshops-overview/index.html">ine-we= b.org/workshops/workshops-overview/index.html</a> and = last year's wiki is <a = href=3D"https://neuromorphs.net/nm/wiki/2011">https://neuromorphs.net/nm/w= iki/2011</a> . <br><br>GOALS: <br><br>Neuromorphic = engineers design and fabricate artificial neural systems whose = organizing principles are based on those of biological = nervous systems. Over the past 17 years, this research community = has focused on the understanding of low-level sensory processing = and systems infrastructure; efforts are now expanding to apply this = knowledge and infrastructure to addressing higher-level problems in = perception, cognition, and learning. In this 3-week intensive = workshop and through the Institute for Neuromorphic Engineering = (INE), the mission is to promote interaction between senior and = junior researchers; to educate new members of the community; to = introduce new enabling fields and applications to the community; to = promote on-going collaborative activities emerging from the = Workshop, and to promote a self-sustaining research = field. <br><br>FORMAT: <br><br>The three week summer workshop = will include background lectures on systems and cognitive = neuroscience (in particular sensory processing, learning and = memory, motor systems and attention), practical tutorials on analog = VLSI design, mobile robots, hands-on projects, and special interest = groups.Participants are required to take part and possibly complete = at least one of the projects proposed. They are = furthermore encouraged to become involved in as many of the other = activities proposed as interest and time allow. There will be two = lectures in the morning that cover issues that are important to the = community in general. Because of the diverse range of backgrounds = among the participants, some of these lectures will be tutorials, = rather than detailed reports of current research. These lectures = will be given by invited speakers. Projects and interest groups = meet in the late afternoons, and after dinner. In the early = afternoon there will be tutorials on a wide spectrum of topics, = including analog VLSI, mobile robotics, auditory systems, = central-pattern-generators, selective attention mechanisms, = cognitive systems, etc. <br><br></div><div>2012 TOPIC = AREAS: <br>"Learning and Computational Intelligence in Neuromorphic = Cognitive Systems" <br>(Gert Cauwenberghs and Giacomo = Indiveri) <br><br></div><div>"Integrating Perception, Cognition, = and Action in Neuromorphic Hardware and Software" <br>(Kwabena = Boahen and Chris Eliasmith) <br><br></div><div>"Human Attention in = the Machine" <br>(Shihab Shamma and Barbara = Shinn-Cunningham) <br><br></div><div>"Social Neuroscience and = Robotic Pet Project" <br>(Sergi Bermudez and Ulysses = Bernardet) <br><br></div><div>In addition, there will be a number = of ad-hoc tutorials (featuring Rajit Monahar, Jennifer Hasler and Scott = Koziol), demonstrations, and discussion groups that will focus on = important issues in the research = community. <br><br></div><div>Terry Sejnowski =96 Computational = Neuroscience (invitational = mini-workshop) <br><br></div><div>LOCATION AND = ARRANGEMENTS: <br><br>The summer school will take place in the = small town of Telluride, 9000 feet high in southwest Colorado, = about 6 hours drive away from Denver (350 miles). Great Lakes = Aviation and America West Express airlines provide daily flights = directly into Telluride. All facilities within the beautifully = renovated public school building are fully accessible = to participants with disabilities. Participants will be housed in = ski condominiums, within walking distance of the school. = Participants are expected to share condominiums. <br><br>The = workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. = Participants are not required to have had previous experience in = analog VLSI circuit design, computational or machine vision, = systems level neurophysiology or modeling the brain at the systems = level. However, we strongly encourage active researchers with = relevant backgrounds from academia, industry and national = laboratories to apply, in particular if they are prepared to work = on specific projects, talk about their own work or bring = demonstrations to Telluride (e.g. robots, chips, = software). Wireless internet access will be provided. Technical = staff present throughout the workshops will assist with software = and hardware issues. We will have a network of PCs running LINUX = and Microsoft Windows for the workshop projects. We encourage = participants to bring along their personal laptop. <br><br>No = cars are required. Given the small size of the town, we = recommend that you do not rent a car. Bring hiking boots, warm = clothes, rain gear, and a backpack, since Telluride is surrounded = by beautiful mountains. <br><br>Unless otherwise arranged with one = of the organizers, we expect participants to stay for the entire = duration of this three week workshop. <br><br>------ FINANCIAL = ARRANGEMENTS: ------ <br><br>Notification of acceptances will be = mailed out around the April 15th, 2012. The Workshop covers all = your accommodations and facilities costs for the 3 weeks duration. = You are responsible for your own travel to the Workshop. For expenses = not covered by federal funds, a Workshop registration fee is = required. The fee is $700 per participant, however, due to the = difference in travel cost, we offer a discount to participants = outside of the US, Canada and Mexico. European registration fees = will be reduced to $450; non-US/non-European registration fees will = be reduced to $300. The cost of a shared condominium will be = covered for all academic participants but upgrades to a private room = will cost extra. Participants from National Laboratories and = Industry are expected to pay for these = condominiums. <br><br>------ HOW TO APPLY: = ------- <br><br>Applicants should be at the level of graduate = students or above (i.e. postdoctoral fellows, faculty, = research and engineering staff and the equivalent positions = in industry and national laboratories). We actively encourage = women and minority candidates to apply. <br><br>Anyone interested = in proposing or discussing specific projects should contact = the appropriate topic leaders directly. <br><br>The = application website is (after February 15th, 2012): <a = href=3D"http://ine-web.org/telluride-conference-2012/apply-info">ine-web.o= rg/telluride-conference-2012/apply-info</a> <br><br>Application = information needed: <br>* contact email address <br>* First = name, Last name, Affiliation, valid e-mail address. <br>* = Curriculum Vitae (a short version, please). <br>* One page summary = of background and interests relevant to the = workshop, including possible ideas for workshop = projects. Please indicate which topic areas you would most = likely join. <br>* Two letters of recommendation (uploaded directly = by references). <br><br>The application deadline is March 30th, = 2012. <br>Applicants will be notified by e-mail. <br><br>15th = February, 2012 - Applications accepted on website <br>30th March, = 2012 - Applications Due <br>15th April, 2012 - Notification of = Acceptance</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1798--954224080--