Subject: [AUDITORY] Call for Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop From: Malcolm Slaney <000001757ffb5fe1-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:23:11 -0800--Apple-Mail=_882A64AD-5980-48BA-972C-C20E733A7F4D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear Auditory Folks. If you are a senior PhD student, or a postdoc, or a faculty member with = good students and postdocs, please consider coming to Telluride Colorado = for the latest Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop. This is a 3 = week long, working workshop. We bring about 30 students/postdocs to = Colorado, along with a couple of dozen faculty members to invent new = brain and cognition ideas. The auditory group, in particular, has been very active over the years. = We, for instance piloted the first EEG attention decoding. My goal is = to perform a number of pilot experiments, that we can take home and = complete. My only requirement is that every project must have people = from at least two institutions. What would you like to do this summer? = The full application information is attached below, but you might want = to check out the auditory plans at this link: = https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/topic-areas-2025/aud25-unders= tanding-the-auditory-brain-with-neural-networks?authuser=3D0 We have fun in the mountains, and do great auditory work. Come join us. - Malcolm Slaney (Stanford) and Claire Pelofi (NYU) Call for Applications to=20 2025 Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop Telluride, Colorado, June 29 =E2=80=93July 19, 2025, = https://tellurideneuromorphic.org <https://tellurideneuromorphic.org/>=20= PARTICIPANT APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 March 2025 We are accepting applications to the 2025 Telluride Neuromorphic = Cognition Engineering Workshop. The Workshop has taken place annually = since 1995. It has been influential in shaping the field of neuromorphic = engineering and serving as a forum connecting disciplines such as = artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive science, machine = learning, robotics, computer vision, signal processing, and electrical = engineering.=20 Details of this year=E2=80=99s workshop are at = https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/home = <https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2024/home> IMPORTANT DATES FOR APPLICATION=20 Application Website Opens - 10 February, 2025 Application Website Closes - 10 March, 2025 Notification of Acceptance - 24 March, 2024 WORKSHOP GOALS: Neuromorphic engineers design and fabricate artificial neural systems = whose organizing principles are based on those of biological nervous = systems. Over the past 30+ years, the neuromorphic engineering research = community 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, = 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 ongoing = collaborative activities emerging from the Workshop, and to promote a = self-sustaining research field.=20 FORMAT: 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 emerging hardware, mobile robots, machine learning and AI, hands-on = projects, and special interest groups. Participants are required to take = part and possibly complete at least one of the proposed projects. 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. Most of these lectures will be tutorials rather = than detailed reports of current research. Invited speakers will give = these lectures. Projects and interest groups meet in the afternoons and = after dinner. The workshop focuses on topics related to perception, = action, and cognition; and projects this year will focus on developments = in robotics, learning, audiomotor processing, and = computational/experimental aspects of systems that can accomplish goals = with limited human intervention.=20 2025 TOPIC AREAS: The four topic areas for this year's workshop are: AUD25: Auditory Decoding=20 TA Leaders: Claire Pelofi (NYU) and Malcolm Slaney (Stanford)=20 LT25: Language and thought TA Leaders: Steve Abreu (University of Groningen), Nicole Dumont (Univ. = of Waterloo)=20 NIC25: Neuromorphic integrated circuits=20 TA Leaders: Jason Eshraghian (UC Santa Cruz), Shantanu Chakrabartty = (WashU), Andreas Andreou (Johns Hopkins)=20 NPC25: Neural perception and control =20 TA Leaders: Michael Furlong (National Research Council of Canada, Univ. = of Waterloo), ReJ aka Renaldas Zioma (Independent Researcher)=20 Details on the topic areas can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/topic-areas-2025=20 LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS: The Workshop will take place in the small town of Telluride, 2667m (9000 = ft) high in southwest Colorado, about 6 6-hour drive from Denver (350 = miles). There is a Telluride airport and several small airports (e.g., = Montrose) close to Telluride. All facilities within the High School = building are fully accessible to participants with disabilities. = Participants will be housed in condominiums within walking distance of = the school. Participants are expected to share condominiums. The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. Participants = are not required to have previous experience in mixed signal VLSI = circuit design, computational or machine vision, systems-level = neurophysiology, or brain modeling 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 = work, or bring demonstrations to Telluride (e.g., robots, chips, = software). Wireless internet access will be provided. Technical staff = present throughout the Workshop will assist with software and hardware = issues. We encourage participants to bring along their personal laptops = and relevant hardware. No cars are required. Given the town's small size, we recommend that you = do not rent a car. Beautiful mountains surround Telluride, so we = recommend bringing hiking boots, warm clothes, rain gear, and a = backpack; the town park has a swimming pool, beach volleyball, and = tennis courts. Unless otherwise arranged with one of the organizers, we expect = participants to stay for the entire duration of this three-week = workshop. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS: Unless otherwise requested, the workshop will cover your accommodations = and facilities costs for the 3 week duration as part of the registration = fees.=20 Registration Fees: The registration fee is 2000 USD; it partially covers = the workshop cost of lodging and facilities for the 3-week workshop. The = fees are expected from all participants at the time of acceptance. Each = participant is responsible for their own travel to and from the = workshop. We will award three scholarships for the registration fees (2000 USD) = funded by our NSF grant. Applicants are encouraged to indicate any = financial need in their application.=20 Accommodations: The registration fee provides a bed in a shared = condominium, typically a shared room in a condo with other workshop = participants and faculty. Upgrades to a private room or condo will cost = extra and will be based on availability. Note that Telluride is very = expensive, and workshop housing is strictly limited to what the workshop = has contracted.=20 The 2025 Workshop on Neuromorphic Engineering is sponsored by the = National Science Foundation and is supported by the Institute of = Neuromorphic Engineering, University of Maryland - College Park, = Institute for Neuroinformatics =E2=80=93 University of Zurich and ETH = Zurich, Johns Hopkins University, Boston=20 University, University of Western Sydney, the Salk Institute, Zurich = University of Applied Sciences and private sponsorship of Tobi Delbruck = and Renaldas Zioma. Who is eligible to apply? Applicants should be at the level of graduate (PhD) students or above = (i.e. postdoctoral fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff, and = equivalent positions in industry and national laboratories). We = encourage women and minority candidates to apply. Anyone interested in proposing or discussing specific projects should = contact the appropriate topic leaders directly. HOW TO APPLY: The application website is at = https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29701. Application information needed: Contact email address. First name, Last name, Affiliation, valid e-mail address. Curriculum Vitae (two pages maximum) Maximum one-page (minimal font size 11) summary of background and = interests relevant to the workshop, including ideas for workshop = projects and which topic areas you would most likely join. Please be = concise and to the point, use AI tools sparingly, and don=E2=80=99t be = wordy. =20 Two letters of recommendation: brief, few-paragraph text-only support = letters are preferred. The letters should be uploaded directly by the = referees. =20 Selection Criteria: The organizing committee will evaluate applications according to the = merits of the applicant's scientific qualifications and background, the = strength of the proposed alignment to one or more topic areas, and the = extent to which the applicant contributes a unique voice to a = collaborative community committed to diverse viewpoints in all forms, = including gender, race, affiliations, seniority, etc. Due to high = interest in the workshop, we expect a competitive selection process, so = please highlight in your application any information that clarifies how = you can uniquely contribute to the success of our workshop and the = neuromorphic research community. Applicants will be notified by E-mail. Questions can be addressed to Yulia Sandamirskaya = (yulia.sandamirskaya@xxxxxxxx <mailto:yulia.sandamirskaya@xxxxxxxx>) and = Claire Pelofi (claire.pelofi@xxxxxxxx = <mailto:claire.pelofi@xxxxxxxx>).=20 --Apple-Mail=_882A64AD-5980-48BA-972C-C20E733A7F4D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Auditory = Folks.<div><br></div><div>If you are a senior PhD student, or a postdoc, = or a faculty member with good students and postdocs, please consider = coming to Telluride Colorado for the latest Neuromorphic Cognition = Engineering Workshop. This is a 3 week long, working workshop. = We bring about 30 students/postdocs to Colorado, along with a = couple of dozen faculty members to invent new brain and cognition = ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>The auditory group, in particular, has = been very active over the years. We, for instance piloted the first EEG = attention decoding. My goal is to perform a number of pilot = experiments, that we can take home and complete. My only = requirement is that every project must have people from at least two = institutions. What would you like to do this summer? The = full application information is attached below, but you might want to = check out the auditory plans at this link:</div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span>https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/topic-areas-2025/aud25= -understanding-the-auditory-brain-with-neural-networks?authuser=3D0</div><= div><br></div><div>We have fun in the mountains, and do great auditory = work. Come join us.</div><div><br></div><div>- Malcolm Slaney = (Stanford) and Claire Pelofi = (NYU)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span = id=3D"docs-internal-guid-f1706827-7fff-285e-55e8-e61ec38ebb36"><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: = 0pt; margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 15pt; font-family: = Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: = normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call for Applications = to </span><span style=3D"border: medium; display: inline-block; = overflow: hidden; width: 233px; height: 141px;"><img = src=3D"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfcjkNXJyLFJi8LReRU= -4Md0k-9ixKpOnTK7yeYaESm1B5Ar4l0BtnIe5tbgUcSSxbFNkRVO7Ek186zW_pxP57d0FH1F0= GZR0Ji8wZJROpgt1S3d5Iv08fe2PBzumJhd9YvENeGb6YpW0iBzvJaeCTbh-Yy?key=3DEqNaD= D4H6blJfipDbjGBSQ" width=3D"233.55118227005005" height=3D"141" = style=3D"margin-left: -0.27559px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: = 3pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 26pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">2025 Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering = Workshop</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: = italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Telluride, Colorado, June 29 =E2=80=93July 19, 2025, = </span><a href=3D"https://tellurideneuromorphic.org/" = style=3D"text-decoration: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-style: = italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; = text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">https://tellurideneuromorphic.org</span></a><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: = italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br><h1 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: = 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 19pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: = rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PARTICIPANT = APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 March 2025</span></h1><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">We are accepting applications to the 2025 Telluride = Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop. The Workshop has taken = place annually since 1995. It has been influential in shaping the field = of neuromorphic engineering and serving as a forum connecting = disciplines such as artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive = science, machine learning, robotics, computer vision, signal processing, = and electrical engineering. </span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Details of this year=E2=80=99s workshop are at </span><a = href=3D"https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2024/home" = style=3D"text-decoration: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; = text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/home</span></a></p= ><h1 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">IMPORTANT DATES FOR APPLICATION </span></h1><ul = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: = 48px;"><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" style=3D"list-style-type: disc; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: = normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" = role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Application Website Opens - 10 February, = 2025</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" = style=3D"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application Website = Closes - </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">10 March, 2025</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" = style=3D"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Notification of = Acceptance - 24 March, 2024</span></p></li></ul><h1 dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; = margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WORKSHOP = GOALS:</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: = justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neuromorphic engineers = design and fabricate artificial neural systems whose organizing = principles are based on those of biological nervous systems. Over the = past 30+ years, the neuromorphic engineering research community 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, 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 ongoing collaborative = activities emerging from the Workshop, and to promote a self-sustaining = research field. </span></p><h1 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: = 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: = 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">FORMAT:</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">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 emerging hardware, mobile robots, machine = learning and AI, hands-on projects, and special interest groups. = Participants are required to take part and possibly complete at least = one of the proposed projects. 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. Most of these lectures = will be tutorials rather than detailed reports of current research. = Invited speakers will give these lectures. Projects and interest groups = meet in the afternoons and after dinner. The workshop focuses on topics = related to </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">perception, action, = and cognition</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">; and projects this year will focus on developments in = robotics, learning, audiomotor processing, and = computational/experimental aspects of systems that can accomplish goals = with limited human intervention. </span></p><h1 dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; = margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2025 TOPIC = AREAS:</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: = justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The four topic areas = for this year's workshop are:</span></p><ol style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir=3D"ltr" = aria-level=3D"1" style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" = role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">AUD25: </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, = 33, 33); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Auditory Decoding</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"> </span></p></li></ol><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:= 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">TA Leaders: Claire Pelofi (NYU) and Malcolm Slaney = (Stanford) </span></p><ol start=3D"2" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir=3D"ltr" = aria-level=3D"1" style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" = role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">LT25: Language and thought</span></p></li></ol><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: = justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TA Leaders: Steve = Abreu (University of Groningen), Nicole Dumont (Univ. of = Waterloo) </span></p><ol start=3D"3" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir=3D"ltr" = aria-level=3D"1" style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" = role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; = color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NIC25: Neuromorphic = integrated circuits</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">TA Leaders: Jason Eshraghian (UC Santa Cruz), Shantanu = Chakrabartty (WashU), Andreas Andreou (Johns = Hopkins) </span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" = style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NPC25: Neural = perception and control </span></p></li></ol><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TA Leaders: = </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Furlong = (National Research Council of Canada, Univ. of Waterloo)</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">, </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ReJ aka Renaldas Zioma = (Independent Researcher)</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: = 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Details on the topic areas can be found at</span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: = 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a = href=3D"https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/topic-areas-2025" = style=3D"text-decoration: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; = text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">https://sites.google.com/view/telluride-2025/topic-areas-2025</= span></a><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br><h1 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: = 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: = 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS:</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">The Workshop will take place in the small town of Telluride, = 2667m (9000 ft) high in southwest Colorado, about 6 6-hour drive from = Denver (350 miles). There is a Telluride airport and several small = airports (e.g., Montrose) close to Telluride. All facilities within the = High School building are fully accessible to participants with = disabilities. Participants will be housed in condominiums within walking = distance of the school. Participants are expected to share = condominiums.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">The workshop is intended to be very informal and hands-on. = Participants are not required to have previous experience in mixed = signal VLSI circuit design, computational or machine vision, = systems-level neurophysiology, or brain modeling 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 work, or bring demonstrations to Telluride (e.g., robots, = chips, software). Wireless internet access will be provided. Technical = staff present throughout the Workshop will assist with software and = hardware issues. We encourage participants to bring along their personal = laptops and relevant hardware.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">No cars are required. Given the town's small size, we = recommend that you do not rent a car. Beautiful mountains surround = Telluride, so we recommend bringing hiking boots, warm clothes, rain = gear, and a backpack; the town park has a swimming pool, beach = volleyball, and tennis courts.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unless otherwise = arranged with one of the organizers, we expect participants to stay for = the entire duration of this three-week workshop.</span></p><h1 dir=3D"ltr"= style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; = margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FINANCIAL = ARRANGEMENTS:</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Unless otherwise requested, the workshop will cover your = accommodations and facilities costs for the 3 week duration as part of = the registration fees. </span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Registration = Fees:</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;"> The registration fee is 2000 USD; it partially covers the = workshop cost of lodging and facilities for the 3-week workshop. The = fees are expected from all participants at the time of acceptance. Each = participant is responsible for their own travel to and from the = workshop.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">We will award three scholarships for the registration fees = (2000 USD) funded by our NSF grant. Applicants are encouraged to = indicate any financial need in their application. </span></p><br><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: = 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Accommodations:</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The registration fee = provides a bed in a shared condominium, typically a shared room in a = condo with other workshop participants and faculty. Upgrades to a = private room or condo will cost extra and will be based on availability. = Note that Telluride is very expensive, and workshop housing is strictly = limited to what the workshop has contracted. </span></p><br><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: = 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 2025 Workshop on = Neuromorphic Engineering is sponsored by the National Science Foundation = and is supported by the Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering, = University of Maryland - College Park, Institute for Neuroinformatics = =E2=80=93 University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Johns Hopkins University, = Boston </span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">University, University of Western Sydney, the Salk Institute, = Zurich University of Applied Sciences and private sponsorship of Tobi = Delbruck and Renaldas Zioma.</span></p><h1 dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; = margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who is eligible to = apply?</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: = justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Applicants should be = at the level of graduate (PhD) students or above (i.e. postdoctoral = fellows, faculty, research and engineering staff, and equivalent = positions in industry and national laboratories). We encourage women and = minority candidates to apply.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; = margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Anyone interested in proposing or discussing specific = projects should contact the appropriate topic leaders = directly.</span></p><h1 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: = 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">HOW TO APPLY:</span></h1><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: = 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">The application website is at </span><a = href=3D"https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29701" = style=3D"text-decoration: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; = text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29701</span></a><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">.</span></p><h2 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = margin-left: -18pt; text-indent: 18pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: = 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16pt; font-family: = Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application = information needed:</span></h2><ol style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir=3D"ltr" = aria-level=3D"1" style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" = role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Contact email address.</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" = aria-level=3D"1" style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" = role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; = margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">First name, Last name, Affiliation, valid e-mail = address.</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" = style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curriculum Vitae (two = pages maximum)</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" = style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maximum one-page = (minimal font size 11) summary of background and interests relevant to = the workshop, including ideas for workshop projects and which topic = areas you would most likely join. Please be concise and to the point, = use AI tools sparingly, and don=E2=80=99t be = wordy. </span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" aria-level=3D"1" = style=3D"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, = sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: = normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre;"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height: 1.38; = text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two letters of = recommendation: brief, few-paragraph text-only support letters are = preferred. The letters should be uploaded directly by the = referees. </span></p></li></ol><h2 dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.2; margin: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: = 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Selection Criteria:</span></h2><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.2; margin: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">The organizing committee will evaluate applications according = to the merits of the applicant's scientific qualifications and = background, the strength of the proposed alignment to one or more topic = areas, and the extent to which the applicant contributes a unique voice = to a collaborative community committed to diverse viewpoints in all = forms, including gender, race, affiliations, seniority, etc. Due to high = interest in the workshop, we expect a competitive selection process, so = please highlight in your application any information that clarifies how = you can uniquely contribute to the success of our workshop and the = neuromorphic research community.</span></p><h2 dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height: 1.2; margin: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: = 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">Applicants will be notified by E-ma</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: = 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">il.</span></h2><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height: 1.2; = margin: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Questions can be = addressed to Yulia Sandamirskaya (</span><a = href=3D"mailto:yulia.sandamirskaya@xxxxxxxx" style=3D"text-decoration: = none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">yulia.sandamirskaya@xxxxxxxx</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and Claire Pelofi = (</span><a href=3D"mailto:claire.pelofi@xxxxxxxx" = style=3D"text-decoration: none;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; = text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">claire.pelofi@xxxxxxxx</span></a><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = vertical-align: baseline; white-space: = pre-wrap;">). </span></p></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_882A64AD-5980-48BA-972C-C20E733A7F4D--