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IBRO-Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo

07 - 28 Jan, 2024

    Imbizo is a Xhosa word meaning “a gathering to share knowledge”. The IBRO-Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo, or isiCNI is exactly that: an opportunity for African and international students to learn about cutting edge research techniques in computational neuroscience.


    Imbizo 2024

    Applications are closed

    Acceptance: Sept 2023 (approx)


    The school

    Duration

    Jan 07, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024

    The school will consist of four 5-day work weeks with 1 day off in-between. Each week will be focused on one of the themes appearing below. Your day off will be spent exploring some of the beautiful wonders around Cape Town. Each workday will consist of lectures in the morning, followed by either further lectures/practical tutorials in the afternoons.

    Biophysics, Plasticity and Neural Recordings

    Network Dynamics

    Higher Level Function, Motor Control & Decision Making

    Machine Learning

    Faculty

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    Joseph Raimondo

    University of Cape Town

    Tim Vogels

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria

    Peter Latham

    University College London

    Demba Ba

    Harvard University

    Henning Sprekeler

    Technical University Berlin

    Tor Stensola

    University of Agder

    Dorit Hockman

    University of Cape Town

    Daniela Vallentin

    Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (In Foundation)

    SueYeon Chung

    New York University

    Aza Allsop

    Yale School of Medicine

    Silke Anders

    Universität zu Lübeck - Clinic for Neurology

    Guillaume Lajoie

    University of Montreal & MILA

    Damian Okaibedi Eke

    De Montfort University

    Arif Hamid

    University of Minnesota Medical School

    Bard Ermentrout

    University of Pittsburgh

    Franck Kalume

    University of Washington

    Rachael Dangarembizi

    University of Cape Town

    Anne-Marie Oswald

    University of Pittsburgh

    Brent Doiron

    University of Chicago

    Thijs Verhoog

    University of Cape Town

    Teaching assistants

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    Nina Kudryashova

    University of Edinburgh

    Christopher Currin

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria | Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 South Africa

    Spiros Chavlis

    IMBB-FORTH

    Mohamed Abdelhack

    Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics

    Ilenna Jones

    University of Pennsylvania

    Laura Naumann

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria


    Organising committee

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    Demba Ba

    Harvard University
    photo of Christopher Currin

    Christopher Currin

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria & Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 South Africa
    photo of Peter Latham

    Peter Latham

    University College London
    photo of Joseph Raimondo

    Joseph Raimondo

    University of Cape Town
    photo of Emma Vaughan

    Emma Vaughan

    Imbizo Logistics
    photo of Tim Vogels

    Tim Vogels

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria