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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo

07 - 28 Jan, 2024

    Imbizo is a Xhosa word meaning “a gathering to share knowledge”. The Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo 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 3 cycles. Cycle 1 will be 7 days long with 1 day off on day 4 work. Cycle 2 and 3 will consist of 5 work days 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

    Xaq Pitkow

    Carnegie Mellon University

    Thomas Tagoe

    University of Ghana

    Daniela Vallentin

    Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (In Foundation)

    Arif Hamid

    University of Minnesota Medical School

    Bard Ermentrout

    University of Pittsburgh

    Rachael Dangarembizi

    University of Cape Town

    Jakob Macke

    University of Tübingen

    Andre Fenton

    New York University

    Andrew Saxe

    University College London

    Pedro Gonçalves

    Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF)

    Annik Carson

    AI Redefined

    Ulrich Paquet

    AIMS, DeepMind, Deep Learning Indaba

    Stefanie Liebe

    Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

    Paul Amayo

    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