[visionlist] Summer School Visual Neuroscience September 2008

[Karl Gegenfurtner]

E U R O P E A N   S U M M E R   S C H O O L
Visual Neuroscience: from spikes to awareness
Rauischholzhausen Castle (near Frankfurt, Germany)
August 31 - September 12, 2008
Application deadline: March 31, 2008
Organizers: Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer, Karl Gegenfurtner
Funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation
http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch

Visual neuroscience studies the neural underpinnings of visual function and
visual sensation. Its results contribute to our understanding of cognitive brain
processes in general and also help to boost the capabilities of technological
vision systems.

Visual neuroscience involves a wide variety of methods and approaches ---
computational theory, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, functional imaging,
psychophysics, neuropsychology, and others --- and illustrates perhaps more
clearly than any other area of brain research, the overriding need to combine
and coordinate these diverse efforts.

The European Summer School exposes young vision researchers --- at the late
pre-doctoral or early post-doctoral level --- to the principal methods and
seminal issues of contemporary visual neuroscience. In addition, it seeks to
build a basic fluency in the emerging lingua franca of computational
neuroscience. The range of topics is broad, literally from spikes to
awareness, and the pace correspondingly brisk. This intensive experience should
allow participants to take a broader view of, and make more informed
decisions about, their future research direction.

The European Summer School is taught by leading researchers in neurobiology,
neuropsychology, psychophysics, and theoretical neuroscience. Two thematically
related topics are covered each day, with approximately 3 hours allotted to each
(including discussion time). An after-dinner discussion provides an opportunity
to contrast and compare the day’s lectures. In addition, students pursue
computational and theoretical projects (based on Matlab) during the afternoon,
to experiment with key concepts and techniques of computational neuroscience.

Confirmed speakers in 2008 are Alessandra Angelucci (Salt Lake City), David Burr
(Florence), Jochen Braun (Magdeburg), Frank Bremmer (Marburg), Matteo Carandini
(San Francisco), Gustavo Deco (Barcelona), Heiner Deubel (Munich), Karl
Gegenfurtner (Giessen), Michael Goldberg (New York), John-Dylan Haynes (Berlin),
David Heeger (New York), Concetta Morrone (Milano), Tony Movshon (New York),
Pieter Roelfsema (Amsterdam), Simon Thorpe (Toulouse), Stefan Treue (Göttingen),
Lucia Vaina (Boston) and Heinz Wässle (Frankfurt).

The European Summer School meets at idyllic and inspiring Schloss
Rauischholzhausen in Hessia, Germany. The main selection
criterion for participants is the degree of benefit that each applicant can be
expected to derive from the course. In addition, the organizers attempt to
balance fields, nationalities, and genders among participants. All
participants receive full stipends and (at least) partial travel support.

Application forms can be downloaded from the website
http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch/application.html. Please
fill in the form and return it by email to karl.gegenfurtner at
psychol.uni-giessen.de. You are also be asked to arrange for at least one letter
of recommendation to be sent separately by email to karl.gegenfurtner at
psychol.uni-giessen.de. The deadline for receipt of the complete application is
31 March 2008.

We look forward to welcome you to the summer school.

Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer and Karl Gegenfurtner
-- 
Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen
phone:  +49 641 9926100	  mailto:gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de
fax:    +49 641 9926119	  http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl