OXFORD SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING

This is the LAST CALL for participation for the 1996 Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling follows. Please pass on this information to people you know who would be interested. -------- OXFORD SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford 21 July - 2nd August 1996 Applications are invited for participation in a 2-week residential Summer School on techniques in connectionist modelling. The course is aimed primarily at researchers who wish to exploit neural network models in their teaching and/or research and it will provide a general introduction to connectionist modelling through lectures and exercises on Power PCs. The course is interdisciplinary in content though many of the illustrative examples are taken from cognitive and developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The instructors with primary responsibility for teaching the course are Kim Plunkett and Edmund Rolls. No prior knowledge of computational modelling will be required though simple word processing skills will be assumed. Participants will be encouraged to start work on their own modelling projects during the Summer School. The cost of participation in the Summer School is #750 to include accommodation (bed and breakfast at St. John's College) and registration. Participants will be expected to cover their own travel and meal costs. A small number of graduate student scholarships providing partial funding may be available. Applicants should indicate whether they wish to be considered for a graduate student scholarship but are advised to seek their own funding as well, since in previous years the number of graduate student applications has far exceeded the number of scholarships available. There is a Summer School World Wide Web page describing the contents of the 1995 Summer School available on: http://cogsci1.psych.ox.ac.uk/summer-school/ Further information about contents of the course can be obtained from Steven.Young(a)psy.ox.ac.uk If you are interested in participating in the Summer School, please contact: Mrs Sue King Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3UD Tel: (01865) 271353 Email: susan.king(a)psy.oxford.ac.uk Please send a brief description of your background with an explanation of why you would like to attend the Summer School (one page maximum) no later than 31st January 1996. Regards, Steven Young.