Oxford Connectionist Summer School

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD OXFORD SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford Sunday 20th July - Friday 1st August, 2003 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, biologically plausible neural networks and brain function through lectures and exercises on Macintosh's and PC's. 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 £950. This figure covers the cost of accommodation (bed and breakfast at St. John's College), registration and all literature required for the Summer School. Participants will be expected to cover their own travel and meal costs. A number of partial bursaries (£200) will be available for graduate students. Applicants should indicate whether they wish to be considered for a graduate student scholarship but are advised to seek further funding as well, since in previous years the number of graduate student applications has far exceeded the number of scholarships available. If you are interested in participating in the Summer School, please complete the application form at the web address http://epwww.psych.ox.ac.uk/conferences/connectionist_modelling or alternatively send a brief description of your background with an explanation of why you would like to attend the Summer School, to: Mrs Sue King Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3UD Tel: (01865) 271353 Email: susan.king(a)psy.ox.ac.uk no later than 28th February 2003.