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BCBT is an annual international summer school that promotes a shared systems-level understanding of the functional architecture of the brain and its possible emulation in artificial systems. BCBT addresses students and researchers involved in research at the interface between brains and technology such as in the ambit of “Bio-ICT convergence” "Brain Inspired ICT" and “cognitive systems and robotics”. The summer school has been part of a series of events organized by the European coordination action Convergent Science Network of Biomimetics and Neurotechnology (http://csnetwork.eu/).
This year the school will be supported by the EU projects socSMCs (Socializing Sensorimotor Contingencies) - A FET Proactive Horizon 2020 funded research project. (http://socsmcs.eu/)
Students will have the opportunity to attend lectures from prominent scientists in the field of brain research, cognitve science and neuroscience, artificial intelligent and related fields. Students will also attend tutorials and work on projects that will be presented at the end of the 2 weeks of the summer school.
September 5-16, 2016
First week
Neural basis of social interaction
Morning: 1- 2 Lectures
Afternoon/Evening: 1-2 Tutorials and work on projects
Second week
Socializing Sensorimotor Contingencies
Morning: 1-2 Lectures
Afternoon/Evening: Tutorials
Project work, and final presentation.
Program Committee
Paul Verschure (chair) University Pompeu Fabra, ICREA, Barcelona, ES
Andreas Engel (co-chair) University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), DE
Anna Mura (co-chair) SPECS, University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, ES
