Oxford Connectionist Summer School

[Kim Plunkett]

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 at psy.ox.ac.uk


no later than 28th February 2003.
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