DFT Summer School 2025 Bochum, Germany | Application deadline: May 25th, 2025
DFT Summer School 2025 Bochum, Germany
Application deadline is May 25th, 2025.
This year our summer school “Neural Dynamics for Embodied Cognition”
will take place from the 25th to the 30th of August, 2025 at the
Institute for Neural Computation, Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany,
coordinated by Prof. Dr. Gregor Schöner.
Neuronal dynamics provide a powerful theoretical language for the design
and modeling of embodied and situated cognitive systems. This school
provides a hands-on and practical introduction to neuronal dynamics
ideas and enables participants to become productive within this
framework. The school is aimed at advanced undergraduate or graduate
students, postdocs and faculty members in embodied cognition, cognitive
science, and robotics.
Topics addressed include neural dynamics, attractor dynamics and
instabilities, dynamic field theory, neuronal representations,
artificial perception, simple forms of cognition including detection and
selection decisions, memory formation, learning, and grounding
relational concepts.
The school combines tutorial lectures with hands-on project work.
Participants will develop their own modeling project, which may connect
to their ongoing doctoral or postdoctoral research.
To apply for the summer school, please visit our webpage:
https://dynamicfieldtheory.org/events/neuronal_dynamics_for_embodied_cognition_2025/