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Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce the second European Computational Motor Control Summer School, which will take place at the Mas des Violettes, a very pleasant southern French countryside setting near Montpellier, from Sunday June 28th to Saturday July 4th , 2015.
The overall organization will be a morning lecture and an afternoon Matlab-tutorial, each taught by internationally acclaimed researchers in the field:
- Monday June 29th. Overview of motor control and learning (AM: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi . PM: David Franklin)
- Tuesday June 30th. Neuro-mechanics (AM: Francisco Valero-Cuevas. PM: James Finley)
- Wednesday July 1st. Motor Control (AM: Etienne Burdet, PM: Emmanuel Guigon and Nathanael Jarrasse)
- Thursday July 2nd. AM: Short research talks. PM: Outdoor activities
- Friday July 3rd. Motor Learning (AM: Kenji Doya. PM: Jun Izawa)
We will also have student presentations, “aperitifs”, outdoors activities (canoe, hiking in the Garrigue…), visit of Saint Guilhem-le-Desert, wine tasting, banquet, etc. So we expect this intensive summer school to be instructive, fun, as well as a good networking opportunity. It surely was all of the above in the first edition!
The long-term goal of this summer school, which is made possible in large part by a grant from the multidisciplinary large–scale NUMEV initiative in Montpellier, is to promote the field of Computational Motor Control in Europe in general, and in France in particular, as the field is not as developed as it is in the US. Other sponsors include the Division of Physical Therapy and Biokinesiology at USC, and the M2H Euromov laboratory in Montpellier.
The prime target applicants are PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, but applications from junior researchers will be considered. No knowledge of computational motor control is necessary to attend. However, students are expected to know Matlab and have an adequate level in mathematics, in particular basics in linear algebra and differential equations. Some knowledge in systems neuroscience would be preferable. Each student will need to bring his/her laptop with Matlab pre-installed.
To apply for participation, please email a CV and a brief statement of purpose before February 15 to Nicolas Schweighofer at schweigh@usc.edu (please use "Summer school: your name" as title). Note that we can accommodate only 20 students and application is therefore likely to be competitive. The school fees of 500 Euros will cover the course, shared accommodation, complete room and board, most activities, and transportation to and from downtown Montpellier (France).
We hope to see you in June at the Mas des Violettes!
Nicolas Schweighofer
Denis Mottet
David Guiraud
Philippe Fraisse
Abdelkader Gouaich
It is our pleasure to announce the second European Computational Motor Control Summer School, which will take place at the Mas des Violettes, a very pleasant southern French countryside setting near Montpellier, from Sunday June 28th to Saturday July 4th , 2015.
The overall organization will be a morning lecture and an afternoon Matlab-tutorial, each taught by internationally acclaimed researchers in the field:
- Monday June 29th. Overview of motor control and learning (AM: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi . PM: David Franklin)
- Tuesday June 30th. Neuro-mechanics (AM: Francisco Valero-Cuevas. PM: James Finley)
- Wednesday July 1st. Motor Control (AM: Etienne Burdet, PM: Emmanuel Guigon and Nathanael Jarrasse)
- Thursday July 2nd. AM: Short research talks. PM: Outdoor activities
- Friday July 3rd. Motor Learning (AM: Kenji Doya. PM: Jun Izawa)
We will also have student presentations, “aperitifs”, outdoors activities (canoe, hiking in the Garrigue…), visit of Saint Guilhem-le-Desert, wine tasting, banquet, etc. So we expect this intensive summer school to be instructive, fun, as well as a good networking opportunity. It surely was all of the above in the first edition!
The long-term goal of this summer school, which is made possible in large part by a grant from the multidisciplinary large–scale NUMEV initiative in Montpellier, is to promote the field of Computational Motor Control in Europe in general, and in France in particular, as the field is not as developed as it is in the US. Other sponsors include the Division of Physical Therapy and Biokinesiology at USC, and the M2H Euromov laboratory in Montpellier.
The prime target applicants are PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, but applications from junior researchers will be considered. No knowledge of computational motor control is necessary to attend. However, students are expected to know Matlab and have an adequate level in mathematics, in particular basics in linear algebra and differential equations. Some knowledge in systems neuroscience would be preferable. Each student will need to bring his/her laptop with Matlab pre-installed.
To apply for participation, please email a CV and a brief statement of purpose before February 15 to Nicolas Schweighofer at schweigh@usc.edu (please use "Summer school: your name" as title). Note that we can accommodate only 20 students and application is therefore likely to be competitive. The school fees of 500 Euros will cover the course, shared accommodation, complete room and board, most activities, and transportation to and from downtown Montpellier (France).
We hope to see you in June at the Mas des Violettes!
Nicolas Schweighofer
Denis Mottet
David Guiraud
Philippe Fraisse
Abdelkader Gouaich