EMEA WORKSHOP
Partnering Universities:
Tel Aviv University (2017 Host);
Imperial College London; University College Dublin; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Sponsored by: Broadcom Foundation
Four universities from Israel, UK, Ireland and India are partnering to create this 3- days exciting workshop on brain machine interface and brain inspired technologies and computing. The workshop brings together seven top graduate students from each of the universities to explore rapidly advancing cross-disciplinary inquiries into how “to engineer the brain.” The workshop will focus on emerging integrated research between engineering, neuroscience and computer science aiming to build long-term collaborations between the students. Students will work in interdisciplinary teams to design new collaborative projects, projects will be presented in front of a distinguished jury of experts and a winning project will be chosen. The workshop will also include tours around Israel and some social events.
Porter School for Environmental Studies Building, Tel Aviv University
Arrival
09:00 Welcome and greetings
09:30 I-TED: personal presentations of all participants
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Dividing into working teams, scientific presentations of students
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Working in teams; choosing and designing a joint research proposal
HaMiflat - Tel Aviv University's WeWork
15:00 New horizons in brain technologies -
17:00 Coffee Break
18:00 Prof. Joseph Klafter, Tel Aviv University's President, Greetings and Welcome Notes
18:15 Team discussions – defining the scientific challenges, the needs, the technology required for the proposed research. Teams work on presenting their joint projects with relevant mentors (local and hosts).
21:00 Pizza and Beer Get-together at HAMIFLAT
23:30 Transfer back to the Hotel
09:00 Teams work - designing the presentations
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Teams work - dry runs with peers & mentors
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Project pitching in front of the jury - 7 min for each project + 5 min for Q&A
17:00 Coffee break
17:30 Announcing the winners, final discussion and feedback from the jury
19:00 Organized Tour + Festive Dinner in Tel Aviv
23:00 Transfer back to the hotel
All-day guided tour in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, including farewell lunch for all participants
Free Evening in Tel Aviv
Free day and departure
University College Dublin School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor of Mathematics and Chairman of the Division of Interdisciplinary Research at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Vice President for Academic Programs and University Relations Broadcom Foundation
Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Head of the Bio-inspired Metabolic Technology Laboratory in the Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology
Chair, Division of Interdisciplinary Research and Professor, Department of Mathematics
