CapoCaccia

Connecting the Pieces of the Puzzle

We, as a community composed of neuroscientists, neuromorphic engineers, roboticists and theoreticians have been trying to understand neural processing and computation from different perspectives. During the course of our research we try to solve the complex puzzle of the brain by identifying the relevant functions and features of each piece of the puzzle. The boundaries of the computational puzzle pieces, however, remain blurry and the puzzle itself is incomplete.

Instead of highlighting the representational properties of the pieces of the puzzle, as we did last year, the aim of Capo Caccia 2019 is to focus on the computational properties of the puzzle pieces, such as integration or goal-directed behaviour. Our goal is to connect these pieces, by identifying the operational definitions of computation and behaviour. This will sharpen our understanding of the puzzle as a whole and allow us to combine the abstracted computations into a cohesive understanding.

The workshop has open and highly interactive discussion sessions in the morning or the afternoon; hands-on projects, tutorials, and hardware and software jamming sessions during the day; and free-form discussions in the evenings.

The workshop is open to everybody, but since resources are limited, we will accept only a limited number of registrations, on a first-come first-serve basis.