At this workshop neuroscientists, neuromorphic engineers, roboticists, and theoreticians have been trying to understand neural processing and computation from different perspectives. Our aim is to figure out the key elements which bootstrap the brain to be the unique computing machine it is, and to enable neuromorphic intelligence. These elements (genes, proteins, neurons, or synapses), aggregated in sub-modules (gene regulatory networks, nuclei, layered ensembles) and their interfaces (message-parsing systems, connectivity schemes, mechanism of plasticity) might hint their functional role in neural computation.
The workshop features open and highly interactive discussion sessions in the morning; hands-on projects, tutorials, and hardware and software jamming sessions during the day; and free-form discussions in the evenings.