{"id":5788,"date":"2014-10-20T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:37:06","slug":"institute-cognitive-science-pleased-dr-terry-stewart-giving-series-workshops-cognitive-neural-modelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/2014\/institute-cognitive-science-pleased-dr-terry-stewart-giving-series-workshops-cognitive-neural-modelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Terry Stewart\u00a0is presenting a series of workshops on cognitive neural modelling."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Dr. Terry Stewart\u00a0is presenting a series of workshops on cognitive neural modelling.\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Stewart will be running workshops this week for anyone interested in learning how NENGO works and learning how to use NENGO to build their own neurocognitive models:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2:00 p.m. Tuesday (21st)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2:00 p.m. Wednesday (22nd)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10:00 a.m. Friday (24th)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workshops will be held in room 5220 of the Visualization and Simulation Building (VSIM). Be sure to bring a laptop so you can participate in the tutorials using the NENGO software:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nengo.ca\/download\">http:\/\/www.nengo.ca\/download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Terry Stewart is an alumni of our program, (Ph.D 2007),&nbsp;and project manager at the Computational Neuroscience Research Group (CNRG) at the University of Waterloo. CNRG, headed by Dr. Chris Eliasmith, has developed NENGO (Neural ENGineering Objects), a Python-based platform for creating cognitive models using realistic, spiking neuron models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNRG has used NENGO to create the world&#8217;s largest functional brain simulation, SPAUN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nengo.ca\/build-a-brain\/spaunvideos\">http:\/\/nengo.ca\/build-a-brain\/spaunvideos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=256480&amp;playlistId=1.1063551&amp;binId=1.810401&amp;playlistPageNum=1&amp;binPageNum=1\">http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=256480&amp;playlistId=1.1063551&amp;binId=1.810401&amp;playlistPageNum=1&amp;binPageNum=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Stewart will be running workshops this week for anyone interested in learning how NENGO works and learning how to use NENGO to build their own neurocognitive models: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday (21st) 2:00 p.m. Wednesday (22nd) 10:00 a.m. Friday (24th) Workshops will be held in room 5220 of the Visualization and Simulation Building (VSIM). 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