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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#006A68'>Systems Vision Science Virtual Summer School & Symposium: July 8<sup>th</sup> – July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2026</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'>Applications are invited for a <a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/virtual-systems-vision-science-summer-school-symposium-2024/"><span style='color:#332741;text-decoration:none'>virtual edition</span></a></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'> of </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/editions-in-previous-years/">the Systems Vision Science Summer School and Symposium that took place in Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tuebingen, Germany in August 2023<span style='font-weight:normal'> and August 2025 and virtual in 2024</span>.<span style='font-weight:normal'> </span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'>This year, the virtual edition enables students to attend from afar by formal lectures via Zoom and informal </span><span lang=EN-US>and <span style='color:#332741'>social communications via a Slack channel.</span><br><br><span style='color:#332741'>Systems Vision Science combines </span><b><span style='color:#006A68'>computational, behavioral, and neuroscience methods</span></b><span style='color:#332741'> to discover functions and algorithms for vision in various brain regions <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'>and their implementations in neural circuits. This summer school is designed for everyone interested in</span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'> gaining a systems level understanding of biological vision</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'>. </span><span lang=EN-US><br><br><span style='color:#332741'>We plan a </span><b><span style='color:#006A68'>coherent, graduate-level, syllabus on the integration of experimental data with theory and models</span></b><span style='color:#332741'>. The syllabus content will be very similar <a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/points-policies-prizes/">to the edition in 2024</a>.</span><br><span style='color:#332741'>Experience or knowledge in (A) computational methods, (B) visual psychophysics, and (C) vision neuroscience, is not required.</span> <span style='color:#332741'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'>However, experience in at least one of (A), (B), and (C), and a readiness to learn, is expected.</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br><b><span style='color:#006A68'>The Summer School will be followed by a Systems Vision Science Virtual Symposium on July 31<sup>st</sup>. </span></b>All admitted summer school students will be invited to attend this symposium <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US>and are encouraged to submit for a presentation at the symposium. The symposium will also feature two invited keynote presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'>A </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>certificate of completion</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741'> of the summer school course will be provided after the student’s successful completion of the summer school.</span><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>March 28, 2026 Deadline for applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>April 10, 2026 Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>April 27, 2026 Registration fees due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>July 8 – <b><span style='color:#006A68'>Virtual Systems Vision Science Summer School takes place</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>July 30, 2026 (<span style='color:#332741'>formal lectures via Zoom and informal and social communications via a Slack channel)</span><b><span style='color:#006A68'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>July 31, 2026 <b><span style='color:#006A68'>Virtual Systems Vision Science Symposium takes place<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:70.8pt;text-indent:35.4pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>(3 -7 pm German time)</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span style='color:#332741;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Please click <a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/application-virtual-svs/">here </a> to find more details and to apply<b><span style='color:#006A68'> by</span> <span style='color:#006A68'> March 28, 2026.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#332741;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Summer </span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>S<span style='color:#332741'>chool admission will be based on interest/motivation and prior knowledge/experience of the applicants, and on how much the applicants could benefit from participation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Please direct inquiries to <a href="mailto:svs.summerschool@tue.mpg.de">svs.summerschool@tue.mpg.de</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#332741;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Organizing Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Li Zhaoping<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Maria Pavlovic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Vladislav Aksiotis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Franziska Lohrmann<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>University of Tuebingen</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="www.summerschool.lizhaoping.org">www.summerschool.lizhaoping.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>