Dear Dr. Bengio,

It is our pleasure to announce that we will have BSI Summer Program 2018, celebrating its 20^th anniversary.

I am writing this email to request you, one of our former prestigious lecturers, to disseminate our program to prospective candidates.

I attach a flier that you can use when you forward the Summer Program information.

Summer Program 2018

“Untangling the Mysterious Brain – Cognition, Memory and Consciousness –"

The program will give you a chance to reflect on what our inner, subjective experiences mean, and how we can study them with scientific tools.

Dates: Lecture Course: July 9-13

Internship Course: June 13-Aug.8

Place: Ohkouch Hall (lecture course), RIKEN, Saitama, Japan

Application deadline: February 28, 2018

Website: http://www.brain.riken.jp/en/summer/next.html

The lecturers:

Michael Hausser, University College London
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, Gunma University
Ryota Kanai, Araya Inc.
Kiyoto Kasai, The University of Tokyo
Fusao Kato, Jikei University School of Medicine
Wu Li, Beijing Normal University
Eve Marder, Brandeis University
Reiko Mazuka, RIKEN BSI
Thomas J. McHugh, RIKEN BSI
Taro Toyoizumi, RIKEN BSI
Inna Slutsky, Tel Aviv University
Emre Yaksi, Kavli Institute, NTNU

Kiyomi Ohno

RIKEN Brain Science Institute

Brain Science Promotion Division