Dynamic Field Theory Summer School

动态场论暑期学校

• 批准号: 0925248
• 负责人: John Spencer
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2010-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0925248&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dynamic; Field; Theory; Summer

This proposal requests NSF funding to support a summer school on Dynamic Field Theory and its applications to cognitive science, to be held in June 8-12 at the University of Iowa. Dynamic Field Theory provides a formal framework for thinking about embodied cognitive dynamics. The Summer School is organized so that students receive hands-on experience working with specific dynamic neural field models within their own area of expertise. The Summer School begins with an introduction to the central concepts of dynamical systems theory, and the mathematical and neurophysiological bases of dynamic field theory. Next, students will learn how activation dynamics in neural fields provide critical links to two central challenges in cognitive and developmental science: the integration of processes over multiple time scales and the origin of behavioral flexibility. The final lectures will focus on applications of the theory in different domains, from lower-level examples in the domains of motor control and robotics to higher-level domains including working memory and word learning. Lectures and course materials are freely available at the Summer School website: www.uiowa.edu/~icdls/dft-school/.

该提案要求NSF资助将于6月8日至12日在爱荷华大学举办的关于动态场理论及其在认知科学中的应用的暑期学校。动态场理论为思考具身认知动力学提供了一个形式化的框架。暑期学校的组织是为了让学生获得在他们自己的专业领域内使用特定动态神经场模型的实践经验。暑期学校首先介绍动力系统理论的核心概念，以及动力场理论的数学和神经生理学基础。接下来，学生将学习神经领域的激活动力学如何为认知和发展科学中的两个核心挑战提供关键联系：多时间尺度上的过程整合和行为灵活性的起源。最后的讲座将重点介绍该理论在不同领域的应用，从运动控制和机器人领域的低级例子到工作记忆和单词学习等高级领域。讲座和课程资料可在暑期学校网站上免费获取：www.uiowa.edu/~icdls/dft-school/。