Winter School "Ethics of Neuroscience and AI" 2024
The 13th Winter School "Ethics of Neuroscience and AI" is taking place on Feb 26 - March 1, 2024. It is organized by the BCCN Berlin/ICCN, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, and the Excellence Cluster "Science of Intelligence". The event is tailored for MSc and PhD students, but covers a range of topics of potential interest to other researchers, reflecting on the ethical and societal consequences of modern neuroscience.
Theoretical foundations, as well as practical and ethical aspects are addressed. Participants will benefit from a combination of lectures with group work and discussions, where they will put the learned content into practice.
Registration is now closed.
Scientific organizers: John-Dylan Haynes and Thomas Schmidt.
The program can be found here.
The booklet is available here later on.
Please note that this Winter School is an event in presence.
On Tuesday, Feb 27, the school offers two parallel tracks: The Philosophical Track focuses on theoretical aspects, meta-ethics and moral responsibility. The Empirical Track offers theoretical foundations as well as a number of practical ethical aspects in neuroscience, such as deep brain stimulation, brain death, artificial intelligence, and data protection.
Fees: The Winter School is free of cost but registration is necessary.
Venue: Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Philippstr. 13 Haus 6, 10115 Berlin
Certificates of Attendance: Certificates of attendance will be issued upon request for those who attend at least 4/5 days.
Certificates of Credit: External students can receive up to 3 ECTS for their participation in the Winter School if they attend in presence and fulfill the following criteria:
3 ECTS: attend the School, take part in the Group Work session and submit a 2-page essay.
2.5 ECTS: attend the School and take part in the Group Work, no essay.
0.5 ECTS: attend only Good Scientific Practice (GSP).
If you would like to receive credit, please indicate that on the registration form.
Organisation: Dirk Mende, Lisa Velenosi and Darko Komnenić
Contact: graduateprograms AT bccn-berlin.de
The Winter School is now fully booked. We thank all the applicants for their interest and are looking forward to welcoming you in February!
Additional information for Master's students of the program Computational Neuroscience
The Winter School coincides with the compulsory module "Ethical Issues and Implications for Society" for second year BCCN Berlin Master's students. For complete module description see the program structure here. Master's students of the program Computational Neuroscience have to attend the empirical track as well as write an essay.
We are proud to receive support from FENS and IBRO-PERC every second year which enables us to continue to offer our Winter School "Ethics of Neuroscience and AI" free of charge to an international audience each year.
The Winter School is jointly organized by the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, and the Excellence Cluster Science of Intelligence.
Location: Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Philiipstr. 13 Haus 6, 10115 Berlin