MPS-UCL Initiative: Computational Psychiatry and Aging Research
A JOINT INITIATIVE OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY (MPS) AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL)
In early 2011, MPS and UCL scientists launched an initiative on the development and application of computational methods that reorganize and improve our understanding of mental illness and behavioral aging. The initiative embodies three coordinated programs:
- Activities directed at fostering research interactions, including an annual joint retreat and a visiting fellowship program for scientists at all levels;
- Funding for two interrelated lines of research within the collaborative research program, one focusing on decision-making in psychopathology and the other on individual differences in cognitive aging
- Joint graduate training that consists of an exchange program, and a summer school.
The core group of scientists consists of Ray Dolan (coordinator UCL), Peter Dayan, Emrah Düzel, Karl Friston, and Read Montague from UCL; Ulman Lindenberger (coordinator MPS), Hans-Jochen Heinze (Leipzig, Magdeburg), and Arno Villringer from MPS; and five colleagues from other institutions, Lars Bäckman, Hauke Heekeren, Klaas Enno Stephan, Naftali Raz, and Gerhard Roth. The cooperating research institutions are the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL, the MPI for Human Development in Berlin, and the MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences at Leipzig.
The initiative is funded by the (a) MPS, (b) UCL, and (c) the German Research Foundation (DFG) through prize money from the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award given to Ulman Lindenberger in 2010. Initial funding is restricted to 2011 and 2012 but open for renewal if the initiative is successful.
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MPS-UCL Initiative
Cooperating Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Max Planck Society
Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences at Leipzig
MPS-UCL Symposium
The MPS-UCL Symposium and Advanced Course on Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research will be held September 16-22, 2012, at Ringberg Castle, a picturesque location near Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. Application for participation starts now.
Leibniz Prize
Ulman Lindenberger received Germany's largest research award, the Leibniz Prize 2010.