Research Internship Leipzig Germany Jelle Bruineberg March September

Research Internship Leipzig, Germany Jelle Bruineberg March – September 2013 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

How and why I got there? • Predictive-coding and the Free Energy Principle • Looking for possible places • What kind of city and group? • Started late XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Finances and practical matters • Erasmus internship scholarship 200 euro • Student assistant (professor regretted it) 200 euro • Leipzig: - Cheap accommodation - Very affordable city - Lots of things happening • All the rest is very easy within Europe XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Working at the institute • Shared office • Regular lab meetings • Lots of talks to listen to • Lunch together at cafeteria • Gave several talks/posters XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

My project: computational neuroscience Generative model: p(o|z) and p(zt|zt-1) XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Work hard, Play harder, Party hardest XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Tips and tricks • It is not as difficult as you think, be a bit assertive • Select on topic, but also on research environment: big/small city, big/small group, university or research institute • Don’t worry if you start late, a lot is possible (if you don’t want to go to Australia…) • You should just do it! XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

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