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

2. 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

3. XXX Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Finances and practical matters Erasmus internship scholarship200 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

4. 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

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

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

7. 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!

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