Sohail Siadatnejad

Advanced Courses, Summer Schools, and Workshops (Academic Professional Development)

This page lists advanced courses, summer schools, workshops, and longer training programs I have undertaken over the years. Many are beyond standard university degrees and reflect sustained learning and development. This page is separate from publications and does not list original research papers; those are shown on dedicated publication pages.

For degrees and post-docs, see [education] page.

Advanced Courses and Summer Schools

• 4th Quantum Optics and Nanophotonics Winter School, Sheffield Quantum Centre (SQC) at the University of Sheffield, UK.
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• GSI 2025: Geometric Science of Information 2025 (GSI’25), Oct 29–31, 2025, Palais du Grand Large, Saint-Malo, France .
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• MGS 2025 — Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science
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• 5th C4ML Workshop: Compilers for Machine Learning. May 2024, as part of ACM CGO 2024, Edinburgh, UK. link

• Various INCF workshops and conferences in UK during my PhD study during 2009-2013.
  • Edinburgh, York, Manchester, UK.
• Coherent Behavior in Neuronal Networks (2007), Mallorca, Spain, October 17–20, 2007.
  • At Instituto de F´ ısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC), Universitat de les Illes Balears-CSIC, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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• Graduate Course/Program: Cognitive Neuroscience (2004–2005), School of Cognitive Sciences, IPM, Tehran.
  • Cognitive Neuroscience and Advanced Machine Learning (2006–2008), School of Cognitive Sciences, IPM and University of Tehran. (2 year graduate-level coursework and researcher)
  • (No surviving webpage)
  • Accepted among 250 via competitive exam
  • completed courses in neuroscience and advanced machine learning. inlc. Visual Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, System Identification, Advanced Machine Learning 1,2 (graduate).

• As visitor researcher: (2005–2006) - Tactile psychophysics and statistical grammaer processing, IPM, Tehran, Iran.

• Attended various short intensive courses at IPM, during 2004-2006.
  • Notable presenters: Alessandro Treves (SISSA) (various topics in Neurobiology modeling and Information), John Rinzel (Phase-plane analysis of bursting), Anthony Movshon (Low-level Vision Neuroscience) , Michael Shadlen (Perceptual Decision Making), William Newsome (Dorsal Cortex low-level Visual Cortex), Reza Shadmehr (Motor Neuroscience), Yasser Roudi (Information Theory and memory), and more.

• Course on Quantum Computing - winter semester 2003. Dept of Physics, SUT (passed).

• Visiting researcher in Quantum Computing - (2002-2003). Dept of Physics, SUT (published).

• Workshop on Quantum Computing — Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Aug 1–5, 2004, Tehran.
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• Intentionality (an advanced course in Philosophy of Mind), IRIP.

• Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings (course and seminar series based on O’Connor & Robb’s 2003 text book from Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy), IRIP.
  • Plus follow-up seminars on Philosophy of Mind at IRIP.

• Reading Hegel’s Philosophy of Mind, a philosophy course (2003-2004). Followed by part two of this course.

• Course: Computational Modeling of Neural Cells (2002), School of Cognitive Sciences, IPM, Tehran, Iran
  • (Included XPP/XPPAUT for phase-plane analysis of neural dynamics, and the NEURON Simulator )
  • (No surviving webpage)
• SOTACS 2000 — First Summer School on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, School of Computer Science, IPM, July 3–10, 2000
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  • This was my first encounter with Quantum Computing and Spectral Graph Theory.
  • Notatble presenters included Umesh Vazirani & Vijay Vazirani.

Community and Service as Organizer

• Main Organizer, IPM Neuroscience Journal Club, SCS, IPM (2004–2006)

• The Organizer, SUT Biomath Seminars / Journal Club, Dept Mathematical Sciences, SUT (2003-2004)

• Also: coorganised and ran long-standing book reading groups: “Predictive Processing” (2017-2019), and Phenomenology of Mind (2010-2011).

• For university teaching (lecturer), industry teaching, etc, see: [page].

Notes:

• Some entries do not have surviving webpages; they are included for completeness.
• This page is separate from publications and formal academic degrees (BSc/MSc/PhD).