CNS*92

[Jim Bower]

                       CALL FOR PAPERS                        

			First Annual
	     Computation and Neural Systems Meeting
			  CNS*92

	    Sunday, July 26 through Friday, July 31
                            1992

		    San Francisco, California

          This is the first annual meeting of an  inter-disciplinary  
          conference intended to address the broad range of research
	  approaches and issues involved in the general field of 
	  computational neuroscience.  The meeting itself has grown out
	  of a workshop on "The Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems"
	  which has been held each of the last two years at the same 
	  site.  The strong response to these previous meetings has 
	  suggested that it is now time for an annual open meeting 
	  on computational approaches to understanding neurobiological 
	  systems.

	  CNS*92 is intended to bring together experimental and
	  theoretical neurobiologists along with engineers, computer
          scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and  mathematicians
          interested  in  understanding how neural systems compute.  
	  The meeting will equally emphasize experimental, model-based, 
	  and more abstract theoretical approaches to understanding 
	  neurobiological computation.
	
          The first day of the meeting (July 26) will be devoted to tutorial 
	  presentations and workshops focused on particular technical
	  issues confronting computational neurobiology.  The next three
	  days will include the main technical program consisting of
	  plenary, contributed and poster sessions.  There will be no
	  parallel sessions and the full text of presented papers will
	  be published.  Following the regular session, there will be 
	  two days of focused workshops at a site on the California coast 
	  (July 30-31). Participation in the workshops is restricted to 
	  75 attendees.
          
	   
          Technical Program:  Plenary, contributed and poster sessions will
          be  held.   There will be no parallel sessions.  The full text of
          presented  papers  will  be  published.   

	  Presentation categories:
		A. Theory and Analysis
		B. Modeling and Simulation
		C. Experimental
		D. Tools and Techniques 

	  Themes:
		A. Development
		B. Cell Biology
		C. Excitable Membranes and Synaptic Mechanisms
		D. Neurotransmitters, Modulators, Receptors
		E. Sensory Systems
			1. Somatosensory
			2. Visual
			3. Auditory
			4. Olfactory
			5. Other
		F. Motor Systems and Sensory Motor Integration
		G. Behavior
		H. Cognitive 
		I. Disease	


	  Submission  Procedures: Original  research  contributions  are  
	  solicited,  and  will  be carefully refereed.  Authors must submit 
	  six  copies  of  both  a 1000-word  (or less) summary and six copies 
	  of a separate singlepage  50-100  word  abstract  clearly   stating   
	  their   results postmarked  by January 7, 1992. Accepted abstracts 
	  will be published in the conference program.  Summaries are for  
	  program  committee use  only.   At the bottom of each abstract page 
	  and on the first summary page indicate preference for oral or poster
  	  presentation and  specify  at least one appropriate category and 
	  and theme.  Also indicate preparation if applicable.  Include
          addresses of all authors on the front  of  the  summary  and  the
          abstract  and  indicate  to which author correspondence should be
          addressed. Submissions will not be considered that lack  category
          information,  separate  abstract sheets, the required six copies,
          author addresses, or are late.
	


          Mail Submissions To:

	  Chris Ploegaert
	  CNS*92 Submissions 
	  Division of Biology
	  216-76
	  Caltech
	  Pasadena, CA. 91125


          Mail For Registration Material To:

	  Chris Ghinazzi
	  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
	  P.O. Box 808
	  Livermore CA.  94550


          All  submitting  authors  will  be  sent  registration   material
          automatically.   Program  committee decisions will be sent to the
          correspondence author only.

          CNS*92 Organizing Committee: 
		Program  Chair,  James M. Bower, Caltech.
	  	Publicity  Chair,  Frank Eeckman, Lawrence Livermore Labs.
	  	Finances, John Miller, UC Berkeley and 
			Nora Smiriga, Institute of Scientific Computing Res.	
		Local Arrangements, Ted Lewis, UC Berkeley and 
			Muriel Ross, NASA Ames.
	  
	  Program Committee:  
	  	William Bialek, NEC Research Institute. 
		James M. Bower, Caltech.
	  	Frank Eeckman, Lawrence Livermore Labs. 
		Scott Fraser, Caltech.
	  	Christof Koch, Caltech. 
	  	Ted Lewis, UC Berkeley. 
		Eve Marder, Brandeis.
		Bruce McNaughton, University of Arizona. 
		John Miller, UC Berkeley. 
		Idan Segev, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
		Shihab Shamma, University of Maryland.  
		Josef Skrzypek, UCLA.
                 

	      DEADLINE FOR SUMMARIES & ABSTRACTS IS January 7, 1992 
                                     

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