ATR CNS Labs Inaugural Symposium

[Aya Masuoka]

Dear members of the Connectionists,

We are happy to announce the Inaugural Symposium of ATR Computational 
Neuroscience Laboratories, which started
on May, 2003.   In addition to the speakers from the new 
laboratories, we will have two keynote speakers,
Dr. Dietmar Plenz from National Institute of Health and Dr. Miguel 
A.L. Nicolelis from Duke University .

The symposium is open to everyone.
Please join us to commemorate this event together.

ATR CNS Labs Inaugural Symposium
Date: Monday, August 4, 2003
Place: ATR Main Conference Room
Hosted by :ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories

For latest information on the symposium: http://www.cns.atr.co.jp/events.html

<Registration>

Please complete the registration form provided below to register for 
the event and
return by 7/30 by email:  amasuoka at atr.co.jp

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Registration Form

Last Name:
First Name:
MI:
Institution/Agency:
Email Address:

Please type 'X' next to the following options.

I will attend :
	the symposium
	the lab tour
	the reception
	all of the above

I have special dietary requirement:

Please state clearly your requirement.

Fee: \1,000 for participating the reception.　
          There is no fee for the symposium and lab tour.

Method of Payment: Please make a payment at the on-site registration 
desk by cash.

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<Symposium Program>


12:30 PM -	Registration

1:00 PM -1:05 PM 	Mitsuo Kawato, Director (ATR Computational 
Neuroscience Laboratories)
		Opening Remarks

1:05 PM -1:30 PM 	Kenji Doya  (Department Head, Computational 
Neurobiology, ATR, CNS)
		"Neural mechanisms of reinforcement learning"

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM	Hiroshi Imamizu (Department Head, Cognitive 
Neuroscience, ATR, CNS)
		"Internal models for cognitive functions"

1:55 PM - 2:20 PM	Gordon Cheng (Department Head, Humanoid 
Robotics and Computational Neuroscience, ATR, CNS)
		"Paving the paths to the brain with humanoid robotics"

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM	Coffee Break

2:40 PM - 3:40 PM	Dr. Dietmar Plenz (National Institute of Health)

3:40 PM - 4:40 PM	Dr. Miguel A.L. Nicolelis (Duke University)

4:40 PM - 5:05 PM	Mitsuo Kawato, Director (ATR, CNS)
		"Controversies in computational motor control."

5:05 PM - 6:00 PM	Lab tour

6:00 PM -		Reception at the ATR Cafeteria

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Thank you.
We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.

Mitsuo Kawato, Director
ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories


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Aya Masuoka,
Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, ATR International
Department of Computational Neurobiology
2-2-2 Hikaridai,Keihanna Science City
Kyoto,619-0288 Japan
TEL +81-774-95-1252  FAX +81-774-95-1259
EMAIL amasuoka at atr.co.jp
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