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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The Second Workshop and Lecture
Series on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">"Cognitive neuroscience of
auditory and cross-modal perception"<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">20 - 24 April 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Kosice, Slovakia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pcl.upjs.sk/">http://pcl.upjs.sk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">This workshop and lecture series will
include introductory lectures and advanced research talks on a
range of topics related to the <b><i>neural processes of
auditory, visual and cross-modal perception</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The talks will illustrate the <b><i>multidisciplinary
character of cognitive neuroscience research</i></b>,
covering behavioral, neuroimaging, and modeling approaches, as
well as applications of the research in auditory prosthetic
devices. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The workshop is aimed at <b><i>early-stage
and advanced students and young researchers</i></b>, and
it will provide ample opportunities for direct interactions
between the lecturers and the attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Themes<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Spatial
hearing, vision and crossmodal perception, neural modeling,
methods in cognitive neuroscience: behavioral experiments, EEG
and fMRI imaging, modeling, applications: cochlear implants,
hearing aids.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Format</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lectures 20
- 22 April, Consultations 23 – 24 April<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Venue</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Historicka aula, P. J. Safarik
University, Srobarova 2, 040 11 Kosice, Slovakia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Organizers</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Norbert Kopco, PhD. (</span><a
href="mailto:norbert.kopco@upjs.sk"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">norbert.kopco@upjs.sk</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Frederick Gallun, PhD. (</span><a
href="mailto:Frederick.Gallun@va.gov"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Frederick.Gallun@va.gov</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Organizing team and contact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Beata Tomoriova, Lubos Hladek, </span><a
href="http://pcl.upjs.sk"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Perception
and Cognition Lab</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">,<b>
</b></span><a href="mailto:kogneuro@gmail.com"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">kogneuro@gmail.com</span></a><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p><span
style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Program
overview</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lectures,
talks, posters:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mon,
Tue, Wed: 8:30 – 12:00, 13:30 – 16:05 expert lectures, 16:05 –
17:00: contributed posters & presentations</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Plenary
lecture and panel discussion:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wed:
17:30-19:00 in Zlaty Dukat hotel</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Consultations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Thu: 8:30 – 11:30 Individual
consultations with experts (by appointment) and work on
assignments, 12:00 – 17:00 individual work on assignments<br>
(8:30 – 11:30 alternatively, interested participants can
attend the </span><a
href="http://pcl.ics.upjs.sk/symposium2015/"
title="symposium2015"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Symposium
on university spin-offs and start-up companies</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Fri: 8:30 – 11:30 Individual
consultations with experts (by appointment) and work on
assignments<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Plenary
lecture and panel discussion<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Virginia
Best, Frederick Gallun, and Norbert Kopco</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
“Audibility and spatial hearing”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Speakers
and lecture topics<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Simon
Carlile</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(University of Sydney)<br>
Lecture 1: Active listening: Speech intelligibility in
cocktail party listening.<br>
Lecture 2: Listening in motion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pierre
Divenyi</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(Stanford University)<br>
Lecture 1: Toward an evolutionary theory of speech: how and
why did it develop the way it did.<br>
Lecture 2: What is the cost of simultaneously listening to the
“what” and the “when” in speech?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Christopher
Stecker </span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(Vanderbilt
University)<br>
Lecture 1: RESTART theory: discrete sampling of binaural
information during envelope fluctuations is a fundamental
constraint on binaural processing.<br>
Lecture 2: Neuroimaging of task-dependent spatial processing
in human auditory cortex.<br>
Assignment 1: Psychophysical exploration of binaural cues
synchronized to envelope fluctuations: testing the RESTART
theory with synthetic and naturalistic sounds. (hackathon type
assignment)<br>
Assignment 2: Analysis of an fMRI data set combining task and
binaural manipulations in a factorial manner.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bernhard
Laback</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(Austrian Academy of Sciences)<br>
Lecture 1: Sound Localization Cues and Perceptual Grouping in
Electric Hearing<br>
Lecture 2: Temporal effects in the perception of interaural
time differences: Data and model predictions<br>
Assignment: Acoustic simulation of cochlear implant perception
with low-frequency residual hearing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Volker
Hohmann </span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(University
of Oldenburg)<br>
Lecture 1: Modeling Auditory Scene Analysis by
multidimensional statistical filtering<br>
Lecture 2: Modeling Cocktail Party Processing in a Multitalker
Mixture using Harmonicity and Binaural Features<br>
Assignment: Implementation of a statistical estimator
(particle filter) that tracks a (simulated) pitch track
partially masked by noise.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Arash
Yazdanbakhsh</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(Boston University)<br>
Lecture 1: Pursuit eye movements and perceived object
velocity, potential clinical applications.<br>
Lecture 2: Visuospatial memory and where eyes look when the
percept changes.<br>
Assignment: A simulation assignment to replicate the gain of
eye pursuit in following a target.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Aaron
Seitz</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(University of California, Riverside)<br>
Lecture 1: Perceptual Learning; specificity, transfer and how
learning is a distributed process<br>
Lecture 2: Brain Training; How to train cognition to yield
transfer to real world contexts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Frederick
(Erick) Gallun </span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(US
Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Oregon Health & Science
University)<br>
Lecture 1: Learning From Nature’s Experiments: What Clinical
Research Can Mean for Sensory Scientists<br>
Lecture 2: Auditory Processing After mild Traumatic Brain
Injury: New Findings and Next Steps<br>
Assignment: Establishing normative ranges of performance using
non-linear functions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Istvan
Winkler</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(Hungarian Academy of Science)<br>
Lecture 1: Auditory processing capabilities supporting
communication in preverbal infants<br>
Lecture 2: Modeling auditory stream segregation by predictive
processes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Virginia
Best</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(Boston University)<br>
Lecture 1: Spatial Hearing: Effect of hearing loss and hearing
aids.<br>
Assignment: MATLAB assignment: simulating the effect of
hearing loss on spatial cues</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Petr
Maršálek</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(Charles University in Prague)<br>
Lecture 1: Coincidence detection in the MSO – computational
approaches<br>
Lecture 2: On the single neuron computation</span><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Travel,
accommodation, visitor information<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Travel:
</span></em><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
</span><a href="http://www.airportkosice.sk/en/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Kosice
Airport</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
is served by </span><a href="http://www.austrian.com/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Austrian
Airlines</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
and </span><a href="http://www.csa.cz"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Czech
Airlines</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(via Vienna, Prague, Bratislava) and by low-cost airline </span><a
href="http://wizzair.com/en-GB/Search"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wizzair</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(London Luton Airport). Alternatively you can fly to Budapest
and take a 3.5-hr shuttle bus to Kosice (for example, using
the </span><a href="http://cassoviaexpres.sk/en/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">cassoviaexpres</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
shuttle bus company). From Krakow you can take the 4-hr
shuttle bus operated by </span><a
href="http://airtrans.sk/en/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Airtrans.sk</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
More information about how to get to Kosice (also by train or
bus) can be found </span><a
href="http://www.visitkosice.eu/en/to-get-there/arriving-to-the-city"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">here</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span><em><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p><em><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Accommodation:</span></em><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
A conference rate of 50EUR/night+(1.5e local tax) has been
negotiated with the </span><a
href="http://www.zlatydukat.sk/index.php?lang=en"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Zlaty
dukat</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">hotel.
Please, make your reservation by contacting the hotel
directly, either through their website or by emailing the
hotel at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hotel@hotelzlatydukat.sk">hotel@hotelzlatydukat.sk</a> and mention the “Cognitive
Neuroscience Workshop” to get the rate. Otherwise, there are
several hotels close to the workshop venue, for example </span><a
href="http://www.hotelteledom.sk"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hotel
Teledom</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://villaregia.sk/en/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Villa
Regia</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a
href="http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/slovak-republic/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-kosice-KSCDTDI/index.html"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Doubletree
by Hilton</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://www.hotel-yasmin.sk/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hotel
Yasmin</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://www.hotelmaraton.sk/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hotel
Maraton</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(for more hotel options please see </span><a
href="http://www.booking.com"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.booking.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://www.hotels.com"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.hotels.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
for hostels see: </span><a href="http://www.hostels.com"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.hostels.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://www.hostelworld.com"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.hostelworld.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Visitor
information and current events:</span></em><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
Košice was one of the </span><a
href="http://www.visitkosice.eu/en/things-to-see-and-do/sightseeing-in-kosice/traces-of-ecoc-kosice-2013"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">European
Capitals of Culture in 2013</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
For the list of new cultural venues and current events there,
see </span><a href="http://k13.sk/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://k13.sk/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
(in Slovak). For all events and trip ideas see </span><a
href="http://www.visitkosice.eu/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.visitkosice.eu/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
, </span><a href="http://www.slovaktours.eu/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.slovaktours.eu/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://www.mickosice.sk/index.php?lang=eng"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.mickosice.sk/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">,
</span><a href="http://slovakia.travel/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://slovakia.travel/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
, or </span><a href="http://www.slovakia.com/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.slovakia.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><span
style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Registration<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
workshop is open to all interested students/scientists.
Registration is free of charge but required (mostly for
organizational reasons). In order to register, please send an
email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kogneuro@gmail.com">kogneuro@gmail.com</a> stating your name and affiliation,
dates on which you are planning to attend. In case you would
like to have a presentation please send us an abstract (up to
200 words) and an indication whether you prefer poster or oral
presentation no later than April 10, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Related
event<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Workshop
attendees might also be interested in an independent </span><a
href="http://pcl.ics.upjs.sk/symposium2015/"
title="symposium2015"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Symposium
on university spin-offs and start-up companies</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
that will take place on 23 April 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Last
year’s website<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a
href="http://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop2014/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop2014/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Funding<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This
workshop / lecture series is organized within the Project
implementation: SOFOS – knowledge and skill development of the
academic staff and students at the University of Pavol Jozef
Safarik in Kosice with emphasis on interdisciplinary
competencies and integration into international research
centres, ITMS: 26110230088, supported by the Research &
Development Operational Programme funded by the ESF. Modern
education for knowledge society / This project is being
co-financed by the European Union<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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doc. Norbert Kopco, Ph.D.
Assoc Professor / Senior Researcher:
Inst of Computer Sci, Faculty of Science, Safarik Univ, Kosice, Slovakia
Adjunct: Ctr for Computational Neurosci (CompNet), Boston University &
Martinos Ctr for Biomed Imaging, Harvard Med School - Mass Gen Hospital
P: +16175759556 F: +14847279884, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kopco@bu.edu">kopco@bu.edu</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cns.bu.edu/~kopco">http://cns.bu.edu/~kopco</a>
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