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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Dear Colleagues,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>We would like to suggest the following
workshop for your consideration:<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Computation,
Dysfunction, and the Brain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Date:
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thursday,
July 23, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Time:
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9 a.m. – 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; border: currentColor; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Room:
SB115<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; border: currentColor; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Prague,
Czech Republic<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Confirmed speakers list:<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Viktor
Jirsa</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(Aix-Marseille Université /CNRS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Christoph
M. Michel</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(University of Geneva)<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Marc
Goodfellow</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(University of Exeter)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Anthony
A. Grace</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(University of Pittsburgh)<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Giacomo
Koch</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(Foundation of Santa Lucia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Rowshanak
Hashemiyoon</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(University Hospital of Cologne)<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Günter
Schiepek</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>
(Paracelsus Medical University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Brief description:<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">Increasing
emphasis is being placed on circuitry and network function in the brain.
Investigations are focused on the changes of the functional and anatomical
features in a healthy brain as compared to dysfunctional brain states. Ideally
then, theories of changes in neuronal coordination dynamics can be adapted to improve
therapeutic strategies, while observations of the outcomes from these
applications would in turn provide data about the neurophysiological and
computational strategies employed by the brain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">This
workshop explores computation in both the healthy and dysfunctional brain to
uncover what each state might reveal about the other. Findings from
theoretical, experimental, and clinical studies will be interwoven to give a
more complete understanding of the function and dysfunction of brain circuitry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">The main
topics that we will discuss are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><ol style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1" start="1"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">What are the changes in
normal information processing that lead to the aberrations which define
disease states such as observed in various neurological disorders?<o:p></o:p></span></li><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">How can we apply those
theories to improve therapeutics?<o:p></o:p></span></li><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">What strategies can we use
to optimize the yield from the neurobiological data from empirical and
clinical studies to elucidate our understanding of normal v. abnormal
function?<o:p></o:p></span></li><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><o:p>The full program is attached and m</o:p></span><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>ore information is available at </span><span style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN"><a href="http://bit.ly/1fb9vI8" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">http://bit.ly/1fb9vI8</font></a>.</span><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>We look forward to seeing you in Prague!<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>With
best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Row
Hashemiyoon & Christoph Michel<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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