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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Workshop announcement (apologies for cross-postings)<br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Workshop on Tactile coding and
neuroprostheses <br></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></b></p><b><font size="2">
</font></b><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">December 1-2 2016, Pontedera
(Pisa) - Italy </span></font></b></p><b><font size="2">
</font></b><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">@ The Biorobotics Institute of
the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">ABSTRACT</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Neurophysiology
of touch and development of artificial tactile sensation are two fields of
research with an ever-increasing interchange. Advanced neuroprostheses are
progressively focusing on reproducing the naturalistic processing of tactile
sensations in the peripheral and central nervous system. In turn, biomimetic
tactile sensors and behavioral studies on patient implanted with tactile neuroprostheses
can contribute to the understanding of tactile coding.<span> </span>This workshop aims at fostering the
integration of neurophysiological, computational and robotics studies on touch
with contribution of leading experts in the different fields.</span></p>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">WORKSHOP SESSIONS</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Neurophysiology of
touch </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">- keynote
speaker <u>Roland S Johannson</u> (Umea University, Sweden)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Touch perception and
tactile coding </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">-
keynote speaker <u>Vincent Hayward</u> (Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de
Robotique, Paris, France)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Touch restoration,
neuroprostheses and biorobotics </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">- keynote speaker <u>Sliman Bensmaia</u> (University
of Chicago, USA)</span></p>
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</i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">DETAILS</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The
workshop takes place on the premises of The Biorobotics Institute of Scuola
Superiore Sant'Anna, viale Rinaldo Piaggio 24, in Pontedera (15 mins by train
from Pisa, 50 mins from Florence).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The event
is free, but registration is compulsory. <u>To register, please write to local
organizer Alberto Mazzoni (<a href="mailto:a.mazzoni@sssup.it">a.mazzoni@sssup.it</a>)</u></span></p>
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</b></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">ORGANIZERS</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Silvestro Micera (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy / École
polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Henrik
Jorntell (Lund University, Sweden)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Calogero Oddo (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alberto Mazzoni (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)</p>
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</font></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">ACKNOWLEDGMENTS</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b><span style="line-height:115%" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate General
for Country Promotion (Economy, Culture and Science)—Unit for Scientific and
Technological Cooperation, via the Italy-Sweden bilateral research project on
"Brain network mechanisms for integration of natural tactile input
patterns", NEBIAS European project (EUFP7-ICT-611687) and Scuola Superiore
Sant'Anna fund IEXERC14AM.</span></p>
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