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<div>Dear participants of the Cosyne conference,</div>
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<div>we are excited to announce our workshop on March 17 in Cascais,
celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lord Adrian's publication of
the first clear evidence of what is now known as action potential
in the nervous system. While there is no doubt that they exist,
their role in metabolism, representation of information and
computation is still unclear. What is their unique functional
role? Under what conditions is a discrete presentation of
information optimal? Are spikes even advantageous for the design
of artificial neural networks? Or are they rather evolutionary
quick fixes? With electrophysiological and morphological data of
unprecedented quality we are now in the position to newly address
these decades-old questions. </div>
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<div>We invite you to discuss them with our speakers, who will touch
upon them from perspectives ranging from biology to neuromorphic
computing. Find the schedule and abstracts on the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://physiologie.unibe.ch/research/research_groups/theoretical_neuroscience/events/workshop_100_years_of_spikes__but_why/index_eng.html">workshop
homepage</a>.</div>
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<div>See you in Cascais!</div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div>Jean-Pascal and Tobias</div>
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