Call for papers -- CNS*95

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                          CALL FOR PAPERS                        

          Fourth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting 
                             CNS*95 
                       July 11 - 15, 1995
                       Monterey, California
                         ................
               DEADLINE FOR SUMMARIES AND ABSTRACTS: 

                   **>> January 25, 1995 <<**
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        This is the fourth annual meeting of an interdisciplinary
conference intended to address the broad range of research approaches and
issues involved in the field of computational neuroscience.  The last three
annual meetings, in San Francisco (CNS*92), Washington, DC (CNS*93), and
Monterey, California (CNS*94) brought experimental and theoretical
neurobiologists along with engineers, computer scientists, cognitive
scientists, physicists, and mathematicians together to consider the
functioning of biological nervous  systems.  Peer reviewed papers were
presented on a range of subjects related to understanding how nervous
systems compute.

        As in previous years, the meeting will equally emphasize
experimental, model-based, and more abstract theoretical  approaches to
understanding neurobiological computation.  The meeting in 1995 will again
take place at the Monterey Doubletree Hotel and include plenary,
contributed, and poster  sessions.  There will be no parallel sessions and
the full text of presented papers will be published in a proceedings
volume.  The last day of the meeting will be devoted to a series of
informal workshops focused on current issues in computational neuroscience.
 Student Travel funds and Child Day Care will be available.

                       SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

      With this announcement we solicit the submission of presented papers.
 All papers will be refereed.  Authors should send original research
contributions in the form of a 1000-word (or less) summary and a separate
single page 50-100 word abstract clearly stating their results.  Summaries
are for program committee use only.  Abstracts will be published in the
conference program.  At the bottom of each abstract page and on the first
summary page,  indicate preference for oral or poster presentation and
specify at least one appropriate category and theme from the following 
list:
 
 Presentation categories: 
    A. Theory and Analysis 
    B. Modeling and Simulation
    C. Experimental 
    D. Tools and Techniques


Themes: 
   A. Development 
   B. Cell Biology 
   C. Excitable Membranes and Synaptic   
        Mechanisms 
   D. Neurotransmitters, Modulators, 
        Receptors 
   E. Sensory Systems
       1. Somatosensory 
       2. Visual
       3. Auditory 
       4. Olfactory 
       5. Other systems
   F. Motor Systems and Sensory Motor
     Integration 
   G. Learning and Memory
   H. Behavior 
   I. Cognitive  
   J. Disease     

 
        Include addresses of all authors on the front of the summary and
the abstract including the E-mail address for EACH author. Indicate on the
front of the summary to which author correspondence should be addressed. 
Program committee decisions will be sent to the correspondence author only.
Submissions will not be considered if they lack category information,
separate abstract sheets,  author addresses, or are late.

Submissions can be made by surface mail ONLY by sending 6 copies of the
abstract and summary to:        

        CNS*95 Submissions
        Division of Biology    216-76
        Caltech    
        Pasadena, CA  91125



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION can be obtained by: 

        o Using our on-line WWW information and registration server, URL of:
            http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/cns95.html

        o ftp-ing to our ftp site.
            yourhost% ftp 131.215.137.69
            Name (131.215.137.69:<yourname>): ftp
            Password:  yourname at yourhost.yourside.yourdomain
            ftp> cd cns95
            ftp> ls

        o Sending Email to:
            cns95-registration-info at smaug.bbb.caltech.edu   


CNS*94 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

    Co-meeting chair / logistics -   John Miller, UC Berkeley
    Co-meeting chair / program  -    Jim Bower, Caltech

  Program committee:
      Gwen Jacobs,  University of California,  Berkeley
      Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, College Park
      Dennis Glanzman, NIMH/NIH
      Nancy Kopel, Boston University
      Christiane Linster, ESPCI, Paris, France
      Philip Ulinski,  University of Chicago
      Charles Wilson,  University of Tennessee, Memphis

  Regional Organizers:
                          
       Europe- Erik DeSchutter (Belgium)
       Middle East - Idan Segev (Jerusalem)
       Down Under - Mike Paulin (New Zealand)
       South America - Renato Sabbatini (Brazil)
       Asia - Zhaoping Li (Hong Kong)



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                       James M. Bower
                     Division of Biology
                     Mail code:  216-76
                           Caltech
                     Pasadena, CA 91125
                      (818) 395-6817
                      (818) 449-0679 FAX

      NCSA Mosaic laboratory address:  http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/bowerlab
      NCSA Mosaic address for GENESIS:  http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/GENESIS