Info theory workshop

[Peter Hancock]

Call for contributions.

Workshop on Information Theory and the Brain.

4-5th September 1995, University of Stirling, Scotland

What is the goal of sensory coding?  What algorithms help the brain to
achieve that goal?  What is the information content of spiking in
neurons?  Where is the trade-off between redundancy and decorrelation?
How do internal representations reflect the statistics of sensory
input?  How is input from different modalities combined?

These are the kind of issues to be discussed.  The main thrust of the
workshop is in furthering our understanding of what is happening in
the brain, but with an eye also to possible applications of such
algorithms.

Numbers will be limited to around 30, for reasons of space and informality.
Costs still to be determined, but minimal (less than 50 pounds,
excluding accomodation).  It is hoped that a proceedings will be
published after the event.  Postgraduates are particularly welcome.

Stirling is situated in the centre of Scotland, with easy access by
road, rail, and international airports at Edinburgh and Glasgow.  The
Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe will still be in progress
and well worth a visit.

Submissions:

Please submit a one-page abstract, preferably by email, to Peter
Hancock, pjh at psych.stir.ac.uk, by 30th June 1995.  We expect that most
people attending will contribute in some form.


Organising committee:
Roland Baddeley (Oxford)
Peter Foldiak (St. Andrews)
Colin Fyfe (Paisley)
Peter Hancock (Stirling)
Jim Kay (SASS, Aberdeen)
Mark Plumbley (King's College London)

Further information from
Peter Hancock, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK.
Phone (+44) 1786 467675.  Fax (+44) 1786 467641  Email pjh at psych.stir.ac.uk


Note: the first question above is borrowed from David Field: What is
the Goal of Sensory Coding?, Field, D., Neural Computation 6, 559-601,
1994.



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