CNS*96 (Computational Neuroscience Meeting)
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Call for Registration
CNS*96
Cambridge, Massachuetts
July 14-17 1996
CNS*96: Registration is now open for this year's Computational
Neuroscience meeting (CNS*96). This is the fifth in a series of annual
inter-disciplinary conferences intended to address the broad range of
research approaches and issues involved in the general field of
computational neuroscience, The meeting will take place at the Cambridge
Center Marriott Hotel and includes plenary, contributed, and poster
sessions. In addition, two half days will be devoted to informal workshops
on a wide range of subjects. The first session starts at 9 am, Sunday July
14th and the last session ends at 5 pm on Wednesday, July 17th. Day care
will be available for children.
Overall Agenda
This year's meeting is anticipated to be the best meeting yet in this
series. Submitted papers increased by more than 80% this year, with
representation from many if not most of major institutions involved in
computational neuroscience. All papers submitted to the meeting were peer
reviewed, resulting in 230 papers to be presented in either oral or poster
form . These papers represent contributions by both experimental and
theoretical neurobiologists along with engineers, computer scientists,
cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in
understanding how biological neural systems compute. The agenda is well
represented by experimental, model-based, and more abstract theoretical
approaches to understanding neurobiological computation. Full information
on the agenda\ is available on the meeting's web page
(http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/cns96/cns96.html).
Invited Speakers
Invited speakers for this year's meeting include: Eve Marder (Brandeis
University), Miguel Nicoleis (Duke University Medical Center), Joseph J.
Atick (Rockefeller University), Ron Calabrese (Emory University), John S.
Kauer (Tufts Medical School), Ken Nakamura (Harvard University), Howard
Eichenbaum (State University of New York).
Poster Presentations
More than 200 poster presentations on a wide variety of topics related to
computational neuroscience will be presented at this year's meeting.
Oral presentations
Jeffrey B. Colombe (University of Chicago) Philip S. Ulinski
Functional Organization of Cortical Microcircuits: II. Anatomical
Organization of Feedforward and Feedback Pathways
D. C. Somers (MIT) Emanuel V. Todorov, Athanassios G. Siapas, and
Mriganka Sur
A Local Circuit Integration Approach to Understanding Visual
Cortical Receptive Fields
Emilio Salinas (Brandeis University) L.F. Abbott
Multiplicative Cortical Responses and Input Selection Based
on Recurrent Synaptic Connections
Leslie C. Osborne (UC Berkeley) John P. Miller
The Filtering of Sensory Information by a Mechanoreceptive Array
James A. Mazer (MIT)
The Integration of Parallel Processing Streams in the Sound
Localization System of the Barn Owl
Wulfram Gerstner (Institute for Theoretische Physik) Richard Kempter,
J. Leo van Hemmen and Hermann Wagner
A Developmental Learning Rule for Coincidence Tuning in the Barn Owl
Auditory System
Allan Gottschalk (University of Pennsylvania Hospital)
Information Based Limits on Synaptic Growth in Hebbian Models
S. P. Strong (NEC Research Institute) Ronald Koberle, Rob R. de
Ruyter van Steveninck, and William Bialek
Entropy and Information in Neural Spike Trains
Hans Liljenstr=F6m (Royal Institute of Technology) Peter Arhem
Investigating Amplifying and Controlling Mechanisms for
Random Events in Neural Systems
David Terman (Ohio State University) Amit Bose, and Nancy Kopell
Functional Reorganization in Thalamocortical Networks:
Transition Between Spindling and Delta Sleep Rhythms
Angel Alonso (McGill University) Xiao-Jing Wang, Michael M. Guevara,
and Brian Craft
A Comparative Model Study of Neuronal Oscillations in Septal
GABAergic Cells and Entorhinal Cortex Stellar Cells:
Contributors to the Theta and Gamma Rhythms
Gene Wallenstein ( Harvard University) Michael E. Hasselmo
Bursting and Oscillations in a Biophysical Model of Hippocampal
Region CA3: Implications for Associative Memory and
Epileptiform Activity
Mayank R. Mehta (University of Arizona) Bruce L. McNaughton
Rapid Changes in Hippocampal Population Code During Behavior:
A Case for Hebbian Learning in Vivo
Karl Kilborn (University of California, Irvine) Don Kubota, and
Richard Granger
Parameters of LTP Induction Modulate Network Categorization Behavior
Peter Dayan (MIT) Satinder Pal Singh
Long Term Potentiation, Navigation, & Dynamic Programming
Chantal E. Stern (Harvard Medical School) Michael E. Hasselmo
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computational Modeling:
An Integrated Study of Hippocampal Function
Rajesh P. N. Rao (University of Rochester) Dana H. Ballard
Cortico-Cortical Dynamics and Learning During Visual Recognition: A
Computational Model
R.Y. Reis (AT&T Bell Laboratories) Daniel D. Lee, H.S.
Seung, B.I. Shraiman, and D.W. Tank
Nonlinear Network Models of the Oculomotor Integrator
Yair Weiss (MIT) Edward H. Adelson
Adaptive Robust Windows: A Model for the Selective
Integration of Motion Signals in Human Vision
Emanuel V. Todorov (MIT) Athanassios G. Siapas, David C. Somers,
and Sacha B. Nelson
Modeling Visual Cortical Contrast Adaptation Effects
Dieter Jaeger (Caltech) James M. Bower
Dual in Vitro Whole Cell Recordings from Cerebellar Purkinje Cells:
Artificial Synaptic Input Using Dynamic Current Clamping
Xiao-Jing Wang (Brandeis University)
Calcium Control of Time-Dependent Input-Out Computation in Cortical
Pyramidal Neurons
Alexander Protopapas (Caltech) James M. Bower
Piriform Pyramidal Cell Response to Physiologically Plausible
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Synaptic Input
Ole Jensen (Brandeis University) Marco A. P. Idiart and John E. Lisman
A Model for Physiologically Realistic Synaptic Encoding
and Retrieval of Sequence Information
S. B. Nelson (Brandeis University) J.A. Varela, K. Sen, and L.F. Abbott
Synaptic Decoding of Visual Cortical EPSCs Reveals a Potential
Mechanism for Contrast Adaptation
Nicolas G. Hatsopoulos (Brown University) Jerome N. Sanes and John
P. Donoghue
Dynamic Correlations in Unit Firing of Motor Cortical
Neurons Related to Movement Preparation and Action
Adam N. Elga (Princeton University), A. David Redish, and David S. Touretzky
A Model of the Rodent Head Direction System
Dianne Pawluk (Harvard University) Robert Howe
A Holistic Model of Human Touch
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL COMPUTATION AND COMPUTATIONAL
NEUROSCIENCE MEETING
CNS*96
JULY 14 - JULY 17, 1995
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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LOCATION: The meeting will take place at the Boston Marriott in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
MEETING ACCOMMODATIONS: Accommodations for the meeting have been arranged
at the Boston Marriott. We have reserved a block of rooms at the special
rate for all attendees of $126 per night single or double occupancy in the
conference hotel (that is, 2 people sharing a room would split the $126!).
A fixed number of rooms have been reserved for students at the rate of $99
per night single or double occupancy (yes, that means $50 a night per
student!). These student room rates are on a first-come-first-served basis,
so we recommend acting quickly to reserve these slots. Also, for some
student registrants housing will be available at Harvard University.
Thirty single rooms are available on a first-come-first serve basis.
Please look at your orange colored sheets for more information.
Registering for the meeting, WILL NOT result in an automatic room
reservation. Instead you must make your own reservations by returning the
enclosed registration sheet to the hotel, faxing, or by contacting:
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registering for the CNS*96 meeting. Students will be asked to verify their
status on check in with a student ID or other documentation.
MEETING REGISTRATION FEES:
Registration received on or before June 12, 1995:
Student: $ 95 (One Banquet Ticket Included)
Regular: $ 225 (One Banquet Ticket Included)
Meeting registration after June 12, 1995:
Student:: $ 125 (One Banquet Ticket Included)
Regular:: $ 250 (One Banquet Ticket Included)
BANQUET: Registration for the meeting includes a single ticket to the
annual CNS Banquet this year to be held within the Museum of Science on
Tuesday evening, July 16th. Additional Banquet tickets can be purchased
for $35 each person.
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Technical Program --July 14 - July 17, 1996
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