Call for Participation: 1st European Workshop on Neuromorphic Systems

[Leslie S Smith]

Call for Participation. (apologies if you receive this more than once)

1st European Workshop on Neuromorphic Systems (EWNS1)
29-31 August 1997.

University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
www page: http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss/Neuromorphic/Info1.html

Organisers:
Dept of Computing Science, University of Stirling
Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh

Neuromorphic systems are implementations in silicon of sensory and neural 
systems whose architecture and design are based on neurobiology. This growing 
area proffers exciting possibilities such as  sensory systems which can  
compete with human senses and pattern recognition systems that can run in 
real-time. The area is at the intersection of many disciplines: 
neurophysiology, computer science and electrical engineering.  

The purpose of this meeting is to bring together active researchers who can 
discuss the problems of this developing technology. The meeting is intended to 
bring together researchers who might not normally meet, for example, engineers 
who want to implement systems based on neurobiology, and neurobiologists who 
want to produce engineering implementations of systems. 

The University is set on one of the most beautiful campusses in Europe, and is 
centrally located in Scotland. It is easily reached by plane (to Glasgow or 
Edinburgh, both 1 hour away) train, bus, or car.

We are grateful to the Gatsby Foundation for their generous support of
this workshop. 

Meeting format:

The meeting will be a single-track meeting so that all attendees can go to all 
the meetings. Accepted papers will be presented (presentations of about 30 
minutes plus time for discussion), and there will be paper sessions and time 
for discussion each day. 

Programme
The invited speakers are:
Professor Rodney Douglas, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETHZ, University of 
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Southern 
IIlinois University, USA.
The provisional programme is to be found at http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss/Neuromorphic/ProvProg.html
May I extend my thanks to all who submitted papers.

Book of the Conference:
We have now agreed with World Scientific to produce a book from the conference. 
We plan to ask speakers to produce camera-ready copy soon after the meeting. The provisional title for the book is <i> Neuromorphic Systems: Engineering 
Silicon from Neurobiology</i>.

Organising Committee:
Leslie S. Smith, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of 
Stirling.
Alister Hamilton, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of 
Edinburgh.

Program Committee
Jim Austin(Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK)
Guy Brown (Department of Computing Science, Univ of Sheffield, UK)
Rodney Douglas (ETHZ, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland)
Alister Hamilton (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of 
Edinburgh, Scotland)
John Lazzaro (CS Division, University of California at Berkeley)
Wolfgang Maass (Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, T.U. Graz, Austria)
Alan Murray (Dept of Electrical Engineering, Univ of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Leslie Smith (Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of 
Stirling, Scotland)
Eric Vittoz (EPFL, Lausanne) 
Barbara Webb (Dept of Psychology, Univ of Nottingham, UK) 
Misha Mahowald (ETHZ, Univ of Zurich, Switzerland) had agreed to be on 
the committee before her untimely death. 

Registration

Registration (includes lunches)  UK Pounds 100
Student Registration (includes lunches) UK Pounds 25
Conference Dinner  UK Pounds 25

Accommodation: Bed and Breakfast per night

UK Pounds 20

The accommodation above is in nearby student residences. There is plenty of
higher quality accommodation available: contact Stirling tourist office 
(+44) 1786 475019. 

Money is available to support a limited number of  UK Ph.D. students who wish 
to attend the conference. Please contact Leslie Smith (lss at cs.stir.ac.uk) for 
further details.

Registration Form:

If you would like to register, please print and fill out the form at http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss/Neuromorphic/RegForm.html.

Leslie Smith, Department of Computing Science, University of Stirling, Stirling 
FK9 4LA, Scotland
lss at cs.stir.ac.uk
Fax: (44) 1786 464551 Phone (44) 1786 467435