Workshop on MEMORY, DELAYS AND MULTISTABILITY

[Louis Pelletier]

************ SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - PLEASE CIRCULATE ***************
                         CALL FOR PAPERS

As part of the activities of the 2000-2001 Theme Year in
Mathematical Methods in Biology and Medicine, the Centre de
Recherches Mathematiques (CRM) of the Universite de Montreal is
organizing an international workshop on

       "MEMORY, DELAYS AND MULTISTABILITY IN NEURAL SYSTEMS"
                    MONTREAL, 12-15 October 2000

This workshop will focus on recent advances in the mathematical
modeling of neural systems having one or more of the following
dynamical features: 1) memory - in particular, "dynamic" memory,
2) synaptic and propagation delays, or 3) the coexistence of steady
states. These features, as well as their possible interactions,
have been highlighted in a number of recent studies, e.g. of the
activity of recurrent neural circuits ubiquitous in the nervous
system. The emphasis will be mainly on the mathematical modeling
of real biological systems, yet the workshop will also explore the
relevance of these issues to disciplines ranging from psychology
to artificial neural networks.

MORE INFORMATION AT: http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/biomath


CONTRIBUTED PAPERS BEFORE 31 AUGUST 2000:

The workshop will consist of invited talks (see below) as well as
short oral and poster presentations. If you wish to contribute to
the workshop, your title and abstract must be sent to us before
31 August 2000 for inclusion in the programme. Your abstract should
not exceed 500 words. It should be submitted electronically in
either text (ASCII), Latex, or Word format to the local workshop
coordinator Louis Pelletier (PELLETL at crm.umontreal.ca) with the
title of the workshop in the subject heading. Please indicate your
presentation format preference (oral vs poster).


REGISTRATION:

Registration for the conference should be done no later than 15
September 2000 for attendance and accommodation, and 30 September
2000 for attendance only.  Additional information on the CRM and
accommodation as well as a registration form are available at
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/biomath.

Questions on the scientific aspects of the workshop should be sent
to the scientific organizer at alongtin at physics.uottawa.ca (Andre
Longtin). All other questions, including those concerning
accommodations, should be directed to Louis Pelletier
(PELLETL at crm.umontreal.ca; 514-343-2197).


INVITED SPEAKERS:

K. Aihara, Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, U. Tokyo
S. Becker, Psychology, McMaster U., CAN
P. Bressloff, Mathematics, U. Loughborough, UK
N. Brunel, Labo. de Physique Statistique, ENS, Paris
S.A. Campbell, Mathematics, U. Waterloo, CAN
C. Canavier, Psychology, U. New Orleans, USA
G.A. Carpenter, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston U., USA
A. Destexhe, Physiology, Laval U., CAN
M. Ding, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida A.U., USA
W. Gerstner, Computer Science, SFIT, Lausanne
L. Glass, Physiology, McGill U., CAN
(*) J. Guckenheimer, Center for Applied Math., Cornell, USA
A.V.M. Herz, Theoretical Biology, Humboldt, Berlin
E. Izhikevich, The Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, USA
W. Maass, Tech. Univ. Graz, Austria
J.G. Milton, Neurology, U. Chicago
K. Pakdaman, INSERM, Paris
K. Pawelzik, Institute for Theoretical Physics, U. Bremen
(*)J. Rinzel, Center for Neural Science, New York U., USA
M. Tsodyks, Dept. of Neurobiology, Weizmann Inst., Israel
X.-J. Wang, Volen Center, Brandeis U., USA

(*=tentative)