two workshops in Lausanne (Feb 2003)

[Wulfram Gerstner]

Dear connectionists,

in order to mark the opening of the new `Brain and Mind Institute'
at the EPFL in Lausanne, two conferences will be hosted by the
institute:

(i) `The 2003 EPFL Latsis Symposium on Neural Coding and Modeling' (Feb
17-19),
	   with an emphasis of theory
(ii) The `Brain in Motion' conference (Feb 19-22)
	    with a focus on experiments.

Participation is free, but registration via FAX is mandatory.

More details are available on the conference WEB pages
(i)  Neural Coding and Modeling
	http://diwww.epfl.ch/~gerstner/LATSIS03/index.html
(ii) Brain in Motion
	 http://www2.epfl.ch/sv/page12922.html


INVITED SPEAKERS
(i) The 2003 Latsis Symposium on Neural Coding and Modeling
	H.D.I Abarbanel, L. Abbott, W. Bialek, N. Brunel,
	C. Chow, P. Dayan, A. Destexhe, P. Goodman, J.L. van Hemmen
	J. Hertz, A. Herz, P. Konig, A. Longtin, W. Maass, E. Niebur
	K. Obermayer, K. Pawelzik, J. Rinzel, W. Senn, A. Treves, M. Tsodyks

(ii) Brain in Motion
	M. Abeles, P. Aebischer, G. Buzsaki, S. Catsicas, M. Cuenod, P. de
Camilli
	J. Defelipe, R. Douglas, Y. Dudai, G. Edelman, Y. Fregnac, T. Freund,
S. Grillner,
	A. Grinvald, M. Hausser, P. Jonas, N. Logothetis, P. Magistretti, H.
Markram,
	K. Martin, A. Matus, M. Merzenich, D. Monard, H. Monyer, D. Muller, 
	M. Nicolelis, C. Peterson, K. Rockland, E. Rouiller, B. Sakmann, M.
Schwab,
	M. Segal, W. Singer, P. Somogyi, M. Sur, A. Thompson, S. Tongawa, E.
Welker, R. Yuste


Looking forward to seeing you in Lausanne,
H. Markram and W. Gerstner