2nd Announcement and Program: 2nd EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF NEUROENGINEERING "MASSIMO GRATTAROLA"

[Vittorio Sanguineti]

Apologies for multiple postings....

Vittorio Sanguineti


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2nd EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF NEUROENGINEERING  "MASSIMO GRATTAROLA"
nEUro-IT.net   University of Genova    Telecom Italia Learning Services

                         GENOVA (ITALY), 9-12 JUNE 2004
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PROGRAM CHAIRS: V. Sanguineti (I), S. Martinoia (I), A.K. Engel (D)

WEBSITES:
  www.bio.dibe.unige.it/news_and_events/news_and_events_frames.htm
  www.tils.com/neurobit

The school, named after Massimo Grattarola who initiated the series in
2000, will be held from June 9 to June 12, 2004 at Villa Cambiaso in
downtown Genova, 2004 European Capital of Culture (www.genova-2004.it)

This year, the School will place a special emphasis in exploring the
implications of neuroengineering for neurorehabilitation.

The School will feature lectures, held by renowned experts of the
field (organized into thematic sessions), on both theoretical and
technical aspects, and student presentations (one dedicated session
per day).


PROGRAM


Wed June 9: NEURAL PLASTICITY AND NEURAL CODING

Keynote speech (M.A. Nicolelis)

NEURAL PLASTICITY: NEUROBIOLOGY

Insights on neuroplasticity and memory from multisite recordings from
monkey cortex (M. Munk)

Adaptation and learning in ex-vivo developing networks (S. Marom)

NEURAL CODING: MODELLING AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES

Modelling learning and memory using goal functions and timing-dependent
learning rules (P. König)

Cortical Coding of Visual Information (S.P. Sabatini)



Thu June 10: NEURAL INTERFACES AND BIO-ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS

IMAGING THE LIVING BRAIN

Self-regulation of local brain activity using real-time functional
magnetic resonance imaging (R. Goebel)

Solving The Neuroimaging Puzzle: Multimodal Integration Of
Neuroelectromagnetic And Functional Magnetic Resonance Recordings
(F. Babiloni)

NEURAL INTERFACES

Estimation of cortical activity from non invasive EEG recordings for
Brain Computer Interface applications (F. Babiloni)

Coding and decoding of neural information in bi-directional neural
interfaces (S. Martinoia/V. Sanguineti)

Towards information processing by natural neural networks  (A. Blau)



Fri June 11: NEUROPROSTHESES AND NEUROREHABILITATION

NEUROPROSTHESES

Brain-machine interfaces to restore motor function and probe neural
circuits  (M.A. Nicolelis)

A systems engineering approach to neuroengineering (U. Hofmann)

NEUROREHABILITATION TECHNOLOGIES

Transcranial magnetic stimulation in neurorehabilitation  (G. Abbruzzese)

Vibration as a tool to understand sensorimotor integration (M. Bove)

Haptic interfaces and rehabilitation (P.G. Morasso)



Sat June 12: NEUROENGINEERING OF MIND

Neural mechanisms of conscious perceptual selection (A.K. Engel)

An engineering control approach to attention and consciousness (J. G.
Taylor)

Epigenetic robotics (G. Sandini)

Models of consciousness (V. Tagliasco)


SPEAKERS

Giovanni Abbruzzese, University of Genova (ITALY)
Fabio Babiloni, University of Rome I (ITALY)
Axel Blau, University of Kaiserslautern (GERMANY)
Marco Bove, University of Genova (ITALY)
Andreas K. Engel, Hamburg University (GERMANY)
Rainer Goebel, University of Maastricht (THE NETHERLANDS)
Ulrich Hofmann, University of Luebeck (GERMANY)
Peter König, University of Osnabrueck (GERMANY)
Shimon Marom, Technion, Haifa (ISRAEL)
Sergio Martinoia, University of Genova (ITALY)
Mattias Munk, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt (GERMANY)
Pietro G. Morasso, University of Genova (ITALY)
Miguel A. Nicolelis, Duke University, Durham (USA)
Giulio Sandini, University of Genova (ITALY)
Silvio P. Sabatini, University of Genova (ITALY)
Vincenzo Tagliasco, University of Genova (ITALY)
John G. Taylor, King's College, London (UK)


REGISTRATION FEES (*)
   PhD students and postdocs: 150 euros (**)
   Business and medical professionals: 300 euros

(*) includes program, reception, two coffee breaks and lunch each day,
and lecture notes

(**) Early registration. Increase by 20% after May 15th.


SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION:

Dr. Vittorio Sanguineti
University of Genova
Via Opera Pia 13
16145 Genova (ITALY)
E-mail: vittorio.sanguineti at unige.it
Phone: +39-010-3536487
Fax: +39-010-3532154


ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATIONS:

Ms. Jessica Gaggero
University of Genova
Via Opera Pia 11A
16145 Genova (ITALY)
E-mail: jessica at dibe.unige.it
Phone: +39-010-3532787
Fax: +39-010-3532251

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	Vittorio Sanguineti

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