ECVP 2004 - Budapest, Hungary CFP

[Jozsef Fiser]

                           ****       ECVP 2004        ****

                27th European Conference on Visual Perception

                   Budapest (Hungary) - August 22-26, 2004

                           Announcement and call for papers

Details of this call are now available at the direct web site of the 
conference:
http://www.ecvp.hu or at the official web site of ECVP: http://www.ecvp.org/

You will find below a short version of the call, without the details of
instructions to authors (available on the Web).

Scope and topics
ECVP is the largest European meeting dedicated to the theoretical and
applied aspects of visual perception spanning the fields of psychophysics,
experimental psychology, cognitive sciences, the neurosciences
(neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropsychology), neural networks, computer
science, and ophthalmology.  In accordance with this unique profile, the
results presented at ECVP cover a wide range of themes in psychological,
brain, and cognitive research related to vision, addressed by the means of
electrophysiological, psychophysical, neural imagery, and computer
simulation techniques. Each year the conference provides a forum for about
5-600 young and established scientists from Europe and other parts of the
world to present their original contributions. All the abstracts of the
conference are published in the journal Perception. More information about
previous meetings is available at the official web site http://www.ecvp.org.

Format
The program of ECVP 2004 will consist of a plenary Perception Lecture, six
invited symposia, talks, and poster presentations in two parallel oral
sessions, accompanied by full-day poster sessions. The title of the symposia
will be the following.
* What do the extrastriate visual areas do? - Organizer : P. Lennie, NYU,
USA
* Functional Brain Imaging of Form and Motion Perception - Organizer : Z.
Kourtzi, MPI, Germany
* How visual development constraints adult vision - Organizer : R. Aslin, U.
of Rochester, USA
* Taking a second shot: Object perception across multiple fixations -
Organizer : P. DeGraef, KUL, Belgium
* Space, Time, and the Visual Control of Action - Organizer : M. Goodale, U.
of Western Ontario, Canada
* Natural colour constancy, retina or cortex? - Organizers : F. Cornelissen
RUG, The Netherlands, and D. Foster UMIST, UK

The list of confirmed speakers include:
David Heeger, NYU, USA
Matteo Carandini, Smith-Kettlewell, USA
Jim Haxby, Princeton, USA
Leslie Ungerleider NIH, USA
Geoff Boynton Salk, USA
Andrew Smith, U. of London, UK
Mark Greenlee U. of Oldenburg, Germany
Lars Muckli, MPI, Germany
Oliver Braddick, UCL, UK
Tony Movshon, NYU, USA
Tony Norcia, Smith-Kettlewell, USA
Shin Simojo, Caltech, USA
Robert Gordon, NDSU, USA
Rufin VanRullen, CNRS, France
Filip Germeys, KUL, Belgium
Martin Juttner, Aston University, UK
David Millner, University of Durham, UK
David Westwood, Dalhousie University, Canada
Richard Andersen, Caltech, USA
Yves Rossetti, INSERM Unit=E9 534, France
Thomas Wachtler, U. of Marburg, Germany
Maarten Kamermans,    KNAW,  The Netherlands
Anya Hurlbert, U. of Newcastle, UK
Steve Shevell, U. of Chicago, USA
Karl Gegenfurtner, U. of Giessen, Germany
Alex Wade, Smith-Kettlewell, USA
Qasim Zaidi, SUNY, USA

Location and timing
The conference will be held in the very center of Budapest, at the
University of Economic Sciences, on the banks of the river Danube. Budapest,
is a uniquely exciting metropolis with a combination of geographic beauty,
interesting architecture, lively cultural scene, famous cuisine and friendly
locals making this city one of the most favorite tourist destinations in
Europe. The end of August, when the conference is held, is one of the best
times to visit the city for its pleasantly warm weather and slower pace. The
conference is back-to-back to one of the major holidays of Hungary which is
celebrated by a week-long cultural festivity with concerts and exhibitions
and cumulates in spectacular fireworks on August 20th. The venue of ECVP
2004 and the prearranged accommodations are literally only steps away of the
major attractions, the most sought after restaurants and the best bars of
the city.

Call for papers
Submissions of original contributions to the 27th European Conference on
Visual Perception (ECVP 2004) are now accepted on-line at http://www.ecvp.hu
Prospective authors are invited to submit their contributions before March
1st 2004.   There is a *NEW* submission procedure for ECVP 2004. Authors
need to register before submitting an abstract,
but authors of rejected abstracts get fully reimbursed. Authors must
indicate their choice for oral or poster presentation at the submission. For
poster presentation, the authors have to submit a short abstract. For oral
presentations, in addition to the short abstract a single-page pdf file is
also required (in contrast to previous meetings!). The page can
contain any type of
additional information to the submitted work, including graphs, pictures of
stimuli, additional text, control analyses and discussion. If the author
chooses so, the page can contain no extra information other than the title
of the work, the authors' name and affiliation. The extra page will be used
by the reviewers to qualify the work, and will not be published in
Perception or publicized otherwise. The quantity or absence of the extra
information will not be a determining factor in judging the quality of the
submission. The abstract has to be self-contained and should make no
reference to the extra information. Submissions that do not qualify for
talks will be automatically considered for poster presentation. Details of
the new submission procedure can be found at the ECVP 2004 web site.

Deadlines
Submission of contributions: March 1, 2004
Notification of acceptance: May, 2004
Early registration: April 15, 2004

Registration fees
Early fee (until May 2004):
Students and postdocs - EUR 120
Regular delegates - EUR 175

Late fee (after May 2004):
Students and postdocs - EUR 170
Regular delegates - EUR 225


A limited amount of financial support will be available to presenting
graduate students and postdocs, especially to those coming from
Eastern-European countries. Details of application are available at
the ECVP 2004 web site.

Scientific Contact for ECVP 2004:
Jozsef Fiser
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
E-mail: fiser at bcs.rochester.edu

ECVP 2004 Conference Secretariat:
ASSZISZTENCIA Conference Bureau
Visegradi u. 29., H-1132 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36 1 350-1854, +36 1 349-4567
Fax: +36 1 350-0929
E-mail: assziszt at chello.hu