Connectionists: Call for participation: Caianiello School 2007 Dec

[Yoko YAMAGUCHI]

                     *****   CALL FOR PARTICIPATION   *****
           International School on Neural Nets
              "E. R. Caianiello"  12th Course
                         Dynamic Brain
                                           　
This school is held for graduate students and researchers with 
various backgrounds
who wish to study computational neuroscience  with the emphasis on 
recent experimental
and theoretical studies of  neural dynamics in the brain.
The course is organized as a series of lectures from the fundamental 
to the cutting-edge
of theoretical and experimental topics, complemented by participants' 
short presentations.
We aim to promote informal interactions between all participants 
hopefully will lead to new
professional relationships lasting beyond the school.

Date: from Dec. 5-12, 2007
Place: the Ettore Majorana Center in Erice, Italy

Co-Directors
Yoko Yamaguchi, RIKEN BSI
Maria Marinaro, University of Salerno
Silvia Scarpetta, University of Salerno

Jointly organized by
RIKEN Brain Science Institute(BSI)
Dept. of Physics ＜E.R.Caianielloｃ, University of Salerno, Italy
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC)

Sponsored by
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IIASS)
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC)

Lectures
Markus Diesmann, RIKEN BSI
Sonja Gruen, RIKEN BSI
Michael Hasselmo, Boston University
Leslie M. Kay, University of Chicago
Maria Marinaro, University of Salerno
Bruce McNaughton, University of Arizona
John O'Keefe, University College London,
Naoyuki Sato, RIKEN BSI
Silvia Scarpetta, University of Salerno
Wolf Singer, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Nachum Ulanovsky,  University of Maryland
Yoko Yamaguchi, RIKEN BSI


Important Dates:
   Application deadline: Sept 30 2007
   Notification of  acceptance:   Oct  25 2007
   Registration fee payment deadline:   Nov 10 2007
   Arrival Dec 5 2007
   Departure Dec 12 2007


Please visit the web page for application details.
http://www.physics.unisa.it/dynamicbrain/



-- 
Yoko Yamaguchi
Lab for Dynamics of Emergent Intelligence
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
http://www.dei.brain.riken.jp/~yokoy/