Connectionists: Workshop on Dynamical Olfaction, 30-06 to 02-07-2010, Brighton, UK

[Thomas Nowotny]

First call for Abstracts, International Workshop on Dynamical
Olfaction, 30 June - 2 July, 2010, Brighton, UK

Animals are able to experience complexly structured plumes of
different combinations of chemicals as individual olfactory percepts.
It appears that the olfactory system utilizes rich temporal dynamics
to achieve this goal but exactly how is still an open challenge for
modern neuroscience. In the last few years rapid progress has been
made in our understanding of olfactory information processing. In this
focused workshop on Dynamical Olfaction we will share recent
developments, both experimental and theoretical, between the active
researchers in the field. Confirmed keynote speakers include

Maxim Bazhenov, University of California Riverside, USA
C. Giovanni Galizia, University of Konstanz, Germany
Hong Lei, The University of Arizona, USA
Johannes Reisert, Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA
Mark Stopfer, National Institutes of Health, USA
Massimo Vergassola, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

The programme committee is formed by
Jean-Pierre Rospars, INRA Versailles
Dominique Martinez, LORIA Nancy & INRA Versailles
Thomas Nowotny, University of Sussex
Sylvia Anton, INRA Versailles

The workshop is financed by the BBSRC in the framework of the PheroSys
project, part of the ANR-BBSRC SysBio initiative. Registration IS FREE
OF CHARGE but mandatory for our planning.

Important Dates:
February 12, 2010: First call for abstracts (this call)
March 15, 2010: Registration opens
April 15, 2010: Deadline for abstract submissions
April 30, 2010: Abstract acceptance notifications
June 30, 2010: The workshop starts

Participation is limited to 100 participants. Contributors will have
preferential treatment over other participants.

To submit an abstract, direct your browser to
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/users/tn41/signupPhero2010/abstract

Further information is available and will be updated regularly on the
workshop website
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/tn41/PheroSys2010/index.html

If you have additional questions, please contact the local organiser,
Chris Buckley at C.L.Buckley at sussex.ac.uk .


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Dr. Thomas Nowotny
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CCNR, Informatics,					Fax:   +44-1273-877873
University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ	      http://sussex.ac.uk/informatics/tnowotny