Connectionists: COSYNE 2011: abstract submission opens TOMORROW (10/25)

[Ila Fiete]

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     Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne)

    MAIN MEETING               WORKSHOPS

    24 - 27 Feb, 2011             28 Feb - 1 Mar, 2011
    Salt Lake City, Utah    Snow Bird Ski Resort, Utah

http://www.cosyne.org

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The annual Cosyne meeting provides an inclusive forum for the exchange 
of empirical and theoretical approaches to problems in systems 
neuroscience.

The MAIN MEETING is arranged in a single track. A set of invited talks 
are selected by the Executive Committee, and additional talks and 
posters are selected by the Program Committee, based on submitted 
abstracts.

Cosyne topics include but are not limited to: neural coding, natural 
scene statistics, dendritic computation, neural basis of persistent 
activity, nonlinear receptive field mapping, representations of time and 
sequence, reward systems, decision-making, synaptic plasticity, map 
formation and plasticity, population coding, attention, computation with 
spiking networks.


INVITED SPEAKERS:

David Anderson
Alison Barth
EJ Chichilnisky
Tom Clandinin
Stanislas Dehaene
David Kleinfeld
Peter Latham
Roberto Malinow
Tirin Moore
Anna Nobre
Murray Sherman
Anthony Zador

IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission opens: 25 Oct 2010
Abstract submission deadline: 24 Nov 2010

ABSTRACT PREPARATION:
When preparing an abstract, authors should be aware that not all 
abstracts can be accepted for the meeting, due to space constraints. 
Abstracts will be selected based on the clarity with which they convey 
the substance, significance, and originality of the work to be presented.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Anthony Zador (CSHL)
Alexandre Pouget (U Rochester)
Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chairs:    Anne Churchland (UWashington) and Bartlett Mel (USC)
Program Chairs:    Rachel Wilson (Harvard) and Jim DICarlo (MIT)
Workshop Chairs:   Mark Laubach (Yale) and Brent Doiron (U Pittsburgh)
Publicity Chair:  Ila Fiete (UT Austin)




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Ila Fiete
Assistant Professor
Center for Learning and Memory
The University of Texas at Austin
Phone: 512.232.8439