From terry at salk.edu Tue Jan 3 13:05:27 2012 From: terry at salk.edu (Terry Sejnowski) Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:05:27 -0800 Subject: Connectionists: NEURAL COMPUTATION - January, 2012 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Neural Computation - Contents -- Volume 24, Number 1 - January 1, 2011 Article Multistability and Perceptual Inference Samuel Gershman, Edward Vul and Joshua B. Tenenbaum Note Mathematical Equivalence of Two Common Forms of Firing-Rate Models of Neural Networks Kenneth Miller and Francesco Fumarola Letters Interactions of Excitatory and Inhibitory Feedback Topologies in Facilitating Pattern Separation and Retrieval Jane Wang and Michal Zochowski Unsupervised Learning of Generative and Discriminative Weights Encoding Elementary Image Components in a Predictive Coding Model of Cortical Function Michael Spratling Recurrent Kernel Machines: Computing with Infinite Echo State Networks Michiel Hermans and Benjamin Schrauwen A Scale-Invariant Internal Representation of Time Karthik H. Shankar and Marc W. Howard Geometry-Invariant Texture Retrieval Using Dual-Output Pulse-Coupled Neural Network Xiaojun Li, Yide Ma, Zhaobin Wang, and Wenrui Yu Guaranteed Cost Synchronization of Chaotic Cellular Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delay Jianjun Tu and Hanlin He Efficient Blind Dereverberation and Echo Cancellation Based on Independent Component Analysis for Actual Acoustic Signals Ryu Takeda, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Toru Takahashi , Kazunori Komatani , Tetsuya Ogata , Hiroshi Okuno Higher-Order Approximations for Testing Neglected Nonlinearity Halbert White and Jin Seo Cho ----- ON-LINE - http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/neco SUBSCRIPTIONS - 2012 - VOLUME 24 - 12 ISSUES USA Others Electronic only Student/Retired $70 $193 $65 Individual $124 $187 $115 Institution $1,035 $1,098 $926 Canada: Add 5% GST MIT Press Journals, 238 Main Street, Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02142-9902. Tel: (617) 253-2889 FAX: (617) 577-1545 journals-orders at mit.edu http://mitpressjournals.org/neuralcomp ----- From ckemere at phy.ucsf.edu Tue Jan 3 17:59:53 2012 From: ckemere at phy.ucsf.edu (Caleb Kemere) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:59:53 -0600 Subject: Connectionists: Faculty position in Neuroengineering Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University currently has an position for new faculty in neuroengineering. The ideal candidate would work in neuroengineering/brain-computer interfaces and would have a strong ?systems? perspective on both the brain side and the computer side. As you probably know, the Rice ECE department is both highly ranked and highly collegial, with very strong and well-funded research programs in signal processing and communication systems, computer engineering, and engineering physics. We also have strong ties with the adjacent Texas Medical Center, which is the world?s largest, housing Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and 60 other hospitals and clinics. Please refer to the website: http://facultyapps.ece.rice.edu for more information or to submit an application. While the closing date is February 15, 2012, application screening has begun. Caleb Kemere Asst. Prof, Rice University ECE From redish at umn.edu Wed Jan 4 12:36:21 2012 From: redish at umn.edu (David Redish) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 11:36:21 -0600 Subject: Connectionists: Computational Postdoctoral position available, Redish Lab, University of Minnesota Message-ID: Postdoctoral positions are immediately available in my laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota to address the computational role of executive function and the interaction of multiple decision-making systems in addiction and other psychiatric dysfunctions. Primary projects will include computational modeling and theoretical analyses addressing ongoing collaborations with human clinical researchers, and integrating these results with animal basic-science experiments, including both neurophysiological and behavioral studies. Candidates should have recently completed (or be about to complete) their PhD and should have some experience in either computational or mathematical neuroscience. Pay will be commensurate with NIH standards. Those interested should contact me via email. The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity employer. adr ------------------------------------------------------------------- A. David Redish redish at umn.edu http://www.umn.edu/~redish ----------------------------- Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience University of Minnesota ------------------------------------------------------------------- From daniel.margulies at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 17:37:13 2012 From: daniel.margulies at gmail.com (Daniel Margulies) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:37:13 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Frontiers Special Issue: "Mapping Connectivity of the Human Cerebral Cortex" Message-ID: Mapping Connectivity of the Human Cerebral Cortex Special Issue of Frontiers in Neuroanatomy Recent advances in non-invasive connectivity mapping techniques, such as diffusion MRI and resting state functional connectivity, have resulted in a resurgence of interest in the investigation of the connectivity of the human cerebral cortex. The connectivity of the various cerebral cortical areas, which is only beginning to be studied in humans, has been examined in detail in the macaque monkey during the last 50 years using experimental anatomical anterograde and retrograde tracer techniques. These techniques provide exquisite detail of the origin, course and termination of axons from one cortical area to another. This experimental research, therefore, provides specific hypotheses to be tested in the human with new emerging non-invasive connectivity mapping methods, as well as a framework within which to interpret findings in the human. The human cerebral cortex poses substantial challenges because its topology is very variable and its detailed organization not very well known. Connectivity can be used to map the boundaries of anatomical subregions within large-scale systems, and holds promise as a powerful resource for defining homotopic areas across brains and between hemispheres. Nonetheless, it is worthwhile to consider the limitations inherent in these methodologies so that the limits of the conclusions drawn can be fully appreciated. We aim to bring together articles critically addressing connectivity-mapping techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging-based tractography and resting-state functional connectivity, in the specific context of anatomical investigation. In order to make fruitful contributions to the study of neuroanatomy, the application of these techniques requires special consideration. Each technique comes with unique strengths and weaknesses, bounding the interpretation of results. For instance, what is the relationship between various measures of functional connectivity and axonal connections? And what is the appropriate scale of subdivision? Given recent developments, it is appropriate to review achievements thus far, ongoing prospects, and future limitations as applied to the complex anatomy of the cerebral cortex. Hosted by:?Michael Petrides,?Daniel Margulies Deadline for abstract submission:?23 Jan 2012 Deadline for full article submission:?31 Mar 2012 website: http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroanatomy/researchtopics/mapping_connectivity_of_the_hu/476 From haline.schendan at plymouth.ac.uk Thu Jan 5 16:16:48 2012 From: haline.schendan at plymouth.ac.uk (Haline Schendan) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:16:48 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: Lecturer in psychology, University of Plymouth, UK (Closing date: 13th January) Message-ID: <92129CEDFB679043810C974BC1D6962C44720DF23A@ILS133.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk> University of Plymouth, UK Job title: Lecturer in psychology Salary grade/ range: ?36,862 - ?44,016 - Grade 8 Hours per week/ weeks per year: 37.5 Fixed term/ permanent: Permanent The School of Psychology is looking to make a permanent lectureship appointment to strengthen its current staffing. In RAE2008 the School was ranked in the top third of psychology departments in the UK, with 85% of its research activity judged to be of international standard. We are looking to build upon this success through the appointment of a lecturer with outstanding research potential. We are looking to appoint candidates who have a strong research track record as demonstrated through publication and income generation. We will consider applications from excellent candidates in any area of psychology. Currently the School has established expertise in several fields, with research organised around the recently recognised University Research Centre in Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. The centre encompasses research excellence in Thinking and Reasoning, Memory, Vision, Cognitive Neuroscience, Language Development, Social Psychology, Health and Well Being and Human Factors. Applicants would be expected to contribute to one of these research groups, or be involved in the creation of a new research grouping. Applicants should be qualified to PhD level or equivalent and have some experience of successfully developing and delivering excellent Psychology teaching at university level. Informal enquiries may be made by email to Professor Simon Handley, Head of School at shandley at plymouth.ac.uk although applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below. Closing date: 12midnight, 13th January Shortlisting to be completed by: 27th January Interview date: To be Confirmed Contact for informal discussion: Informal enquiries may be made by email to Professor Simon Handley, Head of School at shandley at plymouth.ac.uk or by telephone on 01752 584829 ___________________________________________________________________ The Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (CBCB) has 36 research active academic staff: http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/research/. This vibrant centre is well resourced. 5 dedicated technicians support the Centre's laboratories. The Centre houses 513m2 of lab space across 35 rooms with 95 networked computers for behavioral testing, including eye tracking, visuomotor affordance equipment, and virtual reality. Portable equipment, such as laptops, video-cameras and headphones, are available on demand. The Centre houses a state-of-the-art, multi-modal neuroimaging, computer lab. Cognitive neuroscience laboratories cover the full range of techniques. For EEG/ERP/psychophysiology, there are three fully-equipped, 128-channel, active-electrode systems and two 64-channel passive amplification systems, which can allow EEG recording during TMS. The fully-equipped TMS lab houses single pulse and repetitive stimulation with stereotactic positioning to integrate with fMRI data. The research-dedicated fMRI scanner is housed at the Peninsula Medical School (http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/pmrrc/) and has systems for stimulus delivery, response collection, and eye tracking. CBCB includes several EUCOGII members and links closely with the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS): http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/SOCCE/CRNS/ See also: http://www.psy.plymouth.ac.uk/research/Neuroscience/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are looking to build upon this success through the appointment of a world leading research professor. We are looking to appoint a candidate who has an outstanding research track record as demonstrated through publication and income generation. The successful candidate will have an international reputation and be a world leader within their field. They will have a successful record of research income generation leading to 4* research outputs. We will consider applications from excellent candidates in any area of psychology. Currently the School has established expertise in several fields, with research organised around the recently recognised University Research Centre in Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. The centre encompasses research excellence in Thinking and Reasoning, Memory, Vision, Cognitive Neuroscience, Language Development, Social Psychology and Health and Well Being. Applicants would be expected to contribute to one of these research groups, or be involved in the creation of a new research grouping. A competitive salary and start up package will be available to the successful candidate. Informal enquiries may be made by email to Professor Simon Handley, Head of School at shandley at plymouth.ac.uk although applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below. Closing date: 12midnight, 13th January Shortlisting to be completed by: 27th January Interview date: To be Confirmed Contact for informal discussion: Informal enquiries may be made by email to Professor Simon Handley, Head of School at shandley at plymouth.ac.uk or by telephone on 01752 584829 ___________________________________________________________________ The Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (CBCB) has 36 research active academic staff: http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/research/. This vibrant centre is well resourced. 5 dedicated technicians support the Centre's laboratories. The Centre houses 513m2 of lab space across 35 rooms with 95 networked computers for behavioral testing, including eye tracking, visuomotor affordance equipment, and virtual reality. Portable equipment, such as laptops, video-cameras and headphones, are available on demand. The Centre houses a state-of-the-art, multi-modal neuroimaging, computer lab. Cognitive neuroscience laboratories cover the full range of techniques. For EEG/ERP/psychophysiology, there are three fully-equipped, 128-channel, active-electrode systems and two 64-channel passive amplification systems, which can allow EEG recording during TMS. The fully-equipped TMS lab houses single pulse and repetitive stimulation with stereotactic positioning to integrate with fMRI data. The research-dedicated fMRI scanner is housed at the Peninsula Medical School (http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/pmrrc/) and has systems for stimulus delivery, response collection, and eye tracking. CBCB includes several EUCOGII members and links closely with the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS): http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/SOCCE/CRNS/ See also: http://www.psy.plymouth.ac.uk/research/Neuroscience/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The group has strong active interdisciplinary connections with the Schools of Life Sciences, Psychology, Mathematics and Physics, and the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (co-supervisory arrangements are possible). Luc Berthouze: motor development, coordination, oscillations, synchronisation, long-range temporal correlations, criticality, analysis of physiological time series (EEG, EMG, MEG, kinematics). See http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/lb203/; informal enquiries to L.Berthouze-at-sussex.ac.uk. Phil Husbands: bio-inspired neural systems for embodied (robotic) adaptive behaviour; neuromodulation, reconfiguration and multi-functionality; modelling neural mechanism underlying adaptive behaviour; real and artificial evolution of neural systems. See http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/philh/, informal inquiries to philh-at-sussex.ac.uk Thomas Nowotny: Computational neuroscience of olfaction, machine learning in chemical sensing, hybrid computer-neuronal systems ("dynamic clamp"), accurate models of nonlinear dynamics of neurons (systems identification problems), GPU computing for neuronal networks. See http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/tn41/, informal inquiries to t.nowotny-at-sussex.ac.uk. Andrew Philippides: Visual navigation in insects and robots, neuromodulation, computational neuroethology, autonomous robotics and adaptive behaviour, image processing for biomedical applications and evolutionary computation for real-world applications. See http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/andrewop/, informal inquiries to: andrewop-at-sussex.ac.uk Anil Seth: consciousness science, causality analysis of neural time series (M/EEG, fMRI, spike trains, etc), large-scale neural network modelling, predictive coding, synaesthesia. See www.anilseth.com and www.sussex.ac.uk/sackler/; informal enquiries to a.k.seth-at-sussex.ac.uk. Students with interest in any of those research areas are strongly encouraged to apply. ==================================================================================================================================== Doctoral Studentships School of Engineering and Informatics University of Sussex Up to 12 funded Doctoral Studentships (2012 entry). The School of Engineering and Informatics invites applications for Doctoral studentships. At least three, and up to six, will be awarded in the Department of Engineering and Design. At least three and up to six will be awarded in the Department of Informatics. The studentships in Engineering may be in any of the Department?s three research areas: ? Biomedical Engineering ? Electrical and Electronic Engineering ? Mechanical Engineering For further details see the Department?s research web pages: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/engineering/research The studentships in Informatics may be in any of the Department?s four research areas. ? Cognitive and Language Processing Systems ? Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems ? Foundations of Software Systems ? Interactive Systems For further details see the Department?s research web pages: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/research Applicants with research interests that span both Departments are particularly welcome. Studentships will normally include a three-year stipend at standard postgraduate rates (currently ?13,590 per annum). Other fee and stipend arrangements are negotiable depending on the individual circumstances of applicants (e.g., to augment partial awards or funds from elsewhere). Recipients of studentships will be required to work closely with academic staff on standard teaching duties for a small proportion of their time. Applicants should have at least a 2:1 first degree relevant to their field of study. For further information about the Departments, their specific application requirements and contact details for enquiries go to: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/engineering/ or http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/ Closing date is 14 February 2012. Early application is encouraged. ==================================================================================================================================== Dr Luc Berthouze, Senior Lecturer Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics (CCNR) School of Informatics University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QH, UK Tel: +44 1273 877206 Fax: +44 1273 877873 From n-honda at sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp Fri Jan 6 11:44:59 2012 From: n-honda at sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp (n-honda) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:44:59 +0900 Subject: Connectionists: The Systems Neurobiology Spring School 2012 (SNSS2012) Message-ID: <4F07250B.901@sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp> [The Systems Neurobiology Spring School 2012] The Systems Neurobiology Spring School 2012 provides you an opportunity to have lectures from outstanding international scientists working on Mathematical Modeling of Neuronal Computation, Basic Experiments with Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neurobiology and Methodology Studies such as Nanotechnology. ---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o--- [Date] March 7 (Wed.) - 9 (Fri.), 2012 [Place] CO-OP INN KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan [Organizer] Japanese Neural Network Society Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas ?Mesoscopic neurocircuitry: towards understanding of the functional and structural basis of brain information processing.? Brain and Neural Systems Team, Computational Science Research Program, RIKEN [Registration Deadline] February 22nd ,2012 [Lecturer](alphabetical order) - Yang Dan (UC, Berkeley) - Shelley Halpain (UC, San Diego) - Yuji Ikegaya (The University of Tokyo) - Kozo Kaibuchi (Nagoya University) - Arvind Kumar (University of Freiburg) - Tomaso Poggio (MIT) [Homepage] http://hawaii.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/SNSS/SNSS2012/ - Please confirm the details of the application. [Contact information] snss2012 at sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp [Program committees] HONDA Naoki, Ken NAKAE, Naoto YUKINAWA (Kyoto University) [Director] Shin ISHII (Kyoto University), Kyonsoo HONG (New York University) -- Honda Naoki Kyoto University n-honda at sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp From hugo.larochelle at usherbrooke.ca Sun Jan 8 17:47:48 2012 From: hugo.larochelle at usherbrooke.ca (Hugo Larochelle) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:47:48 -0500 Subject: Connectionists: Call for Papers: Special Issue of TPAMI on Learning Deep Architectures Message-ID: <392082F5-D503-49A9-8602-3596D85A42CF@usherbrooke.ca> Call For Papers: Special Issue on Learning Deep Architectures To be published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/transactions/cfps/cfp_tp_lda.pdf Topic Description: In recent years, there has been an emerging interest in architectures, algorithms, and signal/information processing techniques that learn to transform data through multiple layers of nonlinearities, hence the concept of deep architectures. Several approaches have been developed in the context of learning deep architectures, including unsupervised feature learning using deep architectures, sparse coding for deep architectures, deep Boltzmann machines, stacked auto-encoders, deep belief networks, deep multilayer perceptrons, convolutional architectures, recursive compositional models, and various versions of hierarchical generative models, all of which have been successfully applied to a variety of tasks in computer vision, speech recognition/understanding, audio processing, natural language processing, information retrieval, and robotics. These developments cut across interests in many traditional and new machine learning, machine intelligence, pattern analysis, and signal/information processing research areas. This special issue invites paper submissions on the most recent developments in learning deep architectures and its relation to unsupervised feature learning and hierarchical learning algorithms, theoretical foundations, inference and optimization, semi-supervised and transfer learning, and applications to real-world tasks. We also welcome survey and overview papers in these general areas pertaining to learning deep architectures. Detailed topics of presentations include but are not limited to: - deep learning architectures and algorithms - unsupervised feature learning algorithms with deep architectures - semi-supervised and transfer learning algorithms with deep architectures - inference and optimization relevant to learning deep architectures - theoretical foundations of unsupervised feature learning with deep architectures - theoretical foundations of deep learning - applications of unsupervised feature learning and supervised learning with deep architectures Paper submission and review: Papers must be submitted online, selecting the choice that indicates this special issue. We will accept original research papers and overview/survey papers. Peer reviews will follow the standard IEEE review process. Priority will be given to the papers with high novelty and originality for the research papers, and to the papers with high potential impact for survey/overview papers. Complete manuscripts of full length are expected, following the TPAMI guideline in http://www.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewjournals/author. In case there is uncertainty as to whether the topic of your potential paper may fit well to this special issue, you are welcome to contact the guest editors below before you start writing the full-length manuscript. Submission site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tpami-cs Dates: Submissions open period: until April 1st, 2012 First review results: June 15, 2012 Second review results: August 15, 2012 Final manuscripts due: September 1st, 2012 Publication date: December 1st, 2012 Guest editors: Samy Bengio (bengio at google.com) Li Deng (deng at microsoft.com) Hugo Larochelle (hugo.larochelle at usherbrooke.ca) Honglak Lee (honglak at eecs.umich.edu) Ruslan Salakhutdinov (rsalakhu at utstat.toronto.edu) Max Welling (welling at ics.uci.edu) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120108/c9b14dc9/attachment-0001.html From randy.oreilly at Colorado.EDU Mon Jan 9 04:08:51 2012 From: randy.oreilly at Colorado.EDU (Randall O'Reilly) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 02:08:51 -0700 Subject: Connectionists: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Free Wiki Textbook Now Available Message-ID: <515FF994-11E1-41F2-A996-FFAA7BB8F00D@colorado.edu> The effective 2nd Edition to "Computational Explorations in Cognitive Neuroscience" (O'Reilly & Munakata, 2000) is now available as a free wiki textbook. It has been completely rewritten to avoid any copyright issues, and is now much more succinct and clearer, along with having several important technical advances. http://grey.colorado.edu/CompCogNeuro/index.php/CCNBook/Main You can also order it as a hard-copy book, printed by PediaPress (see link at top of above page). As before, a major component of the book is the computational exploration of a wide range of cognitive neuroscience phenomena, which enable hands-on learning of the textbook material. These are implemented in emergent, which is now at version 5.3.0 and has many important new features: http://grey.colorado.edu/emergent Contributions are welcome, and content will expand over time, especially in sub-topics, to provide considerable depth to the introductory material that is now in place. - Randy ---- Dr. Randall C. O'Reilly Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado Boulder 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0345 303-492-0054 Fax: 303-492-2967 http://psych.colorado.edu/~oreilly From erik at oist.jp Mon Jan 9 22:41:27 2012 From: erik at oist.jp (Erik De Schutter) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:41:27 +0900 Subject: Connectionists: Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course 2012: Applications open Message-ID: <04E09D4C-39EB-4FE7-9F25-91782E696C4A@oist.jp> OKINAWA COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE 2012 Methods, Neurons, Networks and Behaviors June 11 - June 29, 2012. Okinawa, Japan http://www.irp.oist.jp/ocnc/2012 The aim of the Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course is to provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds to learn the latest advances in neuroscience, and for those with experimental backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling. We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate in the course, held from June 11th through June 29th, 2012 at an oceanfront seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Applications are through the course web page only; they will open January 9th and close February 12th, 2012. Applicants are required to propose a project at the time of application. Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance in March. Like in preceding years, OCNC will be a comprehensive three-week course covering single neurons, networks, and behaviors with ample time for student projects. The first week will focus exclusively on methods with hands-on tutorials during the afternoons, while the second and third weeks will have lectures by international experts. Students receive individualized tutoring for their projects. We invite those who are interested in integrating experimental and computational approaches at each level, as well as in bridging different levels of complexity. The sponsor will provide lodging and meals during the course and support travel for those without funding. We hope that this course will be a good opportunity for theoretical and experimental neuroscientists to meet each other and to explore the attractive nature and culture of Okinawa, the southernmost island prefecture of Japan. Invited faculty: ? Abbott, Larry ? Arbuthnott, Gordon ? Bialek, William ? Buzsaki, Gyorgy ? Canavier, Carmen ? De Schutter, Erik ? Diesmann, Markus ? Doya, Kenji ? H?usser, Michael ? Ishii, Shin ? Izhikevich, Eugene ? Kuhn, Bernd ? Lee, Daeyeol ? Marder, Eve ? Stephens, Greg From kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Mon Jan 9 06:49:39 2012 From: kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:49:39 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: PhD studentships in Neurobiology in Strasbourg, Freiburg i. Br., Amsterdam, Basel, Bangalore and Jerusalem Message-ID: <007c01cccec4$c4fdeff0$4ef9cfd0$@uni-freiburg.de> The Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Program "NeuroTime - Neural Processing on Time" is inviting applications for fully funded 4-year joint PhD studentships between 6 Universities (Strasbourg, Freiburg i. Br., Amsterdam, Basel, Bangalore and Jerusalem) and 2 Associated Partners (IHD and Neurex), coordinated by the University of Strasbourg. in the field of Neurobiology. The objective of NeuroTime is to provide PhD students with a top quality international training program in multidisplinary neuroscience that will contribute through the creation of a 'European Higher Education Area' in investigating a process lying at the heart of brain function & dysfunction: processing of time. The training provided by our program integrates developmental, molecular, cellular & behavioral neuroscience, chronobiology, computational neuroscience & neurotechnology. The projects are collaborative and typically involve two of the six above institutes and will require some travel. Students should have a solid background in biology, especially neuroscience (on a master level or equivalent). An excellent academic record, documented interest in research and fluency in English are required. If you are interested, go to http://www.neurotime-erasmus.org Deadline for applications: January 15, 2012. If you have questions regarding the program and applications, you can contact us at ntadmin at unistra.fr From ole.jensen at donders.ru.nl Tue Jan 10 05:26:05 2012 From: ole.jensen at donders.ru.nl (Ole Jensen) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:26:05 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Data Analysis Competition at Biomag2012 Message-ID: <4F0C123D.2020302@donders.ru.nl> Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce the 'Biomag2012 analysis competition'. Please consider participating or encourage students, postdocs and colleagues to take part. See below for details. Best regards, Ole Jensen and Ali Bahramisharif ------ *Biomag2012 analysis competition - distributed representations *The decoding of mental states and neuronal representations from brain imaging data is a research field in rapid development (Spiers HJ, Maguire EA. Decoding human brain activity during real-world experiences. Trends Cogn Sci. 2007 ; Haynes JD, Rees G. Decoding mental states from brain activity in humans. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006). These decoding approaches have a great potential in MEG research where data are recorded from hundreds of sensors with a millisecond time resolution. In particular cognitive neuroscience could benefit from further development of decoding approaches in order to identify representational specific brain activity._ _The aims of the competition is to: * Promote the development and application of new multivariate analysis techniques for decoding of brain activity * Make the audience aware of novel approaches * Elucidate the pros and cons of different the techniques o Which assumptions are behind a given approach? o What are the limitations? * Attract signal-processing experts from outside the MEG field * Encourage a discussion on the cognitive insight which the techniques can bring about The deadline for submitting results is Aug 17, 2012 Link for details, data etc: http://www.biomag2012.org/content/data-analysis-competition -- Ole Jensen http://www.neuosc.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120110/bb798826/attachment.html From z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk Thu Jan 12 02:54:15 2012 From: z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk (Zoe Kourtzi) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:54:15 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: Positions in Visual Neuroscience, KU Leuven Message-ID: <9DCFA4B8-3108-4040-ABF4-0D070E9AA41D@bham.ac.uk> Post-doctoral and PhD student positions are available to work with Zoe Kourtzi in collaboration with colleagues (P Janssen, W Vanduffel, R Vogels) at the Lab of Neurophysiology, University of Leuven. Our research aims to understand the neural circuits and learning mechanisms that support visual recognition in the primate brain. Projects will involve comparative work in human and non-human primates using brain imaging and interventional approaches. The work will combine psychophysics, advanced computational analysis methods (i.e. machine learning), brain imaging (fMRI, EEG, MRS, TMS), neurophysiology and pharmacology. Topics include: learning and brain plasticity, visual perception and object recognition, cognitive ageing. Research will be conducted within well-equipped labs that incorporate a range of bespoke equipment. The Lab of Neurophysiology provides an excellent working environment with a pronounced research focus and international expertise in Vision Science, Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging. Facilities include, an Imaging Centre with integrated equipment for the study of human and non-human primates (3T scanners, PET, EEG, TMS). Our research group further benefits from regular interactions with a wide network of international collaborators. Candidates should have strong background in Neuroscience, Computer Science, Psychology, Physics, Mathematics or a related field. Programming skills (e.g. Matlab, C) are essential and experience with brain imaging or physiology is desirable. Informal enquiries should be directed to Zoe Kourtzi: z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk Applications should include a CV, brief statement of research interests, and the names of 3 referees. From mail at mkaiser.de Thu Jan 12 06:55:14 2012 From: mail at mkaiser.de (Marcus Kaiser) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:55:14 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: Final Call: Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD programme in Systems Neuroscience (Newcastle University) Message-ID: Dear all, As the deadline for this programme is next Monday, 16 January, here a final call for applications: Our Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD programme in systems neuroscience, aimed at applicants from the physical sciences (physics, engineering, mathematics, or computer science), is now accepting applications for studentships starting in September 2012 (see below). Research areas include Neuroinformatics, Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging (fMRI, DTI, EEG, ECoG), Brain Connectivity, Clinical Neuroscience, Behaviour and Evolution, and Brain Dynamics (simulations and time series analysis). Strong interactions between clinical, experimental, and computational researchers are a key component of this programme. Best, Marcus Systems Neuroscience: From Networks to Behaviour - sponsored by the Wellcome Trust Programme Directors: Prof Miles Whittington, Prof Tim Griffiths and Dr Marcus Kaiser The Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University integrates more than 100 principal investigators across medicine, psychology, computer science, and engineering. Research in systems, cellular, computational, and behavioural neuroscience. Laboratory facilities include auditory and visual psychophysics; rodent, monkey, and human neuroimaging (EEG, fMRI, PET); TMS; optical recording, multi-electrode neurophysiology, confocal and fluorescence imaging, high-throughput computing and e-science, artificial sensory-motor devices, clinical testing, and the only brain bank for molecular changes in human brain development. The Wellcome Trust's Four-year PhD Programmes are a flagship scheme aimed at supporting the most promising students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. The first year combines taught courses with three laboratory rotations to broaden students' knowledge of the subject area. At the end of the first year, students will make an informed choice of their three-year PhD research project. This programme is based at Newcastle University and is aimed to provide specialised training for physical and computational scientists (e.g. physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and computer science) wishing to apply their skills to a research neuroscience career. Eligibility/Person Specification: Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a 1st or 2:1 degree, or equivalent, in a physical sciences, engineering, mathematics or computing degree. Value of the award: Support includes a stipend for 4 years, PhD registration fees at UK/EU student rate, research expenses, general training funds and some travel costs. How to apply: You must apply through the University's online postgraduate application form (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/ ) inserting the reference number IN044 and selecting MRes/PhD Faculty of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience (full time) as the programme of study. Only mandatory fields need to be completed (no personal statement required) and a covering letter, CV and (if English is not your first language) a copy of your English language qualifications must be attached. The covering letter must state the title of the studentship, quote the reference number IN044 and state how your interests and experience relate to the programme. The deadline for receiving applications is 16 January 2012. You should also send your covering letter and CV to Helen Stewart, Postgraduate Secretary, Institute of Neuroscience, Henry Wellcome Building, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, or by email to h.stewart at ncl.ac.uk . For more information, see http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/postgrad/research/wellcome/ -- Marcus Kaiser, Ph.D. Associate Professor (Reader) in Neuroinformatics School of Computing Science Newcastle University Claremont Tower Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K. Phone: +44 191 222 8161 Fax: +44 191 222 8232 Visiting Professor in Neuroinformatics Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Seoul National University, Korea http://www.biological-networks.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120112/29be2df6/attachment-0001.html From bowlby at bu.edu Thu Jan 12 14:05:42 2012 From: bowlby at bu.edu (Brian Bowlby) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:05:42 -0500 Subject: Connectionists: 16th ICCNS conference: Call for Abstracts (January 31 submission deadline) Message-ID: <36DD4445-3B5F-44F5-BB6B-307C518834A8@bu.edu> SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS May 30 ? June 1, 2012 Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA http://cns.bu.edu/cns-meeting/conference.html Sponsored by the Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems, Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology (CompNet), and Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST) with financial support from the National Science Foundation This interdisciplinary conference is attended each year by approximately 300 people from 30 countries around the world. As in previous years, the conference will focus on solutions to the questions: HOW DOES THE BRAIN CONTROL BEHAVIOR? HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY EMULATE BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE? The conference is aimed at researchers and students of computational neuroscience, cognitive science, neural networks, neuromorphic engineering, and artificial intelligence. It includes invited lectures and contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a changing world. The conference is particularly interested in exploring how the brain and biologically-inspired algorithms and systems in engineering and technology can learn. Single-track oral and poster sessions enable all presented work to be highly visible. Three-hour poster sessions with no conflicting events will be held on two of the conference days. Posters will be up all day, and can also be viewed during breaks in the talk schedule. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS Martin Banks (University of California, Berkeley) Combining depth information from disparity and blur Helen Barbas (Boston University) [Plenary Speaker] Prefrontal pathways and flexible behavior Nathaniel Daw (New York University) Reinforcement learning: Beyond reinforcement Paul Glimcher (New York University) The emerging standard model of human decision-making Stephen Grossberg (Boston University) [Plenary Speaker] Social cognition: How do children learn to follow gaze, share joint attention, imitate their teachers, and use tools during social interactions? Lori Holt (Carnegie Mellon University) Using speech to listen in on auditory processing Margaret Livingstone (Harvard Medical School) Why do we have category specific domains and what good are they? Zhong-Lin Lu (Ohio State University) Functions and mechanisms of perceptual learning Christopher Pack (McGill University) Short-term plasticity of receptive fields and functional connectivity in primate visual cortex Max Riesenhuber (Georgetown University) Object recognition in cortex: From pipelines to flying crossbodies Veit Stuphorn (Johns Hopkins University) The role of the Supplementary Eye Field in value-based decision-making Jeffrey Taube (Dartmouth College) Learning and memory in the head direction cell circuit CELEST WORKSHOP ON ?BUILDING AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS? Gary Bradski (Willow Garage) Perception tools and systems for autonomous robots Stefano Fusi (Columbia University) The importance of conjunctive neural representations in high cognitive functions Jeff Krichmar (University of California, Irvine) Neuromorphic and brain-based robots Greg Snider (HP Labs) Robot brains from dynamic fields Max Versace (Boston University) Intelligent robots or bust CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Session Topics: * vision * image understanding * audition * speech and language * unsupervised learning * supervised learning * reinforcement and emotion * sensory-motor control * cognition, planning, and attention * spatial mapping and navigation * object recognition * neural circuit models * neural system models * mathematics of neural systems * robotics * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital) * neuromorphic VLSI * industrial applications * other Contributed abstracts must be received, in English, by January 31, 2012. Email notification of acceptance will be provided by February 29, 2012. A meeting registration fee must accompany each abstract. The fee will be refunded if the abstract is not accepted for presentation. Fees of accepted abstracts will be returned upon written request only until April 13, 2012. Abstracts must not exceed one 8.5"x11" page in length, with 1" margins on top, bottom, and both sides in a single-column format with a font of 10 points or larger. The title, authors, affiliations, surface, and email addresses should begin each abstract. A separate cover letter should include the abstract title; name and contact information for corresponding and presenting authors; requested preference for oral or poster presentation; and a first and second choice from the topics above, including whether it is biological (B) or technological (T) work [Example: first choice: vision (T); second choice: neural system models (B)]. Contributed talks will be 15 minutes long. Posters will be displayed for a full day. Overhead and computer projector facilities will be available for talks. Accepted abstracts will be printed in the conference proceedings volume. No extended paper will be required. Abstracts should be submitted electronically as Word files to cindy at bu.edu using the phrase ?16th ICCNS abstract submission? in the subject line or as paper hard copy (four copies of the abstract with one copy of the cover letter and the registration form) to Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, 677 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02215 USA. Fax submissions of the abstract will not be accepted. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Early registration is recommended using the registration form below. Student registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. REGISTRATION FORM Sixteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems May 30 ? 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W. van Rossum Quantifying Statistical Interdependence PART III: N>2 Point Processes Justin Dauwels and Theophane Weber, Francois Vialatte, Toshimitsu Musha and Andrzej Cichocki Cross-Talk Induces Bifurcations in Non-Linear Models of Synaptic Plasticity Terry Elliott Intrinsic Adaptation in Autonomous Recurrent Neural Networks Dimitrije Markovic and Claudius Gros Kernel Current Source Density Method Jan Potworowski, Wit Jakuczun, Szymon Leski, and Daniel Wojcik ----- ON-LINE - http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/neco SUBSCRIPTIONS - 2012 - VOLUME 24 - 12 ISSUES USA Others Electronic only Student/Retired $70 $193 $65 Individual $124 $187 $115 Institution $1,035 $1,098 $926 Canada: Add 5% GST MIT Press Journals, 238 Main Street, Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02142-9902. Tel: (617) 253-2889 FAX: (617) 577-1545 journals-orders at mit.edu http://mitpressjournals.org/neuralcomp ----- From A.K.Seth at sussex.ac.uk Fri Jan 13 04:01:02 2012 From: A.K.Seth at sussex.ac.uk (Anil Seth) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:01:02 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: ASSC16, Brighton, July 2-6 2012: Call for abstracts deadline Feb 15 Message-ID: <2FA2CE61-0342-4798-9FDB-36C299E5CD79@sussex.ac.uk> Apologies for cross-posting: ASSC16: ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS BRIGHTON, UK, JULY 02-06 2012 http://www.theassc.org/conferences_assc16 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, DEADLINE FEB 15 2012 http://www.theassc.org/assc16_abstract_submission. ASSC16 is the 16th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. It will take place in Brighton, UK, from July 02-06, 2012. The 4 day meeting (plus 1 day of tutorial sessions) brings together leading researchers in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, philosophy, psychiatry, neurology, and computer science in a forum dedicated to showcasing and advancing rigorous scientific approaches to understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of conscious experience. Attendees are drawn from researchers, clinicians, students at all levels, as well as the interested media and public. (Please note that ASSC16 does not clash with London olympics!) ASSC16 will be organized by the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex (www.sussex.ac.uk/sackler). Brighton, affectionately known as ?London by the sea? is a popular international conference destination. It is only 49 minutes by train from central London and just 30 minutes from Gatwick International Airport (LGW; there are also easy transport links from Heathrow). Brighton is a small city with conference facilities, hotels, restaurants, pubs, transport links, and the beach all within easy walking distance. ASSC16 is will be held in the superb Dome and Corn Exchange theatre complex, in the heart of Brighton?s artistic & cultural quarter (http://www.brightondome.org/). Provisional registration fees are now shown at http://www.theassc.org/assc16_registration. ASSC16 abstracts: General submission for abstracts for ASSC16 is now open. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 February 2012. All abstracts will be carefully considered by the ASSC16 scientific committee; accepted abstracts will be allocated either a poster presentation, or an oral presentation slot in one of the concurrent sessions. Any person may present just one submission but may be a co-author on more than one. For more details, please see http://www.theassc.org/assc16_abstract_submission. Oral and poster presentations will complement the exciting plenary programme below: Keynote speakers: Victor Lamme (University of Amsterdam, President) Josef Perner (University of Salzburg) Geriant Rees (University College London) Tania Singer (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig) Tim Bayne (University of Oxford) Christof Koch (Caltech, Special Lecture) Plenary symposia: 1. Consciousness fading: key mechanisms of anaesthesia-induced loss-of-consciousness Andreas Engel (Chair), Gernott Supp, Melanie Boly, Emery Brown 2. Bringing the in-depth body to the surface: Interoception, awareness, and prediction Manos Tsakiris (Chair), Hugo Critchley, Jim Hopkins 3. Perceptual consciousness and cognitive access Ned Block (Chair), Ilja Sligte, Jerome Sackur, James Stazicker 4. Balancing the self: Vestibular contributions to self-consciousness Christophe Lopez (Chair), Bigna Lenggenhager, Gabriela Bottini Tutorials: 1. Heather Berlin, Nicholas Medford: The phenomenology, neurobiology, and neurocognitive basis of depersonalization 2. Sue Blackmore: Meditation and consciousness: Two ways meditation can contribute to consciousness science 3. Olaf Blanke, Thomas Metzinger: Towards a comprehensive theory of subjectivity and selfhood: Philosophy, cognitive science, neurology, and neuroimaging 4. Axel Cleeremans, Morten Overgaard, Bert Timmermans, Ryan Scott: Behavioural methods to assess awareness 5. Gustav Kuhn, Ronald Rensink: The science of magic: Turning magic into science! 6. James Laban, Harutomo Hasegawa, Keyoumars Ashkan: Neurosurgery and its role in studying consciousness 7. David Terhune: A primer on experimental hypnosis research 8. Jamie Ward: Sensory substitution Please direct any enquiries about ASSC16 to D.Schwartzman-at-sussex.ac.uk. 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Rutten http://www.springerlink.com/content/n874442183v11vgr/ "A method to investigate the diffusion properties of nuclear calcium" Gillian Queisser & Gabriel Wittum http://www.springerlink.com/content/t4j7w93631721575/ "Dynamical estimation of neuron and network properties I: variational methods" Bryan A. Toth, Mark Kostuk, C. Daniel Meliza, Daniel Margoliash & Henry D. I. Abarbanel http://www.springerlink.com/content/d027843w8w252436/ "An optical flow-based integrated navigation system inspired by insect vision" Chao Pan, He Deng, Xiao Fang Yin & Jian Guo Liu http://www.springerlink.com/content/l16mp86021027848/ "The mechanisms for compression and reflection of cortical waves" Julie Goulet & G. Bard Ermentrout http://www.springerlink.com/content/618l04h0618x1t5p/ "Robust control of CPG-based 3D neuromusculoskeletal walking model" Youngwoo Kim, Yusuke Tagawa, Goro Obinata & Kazunori Hase http://www.springerlink.com/content/731606j743234371/ Erratum: "Erratum to: Revealing non-analytic kinematic shifts in smooth goal-directed behaviour" M. K. Weir & A. P. Wal http://www.springerlink.com/content/x824w746h2575766/ Erratum: "Erratum to: Intrinsic variability of latency to first-spike" Gilles Wainrib, Mich?le Thieullen & Khashayar Pakdaman http://www.springerlink.com/content/u87m5229rq117822/ ---- Biological Cybernetics, all issues: http://www.springerlink.com/content/100465/ From bower at uthscsa.edu Tue Jan 17 08:20:17 2012 From: bower at uthscsa.edu (james bower) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:20:17 -0600 Subject: Connectionists: Congress to commemorate 60 years of the Hodgkin / Huxley model of the action potential Message-ID: <41A73282-7106-431F-A907-7282207B199B@uthscsa.edu> MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, July 12 - 13, 2012 In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Hodgkin-Huxley model of the action potential. URL: http://www.cnsorg.org/hodgkin-huxley60 This congress is being organized to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the original publication of the Hodgkin and Huxley model of the generation of the action potential by the squid giant axon. This publication and the mathematical model it describes is at the core of our modern understanding of how the action potential is generated, and has had profound effects on many fields of biological science and in particular on computational studies of neuronal function. The congress will be held at Trinity College, Cambridge which is the home academic institution for the original research and will include several commemorative talks and presentations. The meeting organizers are now soliciting proposals for 30 minute contributed oral presentations on topics related to the Hodgkin / Huxley model and its impact. The deadline for submitting proposals is Feb. 15, 2012. Those accepted to present talks will have registration and housing fees waved. Proposals for talks should be sent to Simon O'Connor , in the form of a title, a single paragraph description of the talk (500 words), and recent relevant papers by the author. The meeting will also include an open poster session for any participant who would like to present their work. There are travel funds available for students making poster presentations . In addition, travel grants are available for members of the OCNS. Those interested in either being on the meeting mailing list, or in early registration should also contact Simon O'Connor . Housing as well as meals will be provided at Trinity College and therefore the overall size of the meeting is limited. Meeting registration is therefore on a first come first served basis. While potential speakers are encouraged to recommend additional topics, the initial list of possible topics include: Historical Overview and Context Experimental Evidence Today The Action Potential Today and Energetics Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels Variations in K and Na Channels Ion Channel Classifications Evolutionary Considerations The Squid Axon in Context Ion Channel Evolution Computational Applications of the Hodgkin Huxley Model Synaptic Transmission Dendrites Non-Neural Tissues Implementations in Modern Simulators Variations in the HH formulation HH dynamics Parameter Fitting Adaptations to Other Ion Channels Reduced Forms Implications for Multi-scale Modeling The Limitations of HH Principle organizers: James M. Bower (University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio) Idan Segev (Hebrew University) Michael H?usser (University College London) Simon O'Connor (Local Organizer) Supported by OCNS, The Physiological Society, and The Welcome Trust Dr. James M. 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URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120117/da1c0d25/attachment-0001.html From hiro at brain.riken.jp Thu Jan 19 21:29:25 2012 From: hiro at brain.riken.jp (hiroyuki nakahara) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:29:25 +0900 Subject: Connectionists: FYI RIKEN Brain Science Institute Summer School 2012 Message-ID: <20120120112924.AD47.25DAB7C8@brain.riken.jp> Dear colleagues, I forward the information of RIKEN Brain Science Institute 2012 Summer Program. - Hiro Nakahara Call for Applications RIKEN Brain Science Institute 2012 Summer Program URL: http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/en/summer/index.html Schedule: http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/en/summer/schedule.html Application form: http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/en/summer/applying.html Application deadline; Feb 29th, 2012, 17:20p.m. (JST) Internship: June 13 - August 8 Lecture Course: July 3 - July 9 Every summer, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Wako, Japan; nearby Tokyo) organizes the international summer school. The short summary of the summer school this year is attached below. Application guideline, further information of the coming and past summer schools and etc are on the above URL. The RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI), located just outside Tokyo, Japan, offers a summer program to train advanced students interested in brain function. Applicants may choose either a two-month laboratory internship (Plan A) within a RIKEN BSI laboratory, or an intensive 7-day lecture course (Plan B) featuring a distinguished international faculty. Those participating in the internship may also enroll in the lecture course. For questions, please send any general inquiry not to me but to the adminstration or organizing committee of the summer school shown in the above summer school, while you can send me an inquiry at itninfo at brain.riken.jp,if it is specifically about my laboratory (lab URL: http://www.itn.brain.riken.jp) For Plan A (internship), you can check host laboratory at http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/en/summer/host.html. For Plan B (lecture course), here I append the information: ?The Collective Brain: How does the dynamics of collective interaction of neurons make our mind work?? In this course, we would like to place our emphasis on the interaction or coordination of different components of the brain that allows it to function as an integrated system for controlling cognition, memory and behavior. Our emphasis is also on how the malfunctioning of these mechanisms might lead to abnormal states of the brain. Invited Lecturers (tentative) Francesco Battaglia, University of Amsterdam Joshua Berke, University of Michigan Laura Colgin, University of Texas at Austin Gustavo Deco ,Universitat Pompeu Fabra Howard Eichenbaum, Boston University Joshua Gordon, Columbia University Gilles Laurent, The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Shigetada Nakanishi, Osaka Bioscience Institute Paul Phillips, University of Washington Geoffrey Schoenbaum, University of Maryland Erin Schuman, The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Jeff Wickens, OIST Matthew Wilson, MIT --------------------------------- Hiro Nakahara Lab for Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience RIKEN Brain Science Institute 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama, 351-0198, Japan Email: hn at brain.riken.jp Lab webpage: http://www.itn.brain.riken.jp/ -- hiroyuki nakahara http://www.itn.brain.riken.jp From jeremy.fix at gmail.com Mon Jan 16 11:13:45 2012 From: jeremy.fix at gmail.com (Jeremy Fix) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:13:45 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Call for project proposals eNTERFACE'12, reminder Message-ID: The 8th International Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces; July 2nd - July 27th, 2012; Sup?lec (Metz, France) Reminder : Project submission deadline January 28th, 2012 After the previous workshops, held in Mons (Belgium), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Istanbul (Turkey), Paris (France), Genova (Switzerland), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Plzen (Czech Republic) which had an impressive success record and had proven the viability and usefulness of this original workshop, the 8th edition will take place in Sup?lec (Metz, France). eNTERFACE workshops aims at establishing a tradition of collaborative, localized research and development work by gathering, in a single place, a team of senior project leaders in multimodal interfaces, researchers, and (undergraduate) students, to work on a pre-specified list of challenges, for 4 weeks. Participants are organized in teams, attached to specific projects, working on free software. Each week will typically consist of working sessions by the teams on their respective projects plus a tutorial given by an invited senior researcher and a presentation of the results achieved by each project group. The last week will be devoted to writing an article on the results obtained by the teams plus a big session where all the groups will present their achievements. This year, participants will be provided with an especially great technical infrastructure, the SmartRoom. In addition to basic network infrastructure and internet access, robots (Nao, Parrot drone, Koala, Rovio and Bioloid), multimedia devices (2d and 3d cameras, Kinect, array of microphones and even an holophonic room) and sensors (brain computer interfaces, eyetrackers and some biomedical sensors) will be available for the projects. For more details, see the website. The eNTERFACE'12 committee now invites researchers to submit project proposals that will be evaluated by the scientific committee. All the informations asked to submit a project are available on the website of the workshop (http://enterface12.metz.supelec.fr). The proposals should contain a full description of the project's objectives, required hardwares/softwares and relevant literatures. When submitting a project proposal, a list of potential candidates can be proposed by the authors. Although not exhaustive, the submitted projects can cover one or several of the topics listed below. A special focus is made this year on human-robot and human-environment interaction. Topics : - Embodied agents - Human-robot and human-environments interactions in smart environments - Multimodal signal analysis and synthesis - Signal-level and meaning-level data fusion - Multimodal conversational systems - Intuitive interfaces and personalized systems in real and virtual environments - User, context and semantics aware self-learning and adapting systems - Innovative modalities and modalities conversion - Applications of Multimodal Interfaces Important dates : * December 17th, 2011 Reception of a 1 page Notification of Interest, with a summary of project goals, work-packages, and deliverables * January 28th, 2012 Reception of the complete project proposal in the format provided in the guidelines * February 18th, 2012 Notification of project acceptance, publication of the Call for Participation * April 1st, 2012 Closing of the Call for Participation * April 15th, 2012 Publication of the teams * July 2nd - July 27th, 2012 eNTERFACE'12 Workshop Website of the workshop : http://enterface12.metz.supelec.fr Send correspondence to : enterface12 at supelec.fr The organizing committee of eNTERFACE'12 is looking forward for your submissions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120116/945e1c10/attachment.html From M.M.vanZaanen at uvt.nl Wed Jan 18 13:59:43 2012 From: M.M.vanZaanen at uvt.nl (Menno van Zaanen) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:59:43 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: 2nd call for papers ICGI 2012 Message-ID: <20120118185943.GA1480@pinball.uvt.nl> ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th International Conference on Grammatical Inference ICGI 2012 September 12-15, 2012, Washington, D.C. (USA) http://snowball.cs.umbc.edu/icgi2012/ SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE, LOCATION AND PROCEEDINGS =============================== ICGI 2012 is the 11th edition of the International Conference on Grammatical Inference series. The conference will be held in the heart of the Baltimore / Washington corridor at the University of Maryland in College Park. The conference proceedings will be published with the JMLR Workshop and Conference Proceedings series. IMPORTANT DATES =============== 20 October 2011: ICGI Challenge launch 20 January 2012: Tutorial submission deadline 20 March 2012: Notification of acceptance for tutorials 20 March 2012: Paper submission deadline 20 May 2012: Notification of acceptance 20 June 2012: Camera ready copy 12-15 September 2012: Conference & Tutorials AREAS OF INTEREST ================= The conference seeks to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of original research papers on all aspects of grammatical inference including, but not limited to: * Theoretical aspects of grammatical inference: learning paradigms, learnability results, complexity of learning. * Efficient learning algorithms for language classes inside and outside the Chomsky hierarchy. Learning tree and graph grammars. Learning distributions over strings, trees or graphs. * Theoretical and experimental analysis of different approaches to grammar induction, including artificial neural networks, statistical methods, symbolic methods, information-theoretic approaches, minimum description length, complexity-theoretic approaches, heuristic methods, etc. * Novel approaches to grammatical inference: Induction by DNA computing or quantum computing, evolutionary approaches, new representation spaces, etc. * Successful applications of grammatical inference to tasks in natural language processing, bioinformatics, machine translation, pattern recognition, language acquisition, software engineering, computational linguistics, spam and malware detection, cognitive psychology, etc. AUTHOR GUIDELINES ================= We invite three types of original and scientific papers: - Formal and/or technical papers describe original solutions (theoretical, methodological or conceptual) in the field of grammatical inference. A technical paper should clearly describe the situation or problem tackled, the relevant state of the art, the position or solution suggested and the benefits of the contribution. - Experience papers present problems or challenges encountered in practice by using grammatical inference in applications. All fields are of interest to researchers provided the necessary effort on making the specificities clear... Such papers may relate success and failure stories, or report on industrial practice. - Exploratory papers can describe completely new research positions or approaches. Open problems may be suggested, current limits can be discussed. In all cases rigour in presentation will be required. Such papers must describe precisely the situation, problem, challenge addressed and demonstrate how current methods, tools, ways of reasoning, may be inadequate. The authors must rigorously present their approach and demonstrate its pertinence and correctness to addressing the identified situation. There are no restrictions on the domain of application as long as the paper provides sufficient background information. The conference proceedings will be published with The JMLR: Workshop and Conference Proceedings series. CONFERENCE FORMAT ================= The conference will include plenary and invited talks, possibly software demonstrations and poster presentations of accepted papers, and a tutorial day. All plenary and invited papers will appear in the conference proceedings. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS ==================== Prospective authors are invited to submit a draft paper which represents original and previously unpublished work. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed. Submissions should conform to the guidelines that will be found on the conference webpage. All papers should be submitted electronically by March 20, 2012. Papers must be submitted in the pdf format. The use of LATEX is strongly encouraged. The users of Word may download a conversion tool to produce a PDF file for submission. The total length of the paper should not exceed 12 pages on A4 or letter-size paper, and should be in single-column format using at least 1 inch margins and 11-point font. Reviewing will be blind. BEST STUDENT PAPER PRIZE ======================== The best paper with a student as the lead and presenting author will be awarded a free registration prize. Eligible papers should be noted in the submission and accompanied by a brief letter of support from the research advisor. It should be included in the paper submission at the front page. Recipient of the prize will be notified at the time of acceptance and the student will receive a winner diploma during the conference. Please do not hesitate to contact us at icgi-2012 at udel.edu if you have questions. We are looking forward to your proposals. The ICGI 2012 chairs Jeffrey Heinz (University of Delaware) Colin de la Higuera (University of Nantes) Timothy Oates (University of Maryland) Program Committee Pieter Adriaans (Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Dana Angluin (Yale University, USA) Tom Armstrong (Wheaton College, USA) Robert Berwick (MIT, USA) John Case (University of Delaware, USA) Alexander Clark (University of London, United Kingdom) Francois Coste (INRIA Rennes, France) Jason Eisner (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Colin de la Higuera (Universite de Nantes - LINA, France) Henning Fernau (Universitat Trier, Germany) Pedro Garcia (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) Jeffrey Heinz (University of Delaware, USA) Makoto Kanazawa (National Institute of Informatics, Japan) Satoshi Kobayashi (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Laurent Miclet (ENSSAT-Lannion, France) Tim Oates (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Jose Oncina Carratala(Universidad de Alicante, Spain) Yasubumi Sakakibara (Keio University, Japan) Jose M. Sempere (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) Bernhard Steffen (University of Dortmund, Germany) Etsuji Tomita (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Menno van Zaanen(Tilburg University, The Netherlands) Sicco Verwer (Catholic University Leuven, Belgium) Enrique Vidal (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) Ryo Yoshinaka (Hokkaido University, Japan) Francois Yvon (Universite Paris Sud 11, LIMSI, France) Thomas Zeugmann (Hokkaido University, Japan) From tomas.hromadka at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 10:48:28 2012 From: tomas.hromadka at gmail.com (Tomas Hromadka) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:48:28 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: COSYNE 2012: early registration and discount hotel deadlines fast approaching Message-ID: <4F15984C.70907@gmail.com> ================================================================= Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) MAIN MEETING WORKSHOPS Feb 23 - 26, 2012 Feb 27 - 28, 2012 Salt Lake City, Utah Snowbird Ski Resort, Utah http://www.cosyne.org ================================================================= REGISTRATION AND HOTELS: Online registration is currently open. Hotel booking is currently open. Early registration deadline: Feb 1, 2012 Deadline for discounted hotel rates (main meeting, Salt Lake City): Feb 1, 2012 Extended deadline for discounted hotel rates (workshops, Snowbird): Jan 26, 2012 For more detailed information, please visit www.cosyne.org INVITED SPEAKERS: John Assad Michael Brecht Emery Brown Nicolas Brunel Stefano Fusi Tom Griffiths Takao Hensch Zach Mainen Fred Rieke Rebecca Saxe Noam Sobel Sarah Woolley THE MEETING: The annual Cosyne meeting provides an inclusive forum for the exchange of empirical and theoretical approaches to problems in systems neuroscience, in order to understand how neural systems function. The MAIN MEETING is 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. The WORKSHOPS feature in-depth discussion of current topics of interest, in a small group setting. 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, and computation with spiking networks. WORKSHOP TITLES: Coding and computation in visual short-term memory. Perception and decision making in rodents (two day workshop). Neuromodulation: beyond the wiring diagram, adding functional flexibility to neural circuits. Is it time for theory in olfaction? (two day workshop). Understanding heterogeneous cortical activity: the quest for structure and randomness. Humans, neurons, and machines: how can psychophysics, physiology, and modeling collaborate to ask better questions in biological vision? Inhibitory synaptic plasticity. Neurophysiological and computational mechanisms of categorization. Sensorimotor processes reflected in spatiotemporal patterns of neuronal activity. Functions of identified cortical microcircuits. Characterizing neural responses to structured and naturalistic stimuli. Promise and peril: genetic approaches for systems neuroscience revisited. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chairs: Rachel Wilson (Harvard) and Jim DiCarlo (MIT) Program Chairs: Nicole Rust (Penn) and Jonathan Pillow (UT Austin) Workshop Chairs: Brent Doiron (Pittsburgh) and Jess Cardin (Yale) Publicity Chair: Mark Histed (Harvard Medical School) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Anthony Zador (CSHL) Alexandre Pouget (U Rochester) Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme) From z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk Tue Jan 17 18:37:08 2012 From: z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk (Zoe Kourtzi) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:37:08 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: Positions on the neuroscience of learning and brain plasticity Message-ID: <866BA2CA-569F-4D78-A34A-F1D58E84BA80@bham.ac.uk> 14 Positions on the neuroscience of learning and brain plasticity PhD / early-Postdoc positions are available to work with International research leaders in top European Universities and market-leading companies in the area of learning and brain plasticity. The European Community Seventh Framework Initial Training Network ?Adaptive Brain Computations? (ABC) is a multi-disciplinary research and training programme which aims to integrate the study of learning and brain plasticity to promote wellbeing and advance healthcare interventions. The network takes a multidisciplinary approach, synthesising methods from brain imaging, behavioural science, physiology, and computational modelling to understand brain plasticity. Involvement in the network provides exciting opportunities for high-level research training, international travel and exchange between labs. For more information on ABC, please check: http://cnil.bham.ac.uk/ABC/index.html Eligibility criteria: 1. You should have a background in subjects related to the research including neuroscience, cognitive psychology, computer science, engineering or physics. 2. You should be in the first 4 years of your research career and should not yet have been awarded a PhD. 3. You must not have lived in the same country as the institution to which you are applying for >12 months during the past 3 years. Applications: To apply, please contact the relevant Principal Investigator directly as listed below. Please send CV, personal statement of research background and interests and the name of 3 referees. Professor Stefan Debener (stefan.debener at uni-oldenburg.de) ? University of Oldenburg, Germany. Expertise: audio-visual integration, sensory deprivation, simultaneous EEG-fMRI Prof. Martin Giese (martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de ) ?Eberhard Karls Universit?t T?bingen, Germany. Expertise: computational models of motion recognition and learning, stroke rehabilitation Prof. Rainer Goebel (goebel at brainvoyager.com) ? Brain Innovation, Netherlands. Expertise: brain imaging analysis and visualization, real-time fMRI, neurofeedback Dr. Ingmar Gutberlet (gutberlet at blindsight.de) ? BlindSight GmbH, Germany Expertise: advanced analysis of EEG/fMRI signals, artefact correction signal integration. Prof. Heidi Johansen-Berg (heidi at fmrib.ox.ac.uk) ? University of Oxford, UK. Expertise: brain plasticity, stroke recovery, structural and functional brain imaging Prof. Zoe Kourtzi (z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk) ? University of Birmingham, UK. Expertise: visual learning, object recognition and categorization, multimodal brain imaging (fMRI, EEG, TMS) Prof. Stefano Panzeri (Stefano.Panzeri at iit.it) ? Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy Expertise: neural networks, information theory Professor Pieter Roelfsema (p.roelfsema at nin.knaw.nl) ? National Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands Expertise: neural circuits, visual learning and attention, neurophysiology, computational modelling. Prof. Rufin Vogels (rufin.vogels at med.kuleuven.be) ? Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Expertise: visual perception, perceptual learning, object categorization, neurophysiology From antoine.bordes at hds.utc.fr Wed Jan 25 09:35:05 2012 From: antoine.bordes at hds.utc.fr (Antoine Bordes) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:35:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: Connectionists: Call For Papers - Special Issue on Learning Semantics in Machine Message-ID: <58480.82.228.66.250.1327502105.squirrel@webmail.iro.umontreal.ca> -------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue on LEARNING SEMANTICS in Machine Learning -------------------- **Overview** A key ambition of AI is to render computers able to evolve and interact with the real world. This can be made possible only if the machine is able to produce an interpretation of its available modalities (image, audio, text, etc.) which can be used to support reasoning and taking appropriate actions. Computational linguists use the term ?semantics? to refer to the possible interpretations of natural language expressions and there is recent work in ?learning semantics? ? finding (in an automated way) these interpretations. However, ?semantics? are not restricted to the natural language (and speech) modality, and are also pertinent to visual modalities. Hence, knowing visual concepts and common relationships between them would certainly provide a leap forward in scene analysis and in image parsing akin to the improvement that language phrase interpretations would bring to data mining, information extraction or automatic translation, to name a few. Progress in learning semantics has been slow mainly because this involves sophisticated models which are hard to train, especially since they seem to require large quantities of precisely annotated training data. However, recent advances in learning with weak, limited and indirect supervision led to the emergence of a new body of research in semantics based on multi-task/transfer learning, on learning with semi/ambiguous/indirect supervision or even with no supervision at all. Hence, this special issue invites paper submissions on recent work for learning semantics of natural language, vision, speech, etc. Papers should address at least some of the following questions: - How should meaning representations be structured to be easily interpretable by a computer and still express rich and complex knowledge? - What is a realistic supervision setting for learning semantics? - How can we learn sophisticated representations with limited supervision? - How can we jointly infer semantics from several modalities? **Dates** Submission deadline: May 1, 2012 First review results: July 30, 2012 Final drafts: September 30, 2012 **Submissions** Papers must be submitted online, selecting the article type that indicates this special issue. Peer reviews will follow the standard Machine Learning journal review process. It is the policy of the Machine Learning journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. Papers extending previously published conference papers are acceptable, as long as the journal submission provides a significant contribution beyond the conference paper, and the overlap is described clearly at the beginning of the journal submission. Complete manuscripts of full length are expected, following the MLJ guidelines in http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/10994 . **Guest Editors** Antoine Bordes (antoine.bordes at utc.fr) L?on Bottou (leon at bottou.org) Ronan Collobert (ronan at collobert.com) Dan Roth (danr at illinois.edu) Jason Weston (jweston at google.com) Luke Zettlemoyer (lsz at cs.washington.edu) From ted.carnevale at yale.edu Tue Jan 24 17:00:53 2012 From: ted.carnevale at yale.edu (Ted Carnevale) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:53 -0500 Subject: Connectionists: NEURON 2012 Summer Course Message-ID: <4F1F2A15.4000509@yale.edu> COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT What: "The NEURON Simulation Environment" (NEURON 2012 Summer Course) http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/static/courses/nscsd2012/nscsd2012.html When: Saturday, June 23, through Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Where: The Institute for Neural Computation at the University of California, San Diego, CA Organizers: N.T. Carnevale and M.L. Hines Description: In five days of intensive lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, this course will cover the principles and practice of the design, construction, and use of models in the NEURON simulation environment. It is designed primarily for those who are concerned with models of biological neurons and neural networks that are closely linked to empirical observations, e.g. experimentalists who wish to incorporate modeling in their research plans, and theoreticians who are interested in the principles of biological computation. The course will be useful and informative for registrants at all levels of experience, from those who are just beginning to those who are already quite familiar with NEURON or other simulation tools. Registration is limited to 20, and the deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, May 18, 2012. For more information see http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/static/courses/nscsd2012/nscsd2012.html or contact Ted Carnevale Neurobiology Dept. Yale University School of Medicine PO Box 208001 New Haven, CT 06520-8001 phone 203-494-7381 email ted.carnevale at yale.edu Supported in part by: National Institutes of Health Institute for Neural Computation http://inc.ucsd.edu/ Contractual terms require inclusion of the following statement: This course is not sponsored by the University of California. From stockman at cse.msu.edu Mon Jan 23 21:01:09 2012 From: stockman at cse.msu.edu (George Stockman) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:01:09 -0500 Subject: Connectionists: CFP: 2012 Brain-Mind courses and conference Message-ID: <4F1E10E5.2010907@cse.msu.edu> Call for Participation Brain-Mind Institute: 2012 Summer Courses and Conference Course session 1 (3 weeks): Monday June 25 -- Friday July 13 International Conference on Brain-Mind (ICBM): Saturday July 14 -- Sunday July 15 Course session 2 (3 weeks): Monday July 16 -- Friday August 3 http://www.brain-mind-institute.org Important deadlines for submissions: Workshop proposals: by Jan. 30, 2012 Special session proposals: by Jan. 30, 2012 Panel proposals: by Feb. 15, 2012 Papers: by Feb. 30, 2012 Advance registration: March 15, 2012 Instructor applications: March 16, 2012 Submit to stockman at msu.edu and weng at msu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Naples Philharmonic Center is an 8-minute walk from the main VSS headquarters hotel in Naples, and is thus central to the VSS conference. Past contests have been highly successful in drawing public attention to perceptual research, with over ***FIVE MILLION*** website hits from viewers all over the world, as well as hundreds of international media stories. The First, Second and Third Prize winners at the 2011 contest were Jordan Suchow and George Alvarez (Harvard University, USA), Erica Dixon, Arthur Shapiro & Kai Hamburger (American University, USA, & Universit?t Giessen, Germany), and Mark Wexler (Universit? Paris V, France). To see the illusions, photo galleries and other highlights from the 2011 and previous contests, go to http://illusionoftheyear.com. Eligible submissions are novel perceptual or cognitive illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2011) of all sensory modalities (visual, auditory, etc.) in standard image, movie or html formats. Exciting new variants of classic or known illusions are admissible. An international panel of impartial judges will rate the submissions and narrow them to the TOP TEN. Then, at the Contest Gala in Naples, the TOP TEN illusionists will present their contributions and the attendees of the event (that means you!) will vote to pick the TOP THREE WINNERS! Illusions submitted to previous editions of the contest can be re-submitted to the 2012 contest, so long as they meet the above requirements and were not among the TOP THREE winners in previous years. Submissions will be held in strict confidence by the panel of judges and the authors/creators will retain full copyright. The TOP TEN illusions will be posted on the illusion contest's website *after* the Contest Gala. Illusions not chosen among the TOP TEN will not be disclosed. As with submitting your work to any scientific conference, participating in to the Best Illusion of the Year Contest does not preclude you from also submitting your work for publication elsewhere. Submissions can be made to Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde (Illusion Contest Executive Producer, Neural Correlate Society) via email (smart at neuralcorrelate.com) until February 14, 2012. Illusion submissions should come with a (no more than) one-page description of the illusion and its theoretical underpinnings (if known). Illusions will be rated according to: . Significance to our understanding of the mind and brain . Simplicity of the description . Sheer beauty . Counterintuitive quality . Spectacularity Visit the illusion contest website for further information and to see last year's illusions: http://illusionoftheyear.com. Submit your ideas now and take home this prestigious award! 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URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120125/bf700c8e/attachment.html From rusu at coneural.org Wed Jan 25 13:08:06 2012 From: rusu at coneural.org (Catalin Rusu) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:08:06 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS) 2012 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please find below an announcement about the first edition of the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS). We would be very grateful if you could forward this announcement to potentially interested people. Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS) June 1-15, 2012. The Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania www.tenss.ro TENSS will concentrate top-level international expertise to teach a dozen students techniques and concepts in experimental systems neuroscience. We will focus on modern optical and electrophysiological methods to study the connectivity and function of neuronal circuits. The course is designed to be intensive and highly interactive, including both lab sessions and theoretical lectures. Coursework will take place in a land of myth and legend, beyond large forests (Transylvania), on the shores of a picturesque natural reserve called Pike Lake. Applications are welcome from interested (and interesting) graduate students and postdocs. Applications open ? 15th January 2012 Applications close ? 15th March 2012 Notification of acceptance ? 1st April 2012 Invited Lecturers: Burrone, Juan ? King?s College, London, UK Buzsaki, Gyorgy ? Rutgers University, NJ, USA Chelazzi, Leonardo ? University of Verona, Verona, Italy Engert, Florian ? Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Hubener, Mark ? Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany Kampff, Adam ? Champalimaud Foundation, Institute for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal McNaughton, Bruce ? Lethbridge University, Lethbridge, Canada Monyer, Hannah ? University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Tomas, Hromadka ? Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA Mrsic-Flogel, Tom ? University College London, London, UK Murthy, Venkatesh ? Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Nikolic, Danko ? Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Roska, Botond ? Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland Rumpel, Simon ? Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP),Vienna, Austria Singer, Wolf ? Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Organizers: Muresan, Raul ? Coneural, Romanian Institute of Science and Technology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Albeanu, Florin ? Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA Best regards, TENSS Organizing Committee contact at tenss.ro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120125/ceb81f25/attachment.html From publicity at icann2012.org Sun Jan 22 13:15:36 2012 From: publicity at icann2012.org (icann2012.org) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:15:36 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: ICANN 2012: 22nd Annual Conference - 2nd Call for Papers Message-ID: 2nd Call for Papers (Apologies for cross-posting) ======================================================== ICANN 2012: 22nd Annual Conference 11 - 14 September 2012 University of Lausanne, Switzerland http://icann2012.org/ =================================================================== The International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) is the annual flagship conference of the European Neural Network Society (ENNS). In 2012 the University of Lausanne will organize the 22nd ICANN Conference from 11th to 14th of September 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland ICANN 2012 will have two tracks: Brain-inspired computing and Machine learning research, with PC chairs from both areas and a renewed reviewing system aimed at ensuring the highest quality of the accepted papers. Full papers will be submitted either via a one-stage submission, as it used to be in the past, without any opportunity given to the authors to reply to the reviewers, at a later deadline (March 15, 2012), or with the possibility to interact with the reviewers under the constraint of an earlier deadline (February 13, 2012). =================================================================== Keynote speakers will highlight cross-disciplinary interactions and applications. CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: - Prof. Hava Siegelmann (University of Massachussets, USA) - Prof. Moshe Abeles (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) - Prof. Pierre Magistretti (Brain and Mind Institute, EPFL, Switzerland) - Prof. Ichiro Tsuda (Hokkaido University, Japan) - Prof. Ernst Fehr (University of Z?rich, Switzerland) - Prof. David J.C. MacKay (University of Cambridge, UK) (*) (*) To be confirmed ORGANIZATION: General Chair: Alessandro E.P. Villa (Lausanne, Switzerland) Program co-Chairs Wlodzislaw Duch (Torun, Poland & Singapore, ENNS Past-President) P?ter Erdi (Budapest, Hungary & Kalamazoo, Mi, USA) Timo Honkela (Helsinki, Finland) G?nther Palm (Ulm, Germany) Local Organizing Committee Chairs: John Antonakis, UNIL Marco Tomassini, UNIL Lorenz Goette, UNIL Michel Bader, CHUV (University Hospital) Publicity Chair and ICANN 2012 Secretariat Daniela Serracca-Fraccalvieri VENUE: Lausanne is a Swiss city located on the shore of the Lake of Geneva, 60 km from the international airport of Geneva. Fast and frequent train connections exist between the airport and Lausanne. The airport of Geneva is a major hub of low cost airlines and is connected by direct flights to most important cities in Europe and several cities in North America, Asia and North Africa. The venue of the conference is the building Internef of the UNIL Campus Dorigny, in front of the stop "UNIL-Dorigny" of the public metro line 1. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ICANN 2012 will feature two main tracks: Brain inspired computing and Machine learning research, with strong cross-disciplinary interactions and applications. All research fields dealing with Neural Networks will be present at the Conference with emphasis on "Neural Coding", "Decision Making" and "Unsupervised Learning". A non-exhaustive list of topics includes: Neural network theory & models, Computational neuroscience, Neuronal automata, Connectionist cognitive science, Pattern recognition, Neuroeconomics, Neurofinance, Graphical network models, Brain machine interfaces, Evolutionary neural networks, Neurodynamics, Complex systems, Neuroinformatics, Neuroengineering, Hybrid systems, Computational biology, Neural hardware, Bioinspired embedded systems, Collective intelligence, Self-orgnization, Embodied robotics, Learning algorithms, Neural data analysis, Cognitive models WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS: ICANN 2012 will also feature pre-Congress tutorials and workshops, covering fundamental and advanced neural network topics. A tutorial or workshop proposal should include: title, outline, expected enrollment, and presenter/organizer biography. We invite you to submit proposals to the Tutorial and Workshop Chair: Lorenz Goette SPECIAL SESSIONS: The ICANN 2012 Program Committee solicits also proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the Congress. Special sessions, to be organized by international recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Proposals should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, biographic and contact information of the organizers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposal to the Special Session Chair: Marco Tomassini COMPETITIONS: ICANN 2012 will host competitions to stimulate research in neural networks, promote fair evaluations, and attract students. The proposals for new competitions should include descriptions of the problems addressed, motivations, expected impact on neural networks and machine learning, and established baselines, schedules, anticipated number of participants, and a biography of the main team members. We invite you to submit proposals to the Competitions Chair: Giacomo Indiveri PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Details will be available soon on the Conference web site. CONFERENCE FEE: Payments shall be made in Swiss Francs (CHF) by credit card via a secure certified link or onsite. No other currencies shall be accepted. No cheques or bank transfer can be accepted. Notice that the exchange rate (December 2011) is 1 CHF is approximately equal to 0.84 EUR - Graduate Student Early Late(*) (*) Late registration fee from June 1st, 2012. 70 CHF 120 CHF - Master/Ph.D. Student Early Late(*) ENNS Member 130 CHF 180 CHF INNS/JNNS/APNNA Member 150 CHF 200 CHF Student non-Member 170 CHF 220 CHF - Regular delegate Early Late(*) ENNS Member 180 CHF 230 CHF INNS/JNNS/APNNA Member 210 CHF 260 CHF Non-Member 240 CHF 290 CHF - Extras to be paid onsite: Accompanying person for ICANN banquet: 80 CHF Graduate Student for ICANN banquet: 80 CHF The registration fee includes: .Access to scientific sessions and plenary talks .Coffee breaks during the main conference .Welcome Party .Gala dinner (not included in the registration of Graduate Student) .One copy of the Proceedings .One Conference bag WORKSHOP REGISTRATION There is no separate registration to the Workshops. Please note that the full registration to the conference also includes the workshop attendance. =================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES: Workshop and Tutorial proposal: Jan 30, 2012 Special Session proposal: Jan 30, 2012 Competition proposal: Jan 30, 2012 Submission of full papers (with reviewers reply): Feb 13, 2012 Submission of full papers (one stage, as im earlier ICANNs): Mar 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2012 Camera-ready paper and author registration: April 15, 2012 Advance registration before: June 1, 2012 =========== Conference website http://icann2012.org =========== From marco.baroni at unitn.it Mon Jan 23 11:50:37 2012 From: marco.baroni at unitn.it (Marco Baroni) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:50:37 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: post-doc in machine learning for semantic composition at the university of trento Message-ID: <4F1D8FDD.6050907@unitn.it> 1 (RENEWABLE) 2-YEAR POST-DOC POSITION IN MACHINE LEARNING AVAILABLE The CIMeC-CLIC laboratory of the University of Trento, an interdisciplinary group of researchers studying language and conceptualization using both computational and cognitive methods (clic.cimec.unitn.it) announces the availability of a 2-year Post-Doc position in machine learning, renewable up to a maximum of 4 years. The scholarship is funded by a 5-year European Research Council Starting Grant awarded to the COMPOSES (COMPositional Operations in SEmantic SPACE) project (clic.cimec.unitn.it/composes), that aims to model the meaning of phrases and sentences with computational methods. * Research Goals and Desired Profile * Distributional semantics is a general framework to induce vector-based meaning representations of words from collections of naturally occurring text (corpora) on a large scale. The successful candidate will develop, in collaboration with the COMPOSES project team, novel machine learning techniques to derive distributional semantic representations of phrases and sentences from distributional representations of words and other corpus data (e.g., deriving "red dog" from corpus-based representations of "red" and "dog"). To achieve this goal, we face the hard challenge to learn output representations that are very high-dimensional vectors from inputs that are also high-dimensional vectors, that might in turn be the output of other empirically-learned functions. The successful candidate should have experience in one or more of the following areas: regularization methods, hierarchical regression, dimensionality reduction and/or feature selection for multidimensional multiple regression learning, scaling machine learning to large multivariate and multi-level problems, dealing with very sparse data, efficient large-scale implementation of regression methods, learning algorithms for deep architectures. The research fellow must also have a strong interest in working in an interdisciplinary environment. * The Research Environment * The CLIC lab (clic.cimec.unitn.it) is a unit of the University of Trento's Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC, www.unitn.it/en/cimec), an English-speaking, interdisciplinary center for research on brain and cognition whose staff includes neuroscientists, psychologists, (computational) linguists, computer scientists and physicists. CLIC consists of researchers from the Departments of Computer Science (DISI) and Cognitive Science (DISCoF) carrying out research on a range of topics including concept acquisition, corpus-based computational semantics, combining NLP and computer vision, combining brain and corpus data to study cognition, formal semantics and theoretical linguistics. Modeling composition in distributional semantics is increasingly a focus point of CLIC, and activity in this area will grow considerably thanks to COMPOSES funds. CLIC is part of the larger network of research labs focusing on Natural Language Processing and related domains in the Trento region, that is quickly becoming one of the areas with the highest concentration of researchers in NLP and related fields anywhere in Europe. The CLIC/CIMeC laboratories are located in beautiful Rovereto, a lively town in the middle of the Alps, famous for its contemporary art museum, the quality of its wine, and the range of outdoors sport and relax opportunities it offers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovereto * Application Information * For further information, please send an expression of interest to marco.baroni at unitn.it, attaching a CV. The position is available immediately and open until filled. From h.jaeger at jacobs-university.de Mon Jan 23 16:40:05 2012 From: h.jaeger at jacobs-university.de (Herbert Jaeger) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:40:05 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex Neural Architectures (Workshop, end of March, 2nd Announcement) Message-ID: <4F1DD3B5.5020700@jacobs-university.de> (2nd Announcement) Call for Participation, Call for Posters: NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN COMPLEX NEURAL ARCHITECTURES A two-day open workshop in Lyon, France, March 29 & 30, 2012 Detail: http://conas2012.elis.ugent.be/ Animals are proof that complete cognitive systems can be realized in neural substrates. It is thus natural that engineers from AI and machine learning have tried to design advanced cognitive systems on the basis of artificial neural networks. This has led to illuminating concepts and architectures in fields like computational linguistics, dynamic pattern recognition, autonomous agents, or evolutionary robotics. However, if one takes a close and critical look, one finds that nowhere do artificial systems close to biological levels of performance. One important cause for this gap is a lack of appropriate mathematical concepts. Biological neural systems are high-dimensional, nonlinear, heterogeneous, multiscale, nonstationary, stochastic, and heavily input-driven - a cocktail of properties which overwhelms current dynamical systems theory. Inasmuch as we do not possess mathematical models for such systems, we cannot understand them; and inasmuch as we do not understand, we cannot engineer. This workshop will bring together researchers from three fields: 1. cognitive scientists, roboticists and machine learning engineers who develop complex, neural-network-based architectures; 2. computational neuroscientists who apply existing methods from dynamical systems theory to neural dynamics; 3. mathematicians who work on extensions of dynamical systems theory in directions that appear relevant for neurodynamics and complex neural learning architectures. Invited speakers: * Randall D. Beer, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA: Information and Dynamics in Brain-Body-Environment Systems * Chris Eliasmith, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada: How to Build a Brain: From Single Neurons to a Cognitive Architecture * Olivier Fauguras, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France: Neural fields in Action: Mathematical Results and Models of Visual Perception * Tomas Gedeon, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA: Correspondence Maximization: a Potential Model for the Function of Multi-Layer Neural Architectures * Juergen Jost, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany: Information Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Recurrent Neural Processing * Christian Poetzsche, Alpen-Adria Univ. Klagenfurt, Austria: Nonautonomous Dynamics - A Biased Survey * Gregor Schoener, Univ. of Bochum, Germany: Dynamic Field Theory as a Framework for Understanding Embodied Cognition * Jun Tani, Riken Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan: Neuro-Dynamic Mechanisms for Predicting and Recognizing Compositional Acts * Jochen Triesch, Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Frankfurt, Germany: Self-organization Explains the Statistics and Dynamics of Synaptic Connection Strengths in Cortex Format of workshop in a nutshell: invited presentations (see above) only, much time for disussion in plenum and breaks, extended poster session particularly aimed at young researchers and/or themes fostering discussion. The workshop is funded through the European FP7 project Organic (http://organic.elis.ugent.be/). For details and further background see website http://conas2012.elis.ugent.be/. Program board: Herbert Jaeger, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (co-chair) Peter F. Dominey, INSERM Lyon, France (co-chair) Wolfgang Maass, Technical University Graz, Austria Jean-Pierre Martens, Gent University, Belgium Benjamin Schrauwen, Gent University, Belgium Welf Wustlich, Planet intelligent Sytems GmbH, Schwerin, Germany Dr. Herbert Jaeger Professor for Computational Science Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Campus Ring 28759 Bremen, Germany Phone (+49) 421 200 3215 Fax (+49) 421 200 49 3215 email h.jaeger at jacobs-university.de http://minds.jacobs-university.de -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Herbert Jaeger Professor for Computational Science Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Campus Ring 28759 Bremen, Germany Phone (+49) 421 200 3215 Fax (+49) 421 200 49 3215 email h.jaeger at jacobs-university.de http://minds.jacobs-university.de ------------------------------------------------------------------ From chrisina.draganova at gmail.com Sun Jan 22 06:58:24 2012 From: chrisina.draganova at gmail.com (Chrisina Jayne) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:58:24 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: EANN 2012 conference, London Message-ID: The 13th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks will take place in London, between 20-23 September 2012 (EANN 2012 ? www.eann.org.uk/eann2012). The INNS (International Neural Network Society) is the primary sponsor of EANN. Authors are invited to submit electronically original, English-language research contributions or experience reports not concurrently submitted elsewhere. The proceedings of the conference will be published in Springer CCIS Series. Extended contributions will also be considered for publication in a Special Issue of Evolving Systems Journal (Springer SJR 0.06). In the spirit of the previous EANN conferences, the paper should concentrate on the application rather than just the algorithm or the theory. All application areas are relevant. The deadline for paper submission is 31st March 2012. Proposals for Workshops that examine emerging, innovative, or otherwise provocative issues within the conference area are encouraged as well. A mix of industry and academic panel members is recommended. Proposals for 90-minute tutorials are also invited on topics within the conference area. Full CFP is available at http://www.eann.org.uk/eann2012/cfp.pdf. Important deadlines are available at http://www.eann.org.uk/eann2012. Industry Workshop - http://www.eann.org.uk/eann2012/workshop.php. Keynote Speakers - http://www.eann.org.uk/eann2012/keynote.php. If you have any questions please email Dr Chrisina Jayne (Chrisina.Jayne2 at coventry.ac.uk), Conference Organisation and Programme Co-Chair for EANN2012 From t.heskes at science.ru.nl Sat Jan 28 16:14:39 2012 From: t.heskes at science.ru.nl (Tom Heskes) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:14:39 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Neurocomputing volume 80 (issue 1) Message-ID: <4F24653F.1020608@science.ru.nl> Neurocomputing volume 80 (issue 1) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/271597-1-s2.0-S0925231211X00188 ------------ SPECIAL ISSUE (MLSP 2010) Machine learning for signal processing 2010 (editorial) Jaakko Peltonen, Tapani Raiko, Samuel Kaski Leveraging k-NN for generic classification boosting Paolo Piro, Richard Nock, Frank Nielsen, Michel Barlaud Predictive active set selection methods for Gaussian processes Ricardo Henao, Ole Winther Locally linear embedding based on correntropy measure for visualization and classification Genaro Daza-Santacoloma, German Castellanos-Dominguez, Jose C. Principe Dimensionality reduction based on non-parametric mutual information Lev Faivishevsky, Jacob Goldberger Sparse nonnegative matrix factorization with ?0-constraints Robert Peharz, Franz Pernkopf Model based learning of sigma points in unscented Kalman filtering Ryan Turner, Carl Edward Rasmussen Archetypal analysis for machine learning and data mining Morten M?rup, Lars Kai Hansen The Markov selection model for concurrent speech recognition Paris Smaragdis, Bhiksha Raj Towards the detection of error-related potentials and its integration in the context of a P300 speller brain?computer interface A. Combaz, N. Chumerin, N.V. Manyakov, A. Robben, J.A.K. Suykens, M.M. Van Hulle Robust real-time identification of tongue movement commands from interferences Khondaker A. Mamun, Michael Mace, Lalit Gupta, Carl A. Verschuur, Mark E. Lutman, Maria Stokes, Ravi Vaidyanathan, Shouyan Wang Importance-weighted least-squares probabilistic classifier for covariate shift adaptation with application to human activity recognition Hirotaka Hachiya, Masashi Sugiyama, Naonori Ueda Reinforcement learning based sensing policy optimization for energy efficient cognitive radio networks Jan Oksanen, Jarmo Lund?n, Visa Koivunen Single-frame image recovery using a Pearson type VII MRF Ata Kab?n, Sakinah Ali Pitchay Three-way analysis of structural health monitoring data Miguel A. Prada, Janne Toivola, Jyrki Kullaa, Jaakko Hollm?n ------------ JOURNAL SITE: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing/ From kmtn at atr.jp Thu Jan 26 09:05:25 2012 From: kmtn at atr.jp (Yukiyasu Kamitani) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:05:25 +0900 Subject: Connectionists: CFP: International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging (PRNI 2012) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, please accept our apologies for multiple postings. CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in NeuroImaging (PRNI 2012) Multivariate and predictive analysis of neuroimaging data has gained ground very rapidly in the community over the past few years, leading to impressive results in cognitive, affective, and clinical neurosciences. Innovations in machine learning, such as mixed-norm regularisation, multiple kernel learning, and online learning have been incorporated swiftly, and novel methods are emerging which are specifically tuned to the constraints of neuroimaging data, prompting advances in areas such as structured sparsity or covariate modelling. Pattern recognition and machine learning conferences now typically feature a neuroimaging workshop, while neuroscience and brain imaging meetings dedicate sessions and track to "brain decoding" and multivariate predictive methods. Thus, a rich two-way flow has been established between disciplines. After Istanbul (Workshop on Brain Decoding 2010) and Seoul (PRNI 2011), it is the intention of the 2nd International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in NeuroImaging to continue facilitating exchange of ideas between scientific communities, with a particular interest in the link between mass-univariate, post-hoc modelling and multivariate predictive models. ** Topics of interest PRNI welcomes original papers on multivariate predictive models of neuroimaging data, using e.g. fMRI, sMRI, EEG, MEG, ECoG modalities, including but not limited to the following topics: * Learning from neuroimaging data Online, incremental, and adaptive learning Modality combinations Optimisation and regularisation Graph-based techniques and graphical models * Interpretability of models and results High-dimensional data visualisation Multivariate and multiple hypothesis testing Links between brain structure and function Summarisation / presentation of inference results * Applications Disease diagnosis and prognosis Real-time fMRI Resting-state modelling Cognitive neurosciences ** Submission Guidelines and Proceedings Authors should prepare full papers with a maximum length of 4 pages (double-column, IEEE style, PDF) for review. Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Science Society in electronic format. They will be permanently available on the IEEExplore and IEEE CS Digital Library online repositories, and indexed in IET INSPEC, EI Compendex (Elsevier), Thomson ISI, and others. Participants will receive a CDROM. The workshop website has all the details: http://www.mlnl.cs.ucl.ac.uk/prni2012/ ** Important Dates Paper submission deadline: 1st of April, 2012 Acceptance notification: 7th of May, 2012 Workshop: July 2-4, 2012 From t.heskes at science.ru.nl Sat Jan 28 16:15:04 2012 From: t.heskes at science.ru.nl (Tom Heskes) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:15:04 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Neurocomputing volume 81 (issue 1) Message-ID: <4F246558.8040602@science.ru.nl> Neurocomputing volume 81 (issue 1) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/271597-1-s2.0-S0925231211X0019X ---------------- REGULAR PAPERS A hybrid of multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm and HMM-Fuzzy model for time series prediction Md. Rafiul Hassan, Baikunth Nath, Michael Kirley, Joarder Kamruzzaman Partial iris feature extraction and recognition based on a new combined directional and rotated directional wavelet filter banks Amol D. Rahulkar, Raghunath S. Holambe New LMI-based condition on global asymptotic stability concerning BAM neural networks of neutral type Zhengqiu Zhang, Kaiyu Liu, Yan Yang Cluster-based adaptive metric classification Ioannis Giotis, Nicolai Petkov Bifurcations in the Hodgkin?Huxley model exposed to DC electric fields Yanqiu Che, Jiang Wang, Bin Deng, Xile Wei, Chunxiao Han A two-stage genetic algorithm for automatic clustering Hong He, Yonghong Tan Transition of phase locking modes in a minimal neuronal network Qingyun Wang, Miguel A.F. Sanju?n, Guanrong Chen The effect of extreme low frequency external electric field on the adaptability in the Ermentrout model Li Chang, Jiang Wang, Bin Deng, Xile Wei, Huiyan Li Global parameter estimation of an Hodgkin?Huxley formalism using membrane voltage recordings: Application to neuro-mimetic analog integrated circuits Laure Buhry, Michele Pace, Sylvain Sa?ghi Meta-cognitive Neural Network for classification problems in a sequential learning framework G. Sateesh Babu, S. Suresh ------------------ BRIEF PAPERS How spurious correlations affect a correlation-based measure of spike timing reliability Jan A. Freund, Alexander Cerquera Joint estimation of linear non-Gaussian acyclic models Shohei Shimizu Daily maximum load forecasting of consecutive national holidays using OSELM-based multi-agents system with weighted average strategy Keem Siah Yap, Hwa Jen Yap ------------ JOURNAL SITE: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing/ From stockman at cse.msu.edu Tue Jan 24 10:39:23 2012 From: stockman at cse.msu.edu (George Stockman) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:39:23 -0500 Subject: Connectionists: BMI Summer program: 30 Jan for workshop and session proposals Message-ID: <4F1ED0AB.7070907@cse.msu.edu> Workshop and Special Session proposals are due 30 January. For details, including other calls and deadlines, please see http://www.brain-mind-institute.org/program-summer-2012.html Thanks, George Stockman From sabu.thampi at iiitmk.ac.in Wed Jan 25 04:29:13 2012 From: sabu.thampi at iiitmk.ac.in (Sabu M Thampi) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:13 +0530 Subject: Connectionists: PRIP2012 - Chennai, India - August 3-5, 2012 [ACM Proceedings] Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Workshop on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (PRIP 2012) Co-located with International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2012) 3 - 5 August 2012, Chennai, India http://www.icacci-conference.org/prip2012.html ------------------------------------------------------------- PRIP-2012 aims to bring together researchers in the fields of pattern recognition and image processing. The workshop will address recent advances in theory, methodologies and applications. CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------- PRIP-2012 invites original and unpublished work from individuals active in the broad theme of the Workshop. The maximum length of the paper is 10 pages (including figures and references). The paper should not contain page numbers or any special headers or footers. Authors should submit their papers online at http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=11645. Unregistered authors should first create an account on EDAS to log on. All papers that conform to submission guidelines will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. The manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format. Acceptance of papers will be communicated to authors by email. The Conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and all the accepted papers will be archived in the ACM digital library. At least one full paying author of each accepted paper must register for the Conference before the indicated deadline. Topics of interest include but not limited to the following: Category 1: Image Processing --------------------------------------------- Character, graphical and text Processing Compression sensing in imaging Computer graphics and vision Gamming application Human computer interactions using images Image analysis, understanding Image and video based Gesture analysis Image and volume segmentation Image compression and coding Image description and recognition Image sensors and systems Mathematical theory of image analysis Multimedia processing Raw data representation, computer vision Real-time issues in imaging Remote sensor imaging systems Robotic vision systems Shape and texture analysis Spectral imaging and reconstruction Super-resolution imaging Tensor techniques in imaging Volumetric imaging in real-time Category 2: Pattern Recognition ------------------------------------------------ Biological taxonomy Biometric techniques and algorithms Bionic eye, ear and systems Character, text and language recognition Classification and clustering methods Feature selection and extraction Image recognition - faces, objects, gestures, emotions Industrial applications Information fusion techniques for multimodal situations Machine learning and large-scale data analytics Memory networks and temporal memories Meteorology applications Neural computing and fuzzy systems Neuromorphic systems Object recognition and tracking Pattern formation systems Physical intelligence and artificial life Real-time implementations Security and defence applications Self-aware robotic systems Signal, Video and Speech recognition Space science applications Statistical techniques and pattern analysis Target recognition systems Key Dates ----------------- Full paper submission Ends: 10 March 2012 Acceptance Notification: 25 April 2012 Final paper Deadline: 8 May 2012 Registration Starts: 25 April 2012 Author Registration Closes: 10 May 2012 Conference: 3 ? 5 August 2012 Contact Us --------------- Email: icacci2012 at gmail.com Technical Program Committee -------------------------------------------- Program Chairs C. Krishna Mohan, Indian Instiute of Technology, Hyderabad, India Alex Pappachen James, Principal Investigator and Group Lead, MIR Group, IIITM-K, India TPC Members ---------------------- Anthony G Constantinides, Imperial College, London, UK Azadeh Mohebi, University of Waterloo, Canada Bjoern Schuller, Technische Universitat Manchen, Germany Gian Luca Foresti, Universita di Udine, Italy Ibrahim El rube, AAST, Egypt Ilka Miloucheva, Media Technology Research, Germany Mohamed Cheriet, University of Quebec, Canada Mohammad Banat, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Mohamed Dahmane, University of Montreal, Canada Mohan Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore Oya Aran, Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland Tharmalingam Ratnarajah, Queen's University of Belfast, UK Uvais Qidwai, Qatar University, Qatar Xia Yousheng, Fuzhou University, P.R. China -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120125/3f5b01b3/attachment.html From t.heskes at science.ru.nl Sat Jan 28 16:14:33 2012 From: t.heskes at science.ru.nl (Tom Heskes) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:14:33 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Neurocomputing volume 79 (issue 1) Message-ID: <4F246539.4070608@science.ru.nl> Neurocomputing volume 79 (issue 1) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/271597-1-s2.0-S0925231211X00176 ----------- REGULAR PAPERS Content-adaptive reliable robust lossless data embedding Lingling An, Xinbo Gao, Yuan Yuan, Dacheng Tao, Cheng Deng, Feng Ji Decoding acupuncture electrical signals in spinal dorsal root ganglion Cong Men, Jiang Wang, Bin Deng, Xi-Le Wei, Yan-Qiu Che, Chun-Xiao Han Improving learning by using artificial hints Andr?s Bueno-Crespo, Antonio S?nchez-Garc?a, Jos?-Luis Sancho-G?mez Efficient twin parametric insensitive support vector regression model Xinjun Peng Robust stochastic stability analysis of genetic regulatory networks with disturbance attenuation Yonghui Sun, Gang Feng, Jinde Cao Adaptive neural controller for redundant robot manipulators and collision avoidance with mobile obstacles Boubaker Daachi, Tarek Madani, Abdelaziz Benallegue Self-organising criticality in the simulated models of the rat cortical microcircuits Grzegorz M. Wojcik Electrical parameters influence on the dynamics of the Hodgkin?Huxley liquid state machine Grzegorz M. Wojcik Extending the bioinspired hierarchical temporal memory paradigm for sign language recognition David Rozado, Francisco B. Rodriguez, Pablo Varona Exploring two novel features for EEG-based brain?computer interfaces: Multifractal cumulants and predictive complexity Nicolas Brodu, Fabien Lotte, Anatole L?cuyer Generalized plaid models Jian Zhang Graph based transductive learning for cartoon correspondence construction Jun Yu, Wei Bian, Mingli Song, Jun Cheng, Dacheng Tao Sparse and silent coding in neural circuits Andr?s L?rincz, Zsolt Palotai, G?bor Szirtes Supervised sparse representation method with a heuristic strategy and face recognition experiments Yong Xu, Wangmeng Zuo, Zizhu Fan Automatic extracellular spike detection with piecewise optimal morphological filter Xiaofeng Liu, Xianqiang Yang, Nanning Zheng Robust linearly optimized discriminant analysis Zhao Zhang, Tommy W.S. Chow ------------- BRIEF PAPERS Learning algorithm and hidden node selection scheme for local coupled feedforward neural network classifier Jianye Sun Attractor and boundedness for stochastic Cohen?Grossberg neural networks with delays Li Wan, Qinghua Zhou Application of ICA to X-ray coronary digital subtraction angiography Songyuan Tang, Yongtian Wang, Yen-Wei Chen Dual-ellipse fitting approach for robust gait periodicity detection Xianye Ben, Weixiao Meng, Rui Yan ------------ JOURNAL SITE: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing/ From opossumnano at gmail.com Tue Jan 31 07:42:00 2012 From: opossumnano at gmail.com (Tiziano Zito) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:42:00 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: [ANN] Summer School "Advanced Scientific Programming in Python" in Kiel, Germany Message-ID: <20120131124200.GC12374@multivac.zonafranca> Advanced Scientific Programming in Python ========================================= a Summer School by the G-Node and the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t zu Kiel Scientists spend more and more time writing, maintaining, and debugging software. While techniques for doing this efficiently have evolved, only few scientists actually use them. As a result, instead of doing their research, they spend far too much time writing deficient code and reinventing the wheel. In this course we will present a selection of advanced programming techniques, incorporating theoretical lectures and practical exercises tailored to the needs of a programming scientist. New skills will be tested in a real programming project: we will team up to develop an entertaining scientific computer game. We use the Python programming language for the entire course. Python works as a simple programming language for beginners, but more importantly, it also works great in scientific simulations and data analysis. We show how clean language design, ease of extensibility, and the great wealth of open source libraries for scientific computing and data visualization are driving Python to become a standard tool for the programming scientist. This school is targeted at Master or PhD students and Post-docs from all areas of science. Competence in Python or in another language such as Java, C/C++, MATLAB, or Mathematica is absolutely required. Basic knowledge of Python is assumed. Participants without any prior experience with Python should work through the proposed introductory materials before the course. Date and Location ================= September 2?7, 2012. Kiel, Germany. Preliminary Program =================== Day 0 (Sun Sept 2) ? Best Programming Practices - Best Practices, Development Methodologies and the Zen of Python - Version control with git - Object-oriented programming & design patterns Day 1 (Mon Sept 3) ? Software Carpentry - Test-driven development, unit testing & quality assurance - Debugging, profiling and benchmarking techniques - Best practices in data visualization - Programming in teams Day 2 (Tue Sept 4) ? Scientific Tools for Python - Advanced NumPy - The Quest for Speed (intro): Interfacing to C with Cython - Advanced Python I: idioms, useful built-in data structures, generators Day 3 (Wed Sept 5) ? The Quest for Speed - Writing parallel applications in Python - Programming project Day 4 (Thu Sept 6) ? Efficient Memory Management - When parallelization does not help: the starving CPUs problem - Advanced Python II: decorators and context managers - Programming project Day 5 (Fri Sept 7) ? Practical Software Development - Programming project - The Pelita Tournament Every evening we will have the tutors' consultation hour: Tutors will answer your questions and give suggestions for your own projects. Applications ============ You can apply on-line at http://python.g-node.org Applications must be submitted before 23:59 UTC, May 1, 2012. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by June 1, 2012. No fee is charged but participants should take care of travel, living, and accommodation expenses. Candidates will be selected on the basis of their profile. Places are limited: acceptance rate last time was around 20%. Prerequisites: You are supposed to know the basics of Python to participate in the lectures. You are encouraged to go through the introductory material available on the website. Faculty ======= - Francesc Alted, Continuum Analytics Inc., USA - Pietro Berkes, Enthought Inc., UK - Valentin Haenel, Blue Brain Project, ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne, Switzerland - Zbigniew J?drzejewski-Szmek, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland - Eilif Muller, Blue Brain Project, ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne, Switzerland - Emanuele Olivetti, NeuroInformatics Laboratory, Fondazione Bruno Kessler and University of Trento, Italy - Rike-Benjamin Schuppner, Technologit GbR, Germany - Bartosz Tele?czuk, Unit? de Neurosciences Information et Complexit?, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France - St?fan van der Walt, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, USA - Bastian Venthur, Berlin Institute of Technology and Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology, Germany - Niko Wilbert, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH, Germany - Tiziano Zito, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, Germany Organized by Christian T. Steigies and Christian Drews of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t zu Kiel , and by Zbigniew J?drzejewski-Szmek and Tiziano Zito for the German Neuroinformatics Node of the INCF. Website: http://python.g-node.org Contact: python-info at g-node.org From sato-y at brain.kyutech.ac.jp Mon Jan 30 07:56:32 2012 From: sato-y at brain.kyutech.ac.jp (Yasuomi Daishin Sato) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:56:32 +0900 Subject: Connectionists: Call for Participation: Kyutech-FIAS Joint Workshop on Brain System Technology 02.08.2012 Message-ID: <1327928192746948.2001150595@mail> [Please accept our apologies if you get multiple copies of this message] Dear all, It is our great pleasure to invite you to the: ********** Kyutech-FIAS Joint Workshop on Brain System Technology – From Brain to Technology February 8, 2012, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kitakyushu, Japan Detail: http://www.kyutech.ac.jp/event/id1111.html The brain inspired system (Brain-IS) as well as neurotechnology researches have made remarkable progress, having potentials for innovation of the system technology. The brain inspired innovation may be called the ?Brain System Technology.? It will be able to revolute our future contribution to society, but may also be a fundamental research for the next generation of intelligent robotics. As an international center of excellent in the Brain-IS research, we hold a joint workshop on brain system technology, together with Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in Germany, based on the following proposals: Excellent outcomes, resulted from efforts of the Brain-IS and neurotechnology, significantly affect researchers who can lead both the fields of brain science and system technology. Welcome you all come to our workshop (free of charge and no registration). Program 09:30-09:40 Opening speech Kiyonori Yoshii, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 09:40-10:10 Toward the brain inspired systems Tetsuo Furukawa and Kiyohisa Natsume, Kyutech Institute of Technology, Japan 10:10–11:00 [Keynote Speech] Let it learn! Jochen Triesch, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany 11:00–11:50 Brain inspired VLSI vision systems for robot and vehicle applications Takashi Morie, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 11:50–13:00 Lunch 13:00–13:45 Parallel large scale unsupervised learning using expectation maximization Jörg Bornschein, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany 13:45–14:30 Propagation of spikes governed by inhibition in hippocampal CA3 recurrent network Toshikazu Samura1, Yasuomi D. Sato1,2 and Hatsuo Hayashi1, 1Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, 2Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany 14:30 Closing Inquiries: Dr. Yasuomi D. Sato Assistant Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Junior Fellow, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) E-mail: sato-y at brain.kyutech.ac.jp, sato at fias.uni-frankfurt.de ********* ******************************************************* Dr. Yasuomi D. Sato Asstant Professor Department of Brain Science and Engineering Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, 808-196, Japan E-mail: sato-y at brain.kyutech.ac.jp tel/fax: +81 93-695-6234 ******************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Kyutech-FIASJontWorkshopLeaflet.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 374939 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/mailman/private/connectionists/attachments/20120130/070991d3/Kyutech-FIASJontWorkshopLeaflet-0001.pdf From sato at fias.uni-frankfurt.de Tue Jan 31 03:22:44 2012 From: sato at fias.uni-frankfurt.de (Yasuomi Daishin Sato) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:22:44 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: Call for Participation: Kyutech-FIAS Joint Workshop on Brain System Technology 02.08.2012 Message-ID: <303d38effc16b04589f309c1b0f10b1c.squirrel@fias.uni-frankfurt.de> [Please accept our apologies if you get multiple copies of this message] Dear all, It is our great pleasure to invite you to the: ********** Kyutech-FIAS Joint Workshop on Brain System Technology -From Brain to Technology February 8, 2012, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kitakyushu, Japan Detail: http://www.kyutech.ac.jp/archives/001/201201/Kyutech-FIAS%20JWS_Leaflet2012.01.28.pdf The brain inspired system (Brain-IS) as well as neurotechnology researches have made remarkable progress, having potentials for innovation of the system technology. The brain inspired innovation may be called the ?Brain System Technology.? It will be able to revolute our future contribution to society, but may also be a fundamental research for the next generation of intelligent robotics. As an international center of excellent in the Brain-IS research, we hold a joint workshop on brain system technology, together with Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in Germany, based on the following proposals: Excellent outcomes, resulted from efforts of the Brain-IS and neurotechnology, significantly affect researchers who can lead both the fields of brain science and system technology. Welcome you all come to our workshop (free of charge and no registration). Program 09:30-09:40 Opening speech Kiyonori Yoshii, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 09:40-10:10 Toward the brain inspired systems Tetsuo Furukawa and Kiyohisa Natsume, Kyutech Institute of Technology, Japan 10:10-11:00 [Keynote Speech] Let it learn! Jochen Triesch, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany 11:00-11:50 Brain inspired VLSI vision systems for robot and vehicle applications Takashi Morie, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 11:50-13:00 Lunch 13:00-13:45 Parallel large scale unsupervised learning using expectation maximization Joerg Bornschein, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany 13:45-14:30 Propagation of spikes governed by inhibition in hippocampal CA3 recurrent network Toshikazu Samura1, Yasuomi D. Sato1,2 and Hatsuo Hayashi1, 1Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, 2Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany 14:30 Closing Inquiries: Dr. Yasuomi D. Sato Assistant Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Junior Fellow, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) E-mail: sato-y at brain.kyutech.ac.jp, sato at fias.uni-frankfurt.de ********* ******************************************************* Dr. Yasuomi D. Sato Assistant Professor Department of Brain Science and Engineering Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, 808-196, Japan E-mail: sato-y at brain.kyutech.ac.jp tel/fax: +81 93-695-6234 Junior Fellow Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) Ruth-Moufang-Str.1, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany E-mail:sato at fias.uni-frankfurt.de *******************************************************