Connectionists: Second call for posters/registration: Symposium on Biology of Decision Making, Paris, France, 10-11 May 2012

[Mehdi Khamassi]

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Dear colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the Second Symposium on 
Biology of Decision Making which will take place in Paris on May, 
10-11th 2012.
The deadline for registration and poster submission is on March, 31st. 
Registration to the symposium is free, but we ask that you fill out the 
form on our website so we know how many people to expect. Only 
registered people will be able to attend the symposium.

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SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON THE BIOLOGY OF DECISION MAKING (SBDM)
May 10-11 2012, Paris, France
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Hôpital La Pitié Salpétrière, 47 Bd 
de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
http://sbdm2012.isir.upmc.fr
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ABSTRACT:
The Second Symposium on Biology of Decision Making will take place on 
May 10-11, 2012 at the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Hôpital La 
Pitié Salpétrière, 47 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. The 
objective of this two day symposium is to gather people from different 
research fields with different approaches (economical, behavioral, 
neural and computational approaches) to decision making. The symposium 
will last for 2 days and will include 4 sessions: Neuro-Economics, 
Neuro-Physiology, Neuro-Systems and Neuro-Computations. As an invited 
professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 2012, Kenji Doya will 
give a plenary talk at the symposium.

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Itzhak Aharon (IDC Herzliya, Israel)
Thomas Boraud (CNRS Université Victor Segalen – Bordeaux 2, France)
Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde (Aix-Marseille School of Economics / Institut 
Jean Nicod, France)
Kenji Doya (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Benoît Girard (CNRS Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, France)
Kevin Gurney (University of Sheffield, UK)
Boris Gutkin (CNRS Ecole Normale Supérieure, France)
David Hansel (CNRS Université Paris Descartes – Paris 5, France)
Todd Hare (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Guillaume Hollard (CNRS, Economics Paris School, France)
Etienne Koechlin (CNRS Ecole Normale Supérieure, France)
Brian Lau (CRICM Paris / Columbia University, USA)
Arthur Leblois (Université Paris Descartes – Paris 5, France)
Mathias Pessiglione (INSERM Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, France)
A. David Redish (University of Minnesota, USA)
Francesca Sargolini (Université de Provence – Aix-Marseille 1, France)
Tali Sharot (Department of Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences, 
University College London, UK)
Philippe Tobler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Marie-Claire Villeval (CNRS Université Claude Bernard – Lyon 1, France)
Eyal Winter (Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Centre for the Study of 
Rationality, Israel)

IMPORTANT DATES:
January 25, 2012 Early Bird Registration
March 31, 2012 Deadline for Registration and Poster Submission
May 10-11, 2012 Symposium Venue
For organizational issues, participants should register and/or submit 
posters before March 31th 2012. In order to encourage scientific 
exchanges in the field of decision making and in connected areas, the 
registration is FREE OF CHARGE.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Thomas Boraud (CNRS / Institut des Neurosciences de Bordeaux, Université 
Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2)
Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde (Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Université 
dʼAix-Marseille / Institut Jean Nicod)
Mehdi Khamassi (CNRS / Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de 
Robotique, UPMC)
Mathias Pessiglione (INSERM / Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du 
Cerveau et de la Moelle ICM)

CONTACT INFORMATION :
Website, registration, poster submission and detailed program:
http://sbdm2012.isir.upmc.fr
Contact: sbdm2012 [ at ] isir.upmc.fr

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Mehdi Khamassi, PhD
Researcher (CNRS)
Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique (UMR7222)
CNRS - Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Pyramide, Tour 55 - Boîte courrier 173
4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
tel: + 33 1 44 27 28 85
fax: +33 1 44 27 51 45
cell: +33 6 50 76 44 92
http://people.isir.upmc.fr/khamassi