Connectionists: Collaborative Development of Data-Driven Models of Neural Systems: Janelia Farm Sept 18-12

[Padraig Gleeson]

[Apology for cross-postings]

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a conference on: Collaborative Development of 
Data-Driven Models of Neural Systems
September 18-21, 2016
Janelia Farm Research Campus, Virginia, USA
Deadline for registration: 18th May

Detailed computational models are critical for elucidating neuronal and 
network function. They enable different levels of description to be 
linked, a wide range of neurophysiological experiments to be interpreted 
and quantitative predictions to be made. These factors are important for 
understanding large-scale complex systems, like neural circuits; 
however, more extensive use and scaling up of these data driven models 
pose challenges in ensuring that models are scientifically rigorous, as 
well as accessible and usable by both theoretical and experimental 
researchers alike. This conference will bring together a range of 
experimentalists, theoreticians and neuroinformatics developers with the 
aim of facilitating a global, open infrastructure for collaborative 
model development in neuroscience.

*Organizers*
Padraig Gleeson, University College London
Angus Silver, University College London

*Invited Participants*
Anton Arkipov, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Giorgio Ascoli, George Mason University
Upinder Bhalla, National Centre for Biological Sciences
Avrama Blackwell, George Mason University
Kevin Briggman, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH
Dean Buonomano, University of California, Los Angeles
Nicholas Cain, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Claudia Clopath, Imperial College London
Rosa Cossart, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée
Sharon Crook, Arizona State University
Andrew Davison, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Erik De Schutter, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Shaul Druckmann, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo
Jeremy Freeman, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Michael Hausser, University College London
Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Karolinska Institutet
Fritjof Helmchen, University of Zurich
David Kleinfeld, University of California, San Diego
Jeff Magee, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Robert McDougal, Yale School of Medicine
Eilif Muller, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hanchuan Peng, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Ruben Portugues, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Mark Schnitzer, HHMI/Stanford University
Ivan Soltesz, Stanford School of Medicine
Nelson Spruston, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Misha Tsodyks, Weizmann Institute of Science

Registration is free, but places are limited.*Registration closes 18th 
May 2016*. For more details and to apply for participation go to 
https://www.janelia.org/you-janelia/conferences/collaborative-development-data-driven-models-neural-systems.

  

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Padraig Gleeson
Room 321, Anatomy Building
Department of Neuroscience, Physiology&  Pharmacology
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

+44 207 679 3214
p.gleeson at ucl.ac.uk
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