Connectionists: BrainModes 2019 Conference in Pokhara, Nepal

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             BrainModes 2019 Conference
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BrainModes 2019 (http://www.physics.gsu.edu/dhamala/brainmodes2019.html)
Deadlines: October 30 (Registration), October 15 (Poster Abstract 
Submission)

Schedule:
-December 12 – 13: Main Meeting ((Oral and Poster Sessions)
-December 11, 2019: Pre-Conference Educational Course
  Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Overview (Instructor: Michael 
Breakspear)
  Virtual Brain Theory (Instructor: Viktor Jirsa)
  Virtual Brain Applications (Instructor: Petra Ritter and Randy 
McIntosh)
  Neural Field Theory and Applications (Instructor: Peter Robinson)
  Granger Causality Theory and Applications (Instructor: Mukesh Dhamala)
  Information-Theoretic Measures and Applications (Instructor: Daniele 
Marinazzo)
  Dynamical Causal Modeling Theory and Applications (Instructor: Karl 
Friston)

Brief Info:
BrainModes (http://brainmodes.org/) is an annual meeting that brings 
together international experts from various disciplines and seeks to 
explore innovative means of understanding complex brain activity and 
multimodal neuroscience data sets.

This year's meeting will focus on exploring "Unified Principles of Brain 
Connectivity and Dynamics". It will be held in Pokhara 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara), Nepal. The main conference will 
be on December 12 - 13. The pre-conference course, intended to provide 
participants with the foundations of neuroimaging and computational 
neuroscience, will be offered on December 11. For both of these events, 
the total number of participants will be limited to 100.

The main hotel for accommodation and conference venue will be hotel 
Barahi, Pokhara. Makalu Travels is the official travel agency for 
BrainModes 2019. Hotel Barahi for Pokhara, Hotels for Kathmandu and 
Kathmandu-Pokhara flights can be booked online: 
https://brainmodes.makalutravels.com/. For other individual accomodation 
(hotel in Kathmandu) and travel requirements, please contact Makalu 
Travels at email: brainmodes at makalutravels.com, phone: 1(702) 331-8700 
or +1(619) 924-0575. Makalu Travels' rate-negotiated hotels in Kathmandu 
include: Manaslu, Le Himalaya, Radisson, Tibet International, Hyatt 
Regency.

For details and registration, please visit the conference website: 
http://www.physics.gsu.edu/dhamala/brainmodes2019.html. The registration 
deadline is October 30.

Organizers:
Mukesh Dhamala, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Daniele Marinazzo, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Petra Ritter, Charité University, Berlin, Germany