Please note the official deadline for paper submission is January 29th.
Also, as we have indicated previously, this year papers are being
submitted electronically. So far the only difficulties we are aware of
with this procedure involve text figures. Here are the most comonly asked
questions and their answers:
1) What image types are acceptable: JPEG and GIF ONLY!!!!! Most image
software includes one of these two formats as options. Please make sure
you save images for submission in one of these two formats.
2) Can we accept images in .ps format? NO
3) How big should the images be? We strongly recomend that you keep them
under 2 MB in size and 640x480 pixels or smaller.
4) How do I specify an image in a summary? As an example, if you have an
image named "figure 1", at the location in the summary you want this image
to appear type the following:
<image figure1>
after you have submitted the first page, you will be asked to upload the
figures that you specified in the summary.
5) remember for your entry to be officially logged, you have to push the
'submit' button at the bottom of the web form.
So far the only difficulty authors have had with this procedure involves
figures -- and the most common problem is figures in the wrong format. If
AFTER YOU TRY to use the system, you have difficulties, do not hesitate to
contact us at cns98@smaug.bbb.caltech.edu.
PLEASE NOTE: By Feb. 3rd, all submitted papers will be acknowledged by
email. If the corresponding author on the paper does not hear from us by
then, please contact us immediately.
Jim Bower
Additional information on paper submission and the meeting itself is
available at:
http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/cns-meetings/cns98/
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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Seventh Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
CNS*98
July 26 - 30, 1998
Santa Barbara,
California
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DEADLINE FOR SUMMARIES AND ABSTRACTS:
**>> 11:59pm January 29, 1998 <<**
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This is the seventh annual meeting of an interdisciplinary
conference addressing a broad range of research approaches and issues
involved in the field of computational neuroscience. These meetings bring
together experimental and theoretical neurobiologists along with
engineers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and
mathematicians interested in the functioning of biological nervous
systems. Peer reviewed papers are presented all related to understanding
how nervous systems compute. As in previous years, CNS*98 will equally
emphasize experimental, model-based, and more abstract theoretical
approaches to understanding neurobiological computation.
The meeting in 1998 will take place at the Fess Parker's Double
Tree Resort in Santa Barbara, California, and include plenary,
contributed, and poster sessions. The first session starts at 9 am,
Sunday, July 26th and ends with the annual banquet on Thursday evening,
July 30th. There will be no parallel sessions. The meeting will include
time for informal workshops focused on current issues in computational
neuroscience. Travel funds will be available for students and postdoctoral
fellows presenting papers. Child day care will also be available.
Santa Barbara, California is approximately 1 1/2 hours by car from
the Los Angeles International airport. Airport shuttles from the airport
to Santa Barbara run regularly. In addition, Santa Barbara has its own
small airport. The hotel itself is located on the ocean and within
walking distance from distinctive downtown Santa Barbara.
**NEW** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
With this announcement we solicit the submission of presented
papers all of which will be refereed. Peer review will be conducted based
on a 1000-word (or less) summary describing the methods, nature, and
importance of your results. Authors will be notified of acceptance by the
second week of May, 1998.
This year, for the first, time, submission of papers will be
performed electronically using a custom designed JAVA/HTML interface.
Full instructions for submission can be found at the meeting web site:
http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/cns-meetings/cns98/. However, in brief,
authors should cut and paste text from their own word processors into the
forms available on the web site. It is important that all requested
information be provided, including a 100 word abstract for publication in
the conference program, all author information, and selection of the
appropriate category and theme from the list provided. Authors should
especially note the mechanisms used for handling figures and mathematical
equations. All submissions will be acknowledged immediately by email.
Program committee decisions will be sent to the designated correspondence
author only. Submissions will not be considered if they lack category
information, abstracts, author addresses, or are late.
FURTHER MEETING CORRESPONDENCE
We would like to strongly encourage authors to make their
submissions electronically. However, if you do not have ready access to
the internet or a web server, we will send you instructions for paper
submission if you contact us either by email <cns98@smaug.bbb.caltech.edu>
or at the following address:
CNS*98
Division of Biology 216-76
Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91125
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION concerning the meeting, including hotel and
travel arrangements or information on past meetings can be obtained by:
o Using our on-line WWW information and registration server, URL
of:
http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/cns/cns98/cns98.html
o ftp-ing to our ftp site.
yourhost% ftp ftp.bbb.caltech.edu
Name (ftp.bbb.caltech.edu:<yourname>): ftp
Password: yourname@yourhost.yourside.yourdomain
ftp> cd cns98
ftp> ls
o Sending Email to:
cns98@smaug.bbb.caltech.edu
CNS*98 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Co-meeting Chair / Logistics - John Miller, Montana State
University
Co-meeting Chair / Finances and Program - Jim Bower, Caltech
Governmental Liaison - Dennis Glanzman, NIMH/NIH
Workshop Organizer - to be announced
1998 Program Committee:
Axel Borst, Max-Planck Inst., Tuebingen, Germany
Leif Finkel, University of Pennsylvania
Anders Lansner, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Linda Larson-Prior, Pennsylvania State University Medical College
David Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University
Gina Turrigiano, Brandeis University
Ranu Jung, University of Kentucky
Simon Thorpe, CNRS, Toulouse, France
1998 Regional Organizers:
Europe- Erik DeSchutter (Belgium)
Middle East - Idan Segev (Jerusalem)
Down Under - Mike Paulin (New Zealand)
South America - Renato Sabbatini (Brazil)
Asia - Zhaoping Li (MIT)
India - Upinder Bhalla (Bangalore)