2nd European Workshop on Neuromorphic Systems,
3-5 September 1999.
University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Neuromorphic systems are implementations in silicon of systems whose
architecture and design are based on neurobiology.
The meeting builds on
the success of EWNS1, held in Stirling in August 1997. It is being held
jointly by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Stirling,
and the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
The location is one of the most beautiful campuses in Europe, and is centrally
located in Scotland. It is easily reached by plane (to Glasgow or Edinburgh,
both 1 hour away) train, bus, or car.
The meeting is being held just before ICANN'99, which will be in Edinburgh,
7-10 September 1999.
Submission of Papers.
Papers are requested in the following areas:
* Design issues in sensorineural neuromorphic systems: auditory, visual, olfactory, proprioceptory, sensorimotor systems
* Designs for silicon implementations of neurons or neural systems.
* Design and implementation considerations for biorobotics
* Theoretical aspects of all the above areas.
Papers not exceeding 8 A4 pages are requested: these should be sent to
Dr. Leslie Smith,
Department of Computing Science and Mathematics,
University of Stirling,
Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland
email: lss@cs.stir.ac.uk
FAX (44) 1786 464551
Tel (44) 1786 467435
We also propose to hold a number of discussion sessions on some of the
questions above. Short position papers (less than 4 pages) are requested.
We are particularly keen to encourage submissions by research students.
We plan to produce a book from the accepted papers after the conference.
Key Dates
Submission Deadline April 6th 1999
Notification of Acceptance June 4th 1999
Invited Speakers:
Avis Cohen (University of Maryland, USA)
Simon Jones (University of Loughborough, UK)
Shih Chii Liu (INI, Zurich, Switzerland))
Pedro Marijuan (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Andre van Schaik (University of Sydney, Australia)
Organising Committee:
Leslie S. Smith, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling.
Catherine Breslin, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling
Alister Hamilton, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh.
Barbara Webb, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling.
Registration Fees
Before 15 June 1999
Academic
L130 Industrial/Commercial
L250
Full-time
Ph.D. Student
L30
After 15 June 1999
Academic
L170
Industrial/Commercial
L300
Full-time
Ph.D. Student
L50
Full-time Ph.D. students who register at the Ph.D. student rate must enclose
letter signed by their supervisor, stating that they are full-time Ph.D.
students, They may also be able to claim towards their expenses: please
contact the organisers.
Provisional Programme Committee:
Jim Austin (Univ. of York, UK)
Catherine Breslin (Univ. of Stirling, UK)
Guy Brown (Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
Daniela Durackova (Bratislava, Slovakia)
John Elias (Univ. of Delaware, USA)
Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Johns Hopkins Univ., USA)
Rodney Douglas (INI, Zurich, Switzerland)
Wulfram Gerstner (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Alister Hamilton (Univ. of Edinburgh, UK)
Giacomo Indiveri (INI, Zurich, Switzerland)
Simon Jones (Univ. of Loughborough, UK)
Wolfgang Maass (TU-Graz, Austria)
Alan Murray (Univ. of Edinburgh, UK)
Leslie Smith (Univ. of Stirling, UK)
Eric Vittoz (CSEM, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Barbara Webb, (Univ. of Stirling. UK)
Registration forms and more details are at the WWW page for conference:
http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/EWNS2/
We are grateful to the Gatsby Charitable Foundation for their generous support
of this workshop.