[Comp-neuro] CNS 07 workshop

[b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk]

************************** Call for participation ************************

Workshop on Cortical Microcircuits: Structure, Function and Theory

Toronto, Canada, 11-12 July, 2007
http://www.cnsorg.org/cns_meeting_workshops.htm

Description:
===========To understand how perception, action, learning and memory work,
we need to gather data from multiple levels of complexity and from various
brain states (normal and diseased). We need to identify the neuronal
groups involved in these functions, identify their different types of
neurons, draw detailed circuit diagrams, determine the forms of synaptic
transmission and plasticity between different neurons and study the
dynamics of the cortical microcircuits at the cellular and synaptic level
that comprise these neuronal groups. Mathematical and computer models are
then essential in exploring how these microcircuits can account for a
given function.



The goal of the present workshop is to bring together experts from
experimental and computational neuroscience in order to review some of the
ongoing experimental and theoretical research concerning cortical
microcircuits with particular emphasis on the functional roles of the
various inhibitory interneurons in the pertinent information processing.


Topics:
======Specific topics will include (but are not limited to):

  a.. Microcircuit architectures
    a.. Neocortex
    b.. Hippocampus
    c.. Sensory and motor systems
  b.. Cross-comparison of architectures from different brain areas
  c.. Identified functionality of specific microcircuits
  d.. Identified functionality of specific neuronal types
  e.. Plasticity and learning

Format and Attendance:
================The workshop will consist of:

Short Presentations: A number of selected speakers will be invited to give
short presentations of their work and/or ideas to be followed by extensive
discussion.

Panel Discussion: Our invited speakers will be asked to engage each other on
the various issues concerning cortical microcircuits at the end of the
workshop. The audience will be strongly encouraged to participate in the
discussion.

Workshop will run for either one half or a whole day, depending on
interest. Attendance is open to all CNS attendees, whether or not an
abstract is submitted (see below).







Submission:
==========Prospective attendees are invited to submit a short abstract
(100-200 words) on the topics outlined above or other related issues.
Speakers will be selected by the organisers on the basis of these
abstracts. Both position and technical reports will be considered for this
workshop. To promote a lively event, with plenty of discussion, the
organizers are very interested in papers taking strong positions on the
issues listed above.



Submissions should be made electronically in plain text, PDF or Postscript
format and should be sent (no later than May 1st) by email to Vassilis
Cutsuridis or Bruce Graham:

vcu at cs.stir.ac.uk or b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk



Organizers:
==========Vassilis Cutsuridis

Department of Computing Science and Mathematics

University of Stirling

Stirling FK9 4LA

U.K.
Email: vcu at cs.stir.ac.uk

Bruce P. Graham
Department of Computing Science and Mathematics

University of Stirling

Stirling FK9 4LA

U.K.
Email: b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk




Workshop Website:
================http://www.cnsorg.org/cns_meeting_workshops.htm


-- 
Dr Bruce Graham, Reader (b.graham at cs.stir.ac.uk)
Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics,
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
phone: +44 1786 467 432   fax: +44 1786 464 551
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