From andersmdale at gmail.com Mon Nov 2 01:51:16 2009 From: andersmdale at gmail.com (Anders Dale) Date: Mon Nov 2 10:14:37 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Postdoc Positions at UCSD MultiModal Imaging Laboratory (MMIL) Message-ID: <4de7ec50911011651t2b145b6ao4741ee6808e80ea1@mail.gmail.com> Postdoctoral Research Scholar Positions, Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego The Multimodal Imaging Laboratory (MMIL) at the University of California, San Diego invites applications for multiple postdoctoral research scholar positions under the direction of Dr. Anders Dale. The successful candidates will join a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, programmers, and support staff addressing a variety of neuroscience questions using multimodal brain imaging, electrophysiology, behavior, and genetics. An important component of the work done at MMIL, and the primary role for the currently announced positions, is the development and improvement of methods for the analysis of neuroimaging data. Postdoctoral researchers will receive training in brain imaging and methods development, and will be encouraged to develop their own research projects. The primary areas of development will include: 1. Segmentation of pediatric brain scans 2. Tractography and diffusion MRI analysis and modeling 3. Multispectral lesion segmentation and quantification 4. Longitudinal registration & analysis of contrast change with brain development, aging, and disease 5. EEG/MEG/fMRI integration and modeling 6. Resting state fMRI & ASL analysis, quantification within anatomically-defined ROIs 7. Validation of non-invasive imaging measures using *ex vivo* histology and stereology Applicants for the position must have completed relevant Ph.D. research activities within the past five years. Applications from many disciplines may be considered, and the position is open to qualified international applicants. Experience or expertise in the following areas is highly desired: 1. computer programming experience (MATLAB, C/C++, Python, OpenGL, tcl/Tk) 2. neuroimaging analysis methods (especially FreeSurfer) 3. structural MRI, DTI, fMRI, ASL 4. MRI physics and/or pulse programming 5. biophysical modeling of neuronal circuits and imaging signals This posting is for 2-year appointments beginning immediately. Salary will be consistent with the NIH/NRSA levels in accordance with the University of California, San Diego policies for Postdoctoral trainees. Compensation includes full staff benefits, including health insurance, and vacation time. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, please send your CV, a brief statement of research interests and goals, and any selected reprints to amdale@ucsd.eduwith the subject line "MMIL postdoctoral position". Letters of reference will be required before final approval of hiring. Informal inquiries for more details are welcome. -- Anders M. Dale, Ph.D. Professor of Neurosciences and Radiology University of California, San Diego Multimodal Imaging Laboratory 8950 Villa La Jolla Dr., Suite C101 La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone: (858) 822-6671 Fax: (858) 534-1078 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091101/ce5bfca8/attachment.html From vcut at bu.edu Mon Nov 2 14:25:18 2009 From: vcut at bu.edu (Vassilis Cutsuridis) Date: Mon Nov 2 14:48:03 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] CfP for the special Issue on "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" Message-ID: ======================== CALL FOR PAPERS ======================== ---------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue of the Cognitive Computation Journal (Springer) on "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors John G. Taylor, King's College, London, U.K. (john.g.taylor@kcl.ac.uk) Vassilis Cutsuridis, Boston University, USA (vcut@bu.edu) -------- Scope -------- How is a complex visual scene processed? How is the selection of one particular location in a visual scene accomplished? Does it involve bottom-up, sensory driven cues or top-down world knowledge expectations or both? How is the decision made when to terminate a fixation and move the gaze? How is the decision made where to direct the gaze in order to take the next sample? The goal of the special issue is to advance our understanding of the state-of-the-art on bottom-up and top-down approaches to active visual search and picture scanning. Neurocomputational, computer vision and experimental review papers on perceptual saliency, attention, learning and memory, decision making and gaze control are welcome. The manner in which attention is involved is considered a highly relevant topic to the special issue. ----------------- Important dates ---------------- Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 Review deadline: July 1, 2010 Author notification: July 2, 2010 Author?s response: August 1, 2010 Publication by journal: ~November/December, 2010 ----------- Submission ----------- Electronic submissions for the Cognitive Computation journal can be found under http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/12559 Please indicate in your cover letter that your article is for the special issue "Computational models of saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning". ------------- Contact ------------- Dr. Vassilis Cutsuridis Center for Memory and Brain Psychology Department Boston University Boston, MA USA Email: vcut@bu.edu Web: http://people.bu.edu/vcut/ From britt at uwaterloo.ca Mon Nov 2 15:22:57 2009 From: britt at uwaterloo.ca (Britt Anderson) Date: Mon Nov 2 15:54:23 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Announcement: Graduate Training in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo Message-ID: <4AEEEB41.1050502@uwaterloo.ca> Dear Colleagues (especially Canadian colleagues), Please inform your students interested in graduate training in computational neuroscience about the program at the University of Waterloo, (Waterloo, Ontario Canada). This program is open to any student pursuing a PhD degree in any of the departments affiliated with the University of Waterloo's Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience. The program results in a traditional PhD degree from the home department with an additional diploma in Computational Neuroscience. Participating faculty and departments include: Applied Mathematics --- Sue Ann Campbell Applied Health Sciences -- Eric Roy Biology -- David Spafford Computer Science --- Chris Eliasmith Philosophy --- Paul Thagard, Chris Eliasmith Psychology --- Britt Anderson, James Danckert, Mike Dixon, Jonathan Fugelsang Interested students can contact any of the listed faculty directly or the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience Director, Chris Eliasmith. Additional details about the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience and its graduate training can be found at http://ctn.uwaterloo.ca On behalf of the CTN, Britt Anderson, PhD & MD Psychology, UWaterloo From harel.shouval at uth.tmc.edu Tue Nov 3 20:01:56 2009 From: harel.shouval at uth.tmc.edu (Harel Shouval) Date: Thu Nov 5 02:17:41 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Track at UT in Houston Message-ID: <454F8FD6-2089-4902-B1A6-D4CF87262FB4@uth.tmc.edu> Theoretical and Computational Track at the Neuroscience Program, The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston http://Neurograd.org The mammalian brain is an exceptionally complex organ that poses unique challenges to scientific study. Although the field of neuroscience is multidisciplinary, it is seldom interdisciplinary because it is difficult for individuals to integrate information across different levels of analysis (e.g. from behavioral to molecular). However, a true understanding of the brain will ultimately require such an interdisciplinary approach, and the emerging field of Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience provides this integrated view through the application of mathematical and computational methods to the complex questions of brain science. The goal of the Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience track is to train the next generation of neuroscientists with the broad range of computational and analytical skills that are essential to understand the organization and function of complex neural systems. This specialization is intended for students with backgrounds in neuroscience, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, computer science, engineering, and mathematics. The Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience track allows Neuroscience Program students to concentrate on a focused program of rigorous course work in both the theoretical and experimental aspects of computational neuroscience. Students are encouraged to pursue thesis research that includes both an experimental and a computational component. Students often have two mentors, one being a theorist and the other an experimentalist. The theoretical group at UT graduate school of biological sciences (GSBS) is part of a larger group that includes several universities and medical schools in the Houston area, the Gulf Coast Consortium in theoretical and computational neuroscience (GCC-TCN). Many of the courses offered are combined courses across these institutions, providing a large community of faculty and students that are interested in similar topics. Through the GCC-TCN it is possible to obtain additional training grants, as well as have joint mentors from other universities and disciplines. Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience Track Faculty John H. Byrne, Michael Beauchamp, Wei Chen, Valentin Dragoi, Ruth Heidelberger, Yin Liu, David Marshak, Anne Sereno, Harel Shouval, Neal Waxham For more information The Neuroscience program: http://Neurograd.org GCC-TCN: http://Neurotheory.org Or contact Harel Shouval: harel.shouval@uth.tmc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091103/9f3fff3d/attachment.html From kirsch at bccn.uni-freiburg.de Wed Nov 4 17:38:05 2009 From: kirsch at bccn.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Thu Nov 5 02:17:45 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] PhD-Positions available at the FACETS-ITN project Message-ID: <22F5B531DED44AC7898947A3394DC480@janina> 11 Ph.D. positions are available in the FACETS-ITN project From Neuroscience to Neuro-Inspired Computing The Marie Curie Training Network FACETS-ITN offers an interdisciplinary training in the field of Neuro-inspired computing. A total of 22 Ph.D. stipends are being offered to excellent young scientists with the goal to obtain a doctoral degree from one of the European research universities involved in the project. In this second call special attention is given to applicants from the fields of electrical engineering, computer science and physics although the other project areas will be considered as well. http://www.facets-project.org/ITN describes the scientific and teaching activities in FACETS-ITN. The Programme involves 15 European Research Universities, Research Centers and Industrial Partners in 6 Countries. The 11 positions in this 2nd call are available at: France: CNRS-INCM Marseille, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis; Germany: Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t Freiburg, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft FhG IZM Berlin, Honda Research Institute Europe Offenbach/Main, Silicann Technologies Rostock, Technische Universit?t Dresden; Hungary: University of Debrecen; Sweden: Kungliga Tekniska H?gskolan Stockholm Interested applicants are asked to exclusively use the web based system for their applications: https://facets.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/ITN The application deadline is 20 December 2009 -- Dr. Bjoern Kindler Administrative Project Officer of the FACETS Project Tel.: +49 6221 54 9127 Kirchhoff Institut fuer Physik Room 01.108 Im Neuenheimer Feld 227 D-69120 Heidelberg From dgardner at med.cornell.edu Wed Nov 4 19:01:08 2009 From: dgardner at med.cornell.edu (Daniel Gardner) Date: Thu Nov 5 02:17:47 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Neuroanalysis.org spike train analysis toolkit Message-ID: The Laboratory of Neuroinformatics at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York: 1. announces version 1.2 of the open source Spike Train Analysis Toolkit--now exceeding 1,000 downloads, 2. calls for feedback from our users, and 3. polls comp-neuro towards prioritizing future development. 1. Version 1.2 of our Spike Train Analysis Toolkit is available for download from neuroanalysis.org. Free and Open Source, STAToolkit now implements three methods for calculating information in spike trains, and eight methods for calculating entropy. Coded in C/C++ with MATLAB wrappers, the STAToolkit includes complete multiplatform installation instructions and scripts for testing, verification, and demonstration. 2. We ask our current users to report back on what data the STAToolkit has been applied to, and what neurophysiological analyses it has enabled. A link is provided on neuroanalysis.org at http://neuroanalysis.org/neuroanalysis/goto.do?page=.repository.feedback or you may e-mail dan@med.cornell.edu or jdvicto@med.cornell.edu. 3. Expansion plans leverage the work of a dozen collaborators in the computational neuroscience community to develop and make available new methods for neurophysiologists to analyze spike trains and so address specific questions of neural coding. Please help us prioritize our work by letting us know by e-mail--or by the form on neuroanalysis.org at: http://neuroanalysis.org/neuroanalysis/goto.do?page=.repository.expansionFeedback which of these lines of development would be of greatest use to your work: A. Additional methods for analysis of information conveyed by spike trains B. Methods for assessing similarity and separation of spike trains C. Methods for analysis of multineuronal firing patterns D. Methods for analysis of synchrony and variability E. Other: _________ A summary of currently-available and planned methods may be found at http://neuroanalysis.org/neuroanalysis/goto.do?page=.repository.toolkit_currentstatus A more detailed list of current STAToolkit capabilities is at http://neuroanalysis.org/neuroanalysis/goto.do?page=.repository.toolkit_intro -- ...Daniel Gardner ________________________________________________ | dan@med.cornell.edu | dg458@columbia.edu |________________________________________________ | Dr. Daniel Gardner | Professor of Physiology & Biophysics | Head, Laboratory of Neuroinformatics - D-404 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | 1300 York Avenue voice: (212) 746-6373 | New York, NY 10065 USA fax: (212) 746-8355 | US cell: +1 917 902-0654 | UK mobile: +44 (0) 7817 423 348 |________________________________________________ From r.c.miall at bham.ac.uk Thu Nov 5 18:20:41 2009 From: r.c.miall at bham.ac.uk (Chris Miall) Date: Fri Nov 6 11:56:36 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Marie Curie PhD position in Human Motor Control, Birmingham UK Message-ID: <4AF30969.5000800@bham.ac.uk> Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training in Human Sensorimotor Neuroscience UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY Applications are invited for a postgraduate Research Associate position available immediately for 36 months to work in the field of human sensorimotor neuroscience. This Early Stage Research Training position is funded by the European Union as part of the ?C7? Marie Curie Initial Training Network in ?Cerebellar-Cortical Control: Cells, Circuits, Computation and Clinic?. The aim of the Training Network is to provide a multi-disciplinary research training in systems and cellular neuroscience of the cerebellum. The network involves researchers from across Europe working in motor behaviour, sensorimotor systems, electrophysiology, biophysical and computational modelling and clinical research. The trainee will undertake a research project focused on the parietal and cerebellar contribution to state estimation processes, using fMRI and MR-compatible robotics. Trainees have the possibility to register for a PhD at the University of Birmingham. This appointment will be through the University of Birmingham; however trainees will have the opportunity to undertake some studies and experiments at other sites within the EU Training Network. To qualify as an Early Stage Researcher, applicants must be in their first 4 years since gaining a University degree which would entitle them to embark on doctoral studies in the country the degree was received. Candidates cannot already possess a PhD qualification. You are advised to visit the website http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/pdf/faq_est.pdf to obtain further details of the specific selection criteria of eligibility for this post. Informal enquiries should be directed to: Prof Chris Miall, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, email: r.c.miall@bham.ac.uk Salary (which will be subject to UK taxation & superannuation) will be at the EU Marie Curie rate of ?37668 per annum with an additional contribution to the costs of mobility allowance of ?6552-10476 per annum. Other benefits such as a career exploratory allowance and travel allowances will be available. Applicants should complete an application form, available from the website detailed below, provide an up-to-date CV and letter of motivation, together with the names of three scientific referees. Closing date: 27 November 2009 Reference: 47122 To download the details and submit an electronic application online visit: www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs alternatively information can be obtained from 0121 415 9000. -- Regards, Chris ---------------------------------------------------------- Professor R.C. Miall Behavioural Brain Sciences Tel +44 121 414 2867 School of Psychology, Fax +44 121 414 4897 University of Birmingham, Mobile: 07709 586997 Edgbaston, Email: r.c.miall@bham.ac.uk Birmingham B15 2TT UK Web: http://prism.bham.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------- From v.steuber at herts.ac.uk Wed Nov 4 13:28:50 2009 From: v.steuber at herts.ac.uk (Volker Steuber) Date: Fri Nov 6 11:57:10 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] PhD Studentships in Computational Neuroscience, Neural Networks and Systems Biology Message-ID: <4AF17382.8090602@herts.ac.uk> PhD Studentships in Computational Neuroscience, Neural Networks and Systems Biology Science and Technology Research Institute University of Hertfordshire Applications are invited for PhD studentships in the Biological and Neural Computation Group at the Science and Technology Research Institute at the University of Hertfordshire. Possible projects include: - Applications of Neural Networks and Other Machine Learning Techniques - Associative Memory in Biologically Detailed Models of Neural Networks - Computational Models of Intracellular Signalling in Neurons More details about our research can be found in recent publications: Rothman J, Cathala L, Steuber V, Silver RA (2009). Nature 457, 1015-1018. Moss GP, Sun Y, Prapopoulou M, Davey N, Adams R, Pugh WJ, Brown MB (2009). J Pharm Pharmacol 61, 1147-53. Chen W, Maex R, Adams R, Calcraft L, Steuber V, Davey N (2009). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5495, 42-51. Maex R, Steuber V (2009). Neural Networks 22, 1005-1112. De Schutter E, Steuber V (2009). Neuroscience 162, 816-26. Applicants should have excellent computational and numerical skills and a good first degree in maths, computer science, physics, neuroscience, biology or a related discipline. Previous experience in neuroscience is not required but would be an advantage. Successful candidates will receive a ?13,290 per annum bursary plus the payment of the standard UK student fees. Research in Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire has been recognized as excellent by the latest Research Assessment Exercise, with 55% of the research submitted being rated as world leading or internationally excellent. The Science and Technology Research Institute provides a very stimulating environment, offering a large number of specialized and interdisciplinary seminars as well as general training opportunities. The University of Hertfordshire is located in Hatfield, just north of London. For informal inquiries contact Dr Neil Davey (n.davey@herts.ac.uk) or Dr Volker Steuber (v.steuber@herts.ac.uk). Further information and an application form can be obtained from Mrs Lorraine Nicholls, Research Student Administrator, STRI, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB, Tel: 01707 286083, email: l.nicholls@herts.ac.uk. The short-listing process will begin on 20 November 2009. Interviews will be held in the second week in December. From wjma at cpu.bcm.edu Thu Nov 5 01:00:23 2009 From: wjma at cpu.bcm.edu (Wei Ji Ma) Date: Fri Nov 6 11:57:51 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] PhD Program in Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine Message-ID: <48071F74CBAD5B46973B3D2B90179BCB04437C@stan.hou-ad.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu> PhD Program in Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Applicants with a theoretical/quantitative background particularly welcome! Deadline: January 1 Theory and computation are essential in trying to understand the human brain. Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has a core group of faculty who incorporate theoretical and computational methods in studies of perception and cognition in health and psychiatric disease. Our Graduate Program in Neuroscience offers students with a strong quantitative and analytical background the opportunity to apply their skills to challenging problems in brain research, while receiving world-class training across the breadth of neuroscience. Engineering, computer science, physics, and mathematics are not traditionally associated with investigating perception and cognition. Yet students from these and related disciplines often possess the skills and mindset necessary to help build theoretical frameworks for experimental data. In our Department of Neuroscience, this can take on many forms, such as advanced analysis of neuroimaging data, computational studies using animal models of sensation and cognition, studying the functional architecture of cortical circuits and how information is processed across populations of neurons, investigating the neural mechanisms of time perception, modeling anomalies of reward processing in psychiatric patients, studying the dynamics of decision-making in groups, or developing Bayesian theories of human perception. The computationally oriented neuroscience laboratories at BCM (Chiu, Eagleman, Gabbiani, King-Casas, LaConte, Ma, Montague, Saggau, Tolias) also conduct human behavioral, neuroimaging or neurophysiological studies, thereby allowing for a direct interplay between theory and experiment. This is aided by state-of-the-art imaging and computing facilities, as well as active collaborations with other neurophysiological laboratories and clinical divisions. Students will acquire the tools and training that will position them for groundbreaking interdisciplinary research after the completion of their program, as well as for many other possible career paths. The graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in neuroscience is designed as a five-year program. In the first year, students complete basic courses that provide them with a strong background in all facets of neuroscience. Concurrently, they familiarize themselves with ongoing research through rotations in the laboratories of Neuroscience faculty of their choice. At the end of the first year, students choose an advisor, enter into the lab full-time, and develop suitable thesis research projects. At this stage, several electives devoted to advanced theoretical and computational topics are available. There is no application fee and our program offers free tuition and a very competitive stipend. Houston is a very attractive city for living (http://kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-houston.h tml). The deadline for submitting your application is January 1, however, our program may begin considering applications in December, so an early application is suggested. For more information: - Department of Neuroscience: http://neuro.bcm.edu - Neuroscience Graduate Program: http://neuro.bcm.edu/think or contact Dr. Mariella DeBiasi, Director of Graduate Studies, at debiasi@bcm.edu. - Computational Psychiatry Unit: http://cpu.bcm.edu/labs.html - Gulf Coast Consortium for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience: http://neuro.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu/?sct=emp_tcn -- Wei Ji (Whee Ky) Ma, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 77030 Phone: 1-713-798-8407 http://neuro.bcm.edu/malab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Registration should be done via the conference website at: http://ccnconference.org/page5.html Based on the number of poster submissions, it looks like this year's conference should be very well attended, with lots of very interesting work! Regards, CCNC 2009 Planning Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE www.ccnconference.org To be held in conjunction with the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA. CCN CONFERENCE DATES: Wed-Thu November 18 & 19, 2009 All three of our previous meetings have been a great success, two as satellites to Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (2005, 2007) and in 2006 with Psychonomics. Attendance has ranged from 115-250. ____________________________________________________________________________ * DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: CLOSED A limited number of late posters may be accepted on a space available basis. Abstracts can be submitted online via the website: www.ccnconference.org. * Online registration is available at the conference website: www.ccnconference.org. As in past years, there are two categories of submissions: -Poster only -Poster, plus short talk (15 min) to highlight the poster Abstracts should be limited to 250 words. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Reviewing of posters will be inclusive and only to ensure appropriateness to the meeting. Short talks will be selected on the basis of research quality, relevance to conference theme, and expected accessibility in a talk format. Abstracts not selected for short talks will still be accepted as posters as long as they meet appropriateness criteria. * NOTIFICATION OF POSTER ACCEPTANCE: September 7, 2009 * CONTRIBUTED SHORT TALK SELECTION: September 7, 2009 __________________________________________________________________________ Program: * 2009 Keynote Speakers: Neil Burgess, University College London Josh Tenenbaum, MIT * Three symposia, each including a mixture of modelers and non-modelers and focused on a common theme or issue: ** Top-Down Mechanisms of Visual Attention Moderator: Steven Bressler, Florida Atlantic University ** Our Vision for the Word: Modeling Orthographic Processing Moderators: Carol Whitney, University of Maryland, College Park Jonathan Grainger, CNRS, France ** Context, Memory, and the Brain Moderators: Michael Hasselmo, Boston University Ken Norman, Princeton University * Approximately 12 short talks will be chosen featuring selected posters. * Poster sessions * We plan to award a limited number of competitive travel fellowships for students -- look for a notice by late summer. We especially encourage applications from members of underrepresented minorities. * Registration fees: $175 ($75 for students). ____________________________________________________________________________ 2009 Planning Committee: Suzanna Becker, McMaster University Carlos Brody, Princeton University Nathaniel Daw, New York University Michael Hasselmo, Boston University David Noelle, University of California, Merced Ken Norman, Princeton University Maximilian Riesenhuber, Georgetown University Ex officio: Randall O'Reilly, University of Colorado, Boulder Jonathan Cohen, Princeton University Executive Organizer: Thomas Hazy, University of Colorado, Boulder For more information and to sign up for the mailing list visit: www.ccnconference.org From spolavar at gmail.com Mon Nov 2 19:19:20 2009 From: spolavar at gmail.com (sridevi polavaram) Date: Fri Nov 6 11:58:58 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Announcements of postdoctoral position Message-ID: Dear All, The George Mason University, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study invites applications for a postdoctoral Research Assistant Professor position available immediately to contribute to ongoing cutting-edge research in computational neuroanatomy and neuroinformatics funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute on Aging and National Institute on Drug Abuse. The postdoctoral researcher will assume responsibility for one of the most prominent projects of the lab, NeuroMorpho.Org/--a database of digital reconstructions of neuronal morphology. The successful candidate will expand the computational infrastructure and functionality of this continuously growing resource, and will enable exciting new opportunities in the analysis and modeling of neuronal morphology, activity and connectivity. Additionally, the successful applicant will join the Center for Neural Informatics, Structures and Plasticity--an interdisciplinary, dynamic and creative research group at George Mason University's Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study (located in northern Virginia, 15 miles west of Washington D.C.) and will have generous office space, new computers and a salary on the NIH postdoctoral scale supplemented by state employee benefits. The position requires basic understanding of the principles of database design and function, development of online applications and of neuronal structure, as well as the ability to interact effectively with graduate students and lab technicians. Fluency in object-oriented programming (JAVA or C/C++) is highly desirable, and familiarity with JSP, HTML, XML or MatLab is a plus. All highly motivated candidates with a recent Ph.D. in neuroscience, biology, computer science, physics, psychology or other areas related to brain research and bioinformatics (including M.D. or engineering degrees) are encouraged to apply. 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Robots are expected to deal with a large variety of tasks, using their high-dimensional and complex bodies, to interact with objects and humans in an intuitive and friendly way. In this new setting, not all relevant information is available at design time, thus self-experimentation and learning by interacting with the physical and social world is very important to acquire knowledge. A major obstacle, in high and complex sensorimotor space, is that learning can become extremely slow or even impossible without adequate exploration strategies. To solve this problem, two main approaches are now converging. Active learning, from statistical learning theory, where the learner actively chooses experiments in order to collect highly informative examples, and where expected information gain can be evaluated with either theoretically optimal criteria or various computationally efficient heuristics. The second approach, intrinsically motivated exploration, from developmental psychology and recently operationalized in the developmental robotics community, aims at building robots capable of open-ended cumulative learning through task-independent efficient exploration of their sensorimotor space and to refine our understanding of how children learn and develop. Although similar in some aspects, these two approaches differ in some of the underlying assumptions. Active learning implicitly assumes that samples with high uncertainty are the most informative and focuses on single tasks. On the contrary, Intrinsic motivation has been identified by psychologists as an innate incentive that pushes organisms to spontaneously explore activities or situations for the sole reason that they have a certain degree of novelty, challenge or surprise, hence the term curiosity-driven learning sometimes used. Several open problems exist still and the goal of this special issue is to show state-of-the-art approaches to these problems and open new directions. Papers should address the following, non-exhaustive, topics applied to robotics or animal cognitive model: . How can traditional active learning heuristics be applied to robotics problems such as motor learning, affordance learning or interaction learning? . How to select an active strategy ? Are there general purpose methods or are they task dependent? . How can active and intrinsic motivated exploration enable long-life, task-independent learning and development? . Is there a unified formalism to both approaches? . How precisely do they model human active learning and exploration and its role in development? . Can these approaches be used for social tasks, e.g. joint-work and human-robot interaction ? === Editors: Manuel Lopes, University of Plymouth, http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/mlopes Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, INRIA, http://www.pyoudeyer.com === Two kinds of submissions are possible: . Regular papers, up to 15 double column pages ; . 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Application deadline December 31st, 2009. -- SISSA - Cognitive Neuroscience, now downtown in via Stock 2/2, V fl BUT NOTE, POSTAL ADDRESS: SISSA, via Beirut 2, 34014 Trieste, Italy tel:39-040-3787623 fax:39-040-3787615 http://people.sissa.it/~ale ---------------------------------------------------------------- SISSA Webmail https://webmail.sissa.it/ Powered by Horde http://www.horde.org/ From roman.poznanski at um.edu.my Tue Nov 10 11:49:53 2009 From: roman.poznanski at um.edu.my (Roman R. Poznanski) Date: Tue Nov 10 14:33:39 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Faculty Positions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Message-ID: <000301ca61f3$891e1e00$9b5a5a00$@poznanski@um.edu.my> NEW MATHEMATICS OF THE BRAIN The University of Malaya through the Neural Networks Research Group is spearheading the development of new mathematics of the brain to reveal emergent properties of physiological neural networks. We are offering scholarships for postgraduate students and research appointments for postdoctoral fellows. Faculty appointments at the lecturer and professorial level are also available. These positions are permanent and require a Ph.D. with a strong publication record. Teaching experience is not essential. The commencement date is January 2010. The University of Malaya is located on a 750 acre campus in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The University of Malaya has a long tradition with Sir Alexander Oppenheim, a renowned mathematician as its first Vice-Chancellor. Please send applications by email and include: (1) a letter of intent (type of position seeking); (2) curriculum vitae; (3) an outline of future research, including a brief description of the facilities required to carry out the research; (4) three to five publications (in PDF format) that best represent the candidate's work and teaching direction; (5) the names of three individuals willing to provide letters of reference. Inquiries regarding any of the positions should be directed to Prof. Dr. Roman R. Poznanski (roman.poznanski at um.edu.my) or voice +603-7967-6418. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The expected project start is March 1, 2010, but the positions may start immediately. The AMARSi project investigates complex modular neurocontroller architectures for quadruped and humanoid robots, and strives to unite methods from robot engineering with insights from biological motor control. In the group at Jacobs University, the emphasis is on the design and mathematical analysis of motor control learning architectures based on recurrent neural networks in the spirit of reservoir computing (www.reservoir-computing.org). A bit more detail can be found on the Jacobs University job ad page at http://www.jacobs-university.de/about/jobs/17564/. Much more detail can be obtained by an email inquiry to Herbert Jaeger, who is looking forward to such requests! This opening is open as long as the official job ad at http://www.jacobs-university.de/about/jobs/17564/ remains posted. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Herbert Jaeger Professor for Computational Science Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Campus Ring 28759 Bremen, Germany Phone (+49) 421 200 3215 Fax (+49) 421 200 49 3215 email h.jaeger@jacobs-university.de http://www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/hjaeger/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ From announce at ccnconference.org Sun Nov 8 03:21:18 2009 From: announce at ccnconference.org (ccnc-announce) Date: Wed Nov 11 11:29:21 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] IMPORTANT NOTICE: CCNC 2009: Registration DEADLINE extended Message-ID: <200911071921.19199.announce@ccnconference.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The CCNC 2009 registration deadline has been extended until: ~ Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 11:59PM EST ~ Standard registration rates ($175 regular and $75 students) remain in effect until that time. After that, registration will be on site ONLY and rates will increase to $225 ($110 for students). THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR STANDARD RATES! Pre-registering helps the organizing committee optimally plan the conference and manage our budget. Registration should be done via the conference website at: http://ccnconference.org/page5.html Based on the number of registrants so far and the poster submissions (61), this year's conference should be very well attended, with lots of very interesting work! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE www.ccnconference.org To be held in conjunction with the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA. CCN CONFERENCE DATES: Wed-Thu November 18 & 19, 2009 All three of our previous meetings have been a great success, two as satellites to Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (2005, 2007) and in 2006 with Psychonomics. Attendance has ranged from 115-250. ____________________________________________________________________________ * DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: Closed A limited number of late posters may be accepted on a space available basis. Abstracts can be submitted online via the website: www.ccnconference.org. * Online registration is available at the conference website: www.ccnconference.org. As in past years, there are two categories of submissions: -Poster only -Poster, plus short talk (15 min) to highlight the poster Abstracts should be limited to 250 words. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Reviewing of posters will be inclusive and only to ensure appropriateness to the meeting. Short talks will be selected on the basis of research quality, relevance to conference theme, and expected accessibility in a talk format. Abstracts not selected for short talks will still be accepted as posters as long as they meet appropriateness criteria. * NOTIFICATION OF POSTER ACCEPTANCE: Done * CONTRIBUTED SHORT TALK SELECTION: Done __________________________________________________________________________ Program: * 2009 Keynote Speakers: Neil Burgess, University College London Josh Tenenbaum, MIT * Three symposia, each including a mixture of modelers and non-modelers and focused on a common theme or issue: ** Top-Down Mechanisms of Visual Attention Moderator: Steven Bressler, Florida Atlantic University ** Our Vision for the Word: Modeling Orthographic Processing Moderators: Carol Whitney, University of Maryland, College Park Jonathan Grainger, CNRS, France ** Context, Memory, and the Brain Moderators: Michael Hasselmo, Boston University Ken Norman, Princeton University * Approximately 12 short talks will be chosen featuring selected posters. * Poster sessions * We plan to award a limited number of competitive travel fellowships for students -- look for a notice by late summer. We especially encourage applications from members of underrepresented minorities. * Registration fees: $175 ($75 for students). ____________________________________________________________________________ 2009 Planning Committee: Suzanna Becker, McMaster University Carlos Brody, Princeton University Nathaniel Daw, New York University Michael Hasselmo, Boston University David Noelle, University of California, Merced Ken Norman, Princeton University Maximilian Riesenhuber, Georgetown University Ex officio: Randall O'Reilly, University of Colorado, Boulder Jonathan Cohen, Princeton University Executive Organizer: Thomas Hazy, University of Colorado, Boulder For more information and to sign up for the mailing list visit: www.ccnconference.org From s.van.albada at fz-juelich.de Tue Nov 10 11:24:25 2009 From: s.van.albada at fz-juelich.de (Sacha van Albada) Date: Wed Nov 11 11:30:20 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Workshop on Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems at ICCS 2010 Message-ID: <4AF93F59.70105@fz-juelich.de> --------------------------------------------------------------------- ICCS 2010: "Celebrating 10 years of Advancing Computational Thinking" --------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Amsterdam The Netherlands May 31 - June 2, 2010 The International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) 2010 will feature the 7th International Workshop on Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems. The workshop focuses on computational models of systems with widely different time and length scales, or involving interactions between a wide range of physical phenomena. The workshop aims to bring together computational scientists from diverse disciplines to push forward this challenging research field, and to foster cross-fertilization between all fields of applications. Computational neuroscientists are particularly encouraged to contribute. Accepted papers will be published by Elsevier in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series. A selected number of (extended) papers will be invited to the special issue of the International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering. Workshop website: ---------------------------- http://staff.science.uva.nl/~valeria/multiphysics2010/ Conference keynote speakers: -------------------------------------------- * Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research * Seth Lloyd, MIT MechE * Anton Zeilinger, Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics, Quantum Information, Universit?t Wien * Peter Hunter, Auckland Bioengineering Institute * L?szl? Barab?si, Northeastern University, Center for Complex Network Research * Ed Seidel, National Science Foundation Important dates: ------------------------- Full paper submission December 20, 2009 Notification of acceptance of papers February 15, 2010 Camera ready papers March 1, 2010 Early registration opens February 15, 2010 Early registration closes March 31, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir'in Baerbel Brumme-Bothe Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From ahu at cs.stir.ac.uk Tue Nov 10 17:58:23 2009 From: ahu at cs.stir.ac.uk (Dr. Amir Hussain) Date: Wed Nov 11 11:31:22 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Fw: ISNN2010 Call for Papers (June 6-10, 2010, Shanghai, China) Message-ID: Dear all: (With advance apologies for any cross-postings!) Please distribute the Call below to relevant friends and colleagues.. Many thanks, Amir Hussain, PhD University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK Email: ahu@cs.stir.ac.uk http://www.springer.com/12559 http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~ahu/ ----- Original Message ----- From: isnn2010@sjtu.edu.cn To: ahu@cs.stir.ac.uk Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:34 PM Subject: ISNN2010 Cor for Papers (Shanghai, China) CALL FOR PAPERS 7th International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN2010) June 6-10, 2010; Shanghai, China Websites: http://isnn2010.sjtu.edu.cn or http://isnn2010.mae.cuhk.edu.hk Paper submissions: http://isnn2010.sjtu.edu.cn/login.asp The Seventh International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2010) will be held in Shanghai,following the successes of previous events. Shanghai is the largest city in China, located in her eastern coast at the outlet of the Yangtze River. Originally a fishing and textiles town, Shanghai grew to importance in the 19th century. In 2005 Shanghai became the world's busiest cargo port. The city is an emerging tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as the Bund and Xintiandi, its modern and ever-expanding Pudong skyline including the Oriental Pearl Tower, and its new reputation as a cosmopolitan center of culture and design. Today, Shanghai is the largest center of commerce and finance in mainland China, and has been described as the ??showpiece?? of the world's fastest-growing economy. In addition, Shanghai is the venue of forthcoming World Expo 2010 to take place from May 1 to October 31 (the symposium registration includes one day tour to the World Expo on June 10). ISNN 2010 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of neural network research and applications in related fields. The symposium will feature plenary speeches given by world renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics. Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ISNN 2010. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the symposium are solicited. Special sessions, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring togetherresearchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to ISNN 2010. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information and brief biographical information on the organizers. Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (10 pages maximum) by the submission deadline through the online submission system. Potential organizers are also invited to enlist five or more papers with cohesive topics to form special sessions. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or copyright-protected elsewhere andwill be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to revise their papers and take consideration of the referees' comments and suggestions. The ISNN 2010 proceedings will be published by Springer in its series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (EI) and Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing (ISTP). Selected good papers will be included in special issues of several journals such as Neurocomputing, Neural Computation and Applications, Cognitive Neurodynamics, Cognitive Computation, and Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. In addition The International Neural Network Society (INNS) will offer two best student paper awards (US$250 each with one-year INNS membership). ************************************************ TOPIC AREAS ************************************************ 1. Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Spiking neurons Visual and auditory cortex Neural encoding and decoding Plasticity and adaptation Brain imaging Learning and memory Inference and reasoning Perception, emotion and development Attractor and associative memory Neurodynamics and complex systems 2. Models, Methods and Inference Stability and convergence analysis Neural network models Supervised learning Unsupervised learning Embeddings and manifold learning Active learning Statistical and informationtheoretic methods Kernel methods and support vector machines Mixture models Graphical and causal models Bayesian networks Topic models Gaussian processes Model selection Matrix/tensor analysis Structured and relational data Clustering 3. Vision and Auditory Modelling Visual perception and modelling Visual selective attention Statistical and pattern recognition Visual coding and representation Object recognition Motion and tracking Natural scene analysis Auditory perception and modelling Source separation Speech recognition and speech synthesis Speaker identification Audio and speech retrieval Music modelling and analysis 4. Control, Robotics and Hardware Neuromorphic hardware and implementation Embedded neural networks Fuzzy neural networks Cognitive robotics Developmental robotics Multi-agent systems and game theory Reinforcement learning Planning and decision making Action and motor control Visuomotor control 5. Novel Approaches and Applications Brain-like systems Adaptive intelligent systems Brain-computer interfaces Granular computing Hybrid intelligent systems Neuroinformatics and neuroengineering Bioinformatics Information retrieval Data mining and knowledge discovery Natural language processing ************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES ************************************************ Full paper submission deadline: December 1, 2009 Notification of acceptance: January 1, 2010 Camera-ready copy and author registration: February 1, 2010 For inquiries, please contact the secretariat at isnn2010@sjtu.edu.cn ---Dr. Amir Hussain, PhDReader in Computing ScienceEditor-in-Chief: Cognitive Computation journal (Springer, USA)Chair, IEEE UK & RI Chapter: Industry Applications SocietyUniversity Director: Muscat Franchise ProgrammeUniversity of Stirling, Scotland, UKE-mail: ahu@cs.stir.ac.ukhttp://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~ahu/www.springer.com/12559-- -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This highly pedagogical course is directed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the physical sciences (e.g. physics, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science) and the life sciences (e.g. neuroscience, biology, physiology, human kinetics) who wish to develop their skills in neural data analysis and in mathematical modeling of neural activity. The topics will range from cellular to systems neuroscience, with a focus on sensory and motor systems. There is no tuition fee for participants from academic institutions, and further, there is support for travel and accommodation based on need. The course will consist of 3 hours of lectures in the mornings, followed by 3-hour MATLAB-based computer laboratories in the afternoons. Participants will pair up for these laboratories, and an effort will be made to pair someone from the life sciences with someone from the physical sciences. All classes and laboratories will be held on the main downtown campus of the University of Ottawa. The School will be held in English. All participants must also do a research project and 15-minute presentation. The course can also be taken for official credits, since it is a University of Ottawa three-credit graduate course (NSC8104). The mark for the course will be based on work done in the computer laboratories, on the presentation of a research project by the end of the course, plus a write-up to follow within a week. The first day of the school (Sunday June 13th) will consist of a refresher on linear differential equations, linear algebra and probability theory open to all participants, as well as an introduction to MATLAB. Enrollment in the course will be limited to 40 participants. Apart from enjoying the capitol city, there will also be opportunities to hike or swim in the Gatineau hills nearby or to go white-water rafting down the world-class Ottawa river. MATH PRE-REQUISITES: Calculus I and II, first-year university level Linear Algebra and Probability and Statistics. LIFE SCIENCES PRE-REQUISITES: first-year university level life science courses for students in the physical sciences. FACULTY Prof. Maurice Chacron, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, Dept. Physiology, McGill Prof. John Lewis, Biology, University of Ottawa Prof. Tim Lewis, Mathematics, University of California at Davis Prof. Andr? Longtin, Physics, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa Prof. Len Maler, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa Prof. John Milton, Keck Science Center, Claremont Colleges, California, USA Prof. Jonathan Rubin, Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, USA TUITION None for participants from academia. See the application form at: http://www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html ACCOMMODATION Accommodation will be available at the Marchand Residence of the University of Ottawa, a few minutes walk away from the lecture hall and computer lab, cafeterias and downtown Ottawa with its restaurants, museums etc... Accommodation consists of a single room (with desk and internet access), with communal kitchen and living area and shared bathroom. The cost is approximately $28 CAN per night per person, taxes included. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Partial financial support is available for those demonstrating the need. IMPORTANT DATES February 1st , 2010: Application, including a letter of recommendation sent to compneuro09@uottawa.ca February 15, 2010: Notification of acceptance and level of financial support. March 1st, 2010: Notification of acceptance by the participant. Accommodation: as soon as possible after notification of acceptance, participants can reserve their accommodation online at reserve@uottawa.ca or by phoning 1-888-564-4545. REGISTER AT: www.neurodynamic.uottawa.ca/summer.html CONTACT US: compneuro10@uottawa.ca SYLLABUS 1) Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems -solutions of linear differential equations -qualitative analysis of nonlinear differential equations 2) Single Neuron Models -ionic models -simplified deterministic models -stochastic models 3) Neural Spike Train Analysis and Modeling -basic statistics -autocorrelation, spectrum -information theory toolbox 4) Sensory Coding -artificial and naturalistic stimuli -modeling activity along the afferent pathways -modeling feedback -population coding and information theory 5) Computational and Dynamical Approaches to Motor Control -posture control and equilibrium point approaches -movement adaptation to force fields -timing and rhythmic movements -computational approaches to movement pathologies 6) Synaptic Plasticity -short term depression and facilitation -long term plasticity -implications for information processing 7) Coupled Neurons -gap junction -excitatory and inhibitory synaptic coupling -effect of coupling on neural population behavior 8) Waves of Activity in Neural Networks -neural field models -traveling waves -spiral waves -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A key component of our Ph.D. is year-long core course, taken in the first year and inspired by Woods Hole-style advanced courses. Students in this core course learn through a combination of lectures and first-hand experimental experience using modern, advanced methods. All students, regardless of previous experience, perform their own experiments. From single neurons and patch clamp, to ChR expression and activation, to in vivo electrophysiology in behaving animals, to computational modeling, to human neurophysiology and functional MRI, this course guides and teaches students about the brain as they learn to design, perform, analyze, and critique their own experiments. Quantitative and Computational Neuroscience track. We strongly encourage students with training in quantitative fields such as physics, mathematics, computer science, or engineering to apply to our PhD program. Research in quantitative approaches to the Life Sciences is particularly strong at Princeton University, including molecular biology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and psychology. A Quantitative and Computational Neuroscience (QCN) track exists within our neuroscience Ph.D. It teaches students with a quantitative background about neuroscience problems to which they can apply their quantitative skills. The QCN track also serves students with a biology background who wish to acquire further training in quantitative tools for the biological sciences. Please visit us at http://neuroscience.princeton.edu/PhD . Faculty and research interests. Michael Berry : Neural computation in the retina William Bialek : Interface between physics and biology Matthew Botvinick : Neural foundations of human behavior Lisa Boulanger : Neuronal functions of immune molecules Carlos Brody : Quantitative and behavioral neurophysiology Jonathan Cohen : Neural bases of cognitive control Jonathan Eggenschwiler : Mouse neural development Lynn Enquist : Neurovirology Liz Gavis : Neural development in Drosophila Alan Gelperin : Learning, memory and olfaction Asif Ghazanfar : Neurobiology of primate social agents Elizabeth Gould : Neurogenesis and hippocampal function Michael Graziano : Sensorimotor integration Charles Gross : Functions of the cerebral cortex in behavior Uri Hasson : Temporal scales of neural processing Bartley Hoebel : Behavioral neuroscience Philip Holmes : Mathematical modeling Barry Jacobs : Brain monoamine neurotransmitters Sabine Kastner : Neural mechanisms for visual perception Mala Murthy : Neurophysiology of perception in Drosophila Coleen Murphy : Molecular mechanisms of aging Yael Niv : Reinforcement learning and decision making Ken Norman : Neural bases of episodic memory Daniel Osherson : How does the brain reason? David Tank : Neural circuit dynamics Samuel Wang : Dynamics and learning in neural circuits yours Carlos Brody ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos Brody (609) 258-7645 brody@princeton.edu Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Princeton University Director of Graduate Studies Neuroscience Program Princeton Neurosci. 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Bangs, Entelos Michael Bevers, USDA Forest Service Daniela Calvetti, Case Western Reserve University Arup Chakraborty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carson Chow*, National Institutes of Health Raymond E. Goldstein, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Philip Holmes, Princeton University Alex Mogilner, University of California, Davis *Joint speaker with the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting. SUBMISSION DEADLINES January 12, 2010: Minisymposium proposals February 2, 2010: Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium speakers TRAVEL FUND APPLICATION DEADLINE December 12, 2009: SIAM Student Travel Award and Post-doc/Early Career Travel Award Applications Contact SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org with any questions about the conference. From byronyu at stanford.edu Fri Nov 13 07:52:53 2009 From: byronyu at stanford.edu (Byron Yu) Date: Fri Nov 13 11:22:21 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Cosyne 2010: Submission Deadline Reminder Message-ID: ================================================================= ***** REMINDER ***** ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 20 Nov 2009 Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) MAIN MEETING 25 - 28 Feb, 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah WORKSHOPS 1 - 2 Mar, 2010 Snowbird Ski Resort, Utah http://cosyne.org ================================================================= Cosyne is an annual meeting providing an inclusive forum for the exchange of experimental and theoretical approaches to problems in systems neuroscience. The meeting is expected to draw over 500 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines. The MAIN MEETING is organized in a single track, and consists of both oral and poster sessions. Some oral presentations are invited (see below), while others are selected based on short submitted abstracts. Poster presentations are also selected from the submitted abstracts. The WORKSHOPS are held in 4-8 parallel sessions per day, allowing for more in-depth discussion of specialized topics. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS: - Keynote: Clay Reid (Harvard Medical School) - Daphne Bavelier (University of Rochester) - Howard Berg (Harvard University) - Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington) - John Lisman (Brandeis University) - Eve Marder (Brandeis University) - Tirin Moore (Stanford University) - Michael Platt (Duke University) - Nicholas Schiff (Cornell Medical School) - Jackie Schiller (Technion) - Anthony Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories) Cosyne 2010 will include a special symposium in honour of Horace Barlow, featuring talks by: - Honorary Lecturer: Horace Barlow (Cambridge University) - David Field (Cornell University) - William Geisler (University of Texas) - Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto) - Simon Laughlin (Cambridge University) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: - General Chair: Maneesh Sahani (University College London) - Program Chairs: Anne Churchland (University of Washington) and Bartlett Mel (University of Southern California) - Workshop Chairs: Adam Kohn (Yeshiva University) and Mark Laubach (Yale University) - Communications Chair: Byron Yu (Carnegie Mellon University) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: - Anthony Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - Alexandre Pouget (University of Rochester) - Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme) ADVISORY BOARD: - Matteo Carandini (University College London) - Eero Simoncelli (New York University and HHMI) - Peter Dayan (University College London) - Steven Lisberger (UC San Francisco and HHMI) - Karel Svoboda (HHMI Janelia Farm) From nessler at igi.tu-graz.ac.at Thu Nov 12 15:17:49 2009 From: nessler at igi.tu-graz.ac.at (Bernhard Nessler) Date: Fri Nov 13 11:23:03 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] New paper: STDP enables spiking neurons to detect hidden causes of their inputs. Message-ID: <4AFC190D.1050202@igi.tu-graz.ac.at> Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a new paper describing a surprising theoretically founded connection between spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) and the high-level mathematical concept of unsupervised learning using expectation maximization (EM). On the basis of this principle one can achieve unsupervised learning results in networks of spiking neurons that were previously unattainable. The paper is available online at http://www.igi.tugraz.at/psfiles/191.pdf B. Nessler, M. Pfeiffer, W. Maass. STDP enables spiking neurons to detect hidden causes of their inputs. In Proc. of NIPS 2009: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, volume 22. MIT Press, 2010. Abstract: The principles by which spiking neurons contribute to the astounding computational power of generic cortical microcircuits, and how spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) of synaptic weights could generate and maintain this computational function, are unknown. We show here that STDP, in conjunction with a stochastic soft winner-take-all (WTA) circuit, induces spiking neurons to generate through their synaptic weights implicit internal models for subclasses (or ?causes?) of the high-dimensional spike patterns of hundreds of pre-synaptic neurons. Hence these neurons will fire after learning whenever the current input best matches their internal model. The resulting computational function of soft WTA circuits, a common network motif of cortical microcircuits, could therefore be a drastic dimensionality reduction of information streams, together with the autonomous creation of internal models for the probability distributions of their input patterns. We show that the autonomous generation and maintenance of this computational function can be explained on the basis of rigorous mathematical principles. In particular, we show that STDP is able to approximate a stochastic online Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm for modeling the input data. A corresponding result is shown for Hebbian learning in artificial neural networks. Best regards, Bernhard Nessler -- ========================================================= DI Bernhard Nessler Institute for Theoretical Computer Science Graz University of Technology Inffeldgasse 16b, A-8010 Graz, Austria -------------------------------------------------------- nessler@igi.tugraz.at http://www.igi.tugraz.at/ Tel.: ++43 316 873-5823 Fax: ++43 316 873-5805 ========================================================= From oby at cs.tu-berlin.de Fri Nov 13 14:34:01 2009 From: oby at cs.tu-berlin.de (Klaus Obermayer) Date: Fri Nov 13 15:35:38 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] full professorship neurotechnology Message-ID: Sorry, this time with the attachement! -- Dear moderator, can you please post this job advertisement on the list? Thanks and all the best Klaus ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Klaus Obermayer phone: 49-30-314-73442 FR2-1, NI, Fakultaet IV 49-30-314-73120 Technische Universitaet Berlin fax: 49-30-314-73121 Franklinstrasse 28/29 e-mail: oby@cs.tu-berlin.de 10587 Berlin, Germany http://ni.cs.tu-berlin.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology Berlin and the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) is soliciting applications for a Full Professorship in Neurotechnology The successful candidate is expected to have extensive knowledge in the field of "Neurotechnology" with experience in real-time detection of brain states and the respective data analysis methods, as well as experimental brain imaging techniques (especially EEG, but also MEG, NIRS, fMRI) and technology development. Experience in a technical application domain (e.g. brain computer interfaces, neuroergonomics, augmented reality) and in the acquisition of third party funding is desirable. Applicants are also expected to contribute to the teaching within the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Master programs as well as the Berlin-wide Master-/PhD-Program "Computational Neuroscience". Berlin has a the rich scientific community in the fields related to Neurotechnology, for example: Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: http://www.bccn-berlin.de Berlin School of Mind and Brain: http://www.mind-and-brain.de/ Excellence Cluster Neurocure: http://www.neurocure.de/ as well as many research groups working on Machine Learning, Robotics, Statistical Methods and Signal Processing at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the Berlin Institute of Technology, see http://www.eecs.tu-berlin.de/menue/einrichtungen/professorinnen_fachgebiete/ Please submit your application (reference IV - 822) with the usual documents by 11.12.2009 to the Pr?sident der Technischen Universit?t Berlin, Dekan der Fakult?t IV, Sekr. FR 5-1, Franklinstr. 28-29, 10587 Berlin. Full details can be found in the official call for applications (attached). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The meeting will kick off with a day of tutorials and an evening welcome reception on July 24th. The main meeting of CNS*2010 will take place from Sunday July 25th-Wednesday July 28th, including a special Symposium, "Twenty years of computational success", on the afternoons of July 26th-27th. These events will be followed by two days of workshops on July 29-30th (Thursday-Friday). The main meeting will be held in the historic Sheraton Gunter Hotel in central San Antonio, one block from San Antonio's Famous River Walk. San Antonio is home to several universities including the University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio and the University of Texas San Antonio, which are both sponsoring CNS*2010. As is traditional, the CNS banquet will be an interesting and culturally themed event, hosted at Sundance Ranch on July 28th. Submissions can include experimental, model-based, as well as more abstract theoretical approaches to understanding neurobiological computation. We especially encourage research that mixes experimental and theoretical studies. We also accept papers that describe new technical approaches to theoretical and experimental issues in computational neuroscience or relevant software packages. INVITED SPEAKERS: Miguel Nicolelis, Duke University, USA, Frontiers of Computational Neuroscience Lecturer Vivian Mushahwar, University of Alberta, Canada Jonathan Wolpaw, Wadsworth Center and SUNY, USA ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Submissions to the meeting will take the form of a formatted abstract. Submission instructions and submission website are at http://www.cnsorg.org/2010/submission.shtml. Authors wanting an oral presentation are required to also submit a 1-3-page summary (for the OCNS reviewers only) describing the nature, scope and main results of the work in more detail. The summaries will be reviewed to construct the oral program. All submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail. THE REVIEW PROCESS: Submissions will be judged and accepted for the meeting based on clarity, substance and appropriateness for the meeting. It is particularly important that the biological relevance of the research be made clear. OCNS strongly believes in the open exchange of ideas and rejections are usually based on absence of biological relevance (e.g., pure machine learning). We will notify authors of abstract acceptance by April 16, 2010. Submissions to be considered for oral presentation will be reviewed by two independent referees and results of the review process will be used to construct the oral program. In addition to perceived quality and significance, the novelty of the research and the diversity and coherence of the overall program will be considerations for selection as an oral presentation. We particularly encourage women and underrepresented minorities to apply for an oral presentation. To ensure diversity, those who have given talks in the recent past will not be selected and multiple oral presentations from the same lab will be discouraged. Most oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length, but a few papers will be selected for longer "featured oral" presentations. All accepted papers not selected for oral talks may be presented during the poster sessions. Authors will be notified of the presentation format of their papers by the end of April. OPEN ACCESS, CITABLE ABSTRACT PUBLICATION: The formatted abstracts will again be published as a Supplement to the online journal BMC Neuroscience. The supplement is citable, indexed by PubMed, and open access. At least one author must register for CNS*2010 by the early registration deadline of May 15, 2010 for the abstract to be published and included in the program book. Last year's abstracts are available at the URLs: --http://www.cnsorg.org/meetings/archives/CNS2009.shtml --http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10?issue=S. AWARDS: Limited number of travel grant awards, based on abstract review, will be available to students. See instructions for requesting travel awards at www.cnsorg.org. Recipients of travel grants will be notified by May 5, 2010. Student posters presented at CNS*2010 will also be judged for cash prizes awarded at the meeting. Please check www.cnsorg.org periodically for announcement of additional categories of awards for postdoctoral fellows. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: The CNS*2010 meeting is organized by the Organization for Computational Neurosciences, Inc. President: Ranu Jung (Arizona State U, USA) Program chair: Don H. Johnson (Rice U, USA) Local organizers: James Bower, Charles Wilson, and Todd Troyer (U. Texas, San Antonio, USA) Program Committee: Victoria Booth (U Michigan, USA) Hide Cateau (RIKEN, Japan) Gennady Cymbalyuk (Georgia State U, USA) Andrew Davison (UNIC, France) Jean-Marc Fellous (U Arizona, USA; Publication Chair) Boris Gutkin, (ENS, France) Jeanette Hellgren-Kotaleski (Royal Institute of Technology & Karolinska Institute, Sweden) Simon Schultz (Imperial College, UK) Harel Shouval (U Texas Medical School, USA) Volker Steuber (U Hertfordshire, UK) Miriam Zacksenhouse (Technion, Israel) __________________________________________________________________________ OCNS - Organization for Computational Neurosciences, Inc. http://www.cnsorg.org From tt at cs.dal.ca Sat Nov 14 01:00:31 2009 From: tt at cs.dal.ca (Thomas Trappenberg) Date: Sun Nov 15 15:57:30 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] New edition of Fundamental of Computational Neuroscience Message-ID: <4cd6fb750911131600u6e7b073fr1f58e244b4db387a@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of my book Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience, which contains major revisions and additions to the first edition. The book now includes MATLAB examples in each chapter and some exercises. I hope that this editon is more suited to introductory courses in theoretical neuroscience. Regards, Thomas Trappenberg http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199568413.do?keyword=trappenberg&sortby=bestMatches *New to this edition* - To aid its use as a textbook, now includes simulation sections with program examples and sample exercises. Additional classroom resources are available on the web site for this book, including the figures in pdf format, example slides, and program versions for two open source alternatives to MATLAB, Octave and SciLab. - Features new and important system-level models, with all chapters revised throughout to take account of developments in the past seven years - Completely redesigned inside, with a clearer more textbook driven design Computational neuroscience is the theoretical study of the brain to uncover the principles and mechanisms that guide the development, organization, information processing, and mental functions of the nervous system. Although not a new area, it is only recently that enough knowledge has been gathered to establish computational neuroscience as a scientific discipline in its own right. Given the complexity of the field, and its increasing importance in progressing our understanding of how the brain works, there has long been a need for an introductory text on what is often assumed to be an impenetrable topic. The new edition of Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience build on the success and strengths of the first edition. It introduces the theoretical foundations of neuroscience with a focus on the nature of information processing in the brain. The book covers the introduction and motivation of simplified models of neurons that are suitable for exploring information processing in large brain-like networks. 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What are the most reliable strategies for building single neurons and networks on different levels of complexity? How can we automatically generate populations of morphologically and physiologically different neurons and how can we tune them to best approximate the real systems? The Second Polish-Norwegian Neuroinformatics Workshop in Warsaw, 2010, will address these and related issues. Gathering modelers and computational anatomists, theoreticians and experimentalists, we aim at providing a forum for discussion of optimal model-building strategies, summarizing state of the art, and opening new vistas for the future. Confirmed Speakers: - Giorgio Ascoli (Fairfax) - Ingo Bojak (Nijmingen) - Stephen Coombes (Nottingham) - Rodney Douglas (Zurich) - Shaul Druckmann (Jerusalem) - Gaute Einevoll (Aas) - Wulfram Gerstner (Lausanne) - Andreas Herz (Munich) - Jan Karbowski (Warsaw) - Rolf Kotter (Nijmingen) - Anders Lansner (Stockholm) - Daniel Wojcik (Warsaw) For information and registration, see http://www.neuroinf.pl/NIWorkshop2010 Due to space constraints the number of participants is limited to 80 so we encourage early registration. Scientific organizers: Daniel K Wojcik, Nencki Instite of Experimental Biology, Warszawa Gaute T Einevoll, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas Funding The workshop is supported by a grant from Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and the Polish-Norwegian Research Fund. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- Daniel K. Wojcik, PhD, DSc Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology 3 Pasteur St, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland tel: (+48 22) 5892424 fax: (+48 22) 8225342 skype: danek8317 http://www.neuroinf.pl/Members/danek From ryad.benosman at upmc.fr Mon Nov 16 13:06:00 2009 From: ryad.benosman at upmc.fr (R.B Benosman) Date: Mon Nov 16 16:32:14 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 11, The 11th International Conference on the SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR (SAB'10) Message-ID: <28E52D0C-9E5C-4277-BC8E-DFACB5A9F47A@upmc.fr> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 11 The 11th International Conference on the SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR (SAB'10) 24-28 August 2010, Paris, France http://www.isab.org/sab10/ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Conference Chairs: Jean-Arcady Meyer, Agn?s Guillot, John Hallam Local Organizers : St?phane Doncieux, Beno?t Girard, Jean-Baptiste Mouret IMPORTANT DATES Call for workshop deadline, April 1st, 2010 Paper submission deadline, February 22th, 2010 Conference dates, August 25-28, 2010 Workshops date, August 24, 2010 The objective of this interdisciplinary conference is to bring together researchers in computer science, artificial intelligence, alife, control, robotics, neurosciences, ethology, evolutionary biology, and related fields so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and artificial animals to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The conference will focus on experiments with well-defined models --- robot models, computer simulation models, mathematical models --- designed to help characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures underlying adaptive behavior in real animals and in synthetic agents, the animats. Contributions treating any of the following topics from the perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis: The Animat approach Motor control Body and brain co-evolution Self-assembling and self-replication Sensory-motor coordination Action selection & behavioral sequencing Navigation and mapping Internal models and representation Evolution, development and learning Motivation and emotion Collective and social behavior Communication and language Emergent structures and behaviors Neural correlates of behavior Evolutionary and co-evolutionary approaches Autonomous, bio-inspired, and hybrid robotics Autonomous robotics Humanoid robotics Cgonitive developmental robotics Software agents and virtual creatures Applied adaptive behavior Animats in education Philosophical and psychological issues Authors should make every effort to suggest implications of their work for both natural and artificial animals, and to distinguish the portions of their work which use simulation from those using a physical agent. Papers that do not deal explicitly with adaptive behavior will be rejected. CONFERENCE FORMAT: Following the tradition of SAB conferences, the conference will be single track, with additional poster sessions. Each poster session will start with poster spotlights giving presenters the opportunity to orally present their main results. PUBLISHER: Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence (To Be Confirmed) Both oral and poster presentations will be published in conference proceedings. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submitted papers must not exceed 10 pages (double columns). Detailed submission instructions will be available from the conference Web site. CONTACT US: Please contact us at sab2010@isab.org Jean-Arcady Meyer, Agn?s Guillot, John Hallam --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Computationally and algorithmically, we use ideas from Bayesian approaches to statistical inference and reinforcement learning to characterize the goals and mechanisms of learning in terms of normative principles and behavioral results. We also perform dynamical systems analyses of reduced biophysical models to understand the mapping of these mechanisms into cellular and network models. The post is funded by a Wellcome Trust project grant on "Spike timing- based memory in the hippocampus" involving collaboration with Peter Dayan (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL), and the groups of Ole Paulsen (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University) and Francesco Battaglia (SILS Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam) providing direct access to relevant in vitro and in vivo electrophysiological data. The successful candidate will have a strong analytical background and demonstrable interest in theoretical neuroscience. They should have or be close to completion of a PhD or equivalent in computational neuroscience, physics, mathematics, computer science, machine learning or a related field. Previous experience in computational neuroscience is not required, but preference will be given to candidates with sufficient programming skills to run numerical simulations (eg. in C or MatLab), or expertise with neural network models, analysis of dynamical systems, and Bayesian techniques. The appointment will be for 1 year initially (extendable subject to funding) starting 1 April 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. Salary is in the range ?27,183-?35,469 p.a. The cover sheet for applications, PD18 is available from www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18/ . Parts I, II and III should be sent, preferably by e-mail, with a letter of application, a statement of research interests, and a CV (in pdf or plain text formats if possible) with the names and full contact details (including e-mail addresses) of three referees to Ms Diane Unwin (dsu21@cam.ac.uk), Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, (tel: +44 (0)1223 3 32600, fax: +44 (0)1223 3 32662), so as to reach her not later than 7 December 2009. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as soon as possible after the closing date. -- Mate Lengyel, PhD Computational and Biological Learning Lab Cambridge University Engineering Department Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK tel: +44 (0)1223 748 532, fax: +44 (0)1223 332 662 email: m.lengyel@eng.cam.ac.uk web: www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~m.lengyel From m.kaiser at newcastle.ac.uk Tue Nov 17 23:24:34 2009 From: m.kaiser at newcastle.ac.uk (Marcus Kaiser) Date: Wed Nov 18 10:52:08 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] 4-year PhD programme in Systems Neuroscience (Newcastle University) Message-ID: <8F7E39DA2945844C9D7481D2A36B071F3828C6BA5F@EXSAN01.campus.ncl.ac.uk> Dear all, our Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD programme in systems neuroscience, aimed at applicants from the physical sciences (physics, engineering, mathematics, or computer science), is now accepting applications for studentships starting in September 2010 (see below). Research areas include Neuroinformatics, Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging (fMRI, DTI, EEG, ECoG), Brain Connectivity, and Brain Dynamics (simulations and time series analysis). Best, Marcus Systems Neuroscience: From Networks to Behaviour - sponsored by the Wellcome Trust Programme Directors: Prof Miles Whittington, Prof Tim Griffiths and Dr Marcus Kaiser The Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University integrates more than 100 principal investigators across medicine, psychology, computer science, and engineering. Research in systems, cellular, computational, and behavioural neuroscience. Laboratory facilities include auditory and visual psychophysics; rodent, monkey, and human neuroimaging (EEG, fMRI, PET); TMS; optical recording, multi-electrode neurophysiology, confocal and fluorescence imaging, high-throughput computing and e-science, artificial sensory-motor devices, clinical testing, and the only brain bank for molecular changes in human brain development The Wellcome Trust's Four-year PhD Programmes are a flagship scheme aimed at supporting the most promising students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. The first year combines taught courses with three laboratory rotations to broaden students' knowledge of the subject area. At the end of the first year, students will make an informed choice of their three-year PhD research project. This programme is based at Newcastle University and is aimed to provide specialised training for physical and computational scientists (e.g. physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and computer science) wishing to apply their skills to a research neuroscience career. Eligibility/Person Specification: Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a 1st or 2:1 degree, or equivalent, in a physical sciences, engineering, mathematics or computing degree. Value of the award: Support includes a stipend for 4 years, PhD registration fees at UK/EU student rate, research expenses, general training funds and some travel costs. How to apply: You must apply through the University's online postgraduate application form (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applications/index.htm) inserting the reference number ION64 and selecting PhD Faculty of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience (full time) as the programme of study. Only mandatory fields need to be completed (no personal statement required) and a covering letter, CV and (if English is not your first language) a copy of your English language qualifications must be attached. The covering letter must state the title of the studentship, quote the reference number ION64 and state how your interests and experience relate to the project. The deadline for receiving applications is 17 January 2010. You should also send your covering letter and CV to Scott MacMillan, Postgraduate Secretary, Institute of Neuroscience, Henry Wellcome Building, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, or by email to scott.macmillan@ncl.ac.uk. For more information, see http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/postgrad/research/wellcome/ -- Marcus Kaiser, Ph.D. School of Computing Science Newcastle University Claremont Tower Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K. Phone: +44 191 222 8161 Fax: +44 191 222 8232 http://www.biological-networks.org/ From bressler at fau.edu Tue Nov 17 14:46:10 2009 From: bressler at fau.edu (Steven Bressler) Date: Wed Nov 18 12:24:46 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Conference on Neurocognitive Networks Message-ID: <67FC5720FE7E4452B0883B75D9AFDBCF@opal> Neurocognitive Networks 2010 (http://www.ccs.fau.edu/~bressler/NCNC10/NCNC10.html) will take place at Florida Atlantic University on January 29-30, 2010. The conference will aim to increase understanding of all aspects of neurocognitive networks. There is growing evidence that cognitive brain function must be understood in terms of distributed, interacting systems. Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience have been made possible by analysis of the large-scale brain networks underlying cognition, or neurocognitive networks for short. The study of neurocognitive networks has provided new and exciting insights into brain function. Advances have come from the cooperative work of multiple disciplines, including functional neuroimaging, electrophysiology, network modeling, and cognitive science. An abiding lesson is that a synthesis of experimental, analytical, and theoretical approaches is required to understand neurocognitive networks, since no single discipline or methodology in itself is adequate. The guiding principle for the conference is that progress can be made toward understanding the neural basis of cognition by cross-fertilization at the intersection of four contemporary research themes: (1) neuroimaging of neurocognitive network function; (2) electrophysiology of neurocognitive network dynamics; (3) computational modeling of neurocognitive networks; (4) theory of neurocognitive networks. The conference schedule will be organized according to this scheme, with one session for each theme. Registration for the Neurocognitive Networks conference is open to interested faculty and students, as well as those from the community-at-large. Seating is limited, and advanced registration is required for admission. For registration, please see the Neurocognitive Networks 2010 Registration Page at http://www.ccs.fau.edu/~bressler/NCNC10/Registration.html. Neurocognitive Networks 2010 is sponsored by The Cognitive Neuroscience Program of the National Science Foundation, and The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at FAU. From dab at umd.edu Tue Nov 17 05:07:17 2009 From: dab at umd.edu (Dan Butts) Date: Wed Nov 18 12:25:27 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Graduate position in Neuroscience Theory Lab at University of Maryland, College Park Message-ID: <2EF28EA0-0620-4039-ADE9-765013F2CC4F@umd.edu> I am planning to hire a Ph.D. student to join the NeuroTheory Lab at University of Maryland, located in suburban Washington, DC. Research in our lab encompasses a range of theoretical analysis and computational modeling concerned with understanding how the cortex processes sensory information, with a focus on the visual system. While all projects are primarily computational, they are often coupled with experiments performed by collaborators and will involve many opportunities for cross-disciplinary training. Please see our research page for more information (link below). Our lab is situated in the midst of a group of neurophysiology labs investigating the visual, auditory, and olfactory systems, and part of the larger neuroscience program at UMd with over 100 other groups. Applicants must be enthusiastic, independently minded, and highly motivated, with a background in a quantitative discipline such as physics, mathematics, engineering, or computer science. Applications must be sent to one of two graduate programs: either to Biological Sciences within the concentration of Physiology, or the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program. See the links below for more information, and feel free to contact me with any questions. Best regards. Dan Butts Assistant Professor Department of Biology and NACS University of Maryland, College Park dab@umd.edu Neurotheory Lab: http://biology.umd.edu/ntlab Hyperlinked announcement: http://www.clfs.umd.edu/biology/ntlab/NTlab/Job_Opportunities.html Biological Sciences Graduate Program: http://chemlife.umd.edu/graduateprograms/degreeprograms/biologicalsciencesgraduateprogrambisi Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Graduate Program: http://nacs.umd.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091116/15c9c442/attachment.html From sabes at phy.ucsf.edu Wed Nov 18 16:15:43 2009 From: sabes at phy.ucsf.edu (Philip N. Sabes) Date: Wed Nov 18 18:07:21 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Position Available: Scientific Hardware/Software Engineer Message-ID: <4B040F9F.90606@phy.ucsf.edu> SCIENTIFIC HARDWARE/SOFTWARE ENGINEER. The Keck Center for Integrative Neurobiology and the Department of Physiology at UCSF are seeking an engineer or scientist to join a new multi-laboratory project to develop cross-species tools for the optical stimulation of neural circuits. Primary responsibilities will be the development and testing of hardware/software systems for multichannel optical stimulation in-vivo, helping to design new technological solutions to overcome experimental hurdles, and working to disseminate technology between laboratories. Applicants must meet the following requirements: bachelor?s degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline, with a PhD preferred; expertise in optical and/or electronic circuit design and hardware/software interfacing; strong programming skills; the communication skills to work effectively with lab members during design and implementation phases. Applicants with the following will be preferred: experience working in scientific lab environment; experience working with optical circuits. For more information please contact Dr. Philip Sabes, sabes@phy.ucsf.edu. To apply, please send a CV with a cover letter describing relevant experience to Ned Molyneaux, molyneau@phy.ucsf.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip N. Sabes Associate Professor Department of Physiology | office: HSE 816 513 Parnassus Ave., Room HSE-816 | phone: (415) 476-0364 University of California | fax: (415) 502-4848 San Francisco, CA 94143-0444 | email: sabes@phy.ucsf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ From alex at cns.montana.edu Thu Nov 19 06:06:04 2009 From: alex at cns.montana.edu (Alex Dimitrov) Date: Thu Nov 19 10:54:05 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Call for Workshop Proposals, CNS*2010: reminder + corrections Message-ID: <4B04D23C.1090000@cns.montana.edu> A reminder of the ongoing call. Please, note the modified dates of meeting and workshops. The workshops will be held on July 29th and 30th, not 28th and 29th as written in the previous call 19th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, CNS*2010 July 24-30, 2010 San Antonio, Texas *_CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS_* And what a special meeting that will be! CNS*2010 will be exciting and successful, as it kicks off the 20th year of the CNS meeting series. (Like any self-respecting computational person, we of course count from zero.) CNS*2010 will be co-organized by Mr. CNS himself, Jim Bower. Featuring will be many of the original CNSers, who, among other things, would be clamoring to attend well-organized workshops, and even speak here and there. So let?s give it a fitting workshop session as well! * * At this time, we are requesting proposals for workshops from the international community of computational neuroscientists. Proposals from all levels of faculty as well as advanced postdoctoral fellows are welcome. This is a great opportunity to organize a small meeting with just a few of the headaches of actually organizing it. Workshop proposal aligned with the yearly theme of CNS*2010, /Neural-Machine Interfaces/, will be given preference. *Workshop proposal submission instructions for CNS*2010* The last two days (July 29-30) of the 19^th annual CNS*2010 meeting will be devoted to workshops, in which computationally related Neuroscience topics can be presented and discussed. Workshops can be anywhere between one half to two days in duration. Usually several speakers are invited to introduce a unifying theme, but ample time for discussion should also be planned. When planning the workshops, keep in mind that many high level CNSers will be attending this historic meeting. The author list of /Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research/ from the early 90s should give you an idea who may be present.// Submit workshop proposals to: Alex Dimitrov, Workshop Chair; workshops@cnsorg.org . An archive of workshops held at previous CNS meetings is available at http://www.cnsorg.org/meetings/archives/. The proposal should contain a workshop title, a brief description of workshop content(approximately 150 words), and a list of potential speakers. Please, indicate who of the speakers have been contacted and who have indicated interest. Workshops submitted before January 5, 2010 will be given preferential acceptance and will be made public when registration opens on January 15, 2010. Workshop proposals arriving after January 15, 2010 will be evaluated based on remaining space for additional workshops. No further workshop acceptances will be anticipated after May 15, 2010. _Travel awards:_ Based on proposal evaluation, a limited number of Travel Awards will be available for postdoctoral researchers, women and minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to lead and be included as speakers. A few starting Assistant Professors may also be given consideration. Please indicate which speakers you would like to be considered for this mechanism. Support will be partially provided from a National Science Foundation grant # IIS-0943753 to the Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, Arizona State University. _Springer Computational Neuroscience Book Series:_ Some of the workshops may be published by the Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience . Workshop organizers interested in this mechanism should submit a book proposal to Ann.Avouris@springer.com and indicate in the workshop proposal their interest in publishing a book. _Logistics:_ Rooms, AV equipment, snacks and beverages during breaks will be provided by OCNS to the workshop organizers. _Registration:_ Workshop registration will occur through the OCNS registration web site for CNS*2010. All workshop participants, including speakers must register. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The NeuroML model specifications facilitate the exchange of complex neural models, allow for greater transparency and accessibility of models, enhance interoperability between simulators and other tools, and support the development of new software and databases. NeuroML is a free and open community effort developed with input from many contributors. We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to further development of NeuroML. The position is somewhat flexible and can include NeuroML schema design and implementation, tool development and testing, website development and maintenance, and model database design and implementation. The position also provides opportunities for involvement in computational modeling studies. The postdoc will be located in the computational laboratory of Dr. Sharon Crook (http://math.asu.edu/~crook) at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona (http://www.asu.edu). Prior extensive programming experience is required, and experience with XML, website and database development, and computational neuroscience research would be beneficial. The candidate also must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team. Some international travel is required. Locally, the postdoctoral researcher will interact with faculty, students and other postdoctoral researchers in the Center for Adaptive Neural Systems (http://ans.asu.edu) at ASU. ASU has vibrant, interdisciplinary research communities in neuroscience, biomedical informatics, and high-performance computing. Candidates should send a curriculum vitae, a short summary of research experience and interests, and the contact information (name, address, phone number and email) for three references to: Dr. Sharon Crook at sharon.crook@asu.edu. Sharon Crook Arizona State University sharon.crook@asu.edu http://math.la.asu.edu/~crook http://www.neuroml.org From dst at cs.cmu.edu Thu Nov 19 04:34:51 2009 From: dst at cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky) Date: Thu Nov 19 10:55:04 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Computational Neuroscience faculty position at CMU Message-ID: <9250.1258601691@ammon.boltz.cs.cmu.edu> The School of Computer Science and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) at Carnegie Mellon University are jointly soliciting applications for junior faculty candidates in computational neuroscience. Candidates for this tenure-track position should be ready to undertake a research program focusing on the theoretical analysis of computational properties of neural systems and/or behaviors arising from such systems. This program can cover any aspect of cognition, including perception, memory, language, learning or planning and coordination of action. Theoretically-oriented CNBC faculty have many opportunities to collaborate with experimentalists using a variety of techniques, including two-photon imaging, multiunit electrophysiology, fMRI, EEG, and behavioral psychophysics. Researchers with a strong background in mathematical analysis, dynamical systems theory, probabilistic and statistical learning approaches, or other analytical techniques are especially encouraged to apply. Applications should include curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, 1-3 representative papers, and names and email addresses of three or more individuals who have been asked to provide letters of reference. Applications must be in PDF format. Applicants should arrange for reference letters to be sent directly to the Faculty Search Committee (see website for instructions), to arrive before January 15th, 2010. The Search Committee will not directly request letters. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Applications should include citizenship and, for non-US citizens, current visa status. Please refer to the Hiring Website for details and submission guidelines: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~scsdean/FacultyPage/HiringPage2009.html Applications will be accepted from November 1st, 2009 through February 1st, 2010, however, applications will be considered until the position is filled. Please contact the Search Committee at faculty-search@cs.cmu.edu with questions. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer; we invite and encourage applications from women and minorities. From byronyu at stanford.edu Thu Nov 19 07:14:06 2009 From: byronyu at stanford.edu (Byron Yu) Date: Thu Nov 19 10:57:43 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Cosyne 2010: Submission Deadline Reminder Message-ID: ***** REMINDER ***** ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59PM PST on 20 Nov 2009. Abstracts submitted by the deadline may be revised until 11:59PM PST on Sunday, 22 Nov 2009. IMPORTANT NOTE: The deadline will not be extended this year. Be sure to submit on time!! ================================================================= Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) MAIN MEETING 25 - 28 Feb, 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah WORKSHOPS 1 - 2 Mar, 2010 Snowbird Ski Resort, Utah http://cosyne.org ================================================================= Cosyne is an annual meeting providing an inclusive forum for the exchange of experimental and theoretical approaches to problems in systems neuroscience. The meeting is expected to draw over 500 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines. The MAIN MEETING is organized in a single track, and consists of both oral and poster sessions. Some oral presentations are invited (see below), while others are selected based on short submitted abstracts. Poster presentations are also selected from the submitted abstracts. The WORKSHOPS are held in 4-8 parallel sessions per day, allowing for more in-depth discussion of specialized topics. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS: - Keynote: Clay Reid (Harvard Medical School) - Daphne Bavelier (University of Rochester) - Howard Berg (Harvard University) - Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington) - John Lisman (Brandeis University) - Eve Marder (Brandeis University) - Tirin Moore (Stanford University) - Michael Platt (Duke University) - Nicholas Schiff (Cornell Medical School) - Jackie Schiller (Technion) - Anthony Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories) Cosyne 2010 will include a special symposium in honour of Horace Barlow, featuring talks by: - Honorary Lecturer: Horace Barlow (Cambridge University) - David Field (Cornell University) - William Geisler (University of Texas) - Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto) - Simon Laughlin (Cambridge University) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: - General Chair: Maneesh Sahani (University College London) - Program Chairs: Anne Churchland (University of Washington) and Bartlett Mel (University of Southern California) - Workshop Chairs: Adam Kohn (Yeshiva University) and Mark Laubach (Yale University) - Communications Chair: Byron Yu (Carnegie Mellon University) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: - Anthony Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - Alexandre Pouget (University of Rochester) - Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme) ADVISORY BOARD: - Matteo Carandini (University College London) - Eero Simoncelli (New York University and HHMI) - Peter Dayan (University College London) - Steven Lisberger (UC San Francisco and HHMI) - Karel Svoboda (HHMI Janelia Farm) From kirsch at bccn.uni-freiburg.de Thu Nov 19 14:51:30 2009 From: kirsch at bccn.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Thu Nov 19 18:25:12 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] PhD-Positions in Neuroinformatics, including Computational Neuroscience (Erasmus Mundus Program) Message-ID: <65755ADBA7CC4989BBD1D5EAE8DE61F2@janina> The Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Program "EuroSPIN " (European Study Programme in Neuroinformatics) is inviting applications from students having a solid background in mathematics, physics, computer sciences, biochemistry or neuroscience (on a master level or equivalent), in all cases with computer science skills. Documented interest in research like activities (e.g. demonstrated in the form of master thesis work, or participation in research related activities) is of large importance. Also fluency in English is requested. Neuroinformatics combines neuroscience and informatics research to develop and apply computational tools and approaches that are essential for understanding the structure and function of the brain. Four partners participate in EuroSPIN: - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden - University of Edinburg (UoE), UK - National Centre for Biological Science (NCBS), India - Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t Freiburg (ALUF), Germany These four partners are all research leaders in the Neuroinformatics field, but they have complementary strengths. In addition, two associated partners, the Honda Research Institute and Nordita, participate. Each student will spend most of the time at two of the partner universities, and also receive a joint (or double) PhD degree following a successful completion of the studies. The mobility periods, as well as the courses a student will follow, are tailored individually based on: a) the PhD students background; b) which constellations of partners that are involved, as well as c) the specific research project. During the PhD period each student has one main supervisor from each of the two universities that grant the PhD degree. During the application process, the students are asked to indicate their preferences with regard to constellations of partners, and also preferred project ideas/areas can be indicated and motivated. There are excellent scholarship opportunities for students accepted to an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programme. A stipend or employment contract will be given to all selected PhD students during the study time, which is between 3-4 years. 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We are interested in the mechanisms and structures underlying the activity dynamics in neuronal networks and the processing of neuronal activity within the network. In joint projects with computational neuroscientists we investigate how the biological neuronal networks process incoming stimuli, what determines intrinsic activity, how pathological dynamics arise and how to contain them. To address these questions we use acute brain slices, cell cultures and animal models with a variety of techniques. A central technology is extracellular recording the neuronal activity with microelectrode arrays to analyze the spatio-temporal structure of activity. Recordings with these arrays are combined with paired intracellular recordings, calcium imaging, microstimulation and advanced data analyses. New technical and analysis tools are developed as needed in collaborations with microsystems engineers. This work is embedded in the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Freiburg (BCCN Freiburg) and the new Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology - Freiburg/Tuebingen. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the teaching and training program of these iniatives. Candidates should have outstanding academic records and an interest in translational neuroscience and neurotechnology. The position is open immediately until filled. For further information, please contact Prof. Ulrich Egert (Head of laboratory) or Dr. Janina Kirsch (Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs). -- Dr. Janina Kirsch -- Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Hansastr. 9a D - 79104 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575 Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559 Email: kirsch @bcf.uni-freiburg.de Web: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The candidate should have extensive experience with cell cultures and ideally also with electrophysiological recordings and their analysis. Knowledge on pharmacological testing would be a plus. Job offer: You would work in an interdisciplinary and international group interested in the properties of neuronal networks and their pathologies. The group is located at the IMTEK, an institute of the technical faculty, and is well embedded in the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience and the Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology in Freiburg. The position is limited to 2 years. The salary is based on TV-L E13 (40.700-47.200 EUR depending on relevant work experience). Contact: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Egert Faculty of Engineering, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Biomicrotechnology , Department of Microsystems Engineering Georges-Koehler-Allee 102 79110 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 761 203 7524 Fax: +49 321210 34 429 E-mail -- Dr. Janina Kirsch -- Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Hansastr. 9a D - 79104 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575 Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559 Email: kirsch @bcf.uni-freiburg.de Web: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The offered position is funded by the EU FACETS program (http://facets.kip.uni-heidelberg.de), and should, therein, contribute to the aspect of experimental characterization of cortical cells and networks in vivo and in vitro. The goal of our work is to link the obtained electrophysiological data, in close collaboration with other groups at the BCCN and within FACETS, to new models of neocortical networks, aimed to better understand the mechanisms underlying network dynamics in the cortex. The post-doc position is available immediately for 1 year with an optional one year extension. We are looking for experimentalists with a solid background in electrophysiological recording techniques and interest in computational neuroscience. Please apply via the online application form: http://www.bccn2.uni-freiburg.de/postdoc_applications/index.php (Project-ID: FACETS) -- Dr. Janina Kirsch -- Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Hansastr. 9a D - 79104 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575 Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559 Email: kirsch @bcf.uni-freiburg.de Web: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de _____ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091119/3e66f587/attachment.html From ken at neurotheory.columbia.edu Thu Nov 19 16:53:17 2009 From: ken at neurotheory.columbia.edu (Ken Miller) Date: Fri Nov 20 15:31:59 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Graduate study in the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University Message-ID: GRADUATE STUDY IN THE CENTER FOR THEORETICAL NEUROSCIENCE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY The Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University in New York City is accepting applications for graduate students. We provide an exciting and interactive environment for neural theorists embedded within the vibrant Columbia neuroscience community. Students may work on purely theoretical projects, on the theoretical and analytical side of a collaboration with experimentalists, or may choose to do both theory and experiment. Dual mentors (theory and experiment) are encouraged though not required. The full range of Columbia's neuroscience, math, physics, and other coursework are available to all students. The Center also provides training and collaboration opportunities for students primarily engaged in experimental neuroscience. The faculty of the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience (CTN) (http://www.neurotheory.columbia.edu) include: Larry Abbott, Co-Director: Computational modeling and mathematical analysis of neurons and neural networks. Ken Miller, Co-Director: Theory and modeling of the circuitry, development, and function of sensory cortex Stefano Fusi: Modeling higher cognitive functions, theory of neural circuits implementing abstract rules. Liam Paninski: Statistical analysis of the neural code. Ning Qian: Visual computation and psychophysics. Misha Tsodyks (Visiting, 3 months/year): Models of brain function. We have rich interactions with the larger Columbia neuroscience community (see http://www.neuroscience.columbia.edu), including many active collaborations. While students may work with any Columbia faculty, those with whom CTN has thus far had the most active interactions include: Richard Axel: Defining the logic of olfactory perception Randy Bruno: Synaptic connectivity underlying cortical computation Aniruddha Das: The brain mechanisms of early stages of visual processing Vince Ferrera: Cognitive visual neuroscience Claude Ghez: Control of limb movements in humans and animals Mickey Goldberg: The physiology of cognitive processes: visual attention, spatial perception and decision making. Jackie Gottlieb: Neural mechanisms of attention and cognition Norma Graham: Psychophysics and mathematical models of visual perception Wes Grueber: Mechanisms of dendritic morphogenesis and patterning Rene Hen: Animal models of depression and anxiety; neurogenesis Joy Hirsch: Neuroimaging of cognitive, perceptual, emotional, and language processes in health and in psychiatric and neurological disorders Tom Jessell: The specification of neuronal identity and connectivity Eric Kandel: Molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of memory storage John Krakauer: Neural basis of limb movement control in health and neurologic disease Attila Losonczy: Dendritic and synaptic mechanisms of information processing and storage Dan Salzman: Neural mechanisms underlying emotional learning and behavior Nate Sawtell: Cerebellum and cerebellum-like structures; how past experience and sensorimotor context affect sensory processing Steve Siegelbaum: Voltage-gated ion channels and dendritic integration in learning, memory, and information processing Chris Wiggins: Applied mathematics, networks, machine learning Sarah Wooley: Neural mechanisms of auditory perception and vocal communication Rafa Yuste: Structure, function and development of the cortical microcircuitry Charles Zucker: How the periphery and the brain encode and decode sensory stimuli: taste coding, thermosensation, spatial coding. TO APPLY: You may work with us as a member of any graduate program at Columbia. Most often our students come from the Neurobiology and Behavior graduate program (http://www.neurosciencephd.columbia.edu; APPLICATION DEADLINE DECEMBER 7 2009), but students may also come from other programs such as Applied Math, Bioengineering, Physics, or Statistics. See http://www.neurotheory.columbia.edu/apply.html for more general instructions, including links to a variety of relevant Columbia graduate programs. Center for Theoretical Neuroscience: http://www.neurotheory.columbia.edu Neuroscience at Columbia: http://www.neuroscience.columbia.edu Neurobiology and Behavior Ph.D. program: http://www.neurosciencephd.columbia.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott MacKenzie, Jianhong Wu & Zhujun Jing Page 279 - 296, http://www.springerlink.com/content/p046238p771412k6/ "Understanding effects on excitability of simulated I h modulation in simple neuronal models" Anne Lippert & Victoria Booth Page 297 - 306, http://www.springerlink.com/content/x015w2r88978p373/ "Modelling place memory in crickets" Michael Mangan & Barbara Webb Page 307 - 323, http://www.springerlink.com/content/yw41030622021500/ ---- Biological Cybernetics, all issues: http://www.springerlink.com/content/100465/ From ak2104 at columbia.edu Fri Nov 20 18:01:51 2009 From: ak2104 at columbia.edu (Arno Klein) Date: Fri Nov 20 19:04:25 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] postdoctoral position at Columbia University In-Reply-To: <3a8332380911200701i633240d1ueef161f1d5dc8265@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a8332380911200701i633240d1ueef161f1d5dc8265@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3a8332380911200901y5e717c58t9ce9c5d461449b3f@mail.gmail.com> POSTDOCTORAL POSITION Computational Brain Anatomy Columbia University at the New York State Psychiatric Institute A postdoctoral position is open at Columbia University involving image processing of human brain MRI data to extract anatomical structures, analyze their shapes, and construct a Bayesian framework for brain feature matching. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Arno Klein ( http://www.mindboggle.info ) during a 3-year period on a federally funded NIMH R01. The ideal candidate will have a degree in computer science, biomedical engineering, machine vision, computational neuroscience or a related field. Prior experience in neuroanatomy, machine learning, and/or Python/C/C++ programming would be desirable. To be considered for this position applicants should submit a CV and references via email to: Arno Klein arno@mindboggle.info Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University Medical Campus NY, NY 10032 Cheers, @rno -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091120/59ce33fc/attachment.html From ak2104 at columbia.edu Fri Nov 20 21:58:32 2009 From: ak2104 at columbia.edu (Arno Klein) Date: Sat Nov 21 11:47:30 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] postdoctoral position at Columbia University In-Reply-To: <3a8332380911200701i633240d1ueef161f1d5dc8265@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a8332380911200701i633240d1ueef161f1d5dc8265@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3a8332380911201258p22afbf08nb04fe08b41b7844a@mail.gmail.com> POSTDOCTORAL POSITION Computational Brain Anatomy Columbia University at the New York State Psychiatric Institute A postdoctoral position is open at Columbia University involving image processing of human brain MRI data to extract anatomical structures, analyze their shapes, and construct a Bayesian framework for brain feature matching.? The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Arno Klein (http://www.mindboggle.info) during a 3-year period on a federally funded NIMH R01.? The ideal candidate will have a degree in computer science, biomedical engineering, machine vision, computational neuroscience or a related field. Prior experience in neuroanatomy, machine learning, and/or Python/C/C++ programming would be desirable. To be considered for this position applicants should submit a CV and references via email to: Arno Klein arno@mindboggle.info Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University Medical Campus NY, NY 10032 Cheers, @rno From astocker at sas.upenn.edu Sat Nov 21 21:31:09 2009 From: astocker at sas.upenn.edu (Alan Stocker) Date: Sun Nov 22 12:40:20 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Computational and Systems Neuroscience at UPenn Message-ID: <39C800B4-EDC0-43BA-B4CB-3238CDFDCE39@sas.upenn.edu> Computational and Systems Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania - Ph.D. Opportunities The University of Pennsylvania offers state-of-the-art training opportunities for students interested in computational and systems approaches to neuroscience. Candidates admitted to either the Psychology or the Neuroscience graduate program have the opportunity to join laboratories whose research programs combine experimental and computational approaches in systems neuroscience. Tailored graduate coursework as well as colloquia and journal clubs guarantee an excellent education of depth and breadth. Representative faculty include: Geoffrey Aguirre: neural basis of high-level vision Vijay Balasubramanian: models of early visual processing David Brainard: models of color and surface perception Yale Cohen: auditory processing in cortex Diego Contreras: representation of information in cortical networks Russell Epstein: navigation and scene perception Alan Gelperin: olfactory processing and learning Josh Gold: neural basis of perceptual decision making Joseph Kable: neuroeconomics Michael Kahana: neural mechanisms and models of memory Javier Medina: neural basis of motor learning Isabel Muzzio: neural basis of declarative memory Michael Nusbaum: motor pattern selection from multifunctional networks Larry Palmer: cortical circuits of early visual processing Nicole Rust: neural basis of object recognition Marc Schmidt: neural basis of vocal behavior Rob Smith: function of retinal circuitry Alan Stocker: probabilistic models of perception and cognition For more information, please visit: Penn Psychology (Deadline Dec 15th): http://www.psych.upenn.edu/graduate Penn Neuroscience (Deadline Dec 8th): http://www.med.upenn.edu/ngg/program.shtml -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are particularly interested in people who can develop collaborations with the broad spectrum of basic and clinical neuroscientists at Edinburgh, and/or develop links with other related fields represented at Edinburgh such as bioinformatics, systems biology and machine learning. The appointee will join the existing computational neuroscience group, which includes five core academic staff and five postdoctoral researchers. The group has extensive research collaborations within the university, the UK and overseas, with considerable grant support. The appointee will have the opportunity to be involved with the Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience. The DTC offers 12 funded 4-year PhD studentships annually, and with over 50 PhD projects currently running in this area provides a lively community. See also http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/ http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/dtc/ To apply use http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk ref. 3011971 Informal enquiries can be directed to Prof David Willshaw (willshaw@inf.ed.ac.uk) or Dr Mark van Rossum (mvanross@inf.ed.ac.uk) -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. From a.k.seth at sussex.ac.uk Sun Nov 22 12:54:23 2009 From: a.k.seth at sussex.ac.uk (Anil Seth) Date: Sun Nov 22 15:20:19 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Two postdoctoral opportunities in Consciousness Science Message-ID: <4B09266F.6020900@sussex.ac.uk> Two full-time post-doctoral positions are available within the new multidisciplinary Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science (SCCS) at Sussex University, starting early 2010 and lasting for three years. The deadlines are Dec 10 (1st position, extended from Nov 30) and Dec 11 (2nd position). Successful candidates will work on developing and testing cognitive/computational neuroscience accounts of neural mechanisms underlying consciousness, in health and in disease. One position will focus on basic science, another will have a more clinical focus. Both positions will involve a mix of cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, and functional brain imaging. Each post comes with a broad remit with opportunities to follow your own research interests within the area of cognitive/computational neuroscience relevant to consciousness. Successful candidates will work with Dr. Anil Seth and Prof. Hugo Critchley (SCCS directors) and other researchers in the group. For more information, please see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AAF848/ and http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AAH409. -- Anil Seth, D.Phil. Reader, EPSRC Leadership Fellow, Dept of Informatics, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK W: www.anilseth.com, T: +44 1273 678549, From inaki.navarro at upm.es Mon Nov 23 11:57:46 2009 From: inaki.navarro at upm.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?I=F1aki_Navarro?=) Date: Mon Nov 23 16:46:45 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] BICS 2010 - Call for papers, workshops and tutorials Message-ID: <8cc3f3ce0911230257p1f7a3002m8c1687d53e3eec2a@mail.gmail.com> *We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. ============================================================================== ____ _____ _____ _____ ___ ___ __ ___ | _ \_ _/ ____|/ ____| |__ \ / _ \/_ |/ _ \ | |_) || || | | (___ ) | | | || | | | | | _ < | || | \___ \ / /| | | || | | | | | |_) || || |____ ____) | / /_| |_| || | |_| | |____/_____\_____|_____/ |____|\___/ |_|\___/ BRAIN-INSPIRED COGNITIVE SYSTEMS CONFERENCE Madrid, Spain, July 14-16, 2010 www.bicsconference.org Ricardo Sanz, General Chair Sponsored by ICSC ============================================================================== BICS 2010 is a multitrack conference organised around four strongly related symposia (NC 2010, BIS 2010, CNS 2010 and MoC 2010). The three previous BICS conferences were BICS 2008 (Sao Luis, Brasil), BICS 2006 (Lesbos, Greece) and BICS 2004 (Stirling, UK). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference Symposia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sixth International ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC 2010) Fifth International ICSC Symposium on Biologically Inspired Systems (BIS 2010) Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS 2010) Third International ICSC Symposium on Models of Consciousness (MoC 2010) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Motivation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems - BICS 2010 aims to bring together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic and synthetic methods both to understand the astonishing processing properties of biological systems and, specifically those of the living brain, and to exploit such knowledge to advance engineering methods for building artificial systems with higher levels of cognitive competence. BICS 2010 is a meeting point of cognitive systems engineers and brain scientists where cross-domain ideas are fostered in the hope of getting new emerging insights on the nature, operation and extractable capabilities of brains. This multiple approach is necessary because the progressively more accurate data about brains is producing a growing need of both a quantitative and theoretical understanding and an associated capacity to manipulate this data and translate it into engineering applications rooted in sound theories. BICS 2010 is intended for both researchers that aim to build brain inspired systems with higher cognitive competences, and as well to life scientists who use and develop mathematical and engineering approaches for a better understanding of complex biological systems like the brain. BICS 2010 is organized around four major interlaced focal symposia that are organized into patterns that encourage cross-fertilization across the symposia topics. This emphasizes the role of BICS as a major meeting point for researchers and practitioners in the areas of biological and artificial cognitive systems. Debates across disciplines will enrich researchers with complementary perspectives from diverse scientific fields. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Workshops and Tutorials ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Organizing Committee for BICS 2010 requests proposals for a full or half day workshop or tutorial, to be held on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. This day of workshops and tutorials will precede the main conference. The workshops and tutorials have consistently provided high-quality, topically-focused forums for researchers at the forefront of basic and applied research in brain inspired cognitive systems. Workshops should be focused on interactions of participants to exchange new ideas and explore new directions in research. Tutorials should provide self-contained descriptions of established research topics. The primary criteria for selection are anticipated level of interest, impact, novelty or creativity, and technical background of presenters. We request that workshop and tutorial organizers initially email a brief, single-paragraph description of the proposed topic and a list of organizers by December 10, 2009 to the BICS Program manager at ipc@bicsconference.org. A template for the final proposal of approximately 3 pages will be mailed to all interested parties. The full proposal submission should include a title, an abstract and a description of the proposed content, a tentative schedule, and the expected requirements for space and equipment. Full proposals for review will be due by December 10, 2009. All decisions will be made by January 15, 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference: July 14-16, 2010 Workshops and tutorials: July 13, 2010 Paper submission Submission of contributions: December 29, 2009 Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2010 Final contributions due: May 15, 2010 Workshops and Tutorials submission Submission of proposals: December 29, 2009 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published in electronic format. Attendant authors will receive a copy of them on CD. * BICS'10 book by Springer Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of them after the conference, to be included as book chapters in the BICS'10 book to be published by Springer. * Special Issue of Cognitive Computation A post-conference Special Issue of the journal Cognitive Computation will also be published by Springer with extended versions of selected BICS'2010 papers chapters and invited contributions. * Special Issue of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness A post-conference Special Issue of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness will also be published with extended versions of selected contributions to the Symposium on Models of Consciousness of BICS'10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Venue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The conference will be held at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM ETSII). Address: Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2 28006 Madrid Spain Geo:lat=40.4404 lon=-3.6902 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference Scope ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neural Computation (NC) NeuroComputational (NC) Systems ? NC Hybrid Systems ? NC Learning ? NC Control Systems ? NC Signal Processing ? NC Architectures ? NC Devices ? NC Perception and Pattern Classifiers ? Support Vector Machines ? Fuzzy or Neuro-Fuzzy Systems ? Evolutionary Neural Networks ? Biological Neural Network Models ? NC Applications Biologically Inspired Systems (BIS) Brain Inspired (BI) Systems ? BI Vision ? BI Audition and sound processing ? BI Other sensory modalities ? BI Motion processing ? BI Robotics ? BI Adaptive and Control systems ? BI Evolutionary systems ? BI Oscillatory systems ? BI Signal processing ? BI Learning ? Neuromorphic systems Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS) CN of vision ? CN of non-vision sensory modalities ? CN of volition ? Systems Neuroscience ? Attentional Mechanisms ? Affective Systems ? Language ? Cortical Models ? Sub-Cortical Models ? Cerebellar Models ? Neural correlates Models of consciousness (MoC) World awareness ? Self-awareness ? Imagination? Qualia models ? Virtual Machine Approaches ? Formal Models of Consciousness ? Control Theoretical Models ? Developmental/Infant Models ? Will and Volition ? Emotion and Affect Philosophical implications ? Neurophysiological Grounding ? Enactive approaches ? Heterophenomenology ? Analytic/Synthetic phenomenology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jaime G?mez (Technical University of Madrid), Chair of the PC Amir Hussain (University of Stirling, UK), NC Chair Leslie Smith (University of Stirling, UK), BIS Chair Igor Aleksander (Imperial College, UK), CNS Chair Antonio Chella (University of Palermo, UK), MoC Chair David Gamez (Imperial College, London, UK) Hugo Gravato Marques (University of Essex, UK) Alexei Samsonovich (George Mason University, VA, USA) Raul Arrabales (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain) Pentti Haikonen (University of Illinois, Springfield, IL, USA) Tom Ziemke (University of Sk?vde, Sweden) David Balduzzi (University of Wisconsin, WI, USA) Riccardo Manzotti (IULM, Milan, Italy) James Albus (George Mason University, VA, USA) James Austin (Cybula Ltd, UK) Giacomo Indiveri (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Alister Hamilton (University of Edinburgh, UK) F. Claire Rind (Newcastle University, UK) Sue Denham (University of Plymouth, UK) Philip Hafliger (University of Oslo, Norway) David Windridge (University of Surrey, UK) Luis Rocha (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan) Jose C. Principe (University of Florida, USA) Professor Ron Sun (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Anil K Seth (University of Sussex, UK) Bernard Widrow (Stanford University, USA) Stephen Grossberg (Boston University, USA) Umamaheshwari Ramamurthy (University of Memphis, TN, USA) Hans-Heinrich Bothe (Technical University of Denmark Lyngby, Denmark) Marcilio Souto (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) Irene Macaluso (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) Will Browne (University of Reading, UK) Petros A. M. Gelepithis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Organizing Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramon Gal?n, Chair of the OC Carlos Hern?ndez I?aki Navarro Manuel Rodr?guez Pascual Campoy Paloma de la Puente Adolfo Hernando Miguel Olivares Guadalupe S?nchez ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General requests: info@bicsconference.org Organization committee: oc@bicsconference.org Program committee: pc@bicsconference.org Conference website: www.bicsconference.org Conference mailist: http://lists.aslab.upm.es/mailman/listinfo/bics ============================================================================== From robert at grid.chu.edu.tw Fri Nov 20 14:50:00 2009 From: robert at grid.chu.edu.tw (Robert C. Hsu) Date: Mon Nov 23 16:47:19 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Call for Papers/Workshop Proposals Participantion (GPC-10, UIC-10, MTPP-10, ICA3PP-10, FC-10, SMPE-10, FutureTech-10, BodyNets-10) Message-ID: <200911201350.nAKDo0kw010272@grid.chu.edu.tw> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091120/e6f4fa50/attachment.html From alex.loebel at gmail.com Tue Nov 24 16:38:47 2009 From: alex.loebel at gmail.com (Alex Loebel) Date: Tue Nov 24 20:35:25 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Article about multi-quantal release at neo-cortical synapses Message-ID: <6279f5080911240738i211a646fle169eff8b58fd141@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to draw your attention to the following article: Multiquantal release underlies the distribution of synaptic efficacies in the neocortex, by Alex Loebel, Gilad Silberberg, Daniela Helbig, Henry Markram, Misha Tsodyks and Magnus Richardson. You may view and download the paper from here (abstract is below): http://www.frontiersin.org/computationalneuroscience/paper/10.3389/neuro.10/027.2009/ I will highly appreciate your comments and ideas regarding the results we present in the paper. All the best, Alex -- Alex Loebel, PhD Neurobiology Department Ludwig-Maxmilians-University Munich, Germany Tel: +49 89 2180 74820 Fax: +49 89 2180 74803 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091124/e9185f46/attachment.html From eero at cns.nyu.edu Wed Nov 25 04:53:57 2009 From: eero at cns.nyu.edu (Eero Simoncelli) Date: Wed Nov 25 12:50:38 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Doctoral studies in Vision at NYU References: Message-ID: New York University is home to a thriving interdisciplinary community of researchers in the visual sciences, spanning multiple departments. A listing of faculty, sorted by their primary departmental affiliation, is given below. Doctoral programs are flexible, allowing students to pursue research across departmental boundaries. Nevertheless, admissions are handled separately by each department, and students interested in pursuing graduate studies should submit an application to the program that best fits their goals and interests. Application deadlines vary per department, as indicated below. ** Center for Neural Science (CNS) (Deadline: 12 December) [http://www.cns.nyu.edu/doctoral/] [Neuroscience throughout NYU: http://neuroscience.nyu.edu] * Michael Hawken (also in Psychology) - Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception. * Lynne Kiorpes (also in Psychology) - Development of visual function. * Tony Movshon (also in Psychology) - Vision and visual development. * Bijan Pesaran - Neuronal dynamics, visuo-motor control, and decision making. * John Rinzel (also in Mathematics) - Biophysical mechanisms and theory of neural computation. * Nava Rubin (also in Psychology) - Visual perception and the neural basis of vision. * Robert Shapley (also in Psychology and Biology) - Visual physiology and perception. * Eero Simoncelli (also in Mathematics and Psychology) - Computational vision. ** Psychology, Cognition & Perception program (Deadline: 12 December) [http://www.psych.nyu.edu/programs/cp/] * Marisa Carrasco (also in CNS) - Visual perception and attention. * David Heeger (also in CNS) - fMRI, computational neuroscience, vision, attention. * Michael Landy (also in CNS) - Computational approaches to vision. * Laurence Maloney (also in CNS) - Mathematical approaches to psychology and neuroscience. * Denis Pelli (also in CNS) - Object recognition. ** Computer Science (Deadline: 4 January) [http://www.cs.nyu.edu/web/Research/Areas/graphicsvisionui.html] * Chris Bregler - human motion modeling, computer vision, machine learning. * Rob Fergus - computer vision, machine learning, computer graphics. * Davi Geiger (also in CNS) - Computational vision and learning. * Yann LeCun - machine learning, hierarchical visual processing, robotics. * Sam Roweis - machine learning, signal and image processing, analysis of large datasets. ** Mathematics (Recommended Deadline: 18 December ) [http://math.nyu.edu/degree/phd/] * David Cai - Nonlinear stochastic behavior in physical and biological systems. * David McLaughlin (also CNS) - Nonlinear wave equations, computational visual neuroscience. * Aaditya Rangan - computational neurobiology, numerical analysis. * Michael Shelley (also CNS) - Modeling and large-scale computation, computational visual neuroscience. ** Biology (Deadline: 12 December) [http://biology.as.nyu.edu/page/graduate.program] * Claude Desplan (also CNS) - Molecular/genetic basis for development, particularly color vision circuitry. * Daniel Tranchina (also Mathematics and CNS) - Information processing in the retina. ** Philosophy (Deadline: 4 January) [http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/page/graduate] * Ned Block (also psychology and CNS) - Foundations of consciousness. From achler at uiuc.edu Thu Nov 26 02:32:53 2009 From: achler at uiuc.edu (Tsvi Achler) Date: Thu Nov 26 12:04:00 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] 2010 Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Call for Demonstrations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------------ 2010 Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Call for Demonstrations http://agi-conf.org/2010/workshops/#AGI%20Machines --------------- The ability to look beyond what is learned and apply the learned information to new scenarios distinguishes humans and animals from AI artifacts. ?The goal of the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Community is to better understand these gaps. AGI 2010 is pleased to offer an integrative demonstration track with an opportunity to evaluate the best and most flexible AI applications. We are also pleased to extend the paper deadline to allow researchers an opportunity to combine papers with the demonstrations to represent and explain their approaches in the best light. Demonstrations should be either live computer simulations or physical demonstrations. ? Methods will be evaluated based on: (1) extent and coverage of learning compared to (2) the number of scenarios the methods are applicable. ?Discussions will follow to form a consensus on what constitutes the most promising strategies. Demonstration application forms are attached and due on Jan 15, 2010. The new paper deadline is December 1, 2009. Please join the AGI community in our quest for general intelligence. Any questions can be addressed to Tsvi Achler at achler@gmail.com ------------ 2010 Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) March 5-8, Lugano, Switzerland http://agi-conf.org/2010/ ------------- -------------- next part -------------- AGI 2010 Demonstration Form Complete and Return to achler@gmail.com by January 15 First Name Last Name Email Phone Institution or Company Position Education Briefly describe the demonstration. What is the system? What will the audience see? Describe the system's relevance to the AGI community. How much computational resources are required? Notes, Comments or Suggestions Evaluating General Intelligence The goal of the following experimental section is to quantify general intelligence applicability based on: the extent and coverage of learning-setup compared to the number of untrained or novel scenarios the method is applicable. Some systems may encompass machine learning methods while others employ ontology rules. Others may follow completely different paradigms. Please answer the questions as best applicable. Required resources for the system (estimate of degrees of freedom). How many training examples, variable parameters, or ontology rules were required to implement this system? What (and how many) scenarios can the demonstration capture without retraining or rewriting new rules, adjusting parameters and so on? Questions? 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The primary goal of MULTICONF is to promote research and developmental activities in computer science, information technology, control engineering, and related fields. Another goal is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers, developers, practitioners in different fields.The following conferences are planned to be organized as part of MULTICONF-10. ? * International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) * ?International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-10) * International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) * International Conference on Computer Networks (CN-10) * International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-10) * International Conference on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS-10) * International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10) * International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) * International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-10) * International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-10) ? We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.promoteresearch.org for more details. ? Sincerely John Edward Publicity committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091126/97f50b5f/attachment.html From gabbiani at bcm.edu Fri Nov 27 20:42:15 2009 From: gabbiani at bcm.edu (Fabrizio Gabbiani) Date: Sat Nov 28 10:28:12 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] postdoctoral position Message-ID: <4B102B97.2030908@bcm.edu> To whom it may concern: Would you be able to forward the following job announcement to the comp-neuro mailing list? Thank you in advance, Fabrizio Gabbiani -- Fabrizio Gabbiani phone: (713) 798 1849 Department of Neuroscience fax: (713) 798 3946 Baylor College of Medicine email: gabbiani@bcm.edu One Baylor Plaza, web: glab.bcm.tmc.edu Houston, TX 77030 POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY/COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE Department of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas ----- A postdoctoral position in electrophysiology/computational neuroscience is available at Baylor College of Medicine, in the laboratory of Fabrizio Gabbiani. Our lab is located in the Texas Medical Center (TMC), close to many of Houston's cultural and outdoor amenities. For further information about Houston and the TMC please visit (http://www.explore.rice.edu/explore/General_Information.asp or http://www.bcm.edu/about/houston/). Our research focuses on the biophysical mechanisms underlying the implementation of non-linear operations by neurons and neuronal circuits. Specifically, we study the neural basis of collision avoidance behaviors using electrophysiology, pharmacology, calcium imaging, high-speed video imaging and telemetry. The lab web site home page (glab.bcm.tmc.edu) has a link to a list of recent publications. We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in electrophysiology (intra- and extracellular recordings). Some experience in neuronal modeling and with Matlab is desirable. Salary will be commensurate with level of experience, based on an NIH scale. For further informal inquiries and to apply, please send CV, the names and full contact information of two to three references, and one or two representative publications to gabbiani@bcm.edu. From nicolas.brunel at univ-paris5.fr Fri Nov 27 15:39:08 2009 From: nicolas.brunel at univ-paris5.fr (Nicolas Brunel) Date: Sat Nov 28 10:28:28 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] 7th Paris area Computational Neuroscience Day Message-ID: <4B0FE48C.8080000@univ-paris5.fr> We would like to announce the 7th Paris area Computational Neuroscience Day, on `Synaptic plasticity: from receptors to networks'. It will take place at Universite Paris Descartes on December 14th. The program is available at http://www.neurophys.biomedicale.univ-paris5.fr/~brunel/CND7.pdf Nicolas Brunel -- Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology Universite Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 8119 45 rue des Saints Peres 75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tel (33).1.42.86.20.58 - Fax (33).1.49.27.90.62 nicolas.brunel@univ-paris5.fr www.neurophys.biomedicale.univ-paris5.fr/~brunel From ajyu at ucsd.edu Sun Nov 29 04:03:11 2009 From: ajyu at ucsd.edu (Angela Yu) Date: Sun Nov 29 11:59:08 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] PhD studies in Computational Neuroscience in Dr. Yu's Lab at UCSD Message-ID: <62F372AB-FAFA-48C2-8F16-2E77BC66AB64@ucsd.edu> Applications are invited for doctoral study in the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, led by Dr. Angela Yu, at University of California, San Diego. Prospective students can apply either through the PhD program in the Cognitive Science Department (http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/graduate-study/pros_grads/ ) or the inter-departmental Neuroscience PhD Program (http://neurograd.ucsd.edu/admissions/index.html ). Deadline is December 1, 2009 for both programs. Current research of Dr. Yu's lab currently uses a combination of theoretical and empirical tools to understand the basic principles underlying the inter-related problems of sequential decision-making, adaptation, sensori-motor integration, selective attention, visual search, and active sensory processing. Candidates should have a strong mathematical background and programming experienc. Depending on the candidates' interest and ability, the student will also design and conduct human behavioral experiments involving some combination of psychophysics and eye experiments, as well as the opportunity to conduct animal experiments in collaboration with other labs at UCSD. Dr. Yu's lab is situated within the Natural Computation Lab in the Cognitive Science department of UCSD. It is affiliated with the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center and the UCSD Neurosciences Graduate Program. It provides ample opportunities for communication and collaboration with related labs not only within the department of Cognitive Science, but also in Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Electric and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Institute for Neural Computation, and the Salk Institute. --------------------------------------------------------- Angela J. Yu Assistant Professor Department of Cognitive Science UCSD, Mail Code 0515 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0515 Email: ajyu@cogsci.ucsd.edu Phone: 858-822-3317 Fax: 858-534-1128 Website: www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~ajyu --------------------------------------------------------- From forrest.bao at gmail.com Mon Nov 30 00:30:20 2009 From: forrest.bao at gmail.com (Forrest Sheng Bao) Date: Mon Nov 30 09:48:37 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] brainstorm needed on a codename of an EEG feature extraction library in Python Message-ID: <889df5f00911291530y19874e22l769ac248843c88b8@mail.gmail.com> Hi there, I have an interesting request now. I have programmed many codes in Python to extracting EEG features for my research, those features includes frequently used spectral analysis features, many kinds of entropies, fractal dimensions, DFA, etc. I also include functions that help export features into svmlight format so you can easily call machine learning tools. Now I wanna release it under GNU GPL at SourceForge or Google Code. But I need your help on the codename. I have some candidates, such as EEGPy (copied the idea of EEGLab), PyEEG, or PhysioPy (copied the idea of PhysioNet). I am aware of many researchers doing work on applying signal processing and machine learning techniques on EEG signal analysis. So I hope such a Python function library can save them much time. So do you have any better ideas or you think one of those names is good? If you can help me give my project a really nice name, I will buy you a really nice lunch - limited in continental US states though. Cheers, Forrest Forrest Sheng Bao, BSEE Graduate Student in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.neuroinf.org/pipermail/comp-neuro/attachments/20091129/b1720972/attachment.html From gabriel.kreiman at childrens.harvard.edu Mon Nov 30 19:32:09 2009 From: gabriel.kreiman at childrens.harvard.edu (gabriel kreiman) Date: Tue Dec 1 12:09:52 2009 Subject: [Comp-neuro] Post-doc position in computational neuroscience Message-ID: PostDoc Position in Theoretical/Computational Neuroscience Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical/ Computational Neuroscience in the Kreiman Lab at Children?s Hospital Harvard Medical School. The lab is interested in the neuronal circuits and mechanisms involved in visual object recognition. The lab is searching for an innovative, enthusiastic and quantitiative researcher with experience in quantitative work (Math/Physics/Computer Science/ Engineering) and also Neuroscience research. Please submit your application including CV, list of publications and names of three possible references to: Gabriel Kreiman (gabriel.kreiman@tch.harvard.edu) For more information and recent publications, see: http://klab.tch.harvard.edu/ Gabriel Kreiman gabriel.kreiman@childrens.harvard.edu http://klab.tch.harvard.edu Assistant Professor Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Harvard University