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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">CALL FOR PAPERS, CNS*2008<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">SUBMISSION DEADLINE: <?xml:namespace prefix
= st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Year="2008"
Day="8" Month="2" w:st="on">February 8,
2008</st1:date></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">SUBMISSION OPEN: <st1:date Year="2008"
Day="21" Month="1" w:st="on">January 21,
2008</st1:date></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Seventeenth Annual Computational Neuroscience
Meeting CNS*2008</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">July 19 - <st1:date Year="2008" Day="24"
Month="7" w:st="on">July 24, 2008</st1:date></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><st1:place
w:st="on"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City
w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></FONT></FONT></st1:place></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.cnsorg.org/"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#800080><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">http://www.cnsorg.org</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>CNS*2008 will be held in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> <st1:date Year="2008" Day="19"
Month="7" w:st="on">July 19-24, 2008</st1:date>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A welcome reception will be held on the
evening of July 19th and the scientific program will start Sunday, July 20th in
the morning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The main meeting will
take place July 20-22 in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City> at The Benson Hotel, currently listed
on the National Register of Historic Places, and a <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City> landmark.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The main meeting will be followed by two
days of workshops, July 23-24 at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">OHSU</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Health and Healing, at the foot
of the Aerial tram to OHSU.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
meeting banquet will be held July 21.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Submissions can include experimental, model-based,
as well as more abstract theoretical approaches to understanding neurobiological
computation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We especially
encourage research that mixes experimental and theoretical studies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We also accept papers that describe new
technical approaches to theoretical and experimental issues in computational
neuroscience or relevant software packages.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">This year we are having a <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Special Session </B>on<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Systems Biology and Molecular Level
Modeling in Neuroscience.<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">INVITED
SPEAKERS:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Upinder Bhalla (National Centre for Biological
Sciences, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Kim (Avrama) Blackwell (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">George</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Mason</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>John Rinzel (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">New York</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Thomas Soderling (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Health</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sciences</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">CALL FOR WORKSHOP
PROPOSALS:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>We are accepting proposals for workshops (Half-day
to two days in length) (</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.cnsorg.org/cns_meeting_workshops.htm"><FONT color=#800080><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">http://www.cnsorg.org/cns_meeting_workshops.htm</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If
you want to propose a workshop please contact the workshop coordinator, Dieter
Jaeger, at <A
href="mailto:workshops@cnsorg.org">workshops@cnsorg.org</A>.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>An archive of workshops held at last year's
meeting is at<SPAN class=867172400-06122007>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.cnsorg.org/Archives2007.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">http://www.cnsorg.org/Archives2007.htm</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">PAPER
SUBMISSION:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Submissions to the meeting will take the form of a
formatted abstract (to be published).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Authors wanting an oral presentation are required to also submit a
1-3-page summary (for the CNS reviewers only) describing the nature, scope and
main results of the work in more detail.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The summaries will be reviewed to construct the oral program.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Details regarding formatting of
submissions will be posted at </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.cnsorg.org/"><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">http://www.cnsorg.org</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>. All submissions will be acknowledged by
e-mail.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">THE REVIEW
PROCESS:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Submissions will be judged and accepted for the
meeting based on clarity, substance and appropriateness for the meeting.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is particularly important that the
biological relevance of the research be made clear.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CNS 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 meeting
acceptance by the first week of April.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>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.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We particularly
encourage women and underrepresented minorities to apply for an oral
presentation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>All accepted papers not selected for oral talks
may be presented during the poster sessions.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Authors will be notified of the
presentation format of their papers by the end of
April.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ABSTRACT
PUBLICATION:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The formatted abstracts will again be published as
a Supplement to the online journal BMC Neuroscience.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Last year's abstracts are at
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8?issue=S2"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#800080><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8?issue=S2</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The CNS meeting is organized by the Organization
for Computational</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Neuroscience</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>President:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Ranu Jung (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arizona State
University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Program chair:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill Holmes (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ohio University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Program co-chair: Don Johnson (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rice University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Local organizer: Patrick Roberts (Oregon Health
Sciences</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Workshop coordinator: Dieter Jaeger (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Emory University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Program Committee:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Victoria Booth (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Michigan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Sharon Crook (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arizona State
University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Markus Diesmann (RIKEN, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Alex Dimitrov (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Montana State
University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Jeanette Hellgren-Kotaleski (Karolinska Institute, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Theoden Netoff (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Minnesota</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Hiroshi Okamato (RIKEN, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Astrid Prinz (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Emory
University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Michelle Rudolph (CNRS, France)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Harel Shouval (University of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Texas Medical Center</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Volker Steuber (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Herfordshire</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 2.8pt 0pt 0in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>_____________________________________________________________________________</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>OCNS - Organization for Computational Neurosciences, Inc.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.cnsorg.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://www.cnsorg.org</FONT></A></P></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>