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Please, consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICONS 2012.
The submission deadline has been extended to October 16, 2011.
A video of the 2011 event is available on the conference front page:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICONS12.html
In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
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CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS
ICONS 2012: The Seventh International Conference on Systems
February 29 - March 5, 2012 - Reunion Island
General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICONS12.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICONS12.html
- regular papers
- short papers (work in progress)
- posters
- ideas
Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICONS12.html
Submission deadline: October 16, 2011
Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.
All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.
Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html
ICONS 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)
Systems' Theory and Practice
Systems design methodologies and techniques; Formal methods to specify systems� behavior; Online and offline systems; Open and closed systems; Centralized and distributed systems; Proactive and reactive systems; System robustness; Systems scalability; Fault-tolerant systems; Feedback systems; High-speed systems; Delay tolerant systems; Real-time systems
Systems engineering
Systems requirements; Systems modeling; Systems development lifecycle; System-of-systems; Systems ergonomics; Subsystem interactions; Systems decomposition; Systems integration
System Instrumentation
Metering embedded sensors; Composing multi-scale measurements; Monitoring instrumentation; Smart sensor-based systems; Calibration and self-calibration systems; Instrumentation for prediction systems
Embedded systems and systems-on-the-chip
Real-time embedded systems Programming embedded systems; Controlling embedded systems; High speed embedded systems; Designing methodologies for embedded systems; Performance on embedded systems; Updating embedded systems; Wireless/wired design of systems-on-the-chip; Testing embedded systems; Technologies for systems processors; Migration to single-chip systems; Micro/nano structures and systems
Target-oriented systems [emulation, simulation, prediction, etc.]
Information systems; Real-time systems; Software systems; Hardware systems; Emulation systems; Simulation systems Prediction systems
Specialized systems [sensor-based, mobile, multimedia, biometrics, etc.]
Sensor-based systems; Biometrics systems; Mobile and fixed systems; Ubiquitous systems; Nano-technology-based systems; Multimedia systems
Validation systems
Diagnosis assistance systems; Test systems; Validation systems; Performance measurement systems; Maintenance systems
Security and protection systems
Security systems; Vulnerability detecting systems; Intrusion detection systems Intrusion avoidance systems; Presence detection systems; Monitoring systems; Management systems; Alert systems; Defense systems; Emergency systems
Advanced systems [expert, tutoring, self-adapting, interactive, etc.]
Expert systems; Tutoring systems; Highly interactive systems; Anticipative systems; On-demand systems; GRID systems; Autonomic systems; Autonomous systems; Self-adapting systems; Adjustable autonomic systems; High performance computing systems; Mission critical systems
Application-oriented systems [content, eHealth, radar, financial, vehicular, etc.]
Web-cashing systems; Content-distributed systems; Accounting and billing systems; E-Health systems; E-Commerce systems; Radar systems; Navigation systems; Systems for measuring physical quantities; Earthquake detection and ranking systems; Financial systems; Robotics systems; Vehicular systems; Entertainment systems; Gaming systems; Speech recognition system
Safety in industrial systems
Fundamentals on system safety; Safety of software systems and software engineering; Safety requirements; Safety for critical systems; Engineering for system robustness and reliability; Control of mission critical systems; Safety-oriented system design; Human tasks and error models; Hazard analysis; Cost and effectiveness of system safety; Verification and validation of safety; Safety tools; Evaluation of safety data, and mitigation and prevention strategies; Safety control and management; System Safety Implementation Guidelines and Standards; Transferring safety knowledge; Metrics for Risk Assessment; Contingency Planning and Occurrence Reporting; Preparedness Activities; Industry specific safety systems (Medical devices, Aerospace, Chemical industry, Nuclear power plants, Public health, Biological Safety)
Complex systems
Theory of complex systems; Ontologies for complex systems; Chaos and complexity; Design and integrate complex systems; Complexity and simulation; Simulation and datamining; Artificial intelligence and soft computing in complex systems; Multi-agent based simulation; Systems of systems; Intelligent agent architectures; Evolutionary programming; Uncertainty reduction and classification; Monitoring and managing complex systems; Case studies of complex systems [vehicular, avionic, health, emergency, sensing, etc.]; Industrial systems [robotics, production, accounting and billing, e-commerce, etc.]
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The group works on mathematical models of the brain using a combination of methods from probabilistic machine learning, information theory, dynamical systems, and statistical physics. We are particularly interested in understanding how humans and other animals learn about their environments and use this knowledge flexibly to make predictions and guide their future decisions. We collaborate very closely with experimental neuroscience groups providing us the opportunity to test the predictions of our theories.
Applicants must have
- strong problem solving and mathematical skills
- a keen interest in neuroscience
- a relevant first degree such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology or Statistics
Students seeking to combine work in neuroscience and machine learning are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applicants should email the following in pdf or plain text to the CBL administrator Diane Unwin <dsu21@cam.ac.uk>:
- their CV
- a statement of research interests
- transcript(s) for previous degrees
and arrange for three academic referees to send us letters of reference. Pre-application enquires should be addressed to Mate Lengyel.
The deadline for receiving applications is 21 October 2011. Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed on 1-2 November 2011. The position is offered for a period of three years, starting on 1 January 2012.
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It is an honor to invite you to join us to contribute to this special
issue and considering submitting your work.
The papers will be rigorously refereed but fair reviews will also be
insured. In addition, for transparency and for offering hot debates,
we may want to consider publishing reviews as commentary under the
section "perspectives". This will depend on how the Research Topic
(RT) develops and on the joint decision of all editors of this RT.
The proposed structure of this Research Topic is provided below.
Host Specialty: Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, Frontiers in
Human Neuroscience
Topic Title: The social emotional developmental and cognitive
neuroscience of socioeconomic gradients: Laboratory, population,
cross-cultural and community developmental approaches
Topic Editor(s): Amedeo D'Angiulli, Stefania Maggi, Sebastian Lipina
DESCRIPTION: The study of the socioeconomic neural gradients, that is,
functional and structural brain differences that correspond to
variations in socioeconomic status, is a very young area of
multidisciplinary research within the neural and behavior sciences.
Although a general consensus of basic results is quickly emerging, as
in any emerging area of inquiry, the approaches used within it can
still be influenced by epistemological or ideological stances
inherited from other disciplines (and potentially implicit ideological
systems). Inadvertently, these influences can lead this critically
important new area of research to methodological and ethical
foundational challenges and issues that are in need of debate over and
beyond consensus on interventions aiming at the effects of poverty on
children's development (e.g., poverty definition criteria, lack of
specificity when considering child poverty in terms of how children
experience different type of deprivations, or lack of critics
regarding social exclusion in different countries). The risk is a
tendency to simplify the complexity that characterizes both phenomena
of development and social inequality. The overarching aim of this
broad research topic is to give the full spectrum of views on the
study of socioeconomic neural differences representing comparatively
the best examples of research in the field from different
methodological stances (i.e., laboratory vs. field) and theoretical
approaches (i.e., mechanistic vs. adaptive). The unitary background
framework provided as test bench for the comparisons is human brain
development in the broadest sense of the term.
The aim of this research topic is to portray the current status in
different disciplines addressing social inequities and human brain
development. The main purpose is to house a rich global international
critical and synthetic debate with focus on empirical research
updates, implications and challenges in Cognitive Science,
Neuroscience, Social Sciences and interdisciplinary arena efforts. In
this context, the contributions will represent four strategic domains:
(1) Cognitive Neuroscience (behavioral and neuroimaging findings in
different countries and their implications at social development and
educational levels); (2) Social Sciences -Economy,
Anthropology/Sociology, Education (updating scientific, ethical and
ideological issues on social inequities worldwide, addressing the
challenges we are facing: complexity, interdisciplinary efforts); and
(3) Interdisciplinary efforts (scientific and policy priorities for
the next decade); (4) Neuropsychoendocrinology (relationships between
social context and acute/chronic stress across the world).
Submissions pertinent to this research topic may include (but not be
limited to): Examples of population based approaches currently in
place: epidemiological studies, large scale studies on administrative
school and health; populations based studies in need of being
conducted: large scale brain (EEGs, MRI) assessments to debunk the
myth of deficiency in vulnerable populations and studies that draw
attention to the need to reform societies not intervene on
individuals; reduction of social inequality that is the result of
deficits in social structures; large scale assessment of community
mental health among groups of children sharing common environmental
features rather than recruiting unrelated individual children into a
sample; in-depth neuroethical, epistemological and sociological
analysis of structural influences (e.g., schools, childcare) and their
influences on vulnerable groups from a population perspective rather
than the effects of the individual child; neuroimaging studies
(perspectives, reviews, and empirical research reports) that
disentangle the developmental dynamics of how socioeconomic status may
influence brain plasticity; epigenetic studies addressing the issue of
gene-environment interactions in determining neural gradients.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
Article Submission Deadline: Mar 31, 2012
All papers will appear in the same place on Frontiers journals website
and in one ebook, but Neuroscience papers will be submitted through
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, and non-neuroscience papers (those
pertaining to epidemiology and those that lean closer to psychology)
through Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. This will mean that
some papers will appear in PubMed under Frontiers in Psychology, while
others will appear as Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Other than
that, the papers will be centralized on our website once they're
published, and you can submit to the most suitable journal.
Please help us make this the best Research Topic ever!
Amedeo D'Angiulli, Stefania Maggi, and Sebastian Lipina
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Carleton University
Department of Neuroscience
& Child Studies program -- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
1125 Colonel BY Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
Room 2202A Dunton Tower
(613) 520-2600, ext. 2954
Fax: (613) 520-3985
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-------------Computational Neuroscience--------------------
The College of Arts and Sciences at American University (Washington, DC) invites applications for a full‐time, tenure‐track, Assistant Professor position, beginning in August 2012, in computational neuroscience (broadly defined, including but not limited to neural networks, simulation, image processing, and bio‐informatics).
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, and research statement, and applicants must arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the search committee. Materials can be submitted online (highly preferred) at http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo, or via email to CompNeuroSearch@american.edu, or in hard copy to Computational Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University, Washington, DC 20016‐8050. Applications received by December 10, 2011 will receive full consideration. American University is an EEO/AA institution, committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. American University offers employee benefits to same-°©‐sex domestic partners of employees and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression.
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The College of Arts and Sciences at American University (Washington, DC) invites applications for a full‐time, tenure‐track position, beginning in Fall 2012, in applied mathematics with a focus in computational life sciences, probability, image and signal processing, or applied cryptography. The rank of this position is Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. In the latter case, depending on qualifications, the appointee to this position may be recommended for tenure at the time of hiring.
Applicants must have a PhD in a relevant discipline. Teaching and post‐ doctoral experience are preferred. Responsibilities include: teaching and curriculum development; establishing an internationally recognized research program, preferably one that can involve undergraduate research participation; strengthening connections to other departments and programs across campus; and service to the department and the wider university.
The College of Arts and Sciences offers a variety of degrees at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. For more information about our programs, visit www.american.edu/cas/.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, and research statement, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the search committee. At least one of the letters must address the applicant's teaching credentials. Submissions of applications via www.mathjobs.org are preferred but email and paper applications will be accepted. In the later cases, materials should be sent to: lgreene@american.edu, or Applied Mathematics Search Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University, Washington, DC 20016‐8050. Applications received by December 1, 2011 will receive full consideration. American University is an EEO/AA institution, committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. American University offers employee benefits to same‐sex domestic partners of employees and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression.
http://www.ru.nl/vacatures/details/details_vacature_0?recid=505393
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Making Sense of Sounds
Workshop on Sounds and Sound Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems
20/21 February 2012, Plymouth UK
How much can we learn about what is going on in the world simply by listening?
http://helen.pion.ac.uk/the-meaning-of-sound-2012
Living organisms constantly generate sonic cues about their presence as they move and interact with the world around them. What can we tell about their behaviour or state of mind through the sounds they emit or modulate as they act and interact with the environment?
This workshop will discuss many aspects of sound processing, including sound perception in natural systems (humans and animals), the use of sounds to probe the environment (bio-sonar), computational modelling of auditory processing, and the development of bio-inspired real-time sound processing systems.
Submissions are invited that address, but are not restricted to, the following topics:
Submissions may take the form of a talk, poster or demo; please indicate your preferred medium.
Deadlines:
Invited Speakers
Conference venue will be the Plymouth Marine Aquarium http://www.national-aquarium.co.uk/
There will be a conference dinner at the Aquarium Feb the 20th, and a public evening talk at Feb 21 by Andreas Andreou: "Mind from matter; a journey through sound"
Participating in this workshop is free and there is some financial support for those students or postdocs needing it.
Abstracts (100-200 words) should be submitted by email to: scandleworkshop@gmail.com
Workshop websites with additional information:
http://www.pion.ac.uk/the-meaning-of-sound-2012
http://scandle.eu
Please send any further enquiries to Lucy Davies: lucy.davies4@plymouth.ac.uk
This workshop is funded by the European Community through grant ICT-231168-SCANDLE --- "SCANDLE: acoustic SCene ANalysis for Detecting Living Entities"
http://bit.ly/rjvdBU
http://bit.ly/oo8v2v
I would be very grateful if you would bring these two chair openings to the attention of any of your colleagues who might also be interested to move to one of the UKs strongest Psychology departments.
Regards
Chris
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Birmingham B15 2TT UK Web: http://prism.bham.ac.uk
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Details are available through
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies/TN%20Postdoc2011.html
Applications must be made online via the UCL job vacancies website:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/.
The closing date for applications is 31st October, 2011. Interviews will
be held 30th November, 2011.
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-- Prof. Dr. Peter König Institute of Cognitive Science University Osnabrück Albrechtstr. 28 49076 Osnabrück +49 541 969 2399 http://cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/~NBP/
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral Research Fellow or a Research Assistant in a joint project between the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore and the A*STAR - Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Neuroscience Research Partnership. The successful applicant will join a team of researchers in developing an immersive virtual reality setup that will be used in conjunction with optical imaging to record neuronal activity in the brain of a behaving zebrafish. The project will make use of electrophysiological techniques, computer vision algorithms, and methods in computer graphics to create a realistic environment in which the zebrafish will be able to navigate.
Qualifications:
· Ph.D. or Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related fields
· Strong background in computer vision and computer graphics
· Good programming skills in C and Matlab
· Fluency in written and spoken English
· Applicants for the Research Assistant position have to be Singaporeans or Singapore Permanent Residents from ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries
Responsibilities:
· Set up electrophysiological recordings to detect movements in the zebrafish
· Develop computer vision algorithms that are able to decipher the movements of the zebrafish
· Construct a realistic virtual reality environment in which the zebrafish will be able to navigate
· Contribute to and promote research activities of the research team
· Supervise undergraduate and graduate student research projects
The appointment can commence immediately and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Interested applicants should send their motivation letter, curriculum vitae, and publication list via email to Dr. Shih-Cheng Yen (shihcheng@nus.edu.sg).
Assistant Professor Shih-Cheng YEN :: National University of Singapore :: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Block E4, #05-45, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576 :: +65-6516 2118 (DID) :: +65-6777 3117 :: shihcheng@nus.edu.sg (E) :: www.nus.edu.sg (W) :: Company Registration No: 200604346E
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Call for Papers
NIPS 2011 WORKSHOP ON MACHINE LEARNING AND INTERPRETATION IN NEUROIMAGING
(NOTE: this workshop is now MERGED with the NIPS workshop on "Interpretable Decoding of Higher Cognitive States from Neural Data")
https://sites.google.com/site/mlini2011/
December 16-17, 2011, Melia Sierra Nevada & Melia Sol y Nieve, Sierra Nevada, Spain
Submission deadline (EXTENDED): October 17th, 2011
Overview:
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Modern multivariate statistical methods have been increasingly applied to various problems in neuroimaging, including "mind reading", "brain mapping", clinical diagnosis and prognosis. Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) is a promising machine-learning approach for discovering complex relationships between high-dimensional signals (e.g., brain images) and variables of interest (e.g., external stimuli and/or brain's cognitive states). Modern multivariate regularization approaches can overcome the curse of dimensionality and produce highly predictive models even in high-dimensional, low-sample scenarios typical in neuroimaging (e.g., 10 to 100 thousands of voxels and just a few hundreds of samples).
However, despite the rapidly growing number of neuroimaging applications in machine learning, its impact on how theories of brain function are construed has received little consideration. Accordingly, machine-learning techniques are frequently met with skepticism in the domain of cognitive neuroscience. In this workshop, we intend to investigate the implications that follow from adopting machine-learning methods for studying brain function. In particular, this concerns the question how these methods may be used to represent cognitive states, and what ramifications this has for consequent theories of cognition. Besides providing a rationale for the use of machine-learning methods in studying brain function, a further goal of this workshop is to identify shortcomings of state-of-the-art approaches and initiate research efforts that increase the impact of machine learning on cognitive neuroscience.
Decoding higher cognition and interpreting the behavior of associated classifiers can pose unique challenges, as these psychological states are complex, fast-changing and often ill-defined. For instance, speech is received at 3-4 words a second; acoustic, semantic and syntactic processing occur in parallel; and the form of underlying representations (sentence structures, conceptual descriptions) remains controversial. ML techniques are required that can take advantage of patterns that are temporally and spatially distributed, but coordinated in their activity. And different recording modalities have distinctive advantages: fMRI provides millimeter-level localization in the brain but poor temporal resolution, while EEG and MEG have millisecond temporal resolution at the cost of spatial resolution. Ideally, machine learning methods would be able to meaningfully combine complementary information from these different neuroimaging techniques, and reveal latent dimensions in neural activity, while still being capable of disentangling tightly linked and confounded sub-processes.
Moreover, from the machine learning perspective, neuroimaging is a rich source of challenging problems that can facilitate development of novel approaches. For example, feature extraction and feature selection approaches become particularly important in neuroimaging, since the primary objective is to gain a scientific insight rather than simply learn a ``black-box'' predictor. However, unlike some other applications where the set features might be quite well-explored and established by now, neuroimaging is a domain where a machine-learning researcher cannot simply "ask a domain expert what features should be used", since this is essentially the question the domain expert themselves are trying to figure out. While the current neuroscientific knowledge can guide the definition of specialized 'brain areas', more complex patterns of brain activity, such as spatio-temporal patterns, functional network patterns, and other multivariate dependencies remain to be discovered mainly via statistical analysis.
The list of open questions of interest to the workshop includes, but is not limited to the following:
Dear comp-neuro people,
we are seeking a highly motivated PhD student interested in a multidisciplinary approach toward the study of the basic mechanisms underlying GABA neurotransmission. The research position, available at Andrea Barberis group will focus on the gating properties of GABA receptors by means of patch-clamp experiments. The successful student will complete its research by working on realistic mathematical models that will be developed in collaboration with Thierry Nieus, a computational neuroscientist at the NBT department.
Knowledge in biophysics and neurophysiology is highly valued. Patch clamp experience and programming skills (e.g. Python, Neuron, Matlab) are desirable. Applications should include a CV, a statement of research experience and interests, names of at least 2 referees and a copy of university degree (diploma or equivalent M.Sc.). Please send your application electronically as a single PDF file to Andrea Barberis (Andrea.Barberis@iit.it) or/and Thierry Nieus (Thierry.Nieus@iit.it).
Because of the closeness of the call (next week!, Friday September the 23th) we invite people interested in the position to contact us as soon as possible.
List of significant publications:
Influence of GABAAR monoliganded states on GABAergic responses. J Neurosci. 2011 Feb 2;31(5):1752-61. Petrini EM, Nieus T, Ravasenga T, Succol F, Guazzi S, Benfenati F, Barberis A.
LTP regulates burst initiation and frequency at mossy fiber-granule cell synapses of rat cerebellum: experimental observations and theoretical predictions. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Feb;95(2):686-99. Epub 2005 Oct 5. Nieus T, Sola E, Mapelli J, Saftenku E, Rossi P, D'Angelo E.
Thierry Nieus, Post Doc Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa Italy phone: +39 010 71781580 fax: +39 010 71781230 skype: thierry.nieus |
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The Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative is a group of Boston-based scientists
who have begun to work together to advance our understanding of the brain
dynamics underlying cognitive functions such as attention, sensation,
motor planning, and memory. There is a growing consensus that dynamics are
central to understanding how the brain works, but major gaps exist in what
we know and in how we seek to understand more. The CRC has focused on the
dynamical regime most strongly associated with cognition, rhythmic
activity in the frequency range 1 - 200 Hz. Its central aims are to
characterize the physiological origins and functions of such rhythms and
to understand how pathologies in rhythmic dynamics are related to symptoms
and mechanisms of neurological disease. Mathematical modeling,
cutting-edge statistical techniques, and their implementation as computer
algorithms will be critical to carrying out its scientific program. The
CRC has recently been funded for five years by the National Science
Foundation. The grant will support the CRC, concentrating on the
application of the mathematical sciences to the investigation of brain
dynamics and the potential for new mathematical, statistical and
computational techniques driven by challenging scientific problems. This
includes support of a technology core that will create new
hardware/software platforms to support such techniques.
The CRC will support visiting scholars to conduct optogenetics or other
neurotechnology-driven experiments in the field of neural dynamics. The
CRC can host 1-2 people per year to conduct entire experiments over 3-9
month timescales. Preference will be given to tenured or tenure-track
faculty members, and to investigators from institutions where introduction
of such technologies would greatly enhance research in the home
institution. Opto-Scholars must provide their own living expenses (e.g.,
housing, food, etc.), as no stipend is provided; however, materials and
services costs (e.g., light sources, viruses, animal costs) for approved
projects will be covered. Admissions will be done on a rolling basis.
Applicants should send a CV, a 1-page description of the proposed project,
and names of three references, to Dr. Ed Boyden, at esb@media.mit.edu,
with the email subject line beginning with "[opto-scholars]". More
information can be found at http://syntheticneurobiology.org/contacts .
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From: Mike Wijnants <mike@tnb.ua.ac.be>Subject: [Comp-neuro] Vacant positions at TNB, 2 Postdoctoral FellowsDate: September 12, 2011 2:32:06 AM CDTPostdoctoral Fellows: Two EC-funded postdoctoral positions are available in Dr. Michele Giugliano's group at the University of Antwerp (Belgium).
Applicants must have solid in vitro experience with patch-clamp in brain slices and in primary neuronal cell cultures. Experience in the domains of in vitro multielectrode arrays, optogenetics, photoactivation, analysis of synaptic transmission, neuronal excitability and population activity will be a plus.Research will focus on 1) interfacing novel materials to neuronal microcircuitry as bidirectional nano-scale interfacing devices, as well as on 2) using novel optogenetic and electrophysiological techniques for quantitively dissect network electrophysiology and its plasticity, relevant for natural and synthetic memories formation, deletion, and re-writing. This research, funded by the European Commission, aims ultimately at developing unconventional scientific & technological approaches for advancing our understanding on collective emerging behavior in neuronal ensembles, as well as for designing the next generation of neuroprosthetics and cognitive interfaces.The Department of Biomedical Sciences, as well as the European-wide laboratories consortia of these projects, constitute a strong research community, with many opportunities for collaboration and development of laboratory skills. The city of Antwerp, where the laboratory is located, is the home town of the painter Rubens, 2nd city in Belgium, and receptacle of monuments, museums and churches. It is the 2nd largest harbor in Europe, the world's top centre for diamond processing, and a lively multi-cultural pocket-size metropolis. Only ~3h away from London or Koln, and 2h from Paris or Amsterdam, Antwerp is literally located at the center of Europe and it is an attractive, inspiring, historic place._______________________________________________
Applications MUST include an extended CV, a motivation letter, and names and addresses of three references. Material should be addressed electronically to Mrs. Chris Ploegaert, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerpen, Born-Bunge Foundation, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium, chris_AT_tnb.ua.ac.b, until December 1st, 2011 (mass-emails will be trashed). For informal inquiries please contact Dr. Michele Giugliano (michele.giugliano_AT_ua.ac.be) or visit the website http://www.tnb.ua.ac.be.
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From: Tori Williford <toriw@bcm.edu>
Date: September 8, 2011 2:26:54 PM CDT
To: comp-neuro@neuroinf.org
Subject: [Comp-neuro] Neural Coding in Sensory Systems Conference, Austria
Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce the 2012 FENS IBRO/HERTIE winter school in "Neural Coding in Sensory Systems" to be held in Obergurgl, Austria in January 5-15, 2012.
The application process for advanced PhD students and postdocs in neuroscience-related fields is now open and applications can be submitted electronically via
www.fens.org/fens-ibro-schools/. The application deadline is September, 19, 2011.
Please find more information in the attached pdf.
Best regards
Andreas Tolias (Houston, TX, USA)
Matthias Bethge (Tubingen, Germany)
[post on behalf of Joern Diedrichsen j.diedrichsen@ucl.ac.uk]
The Motor Control Group in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (PI: Joern Diedrichsen) has an open postdoctoral position for the project "Learning and recovery of skilled finger movements", funded for 36 month by the Wellcome Trust. The goal of the project is to use the multivariate analysis of fMRI activity patterns to understand the acquisition (and re-acquisition) of skilled motor behaviours. Ideally, the postholder has a strong background (or strong will to acquire it) in fMRI, computational neuroscience, and motor control / learning.
Closing date for applications is the 4th of October.
More about the lab: http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/motorcontrol/
For further details about the vacancy and how to apply on line please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ and search on Reference Number 1206249.
19th Annual Dynamical Neuroscience Satellite Symposium
Deep Brain Stimulation in Mental Illness, Neurological Disorders and Cognitive Impairment
Preceding the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
Thursday and Friday, November 10-11, 2011
Marriott Renaissance Washington Hotel
Mount Vernon Square Room
999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC
Deep Brain Stimulation is a treatment which has been initiated in over a dozen neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions and disorders, yet the mechanism(s) underlying its efficacy are largely unknown and subject to much speculation. The procedure has also been reported to produce numerous instances of adverse effects, ranging from bleeding within the brain and infection to cognitive dysfunction, hallucinations, compulsivity and even depression.
This symposium will address the current range of applications, efficacies, case studies, and the theory and modeling that attempt to uncover the biological underpinnings of its beneficial effects. The ultimate goal is to bring about a greater understanding of the means by which the beneficial effects are produced, at the molecular, cellular and network levels.
Invited Speakers
Helen M. Bronte-Stewart, Joseph J. Fins, Benjamin D. Greenberg, Jaimie M. Henderson,
Kendall H. Lee, Sarah Hollingsworth “Holly” Lisanby, Helen S. Mayberg, Cameron C. McIntyre,
Martha J. Morrell, Nicholas D. Schiff, Michele Tagliati, Philip A. Starr and Jerrold L. Vitek
Keynote Address
Winner of the 4th Annual Swartz Prize in Computational Neuroscience
Symposium Organizers
Cameron C. McIntyre, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Dennis L. Glanzman, NIMH/NIH
Poster Receipt Deadline: September 30, 2011
For logistical information please contact Nakia Wilson, The Dixon Group, Inc., (202)-281-2825, nwilson@dixongroup.com
For programmatic information, please contact Dennis Glanzman, NIMH/NIH, (301) 443-1576, glanzman@nih.gov
There is no fee to attend this meeting. Register and submit a poster at this website: http://neuro.dgimeetings.com
**EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE**
Call for Papers and Extended Abstracts
DevLeaNN: A Workshop on Development and Learning in Artificial Neural
Networks
October 27 and 28, in Paris, France
http://devleann.iscpif.fr
DevLeaNN is a two-day workshop devoted to showcasing the current
state-of-the-art at the intersection of development and learning in
artificial neural network design. The purpose of DevLeaNN is to gather
researchers from related streams of research to present both novel
research and summaries of research portfolios.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
* constructive or pruning techniques / network ensembles
* neural Darwinism
* neuro-evolutionary techniques
* reservoir computing (Echo State Networks, Liquid State Machines)
* deep neural networks
* artificial development / artificial embryogeny / generative and
developmental techniques
* genotype-to-phenotype mappings
* temporal / spatial development
* artificial genetic regulatory networks
* neuromodulation
* plasticity
* knowledge representation / population coding
* topological optimization
We are soliciting papers and extended abstracts. Both novel research and
summaries of existing research portfolios are welcome.
We are presently negotiating a published proceedings of extended
versions of submissions with Springer's Studies in Computational
Intelligence Series.
WORKSHOP DATE AND VENUE:
October 27-28, 2011
Institut des systèmes complexes, Paris, France
IMPORTANT DATES:
* Paper/Extended Abstract Submission: Friday 23 September, 2011
* Paper/Extended Abstract Notification: Wednesday 05 October, 2011
* Workshop: Thursday 27 and Friday 28 October, 2011
(To accommodate time-conscious travellers, submissions received by the
old deadline, 9 September, will be notified by 23 September)
INVITED SPEAKERS:
* Hugues Berry (Université de Lyon)
* Yaochu Jin (University of Surrey)
* Thomas Trappenberg (Dalhousie University)
For more information, or to submit or register, please visit:
http://devleann.iscpif.fr
Thanks for your attention, and we hope to see you in Paris!
T. Kowaliw, N. Bredeche, and R. Doursat
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Taras Kowaliw, Ph.D.
Guest Researcher / Chercheur Post-Doctorant,
Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Île-de-France,
Centre national de la recherche scientifique,
57-59 rue Lhomond, 75005, Paris, France
t.: +33 01 42 17 40 35 | f.: + 33 01 45 35 79 21
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