[Comp-neuro] Training in Neuroinformatics 2013 - Call for Letters of Intent

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Training in Neuroinformatics - Call for Letters of Intent

The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF;
www.incf.org) is committed to support training in neuroinformatics. INCF
now invites applications to run short courses lasting between two and
seven days on any aspects of neuroinformatics at a level suitable for
PhD students and beyond. The courses should be held in English and open
to any researcher interested in neuroinformatics. The INCF offers
financial support to successful proposals, which would cover the venue,
travel and accommodation costs for a small number of speakers and
participants. Financial support from other sources is encouraged. One
condition of funding is that the course material be made available
publically, through INCF. Our aim is to support the development of new
courses and so it is not our priority to contribute to existing courses.
In particular, courses already funded by us will not be eligible for
further support. Courses are envisaged to take place in 2013.

The Letter of Intent must include information about

1. Topic
2. Organizers
3. Target audience
4. Justification for why INCF should fund this course
5. Course description (up to 250 words).
6. Dissemination plan
7. Speakers - a preliminary list would be helpful
8. Course duration
9. Proposed dates and location
10. Estimated number of participants
11. Draft budget including the amount to be sought from the INCF

The closing date for Letters of Intent is 31st March 2012. Letters
should be sent in PDF format per email to training-proposals@incf.org.
The authors of the most promising Letters of Intent will be invited by
25th April 2012 to submit a full proposal, with a deadline of 1st August
2012.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Raphael Ritz
(raphael.ritz@incf.org) on behalf of the INCF Training Committee.

http://www.incf.org/documents/training/LoI-2012.pdf

Raphael

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Dr. Raphael Ritz
Scientific Officer

International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
Karolinska Institutet
Nobels väg 15 A
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden

Email: raphael.ritz@incf.org
Phone: +46 8 524 87017
Fax: +46 8 524 87150
web: www.incf.org

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[Comp-neuro] International Conference on Behavioral Neuroscience Research

The Faculty of Arts and Social Science in conjunction with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman's 10th anniversary celebration, will host 1st International Conference on Behavioral NeuroScience Research (ICBNSR) 2012 with the theme Celebrating Scholarly Connections from Global Interchange and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Submission Deadline
The deadline for the final round in the Call for Papers is 15 April 2012. Papers, abstracts received during earlier rounds, when accompanied by a paid registration, will be given scheduling priority.

Submission Guidelines
Submission must contain all information below:
• Title of the paper with 3 keywords describing the paper
• Names, position and affiliation of each author
• An abstract of 200 to 250 words
• A full paper of 3,000 to 5,000 words with a bibliography
• A brief biographical statement of the presenter(s)
• All papers submitted must report original work and written according to the
APA Style Publication format
• Papers submitted should be saved in Word 97-2003 Document.

Further Information
Please visit the International Conference website at: http://www.utar.edu.my/fas/index.jsp?fcatid=113&fcontentid=476

For Submissions/Registration/Inquiries:
• Abstracts and Full papers should be emailed to: roman@utar.edu.my
• Registration Form submission should be emailed to: lleuvelyn@utar.edu.my

Themed Sessions
• Cyberpsychology
• Online behaviours
• Theories of the mind
• Consciousness
• Neuropsychology
• Brain Mapping
• Perception, cognition and emotion
• Dynamic continuity of the mind
• Neuroelectrodynamics
• Modeling Cognitive processes

Proposal Types
In-Person Presentation
• Accepted proposal for a single paper presentation (single or more authors) will be assigned to one of the themed sessions.
Virtual Presentation
• A virtual presentation with paid registration is also available if you are unable to attend the conference in-person. Acceptance of a proposal for a virtual participation is based on the same criteria as that for an attending participant.

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Professor
Office: D218(Block D)2nd Floor
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Department of Physical & Mathematical Science
Faculty of Science
31900 Kampar, Perak
Malaysia
Office: (+605)468-8888 Ext. 2289
E-mail: roman@utar.edu.my
http://romanpoznanski.blogspot.com
and
Chief-Editor,
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience
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[Comp-neuro] New book released in Springer's Computational Neuroscience Series: Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience; Theory, Experiment, and Analysis (Schultheiss, Prinz, & Butera; Eds.)

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New book released in Springer's Computational Neuroscience Series:

Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience; Theory, Experiment, and Analysis

edited by Nathan W. Schultheiss, Astrid A. Prinz, and Robert J. Butera

Chapter contributors include:
Michael A. Schwemmer, Timothy J. Lewis, Carmen C. Canavier, Srisairam Achuthan, Trine Krogh-Madsen, Robert Butera, G. Bard Ermentrout, Leon Glass, Michiel W. H. Remme, Mate Lengyel, Boris S. Gutkin, Theoden Netoff, Keisuke Ota, Toru Aonishi, Sorinel A. Oprisan, Daniel G. Polhamus, Charles J. Wilson, Carlos A. Paladini, Bryce Beverlin II, Roberto F. Galán, Anmo J. Kim, Aurel A. Lazar, Klaus M. Stiefel, Nathan W. Schultheiss, Frances K. Skinner, Christian G. Fink, Victoria Booth, Michal Zochowski, Lakshmi Chandrasekaran, Farzan Nadim, Shunbing Zhao, Amitabha Bose, David Hansel, German Mato, Benjamin Pfeuty, Hugo Zeberg, Nathan W. Gouwens, Kunichika Tsumoto, Takashi Tateno, Kazuyuki Aihara, Hugh P. C. Robinson

See Springer's website at:
http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/book/978-1-4614-0738-6

Excerpt from cover mater:  "This volume surveys the diversity of applications of phase response analysis by many of the prominent theoreticians and experimentalists in the Computational Neurosciences.  Readers will find a thorough introduction to the foundational concepts underlying phase response analysis, advanced techniques for accurate estimation of neuronal PRCs, and impactful illustrations of both the cellular underpinnings of the phase response properties of neurons and the power of phase response analysis to explain network behavior."

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Nathan W. Schultheiss
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for Memory and Brain
Boston University
nschult@bu.edu

Recent book release from Springer:
Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience; Theory, Experiment, and Analysis
Schultheiss, Prinz, & Butera (2012)
http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/book/978-1-4614-0738-6

[Comp-neuro] CFP - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETRICS AND BIOINFORMATICS (IJBB)

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETRICS AND BIOINFORMATICS (IJBB)

ISSN: 1985-2347

 

Volume 6, Issue 3

Info. at http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/journals/IJBB/journal_cfp.php?JCode=IJBB

 

Computer Science Journals (CSC Journals) invites researchers, editors, scientists & scholars to publish their scientific research papers in an International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics (IJBB) Volume 6, Issue 3.

 

The International Journal of Biometric and Bioinformatics (IJBB) brings together both of these aspects of biology and creates a platform for exploration and progress of these, relatively new disciplines by facilitating the exchange of information in the fields of computational molecular biology and post-genome bioinformatics and the role of statistics and mathematics in the biological sciences. Bioinformatics and Biometrics are expected to have a substantial impact on the scientific, engineering and economic development of the world. Together they are a comprehensive application of mathematics, statistics, science and computer science with an aim to understand living systems.

 

We  invite specialists, researchers and scientists from the fields of biology, computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics and such related sciences to share their understanding and contributions towards scientific applications that set scientific or policy objectives, motivate method development and demonstrate the operation of new methods in the fields of Biometrics and Bioinformatics.

 

CSC Journals anticipate and invite papers on any of the following topics:

 

 

Bio-grid                                                                       Data visualization

 

Bio-ontology and data mining                                        DNA assembly, clustering, and mapping

 

Bioinformatics databases                                             E-health

 

Biomedical image processing (fusion)                           Fuzzy logic, Neural networks

 

Biomedical image processing (registration)                    Gene expression and microarrays

 

Biomedical image processing (segmentation)                Gene identification and annotation

 

Biomedical modeling and computer simulation               Genetic algorithms

 

Computational genomics & intelligence                         Hidden Markov models

 

Computational proteomics                                           High performance computing

 

Computational structural biology                                  Molecular evolution and phylogeny

 

Molecular modeling and simulation                              Molecular sequence analysis

 

 

Important Dates - IJBB CFP - Volume 6, Issue 3.

Paper Submission: March 31, 2012

Author Notification: May 15, 2012

Issue Publication: June 2012

 

For complete details about IJBB archives publications, abstracting/indexing, editorial board and other important information, please refer to IJBB homepage.

 

We look forward to receive your valuable papers. If you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact us at cscpress@cscjournals.org. Our team is committed to provide a quick and supportive service throughout the publication process.

 

 

A complete list of journals can be found at http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/bysubject.php

 

Sincerely,
 
J. Stewart
Computer Science Journals (CSC Journals)
 
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50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
Tel: + 603 6207 1607, + 603 2782 6991
Fax:+ 603 6207 1697
Url: http://www.cscjournals.org

 

[Comp-neuro] Postdoc position: neural basis of visual decision-making under uncertainty

Postdoctoral position to study the neural basis of visual decision-making under uncertainty

 

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position to study the neural basis of visual decision-making under uncertainty, jointly between the laboratories of Dr. Andreas Tolias (http://toliaslab.wordpress.com/) and Dr. Wei Ji Ma (http://neuro.bcm.edu/malab) in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. The NSF-funded project will integrate high-density electrophysiological recordings in awake, behaving primates with psychophysics, mathematical modeling, and two-photon imaging. The project aims to utilize the theoretical framework of probabilistic inference to understand the connection between behavior and neural activity.

 

Applicants should have experience in neural recordings, a strong mathematical or computational background, and experience with programming (Matlab, C++, etc.).

 

Applicants should send a CV and a statement of interest to Andreas Tolias at atolias@cns.bcm.edu or Wei Ji Ma at wjma@bcm.edu , and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and will end when the position is filled. Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Baylor College of Medicine is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action, and equal-access Employer.

 

Wei Ji Ma will be available at the Cosyne conference to meet with those interested.

 

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Wei Ji Ma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Neuroscience

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX 77030, USA

+1 713 798 8407

http://neuro.bcm.edu/malab

 

[Comp-neuro] Postdoctoral position in high performance neuronal imaging.

As part of the Simulation Visualization and Real Time computing NSF sponsored center  (SiViRT –http://sivirt.utsa.edu)  at UTSA the Imaging group is looking for a postdoctoral fellow. The postdoc will work in developing computational algorithms in the laboratory of Prof. Agaian in the department of Electrical and Computational Engineering (http://engineering.utsa.edu/~sagaian/ ) and apply them to the analysis of two-photon 3D images collected in the laboratory of Dr. Santamaria (http://www.utsa.edu/santamarialab/). This collaboration requires extensive knowledge of image processing. As part of this collaboration the postdoc will be able to develop programs and interfaces to be used in the large visualization facilities at UTSA (http://vislab.utsa.edu). Experience with Matlab is highly desirable and some knowledge of neurobiology. The initial appointment will be for one and a half years, with a possibility of renewal contingent upon funding and satisfactory performance. Please submit a CV and statement of research interests to Dr. Fidel Santamaria (fidel.santamaria@utsa.edu), The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249. For general questions, please contact Mr. Ben Campos (ben.campos@utsa.edu), Center Coordinator, SiViRT Computation Center, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78244.

 

 

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Fidel Santamaria, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

One UTSA circle

University of Texas at San Antonio,

San Antonio, TX 78249

Office: (210) 458-6910

Lab: (210) 458-6982

Fax: (210) 458-5658

Office/Lab Location: BSB 1.03.30

http://www.utsa.edu/santamarialab/index.htm

 

[Comp-neuro] Postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience in Paris

Postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience in Paris

A postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience is available in Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, from October 2012, to work on spike-based computation in the auditory system with Romain Brette (http://audition.ens.fr/brette/) in the Audition lab (http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/hearing.php). The position is funded by the European Research Council (Starting Grant). The starting date can be discussed.

We try to develop neuron models of auditory functions such as sound localization and pitch perception, with an emphasis on spike-based computation. Our approach is primarily theoretical/computational, but we also validate our models with psychophysical experiments and electrophysiology (in vivo and in vitro, through collaborations). Some details are available on this page: http://audition.ens.fr/brette/auditorycomputation.html

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): models of pitch perception (in a broad sense, including intonation), sound localization (including ILD processing) and plasticity in functional spike-based models (including theoretical work).

The lab is a friendly mixture of modelers and experimental psychologists. It is ideally located in central Paris, in the Quartier Latin, in close proximity with theoretical neuroscientists, psychologists and neurophysiologists.

The position is funded for two years with possible extensions. Salary is commensurate with experience and the position carries a full social security and health coverage. Candidates should send their applications (including a brief letter of interest, a CV and the names and contact details of two or three references) to romain.brette@ens.fr. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further details on the specific projects. I might also consider non-auditory projects around spike-based computation, and single neuron modeling.

Romain Brette
Associate Professor
DEC-ENS
29 rue d'Ulm
75005 Paris
http://audition.ens.fr/brette/
romain.brette@ens.fr