[Comp-neuro] 2nd International Conference on Neural Field Theory

2nd International Conference on Neural Field Theory

University of Reading, April 19 - 21, 2012

http://www.reading.ac.uk/cinn/news/cinn-progressneuralfield2012.aspx

Organised by Stephen Coombes, Peter beim Graben, Roland Potthast and Douglas Saddy

Local Organizing Committee: Kelly Sloan, Natalie Lowery and Alexander Moodey

Neural Computation and Neural Field Theory is a growing and very active area of research with important applications in medicine and technology. Activities range from the simulation of individual neurons to numerical treatment of neural field equations, from modeling and identification of cognitive and psychological processes in a neural environment to building natural or artificial devices. The community includes researchers from medicine, psychology, physics, mathematics and engineering, where ideas from different fields lead to a truly interdisciplinary and highly catalyzing environment.  On this background the Reading Conferences on Neural Field Theory contribute to the further development and shaping of the community by bringing together well-known and young researchers in an inspiring mixture of tutorials, special sessions and invited talks by leaders in the field.

Plenary speakers include Bard Ermentrout (Pittsburgh), Olivier Faugeras (INRIA), Victor Jirsa (Marseille), Ingo Bojak (Birmingham), Will Penny (UCL) and Ying Zheng (Sheffield)

Special Sessions include:

Special Solutions to Neural Field Equations (Anna Oleynik/John Wyller, UMB Norway)

Stochastic Methods in Neural Field Theory (Evelyn Buckwar/Martin Riedler, University of Linz, Austria)

Dynamics and Cognition (Dimitris Pinotsis, UCL, United Kingdom)

Cognitive Modelling (Peter beim Graben / Gregor Schöner, Berlin/Bochum, Germany)

Quantitative Applications of NFT (Peter Robinson, Sydney, Australia)

Open Tutorials (Thursday):

1. Peter beim Graben: Modeling and Physical Background of Neural Field Theory

2. Stephen Coombes: The Mathematics of Neural Field Theory

3. Roland Potthast: Cognitive Modeling and Inverse Methods for Neural Field Theory

Participants need to REGISTER NOW! Titles for talks and abstracts should be sent to Natalie Lowery, n.l.h.lowery@pgr.reading.ac.uk or Alexander Moodey a.j.f.moodey@pgr.reading.ac.uk before March 21, 2012!

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Stephen Coombes

Professor of Applied Mathematics

School of Mathematical Sciences

Nottingham, UK

Tel:  0115 846 7836

Fax: 0115 951 3837

http://www.maths.nott.ac.uk/~sc/

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