[Comp-neuro] COSYNE 2012: Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts (abstract deadline Nov 23 2011)

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Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne)

MAIN MEETING WORKSHOPS
Feb 23 - 26, 2012 Feb 27 - 28, 2012
Salt Lake City, Utah Snowbird Ski Resort, Utah

http://www.cosyne.org

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The annual Cosyne meeting provides an inclusive forum for the exchange of
empirical and theoretical approaches to problems in systems neuroscience, in
order to understand how neural systems function.

The MAIN MEETING is single-track. A set of invited talks are selected by the
Executive Committee, and additional talks and posters are selected by the
Program Committee, based on submitted abstracts. The WORKSHOPS feature
in-depth
discussion of current topics of interest, in a small group setting.

Cosyne topics include but are not limited to: neural coding, natural scene
statistics, dendritic computation, neural basis of persistent activity,
nonlinear receptive field mapping, representations of time and sequence,
reward
systems, decision-making, synaptic plasticity, map formation and plasticity,
population coding, attention, and computation with spiking networks.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission opens: 24 Oct 2011
Abstract submission deadline: 23 Nov 2011

INVITED SPEAKERS:

John Assad
Michael Brecht
Emery Brown
Nicolas Brunel
Stefano Fusi
Tom Griffiths
Takao Hensch
Zach Mainen
Fred Rieke
Rebecca Saxe
Noam Sobel
Sarah Woolley

When preparing an abstract, authors should be aware that not all
abstracts can be accepted for the meeting, due to space constraints.
Abstracts will be selected based on the clarity with which they convey
the substance, significance, and originality of the work to be presented.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chairs: Rachel Wilson (Harvard) and Jim DICarlo (MIT)
Program Chairs: Nicole Rust (Penn) and Jonathan Pillow (UT Austin)
Workshop Chairs: Brent Doiron (Pittsburgh) and Jess Cardin (Yale)
Publicity Chair: Mark Histed (Harvard Medical School)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Anthony Zador (CSHL)
Alexandre Pouget (U Rochester)
Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme)

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[Comp-neuro] Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology Position

Dear Colleagues,

                I respectfully submit an advertisement below for an organismal biologist (broadly defined) in our department of biology.  The job description and method of application are described below.

 

Adam

 

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Adam L. Weaver, Ph.D.  
       
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology                 Phone:  (802) 654-2624 
Saint Michael’s College (Office: Cheray 313E)  FAX:    (802) 654-2236 
One Winooski Park, Box 283              Email:  AWeaver2@smcvt.edu     
Colchester, VT 05439            Web:    http://academics.smcvt.edu/aweaver2

 

 

 

Saint Michael's College - Assistant Professor of Biology

 

Job Description:

The Department of Biology at Saint Michael’s College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position for an assistant professor of biology for the 2012-2013 academic year. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in team teaching of introductory biology and develop and teach upper-level laboratory courses that will enhance the department’s offerings for students interested in post-graduate opportunities in health care. The successful candidate must also maintain a productive scholarship program focusing on research at the organismal level that provides opportunities for student involvement. For example, focus areas of teaching and scholarship could include, but are not limited to, the following (listed in alphabetical order, not in order of preference): anatomy, epidemiology, immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, parasitology, or physiology.

 

Requirements:

Ph.D. in biology or related field; college-level teaching experience; promising record of scholarship; willingness to participate as part of a team of colleagues with the primary focus being the mutual benefit of our students.

 

Additional Information:

Saint Michael’s is a Catholic, residential, liberal arts college with an undergraduate enrollment of 2,000 students.  Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate teaching and be supportive of the mission of the College. Saint Michael's College is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering and affirming an inclusive, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment for its students, faculty, and staff. In their cover letters, applicants are encouraged to address their potential contribution to the promotion of this diversity.

 

Application Instructions:

To submit applications go to the Saint Michael’s College Human Resources Website  (http://smcvt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=27577). 

Please be prepared to attach the following documents after clicking on the “Apply Now” button.

•             Cover letter, including statement of teaching philosophy, research objectives, and addressing the balance between teaching and research at an undergraduate liberal arts institution

•             Curriculum vitae, including names and contact information of at least three references

 

Review of applications will begin on October 20th and continue until position is filled.

 

About Saint Michael's College :

Saint Michael's College has been designated, through a survey conducted in 2009 by The Chronicle of Higher Education, to be a Great College to Work For, one of only ten colleges with fewer than 3,000 students to be so designated. Saint Michael's is a residential, Catholic, liberal arts college in Vermont where 2,000 undergraduates from around the United States and the world take part in a fully engaging, total college life of the mind, body and spirit. Saint Michael's is among the elite ranks of only 270 colleges and universities nationwide allowed to host a Phi Beta Kappa national honor society chapter on campus, making clear why Newsweek magazine labeled the college a "hidden treasure" that "deserves more national recognition." Saint Michael's is included in The Princeton Review's Best 368 Colleges guidebook.

 

[Comp-neuro] POSTDOCTORAL position at Erasmus University Rotterdam

A postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience is available in
the lab of Arthur Houweling (http://www.neuro.nl/research.php) at the
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam. The postdoc will work on a
project funded by the Computational Life Sciences program of the
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The project is
a close collaboration between experimental neuroscientists in the
Houweling lab and computational neuroscientists in the group of Prof.
Paul Tiesinga (Radboud University Nijmegen, http://www.ru.nl/donders).
The overall goal of the project is to study the mechanism by which the
brain perceives the action potentials of a single neuron, using a
combined experimental, computational and theoretical approach. In
experiments in the Houweling lab, two-photon population calcium imaging
will be used to monitor the spike discharges of layer 2/3 cortical
neurons during a single-cell stimulation detection task. The postdoc
will build a computational model in order to understand the measured
neural activity patterns in terms of biophysical properties of neurons
and synapses, and the statistics of the neural connectivity pattern.
He/she will also assist in developing and applying new data analysis
methods.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a quantitative science
(physics, mathematics, computer science, computational neuroscience
etc.), excellent programming skills in C and Matlab, and working
knowledge of constructing and implementing computational models.
Knowledge of neuroscience is highly desirable. The candidate will need
to be able to collaborate in a multidisciplinary setting.

Rotterdam (http://www.rotterdam.nl/home_english), the second largest
city in the Netherlands, is a highly desirable place to work and live.
The Department of Neuroscience (http://www.neuro.nl) at the Erasmus MC
brings together researchers working on subjects ranging from molecules
to human cognition and is a highly collaborative place.

Interested applicants can contact Arthur Houweling by email
(a.houweling@erasmusmc.nl). Please include a curriculum vitae, contact
information for three references, and a brief description of research
experience and interests.
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[Comp-neuro] Expert Patch Electrophysiologist Wanted (please post)

Wanted:  Expert Patch Electrophysiologist (Postdoc or Advanced Technician)
 
We are seeking a highly-capable patch-clamp electrophysiologist for a postdoctoral or senior technician position. The ideal applicant has at least 2-3 years of experience using patch-clamp electrophysiology as their primary research tool. We prefer that you have experience with both in vitro and in vivo preps, or in vitro patching under difficult conditions (dendrites, multiple simultaneous patches, etc.)  Experience with rodent surgery and functional multiphoton imaging is a plus. The applicant will participate in a larger project that involves using imaging, electrophysiological, and molecular techniques to dissect the functional micro-circuitry of early visual cortical areas. The ideal candidate will be able to work relatively autonomously to design and schedule experiments, collect data, and troubleshoot techniques and equipment, while at the same time coordinating their results with other members of the research team in order to drive the project forward.

Location:  Neuroscience lab of Andreas Tolias, Ph.D. @ Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, USA

Contact: send CV to

Tori Williford

Baylor College of Medicine

toriw@bcm.edu

OR 

Andreas Tolias, Ph.D.

Baylor College of Medicine

atolias@cns.bcm.edu

[Comp-neuro] IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development Special Issue on Biologically-Inspired Human-Robot Interactions - Call For Papers

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce:

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development Special Issue on Biologically-Inspired Human-Robot Interactions call for papers

The webpage for the special issue can be found at:

http://research.microsoft.com/~zhang/IEEE-TAMD/CFP-SI-HRI.html

Call for Papers

As robots become more common in our daily activities, human-robot interactions and human-computer interfaces are becoming increasingly important. Despite considerable progress in this relatively new field, very few researchers have paid attention to how the brain, cognition, and underlying biological mechanisms are involved in such interactions.
This call requests papers that bring together fields of study, such as cognitive architectures, computational neuroscience, developmental psychology, machine psychology, and socially affective robotics, to advance the field of human-robot interaction. A robot that shares many of the attributes of the human it is interacting with would not only result in a more sophisticated robot, but it may also cause the human to respond more naturally, and be more willing to cooperate with such a robot.

Submitted papers should further the field of Human-Robot Interaction through biologically inspired algorithms or methods. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

·      Brain imaging during human-robot interaction
·      Cooperative behavior and/or teamwork with robots and humans
·      Emotion and empathy in robotic systems
·      Gesture recognition using neural systems
·      Human brain activity while interacting with robotic systems
·      Human and robot shared or joint attention
·      Natural language communication
·      Natural vision systems
·      Robot imitation of human behavior
·      Socially affective robots
·      Social cognition
·      Space sharing and co-existence between humans and machines
·      Theory of mind in robots

Editors:

Frederick C Harris, Jr., University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, fredh@cse.unr.edu
Jeffrey Krichmar, University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA, USA, jkrichma@uci.edu
Hava Siegelmann, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA, hava@cs.umass.edu
Hiroaki Wagatsuma, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan, waga@brain.kyutech.ac.jp

Two kinds of submissions are possible:
·       Regular papers, up to 15 double column pages.
·       Correspondence papers either presenting a "perspective" that includes insights into issues of wider scope than a regular paper but without being highly computational in style or presenting concise description of recent technical results, up to 8 double column pages.

Instructions for authors:

http://ieee-cis.org/pubs/tamd/authors/

We are accepting submissions through Manuscript Central at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tamd-ieee (please select « Bio-inspired human robot interaction » as the submission type)

When submitting your manuscript, please also cc jkrichma@uci.edu, fredh@cse.unr.edu, hava@cs.umass.edu, and waga@brain.kyutech.ac.jp

Timeline:

December 31, 2011 – Deadline for paper submission 
February 15, 2012 – Notification
April 15, 2012 – Final version
May 1, 2012 – Electronic publication
June 15, 2012 – Printed publication

Best regards,

Jeff Krichmar
Department of Cognitive Sciences
2328 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100
jkrichma@uci.edu
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jkrichma

[Comp-neuro] Post doctoral position in Rome

A Post-doctoral position is available with the Italian National Institute
for Nuclear Research (sezione Roma1).

The intended research topic is the theoretical understanding of
multi-scale dynamics of brain networks, based on tools and concepts from
the theory of disordered systems.
Of particular interest will be multi-modular heterogeneous networks of
neurons, the characterization of their state space and the associated
hierarchy of time scales of their dynamics.

The ideal applicant has been trained in physics or mathematics, and has a
PhD in related disciplines.
He/she should have a background in one or more of the following subjects:
modeling of complex systems; theory and simulation of stochastic
processes; statistical mechanics of disordered systems; theoretical models
of neural networks.
A genuine interest in the theoretical understanding of brain dynamics is
expected.
Programming experience with MATLAB and C/C++ is also highly desirable.

The earliest possible starting date is October 2012. Gross salary is 28000
per year. Lunch tickets are provided for the whole duration of the
contract.
The position is for two years.

The research program will be carried out in Rome, between the Physics
Department of the Rome University 'Sapienza' and the Italian National
Institute of Health (the two Institutes are at walking distance).

Foreign citizens and Italian citizens who spent abroad at least three
years may apply.
Applicants must be younger than 35.

The call can be downloaded
from:http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/borsedistudio/pdf/getfile.php?filename=14625.pdf

The applicant must fill in the form available from:
http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/theo_fellowships/

Application deadline is October 20 2011.

Please also send applications and supporting material to:

Paolo Del Giudice
Complex Systems Unit
Department of Technologies and Health
Italian National Institute of Health
Viale Regina Elena 299 - 00161 Rome, Italy
email: paolo.delgiudice@iss.infn.it
http://neural.iss.infn.it/papers.htm

And to:

Giorgio Parisi
Physics Department, University of Rome 'Sapienza'
Piazzale Aldo Moro 2 - 00185 Rome, Italy
email: giorgio.parisi@roma1.infn.it
http://chimera.roma1.infn.it/GIORGIO/index.html

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[Comp-neuro] Springer's Cognitive Computation journal: Table of Contents, Vol.3, No.3 / Sep 2011 issue (and ISI Indexing)

Dear Colleagues: (with advance apologies for any cross-postings!)

We are delighted to announce the publication of Volume 3, No. 3 / Sep
2011, of Springer's Cognitive Computation journal -
www.springer.com/12559

The individual list of published articles (Table of Contents) for Vol.
3, No. 3 / Sep 2011, which form part of the Special Issue on:
Cognitive Behavioural Systems, Guest Edited by: Anna Esposito,
Alessandro Vinciarelli, Simon Haykin, Amir Hussain and Marcos
Faundez-Zanuy, can be viewed here (and also at the end of this
message, followed by an overview of the previous Issues/Archive
listings): http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/3/3/
The Guest Editorial for the current special issue can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/h4718567520t2h84/

A list of the most downloaded articles can be found here:
http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/12559#realtime

Other 'Online First' published articles not yet in a print issue can
be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/121361/?Content+Status=Accepted

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New: Cognitive Computation indexing in ISI:
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We are delighted to inform you that Cognitive Computation has been
selected for coverage in Thomson Reuter's products and services.
Beginning with V.1 (1) 2009, this publication is now indexed and
abstracted in:
♦ Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
♦ Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
♦ Current Contents®/Engineering Computing and Technology
♦ Neuroscience Citation Index®
As such, the first Impact Factor for Cognitive Computation will be
available next year (in June 2012).

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Reminder: New Cognitive Computation "LinkedIn" Group:
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To further strengthen the bonds amongst the interdisciplinary audience of
Cognitive Computation, we have set-up a "Cognitive Computation LinkedIn
group", which has 200+ members already! We warmly invite you to join us at:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3155048!

For further information on the journal and to sign up for electronic "Table
of Contents alerts" please visit the Cognitive Computation homepage:
http://www.springer.com/12559 or follow us on Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/CognComput  for the latest On-line First Issues.

For any questions with regards to LinkedIn and/or Twitter, please contact
Springer's Publishing Editor: Dr. Martijn Roelandse:
martijn.roelandse@springer.com

Finally, we would like to invite you to submit short or regular papers
describing original research or timely review of important areas - our
aim is to peer review all papers within approximately four weeks of
receipt. We also welcome relevant high quality proposals for Special
Issues (four are already planned for 2011-12!).

With our very best wishes to all aspiring readers and authors of
Cognitive Computation,

Amir Hussain, PhD (Editor-in-Chief: Cognitive Computation)
E-mail: ahu@cs.stir.ac.uk (University of Stirling, Scotland)
Igor Aleksander, PhD (Honorary Editor-in-Chief: Cognitive Computation)
John G. Taylor, PhD (Chair, Advisory Board: Cognitive Computation)

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Table of Contents: Springer's Cognitive Computation, Vol.3, No.3 /
September 2011
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Special Issue: Cognitive Behavioural Systems

Guest Editors: Anna Esposito, Alessandro Vinciarelli, Simon Haykin,
Amir Hussain and Marcos Faundez-Zanuy

Cognitive Computation Special Issue on Cognitive Behavioural Systems
Anna Esposito, Alessandro Vinciarelli, Simon Haykin, Amir Hussain and
Marcos Faundez-Zanuy
http://www.springerlink.com/content/h4718567520t2h84/

Embodied Gesture Processing: Motor-Based Integration of Perception and
Action in Social Artificial Agents
Amir Sadeghipour and Stefan Kopp
http://www.springerlink.com/content/9863tn0u45676844/

Extracting and Associating Meta-features for Understanding People's
Emotional Behaviour: Face and Speech
Nikolaus Bourbakis, Anna Esposito and Despina Kavraki
http://www.springerlink.com/content/3507246u776ur626/

Movements and Holds in Fluent Sentence Production of American Sign
Language: The Action-Based Approach
Bernd J. Kröger, Peter Birkholz, Jim Kannampuzha, Emily Kaufmann and
Irene Mittelberg
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r8x430546u692123/

Agreement and its Multimodal Communication in Debates: A Qualitative Analysis
Isabella Poggi, Francesca D'Errico and Laura Vincze
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f827386m5424upqt/

Sentic Web: A New Paradigm for Managing Social Media Affective Information
Marco Grassi, Erik Cambria, Amir Hussain and Francesco Piazza
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v730647036834122/

Developing Prognosis Tools to Identify Learning Difficulties in
Children Using Machine Learning Technologies
Antonis Loizou and Yiannis Laouris
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j1qmk06354277415/

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Previous Issues/Archive: Overview
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The full listing of the Inaugural Vol. 1, No. 1 / March 2009, can be viewed
here (which included invited authoritative reviews by leading researchers in
their areas - including keynote papers from London University's John Taylor,
Igor Aleksander and Stanford University's James McClelland, and invited
papers from Ron Sun, Pentti Haikonen, Geoff Underwood, Kevin Gurney,
Claudius Gross, Anil Seth and Tom Ziemke):
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/1/1/

The full listing of Vol. 1, No. 2 / June 2009, can be viewed here (which
included invited reviews and original research contributions from leading
researchers, including Giacomo Indiveri, Rodney Douglas, Jurgen Schmidhuber,
Thomas Wennekers, Pentti Kanerva and Friedemann Pulvermuller):
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/1/2/

The full listing of Vol.1, No. 3 / Sep 2009, can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/1/3/

The full listing of Vol. 1, No. 4 / Dec 2009, can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/1/4/

The full listing of Vol.2, No. 1 / March 2010, can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/2/1/

The full listing of Vol.2, No. 2 / June 2010, can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/2/2/

The full listing of Vol.2, No. 3 / Aug 2010, can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/2/3/

The full listing of Vol.2, No. 4 / Dec 2010, can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/2/4/

The full listing of Vol.3, No.1 / Mar 2011 (Special Issue on:
Saliency, Attention, Active Visual Search and Picture Scanning, edited
by John Taylor and Vassilis Cutsuridis), can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/3/1/
The Guest Editorial can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/hu2245056415633l/

The full listing of Vol.3, No.2 / June 2011 can be viewed here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-9956/3/2/

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