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***** FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS *****
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***** FINAL INVITED PROGRAM *****
SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
Tutorials: May 29, 2002
Meeting: May 30 - June 1, 2002
Boston University
http://www.cns.bu.edu/meetings/
This interdisciplinary conference focuses on two fundamental questions:
How Does the Brain Control Behavior?
How Can Technology Emulate Biological Intelligence?
A single oral or poster session enables all presented work to be
highly visible.
Contributed talks will be presented on each of the three conference days.
Three-hour poster sessions with no conflicting events will be held
on two of the conference days. All posters will be up all day, and
can also be viewed during breaks in the talk schedule.
CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS
TUTORIAL SPEAKERS: Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Mark Gluck (Rutgers University)
Neural networks in neurology and clinical neuropsychology:
Alzheimer's disease, amnesia, and Parkinson's disease
Gail A. Carpenter (Boston University)
Adaptive resonance theory
Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern University Medical School)
Learning and adaptive control of arm movements
Frank Guenther (Boston University)
Neural modeling of speech
INVITED SPEAKERS
Thursday, May 30, 2002
CELL AND CIRCUIT DYNAMICS:
Daniel Johnston (Baylor College of Medicine)
Information processing and storage by neuronal dendrites
Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh)
Learning at a slug's pace:
The role of oscillations in odor learning in the Limax
John Rinzel (New York University)
Cellular dynamics involved in sound localization
VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING:
Rudiger von der Heydt (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
Visual cortex: Global structure in local feature maps
David J. Field (Cornell University)
Visual systems and the statistics of natural scenes:
How far can we go?
Philip J. Kellman (UCLA)
>From fragments to objects:
Integration and interpolation processes in vision
KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Erkki Oja (Helsinki University of Technology)
Independent component analysis: Recent advances
Friday, May 31, 2002
SYMPOSIUM ON LOCALIST AND DISTRIBUTED REPRESENTATIONS
IN PERCEPTION AND COGNITION
Edward Callaway (The Salk Institute)
Cell type specificity of neural circuits in visual cortex
James L. McClelland (Carnegie Mellon University)
Varieties of distributed representation:
A complementary learning systems perspective
Stephen Grossberg (Boston University)
Laminar cortical architecture in perception and cognition
Jeffrey Bowers (University of Bristol)
Localist coding in neural networks for visual word identification
Randall O'Reilly (University of Colorado)
Learning and memory in the hippocampus and neocortex:
Principles and models
Michael Page (University of Hertfordshire)
Modeling memory for serial order
Saturday, June 1, 2002
CORTICAL CODING AND SENSORY-MOTOR CONTROL:
Dana Ballard (University of Rochester)
Distributed synchrony: A general model for cortical coding
Stephen G. Lisberger (University of California School of Medicine)
The inner workings of a cortical motor system
Daniel Bullock (Boston University)
Neural dynamics of ocular tracking, interceptive reaching,
and reach/grasp coordination
RECOGNITION, MEMORY, AND REWARD:
Edmund Rolls (Oxford University)
Neural mechanisms involved in invariant object recognition
Lynn Nadel (University of Arizona)
The role of the hippocampal complex in recent and remote episodic
and semantic memory
Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge)
Multiple reward systems in the brain
KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Daniel Schacter (Harvard University)
The seven sins of memory: A cognitive neuroscience perspective
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Session Topics:
* vision * spatial mapping and navigation
* object recognition * neural circuit models
* image understanding * neural system models
* audition * mathematics of neural systems
* speech and language * robotics
* unsupervised learning * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital)
* supervised learning * neuromorphic VLSI
* reinforcement and emotion * industrial applications
* sensory-motor control * cognition, planning, and attention
* other
Contributed abstracts must be received, in English, by January 31,
2002. Notification of acceptance will be provided by email by February
28, 2002. A meeting registration fee must accompany each Abstract. See
Registration Information below for details. The fee will be returned if
the Abstract is not accepted for presentation and publication in the
meeting proceedings. Registration fees of accepted Abstracts will be
returned on request only until April 19, 2002.
Each Abstract should fit on one 8.5" x 11" white page with 1" margins
on all sides, single-column format, single-spaced, Times Roman or
similar font of 10 points or larger, printed on one side of the page
only. Fax submissions will not be accepted. Abstract title, author
name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) should begin
each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: Full title
of Abstract; corresponding author and presenting author name, address,
telephone, fax, and email address; requested preference for oral or
poster presentation; and a first and second choice from the topics
above, including whether it is biological (B) or technological (T)
work. Example: first choice: vision (T); second choice: neural system
models (B). (Talks will be 15 minutes long. Posters will be up for a
full day. Overhead, slide, VCR, and LCD projector facilities will be
available for talks.) Abstracts which do not meet these requirements
or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. Accepted
Abstracts will be printed in the conference proceedings volume. No longer
paper will be required. The original and 3 copies of each Abstract should
be sent to: Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive
and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Early registration is recommended. To
register, please fill out the registration form below. Student
registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a
department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. If accompanied by
an Abstract or if paying by check, mail to the address above. If
paying by credit card, mail as above, or fax to (617) 353-7755, or
email to cindy@cns.bu.edu. The registration fee will help to pay for a
reception, 6 coffee breaks, and the meeting proceedings.
STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships for PhD candidates and postdoctoral
fellows are available to help cover meeting travel and living costs. The
deadline to apply for fellowship support is January 31, 2002. Applicants
will be notified by email by February 28, 2002. Each application should
include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing address; email
address; current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name,
address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational data;
and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD
advisor on official institutional stationery should accompany the
application and summarize how the candidate may benefit from the meeting.
Fellowship applicants who also submit an Abstract need to include the
registration fee with their Abstract submission. Those who are awarded
fellowships are required to register for and attend both the conference
and the day of tutorials. Fellowship checks will be distributed after
the meeting.
REGISTRATION FORM
Sixth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
Boston University
677 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Tutorials: May 29, 2002
Meeting: May 30 - June 1, 2002
FAX: (617) 353-7755
http://www.cns.bu.edu/meetings/
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reception, two coffee breaks each day, and meeting proceedings.
The tutorial registration fee includes tutorial notes and two
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