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***** FINAL INVITED SPEAKER PROGRAM AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ***** 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ (Please Type or Print) Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof: _____________________________________________________ Name: ______________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _______________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City, State, Postal Code: __________________________________________ Phone and Fax: _____________________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________ The conference registration fee includes the meeting program, reception, two coffee breaks each day, and meeting proceedings. The tutorial registration fee includes tutorial notes and two coffee breaks. CHECK ONE: ( ) $85 Conference plus Tutorial (Regular) ( ) $55 Conference plus Tutorial (Student) ( ) $60 Conference Only (Regular) ( ) $40 Conference Only (Student) ( ) $25 Tutorial Only (Regular) ( ) $15 Tutorial Only (Student) METHOD OF PAYMENT (please fax or mail): [ ] Enclosed is a check made payable to "Boston University". Checks must be made payable in US dollars and issued by a US correspondent bank. Each registrant is responsible for any and all bank charges. [ ] I wish to pay my fees by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card only). Name as it appears on the card: _____________________________________ Type of card: _______________________________________________________ Account number: _____________________________________________________ Expiration date: ____________________________________________________ Signature: __________________________________________________________
