Registration details have also been posted on the workshop website
(click on ‘Registration/Accommodation’); the registration and optional
accommodation form should be filled in online and then by clicking on the
“Download Print Version” button at the end of the form, a print version (in pdf) will appear which should be faxed to the conference
agent (all the details are in the form). Please note that the deadline
for early registration is 31 May 2010.
General information is appended at the end of this email for your
convenience and can also be found on the workshop website.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Cyprus.
Chris Christodoulou
(on behalf of the International Organising Committee)
FORM TO RETURN to nc2010@cs.ucy.ac.cy (before 15 June 2010)
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NEURAL CODING '2010
Limassol, Cyprus
29 October – 3 November 2010
- Participants name:
- Scientific programme
I intend to submit a contribution: yes/no
If yes, I prefer
a lecture: [ ]
a poster: [ ]
no preference: [ ]
The provisional title of my contribution is:
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS:----------------------------
9th INTERNATIONAL NEURAL CODING WORKSHOP NC2010
(Second Announcement)
DATES: Friday 29 October to Wednesday 3 November 2010
LOCATION: Limassol, Cyprus
Website: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/nc2010/
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Chris Christodoulou (Chairman, Nicosia, Cyprus)
Petr Lansky (Prague, Czech Republic)
Jean-Pierre Rospars (Versailles,
France)
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Christos Schizas, University
of Cyprus, Nicosia,
Cyprus
Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Costas Neocleous,
Cyprus
University of Technology,
Limassol, Cyprus
(not complete)
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Roman Borisyuk (Plymouth,
UK & Moscow,
Russia)
Hans Braun (Marburg, Germany)
Ruben Budelli (Montevideo,
Uruguay)
Guido Bugmann (Plymouth,
UK)
Reinhard Eckhorn (Marburg,
Germany)
Paul Poon (Tainan,
Taiwan)
Barry Richmond (Bethesda,
MD, USA)
John Rinzel (New
York, NY, USA)
Laura Sacerdote (Torino,
Italy)
Jose Segundo (Los Angeles, USA;
Montevideo, Uruguay)
Shigeru Shinomoto (Kyoto,
Japan)
Alessandro Villa (Grenoble, France;
Lausanne, Switzerland)
GENERAL:
The ninth International Neural Coding Workshop will be held in Limassol, Cyprus
from 29 October to 3 November 2010.
As in the previous workshops in Prague
(1995), Versailles (1997), Osaka (1999), Plymouth (2001), Aulla
(2003), Marburg (2005), Montevideo (2007) and Tainan (2009), this will be a
single track multi-disciplinary event bringing together experimental and
computational neuroscientists with ample time for informal discussions in a
convivial atmosphere, which would continue during the various social events
that will be integrated into the workshop. Attendees of the workshop should
thus be prepared to cross the borders of their own disciplines.
SCOPE/TOPICS:
Studying the neural code is one of many routes into
understanding the operation of the brain. More specifically a solution to
the neural code problem would provide the basis for the analytical evaluation
of the brain's information processing capability and would give us a further
insight as to those problems which are essential to its functional
organisation. This has many applications in medicine, human- machine
interaction and computing. Over the years, the neural code has emerged as
a complex and multifaceted problem:
- First, there
is no single neural code. The neural code varies along and across
sensory information processing streams. It is also different for
various elements in local microcircuits and it may vary with tasks.
- Secondly,
this variety reflects a number of constraints
including energy consumption, speed of processing, commonality of
representation in areas of convergence and need for
divergent top-down control.
- Thirdly,
experimental data sparsely sample along the dimension of levels
of understanding. Models also shy away from bridging the levels,
or miss a whole field of experiments. Progress in neural
code understanding will require a progressive integration of
multilevel constraints in models and corresponding new experimental data.
Contributions on all aspects of Neural Coding are
welcome. Possible questions/topics are:
- How is a neuronal code specific to a given sensory system?
- How is a code transformed from sensors to higher brain areas, and to
behaviour or motor output?
- How does the code depend on the current
information processing task?
- How is the neural code affected by learning?
- Cortical spike train irregularity at high rates and computational
mechanisms for achieving it
- Statistical metrics of spike train irregularity
- Rate vs. temporal coding
- Information Theory and Neural Coding
- Single neuron and network approaches to the neural code
For additional topics suggested by prospective participants please
click on ‘Topics/Scope’ on the workshop website.
Therefire, a
proposed aim for this workshop is to stimulate a more integrated
approach to neural coding. Indeed, participants present what
they feel is the most relevant on the day. Thus, there is an
exciting element of surprise in Neural Coding Workshops.
PARTICIPANTS:
All participants are invited by name. It is
expected that approximately 80+ participants (with maximum 100 including
students) will take part. The preliminary call was issued to a mailing list of
people who have already participated in previous workshops. Additional calls to
extended audience which would include participants recommended by invited
participants maybe issued later. For your information, the names of the people
who have so far confirmed that they intend to participate can be seen on the
workshop website (click on ‘Prospective Participants’).
FORMAT:
Sessions include 30 min. oral presentations, brief 3 min oral presentations of
posters, and poster presentations. There will be approximately 40 oral and 40
poster presentations.
SITE:
The workshop will take place in the sunny seaside resort of Limassol, Cyprus and
more specifically in the Amathus touristic area
located approx. 9Km east of Limassol by the ruins of the ancient city-kingdom
of Amathus. The venue will be the Mediterranean Beach
Hotel (www.medbeach.com) in Limassol,
where most of the scientific sessions will be taking place, apart from one of
the days when the tentative plan is to go to Nicosia (the divided capital of
Cyprus) for a tour in the morning and have after lunch, a session at the
University of Cyprus in Nicosia.
ACCOMMODATION:
A number of single and double rooms have been reserved in hotels in the area
ranging from 3* (Arsinoe Beach Hotel: www.arsinoe-hotel.com; Navarria Hotel: www.navarria-hotel.com)
to 4* (Mediterranean Beach Hotel: www.medbeach.com)
and to 5* (Amathus Beach Hotel: www.amathus-hotels.com/limassol/)
with special delegate rates – click on ‘Registration/Accommodation’ on the
workshop website for all the details including prices; you can optionally book
your accommodation when you register using the same form. For other
accommodation possibilities and reservations, please contact the conference
agent at: info@cpc-events.com or visit
the website of the Cyprus Tourism Organization: http://www.cyprustourism.org
ACCESS:
Air Travel: Cyprus
(Larnaca and Paphos
airports) can be reached by several major international airlines from European
gateway cities. From North America,
travellers can break up the journey in the European city of their choice or
elect to keep connection time to a minimum. Popular gateways include London, Paris, Amsterdam, Athens,
Frankfurt, Zurich, Helsinki,
Rome,
Dubai etc. In addition, Cyprus Airways provides regular daily flights from many
major European and Middle Eastern gateways. Legal
Points of Entry: Larnaca
Airport is the most popular point of
entry in Cyprus
and is located closer to the workshop. Paphos Airport is located slightly further
away. Other legal points of entry into the Republic
of Cyprus are the ports of Larnaca, Limassol, Latsi and Pafos, which are situated in the area under the effective
control of the Government of the Republic
of Cyprus. Entry into the
territory of the Republic
of Cyprus via any other
airport or port on which the Government of the Republic does not exercise
effective control (Turkish occupied areas) is illegal. More details including
possible airport transfer arrangements will be provided on the workshop website
in time. Click on 'Travel' on the workshop website for further information.Cyprus
Tourism Organization: http://www.cyprustourism.org
REGISTRATION:
The full registration details are now posted on the workshop website (click on
‘Registration/Accommodation’).
Early Registration (until 31 May 2010):
Regular Participants: 350 EUR
Students: 220 EUR
Accompanying Person:
200
EUR
Standard Registration:
A penalty of
80 EUR is added to the Regular and Student fee and of 40 EUR to the fee of
Accompanying Persons.
The Regular as well as the Student registration fees include the
participant pack with the abstract book, access to all scientific sessions,
welcome reception, coffee breaks, 4 lunches, 2 dinners, 1 banquet and 2
excursions. The reduced Student registration fee is valid only for full-time
registered Ph.D. students (please send a certificate of enrollment
verifying your student status to nc2010@cs.ucy.ac.cy).
The "Accompanying Person" fee includes attendance to welcome
reception, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, 1 banquet and 2 excursions.
GRANTS:
We will not be able to cover the travel costs of participants. Reduced registration
fees are offered to students.
PROCEEDINGS:
An abstract book will be distributed to the
participants. The full papers will be refereed and published after the
workshop as a Special Issue of Brain Research (Elsevier).
The deadline for submitting a paper to the Special Issue as well as submission
details will be announced later. Submission of a paper for the proceedings is
not a prerequisite for participation to the Workshop.
ABSTRACTS:
Participants should provide a camera-ready abstract of up to 2 pages in A4 size
by 15 July 2010. Please click on ‘Abstract Submission’ on the workshop website
for formatting details and templates in MS Word and LaTex.
Abstracts must be submitted as attached documents in the template provided on
the workshop website to: nc2010@cs.ucy.ac.cy
IMPORTANT DATES:
January 2010: Preliminary call for participation.
April 2010: Second Announcement -
tentative title of presentations requested (this email).
31 May 2010: Early Registration.
15 July 2010: Submission of Abstracts
and late Registration.
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
CPC Events Ltd.
Klisthenous 15
CY-3087 Limassol
CYPRUS
Tel.: +357 25822820
Fax: +357 25822987
E-mail: info@cpc-events.com
cpcevents@cytanet.com.cy
CONFERENCE WEB-SITE:
http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/nc2010
CONFERENCE EMAIL CONTACT (read by the Conference Chairman):
nc2010@cs.ucy.ac.cy
nc2010@ucy.ac.cy