COSYNE 2016: Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts

[Tomas Hromadka <tomas.hromadka@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Computational and Systems Neuroscience 2016 (Cosyne)

MAIN MEETING
Feb 25 - Feb 28, 2016
Salt Lake City, Utah

WORKSHOPS
Feb 29 - Mar 01, 2016
Snowbird Ski Resort, Utah

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.

This year we would like to foster increased participation from
experimental groups as well as computational ones. Please circulate
widely and encourage your students and postdocs to apply.

IMPORTANT DATES:
   Abstract submission opens:    05 October 2015
   Abstract submission deadline: 13 November 2015

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
    Blaise Aguera y Arcas (Google)
    Marisa Carrasco (NYU)
    Edward Chang (UCSF)
    Greg DeAngelis (Rochester)
    Mark Goldman (UC Davis)
    Richard Mooney (Duke)
    Mala Murthy (Princeton)
    Peggy Series (Edinburgh)
    Reza Shadmehr (Johns Hopkins)
    Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins)
    Leslie Vosshall (Rockefeller)


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: Maria Geffen (U Penn) and Konrad Körding (Northwestern)
    Program Chairs: Megan Carey (Champalimaud) and Emilio Salinas (Wake
Forest)
    Workshop Chairs: Claudia Clopath (Imperial College) and Alfonso
Renart (Champalimaud)
    Publicity Chair: Xaq Pitkow (Rice)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
    Anne Churchland (CSHL)
    Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud)
    Alexandre Pouget (U Geneva)
    Anthony Zador (CSHL)

CONTACT
    cosyne.meeting [at] gmail.com