Subject: [AUDITORY] COSYNE 2021: Meeting announcement and call for abstracts From: Tomas Hromadka <tomas.hromadka@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:34:12 +0200=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D Computational and Systems Neuroscience 2021 (Cosyne) MAIN MEETING ONLINE 27 February - 01 March 2021 www.cosyne.org =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D ---------------------------------------------------- MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT ---------------------------------------------------- The annual Cosyne meeting provides an inclusive forum for the exchange=20 of empirical and theoretical approaches to problems in systems=20 neuroscience, in order to understand how neural systems function. Cosyne 2021 will take place online, February 27 - March 1, 2021. The=20 goal of this year=E2=80=99s meeting is to promote early stage investigato= rs.=20 Therefore, there are no invited talks from established researchers. The format will include featured contributed talks and an interactive=20 poster-like presentations (short recorded presentation + live=20 interactions). More details to follow. All abstract submissions will be reviewed as in previous years, but=20 reviewing will be fully double blind. The deadline for Abstract=20 submission will be November 12, 2020. Cosyne topics include but are not limited to: neural basis of behavior,=20 sensory and motor systems, circuitry, learning, neural coding, natural=20 scene statistics, dendritic computation, neural basis of persistent=20 activity, nonlinear receptive field mapping, representations of time and=20 sequence, reward systems, decision-making, synaptic plasticity, map=20 formation and plasticity, population coding, attention, and computation=20 with spiking networks. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission opens: 11 October 2020 Abstract submission deadline: 12 November 2020 When preparing an abstract, authors should be aware that not all=20 abstracts can be accepted for the meeting. Abstracts will be selected=20 based on the clarity with which they convey the substance, significance,=20 and originality of the work to be presented. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General & Program Chairs: Anne-Marie Oswald (U Pittsburgh) and Srdjan=20 Ostojic (Ecole Normale Superieure Paris) Diversity Chairs: Eva Dyer (Georgia Tech, Emory) and Eric Shea-Brown=20 (U Washington) Publicity Chair: Adam Calhoun (Princeton) Development Chair: Michael Long (NYU) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Stephanie Palmer (U Chicago) Zachary Mainen (Champalimaud) Alexandre Pouget (U Geneva) Anthony Zador (CSHL) CONTACT meeting [at] cosyne.org COSYNE MAILING LISTS Please consider adding yourself to Cosyne mailing lists (groups) to=20 receive email updates with various Cosyne-related information and join=20 in helpful discussions. See Cosyne.org -> Mailing lists for details.