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Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Spring 2006 Principal Investigators' Meeting

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Sunday, June 4

1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Registration	Potomac Ballroom Foyer
2:00 p.m.	Poster Session Setup	View Ballroom
4:00 p.m.	Welcome	Potomac Ballroom B/C
4:15 p.m.	SESSION 1 - DYNAMICS	Potomac Ballroom B/C
	1.1 "Dynamic Models of A Central Pattern Generator for Locomotion"	John Guckenheimer
	1.2 "Dynamical Principles of Motor Microcircuits"	Allen Selverston
	1.3 "A Joint Computational/Experimental Study of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Interactions"	Richard Bertram (presented by Marc Freeman)
	1.4 "The Dynamical Basis of Hearing"	Marcelo Magnasco
	1.5 "Design, Analysis and Validation of Biologically Plausible Computational Models"	Jose Principe (presented by Thomas DeMarse)
	Discussion
6:00 p.m.	Dinner Invited Speaker: Kathie Olsen Deputy Director, National Science Foundation "Neuroscience at the Frontiers"	Potomac Ballroom B/C
7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Poster Session	View Ballroom

Monday, June 5

7:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Potomac Ballroom Foyer

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 a.m.	*DYNAMICS*	Potomac Ballroom A
	101 "Dynamics of Multifunctionality"	Hillel Chiel
	102 "An Integrated Locomotion Model for Lamprey Swimming"	Avis Cohen
	103 "Modeling and Analysis of Neuronal Circuits for Locomotion with Sensory Feedback"	Tetsuya Iwasaki
	104 "Modeling Neuromusculoskeletal Alterations after Spinal Cord Injury"	Ranu Jung
	Discussion
	*LEARNING*	Potomac Ballroom B
	201 "Modeling Microcircuits of Realistic Hippocampal Neurons"	Nelson Spruston (presented by William Kath)
	202 "Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Dopamine Activated 2nd Messenger Pathways"	Kim Blackwell
	203 "Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM); its role in synaptic memory"	John Lisman
	204 "Spiking Model of Hippocampus for Guiding Behavior"	Michael Hasselmo
	Discussion
	*CODING AND COMPUTATION*	Potomac Ballroom C
	301 "How is Information Coded in Turtle Visual Cortex?"	Philip Ulinski (presented by David Senseman)
	302 "Optimality of Sensory Receptor Array"	Tomas Gedeon
	303 "Variation, Signal, and Noise in Sensory- Motor Processing"	Stephen Lisberger
	304 "Development of a Mechanistic Model of Multisensory Integration and Human Postural Control"	John Jeka
	Discussion
	*IMAGING AND INFORMATICS*	Potomac Ballroom D
	401 "Assembling Visible Neurons for Simulation"	Mark Ellisman
	402 "Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze Dynamic Functional Neuroimaging Patterns Underlying Inhibitory Control Mechanisms"	Dimitrios Samaras
	403 "Bayesian Analysis of Neural-Behavioral Interactions in Mental Illness"	Terran Lane
	404 "Fusion Of Multisubject Imaging Data Using Independent Component Analysis"	Vince Calhoun
	Discussion
10:00 a.m.	Break	Potomac Ballroom Foyer
10:15 a.m.	SESSION 2 - LEARNING	Potomac Ballroom B/C
	2.1 "Input/Output Relationship in CA3 Pyramidal Cells: Yr 2 Progress Report"	Giorgio Ascoli
	2.2 "Spontaneous Activity, Lateral Interactions and Cortical Maps"	Kwabena Boahen
	Discussion
11:00 a.m.	Invited Speaker: "The reward-prediction-error theory of dopamine neuron activity: A case study of computational thinking"	Potomac Ballroom B/C Andrew Barto, University of Massachusetts
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m.	SESSION 3 - CODING AND COMPUTATION	Potomac Ballroom B/C
	3.1 "Optimal Computation of Flow Field Variables from Natural Visual Signals"	Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck
	3.2 "Learning the Neural Code for Prosthetic Control"	Michael Black
	3.3 "Innovative Technologies Inspired by Biosonar"	Cynthia Moss
2:30 p.m.	Invited Speaker: "The TeraGrid: Advancing Scientific Discovery With High-Performance Cyberinfrastructure"	Potomac Ballroom B/C Dane Skow, Argonne National Laboratory

DISCUSSION SESSIONS

3:30 p.m.	Session 1	Potomac Ballroom A
	"Transistors to Neurons and Back Again: What Machine Learning and Neuroscience Have to Say to Each Other"	Andrew Barto and Terran Lane
	Session 2	Potomac Ballroom D
	"Large-scale Computation"	Dane Skow and Carmen Canavier
4:15 p.m.	Break	Potomac Ballroom Foyer
4:30 p.m.	SESSION 3 (continued) - CODING AND COMPUTATION	Potomac Ballrom B/C
	3.4 "A Computational and Neurophysiological Approach to Integrating Visual and Auditory Information"	Jennifer Groh (presented by Dinesh Pai)
	3.5 "Attentional Selection and Perceptual Organization"	Ernst Niebur
	3.6 "Representation and Computation in Natural Vision"	Stuart Geman
	3.7 "Stereotyped Activity Flow in Neocortical Microcircuits"	Kenneth Harris
	Discussion
6:30 p.m.	Dinner (on your own)
7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Poster Session	View Ballroom

Tuesday, June 6

7:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast	Potomac Ballroom Foyer
8:30 a.m.	SESSION 4 - IMAGING AND INFORMATICS	Potomac Ballroom B/C
	4.1 "Integrated Bioinformatics and Molecular Identification of Cis-elements for Dopamine- regulated Gene Expression"	Jiang-Fan Chen
	4.2 "In Vivo MRI-Based 3D FSI Multi-Component Models for Carotid Plaque Assessment"	Dalin Tang
	4.3 "Evolution into Epilepsy"	William Ditto (presented by Paul Carney)
	Discussion
9:45 a.m.	Break	Potomac Ballroom Foyer

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:00 a.m.	DYNAMICS	Potomac Ballroom A
	105 "Computational Studies of the Respiratory Brainstem"	Bruce Lindsey
	106 "Multiple Olfactory Gamma Oscillations: Roles in Sensation and Attention"	Leslie Kay
	107 "Importance of Temporal Information for Olfactory Codes"	David Terman
	Discussion
	LEARNING	Potomac Ballroom B
	205 "Neural Flow Networks in Songbirds"	Alexander Hartemink
	206 "Some Statistical Issues in Multi-Electrode Motor Cortical Plasticity"	Robert Kass
	Discussion
	CODING AND COMPUTATION	Potomac Ballroom C
	305 "Auditory Scene Analysis and the Cocktail Party Problem"	Shihab Shamma (presented by Mounya El Hilali)
	306 "Characterizing Bayesian Surprise in Humans and Monkeys"	Laurent Itti
	307 "A Model-based Investigation of Face Processing in Autism"	Maximilian Riesenhuber
	Discussion
	IMAGING AND INFORMATICS	Potomac Ballroom D
	405 "High Precision Mapping of Human Visual Cortex via fMRI"	Eric Schwartz
	406 "An Ensemble Based Data Fusion for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease."	Christopher Clark (presented by Robi Polikar)
	407 "Mechanisms of Axonal Gradient Detection"	Jeffrey Urbach
	Discussion
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m.	*REPORTS FROM DISCUSSION GROUPS*	Potomac Ballroom B/C
3:00 p.m.	*NEWS FROM YOUR FUNDERS*
3:30 p.m.	*Adjourn*

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