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CNS*1997

The Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting

July 6 - 10, 1997, Big Sky, Montana

CNS*1997 Call for Papers

This is the sixth annual meeting of an interdisciplinary conference addressing a broad range of research approaches and issues involved in the field of computational neuroscience. These meetings bring together experimental and theoretical neurobiologists along with engineers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and mathematicians interested in the functioning of biological nervous systems. Peer reviewed papers are presented all related to understanding how nervous systems compute. As in previous years, CNS*97 will equally emphasize experimental, model-based, and more abstract theoretical approaches to understanding neurobiological computation.

The meeting in 1997 will take place at the Huntley Lodge in Big Sky, Montana, and include plenary, contributed, and poster sessions. The first session starts at 9 am, Sunday, July 6th and the last ends at 5 pm on Thursday, July 10th. There will be no parallel sessions. The mechanism for publishing a proceedings volume is currently under review. The meeting will include time for informal workshops focused on current issues in computational neuroscience. Travel funds will be available for students and postdoctoral fellows presenting papers at the meeting. Child day care will also be available.

Big Sky Resort (http://www.bigskyresort.com) is approximately 1/2 hour by car from the Bozeman airport (BZN). Several major carriers, including Delta, NorthWest, United and Horizon, fly into Bozeman, offering over 100 flights per week. The meeting is currently negotiating for very reasonable rates. Airport shuttles from the airport to Big Sky will also be organized by the meeting. The housing costs at Big Sky will be considerably less than those at the previous meeting sites, and the management has kindly offered to extend the discounted rates to attendees to include the week preceding and the week following the meeting, for those who wish to come early and/or stay late. The surrounding area offers spectacular recreational opportunities. (Check your maps!)

With this announcement we solicit the submission of presented papers. All papers will be refereed. Authors should send original research contributions in the form of a 1000-word (or less) summary and a separate single page 100 word abstract clearly stating their results. Summaries are for program committee use only. Abstracts will be published in the conference program. At the bottom of each abstract page and on the first summary page, indicate preference for oral or poster presentation and specify at least one appropriate category and theme from the following list:

Presentation categories:

  1. Theory and Analysis
  2. Modeling and Simulation
  3. Experimental
  4. Tools and Techniques

Themes:

  1. Development
  2. Cell Biology
  3. Excitable Membranes and Synaptic Mechanisms
  4. Neurotransmitters, Modulators, Receptors
  5. Sensory Systems
    1. Somatosensory
    2. Visual
    3. Auditory
    4. Olfactory
    5. Other systems
  6. Motor Systems and Sensory Motor Integration
  7. Learning and Memory
  8. Behavior
  9. Cognition
  10. Disease

Submission Instructions

Include addresses of all authors on the front of the summary and the abstract including the E-mail address for EACH author. Indicate on the front of the summary to which author correspondence should be addressed. Program committee decisions will be sent to the correspondence author only. Submissions will not be considered if they lack category information, separate abstract sheets, author addresses, or are late.

Submissions can be made, by surface mail ONLY, by sending 6 copies of the abstract and summary to:

CNS*97 Submissions
Division of Biology, 216-76
Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.

Registration and Additional Information

All submitting authors will be sent registration material automatically. Others may acquire registration as well as other information about the conference though any of the methods listed below.

Notification of Reviews

Letters were sent on February 27, 1997 to corresponding authors informing them of receipt of their submission and advising them of the decision date, which will be May 1, 1997. Decisions will be mailed to the corresponding author.

CNS*97 Organizing Committee

Program Committee:

Regional Organizers: