CNS*1997
The Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
July 6 - 10, 1997, Big Sky, Montana
CNS*1997 Workshop information
Workshop Structure
This year, the workshops session will consist of two types of events:
* Informal workshop sessions
These are informal, interactive discussions among small groups of participants with related interests. There are no scheduled talks, and slides and overheads are not allowed. Huge paper tablets are provided in lieu of whiteboards. The organizer's role is to define the topic and then moderate the discussion to keep it productive and on the topic.
* Minisymposia
These are more formal sessions about a specific area of interest. The organizers will present a short overview of the questions of interest, and will schedule a limited number of short presentations around these questions. Interactive discussions among participants and presenters, as well as spontaneous presentations are encouraged. The organizer's role is to define the topic , suggest a number of presenters and then moderate the discussion to keep it productive and on the topic.
The workshops are afternoon-long sessions interspersed with talk and poster sessions during the meeting. Meeting attendees can attend any workshop they want (they don't have to specifically register) so preliminary sign-ups are only used to determine interest and assign rooms.
There is no separate registration fee for the workshops.
How to propose Workshop Topics
* Informal workshop sessions
1) Meeting participants interested in particular subjects are encouraged to send topics prior to the meeting to Christiane Linster, via email. Workshop proposals consist of short blurbs describing the discussion topic; these are encouraged to be phrased as lists of questions to be discussed. Information about these workshops will be posted on the CNS*97 web site and at the conference.
2) Workshop topics can also be suggested during the main meeting. We are particularly interested in topics that arise as a result of meeting presentations. A bulletin board at the meeting will be used for participant sign-up. The bulletin board will list all suggested workshops as well as the current list of participants.
* Minisymposia
Meeting participants interested in organizing a more formal session should send topics and a putative list of speakers to Christiane Linster prior to the meeting, via email. Information about these session will be posted on the CNS*97 website and at the conference.
Responsibilities of Workshop Organizers/Moderators
Organizing a workshop session at the CNS meeting involves:
- writing a topic description for the proposed workshop
- moderating the discussion during the workshop, and /or organizing presentations
- after the meeting, writing an informal summary of the discussion and sending it back to the workshops coordinator for inclusion on the CNS web site.
And that's it!
To suggest workshop topics, send e-mail to Christiane Linster.
This Years (97) Workshop Topics
Workshops
- The Role of Chaotic Dynamics in Neural Circuitry. Organizer: Peter Rowat, U. C. San Diego.
- Computational Models of Neuromodulation. Organizer: Jean-Marc Fellous, Brandeis University.
- The Traditional Olfaction Workshop or "Beyond the Single Cell." Organizers: Leslie Kay, Caltech, and Christiane Linster, Harvard University.
- Neuroscience Online - Databases for Models and Experiments Organizer: Rogene M. Eichler West, Caltech
- Quantitative Neuroanatomy. Organizer: Claus C. Hilgetag, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- On the Computational Role of Hippocampal Theta Rhythm. Organizers: Bradley Wyble and Vikaas Sohal, Harvard University.
- Physiologically Realistic Memory Models. Organizer: Ole Jensen, Brandeis University.
Minisymposia
- Synchrony in Neural Systems: can Theoreticans Contribute? Organizers: D. Hansel and C. van Vreeswijk.
- Spiking Neurons and Fast Computation. Organizer: David Horn, Tel Aviv University.