The Committee on Computational Neuroscience at the University of Chicago presents

The Second Annual Neural Coding Workshop:
How Does the Cerebral Cortex Code Information ?

Saturday, July 20, 2002, Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Introduction

09:00 : Philip Ulinski (University of Chicago)
Concepts of Cortical Function: A Brief Historical Overview

Single Neurons: Moderated by Erik DeSchutter (University of Antwerp)

09:30 : Alain Desthexe (CNRS, France)
Correlation Detection and Stochastic Integration in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

10:00 : Nelson Spruston (Northwestern University)
Dendritic Excitability andSynaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus

10:30 : Break

11:00 : Larry Abbott (Brandeis University)
Gain Modulation and Non-SynapticLearning

11:30 : Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh)
The Link Between Spike Generation Mechanisms and Cortical Spike Train Statistics

Lunch

Populations of Neurons: Moderated by Daniel Margoliash (University of Chicago)

13:30 : Clay Reid (Harvard University)
Spike Timing and the Thalamic Input to Visual Cortex: Convergence, Synchrony, and Synergy

14:00 : Jack Cowan (University of Chicago)
Neural Networks as Forest Fires

14:30 : Break

15:00 : Steven Schiff (George Mason University)
Beyond Synchrony: The Possible Role of Desynchronization in Epilepsy and Working Memory

15:30 : Martin Sereno (University of California at San Diego)
Mapping Higher Level Cortical Areas in Humans with fMRI

Group Discussion and Cash Bar

Registration for the meeting is $ 50 per person, which covers the cost of breaks and lunch. You can register at http://epayment.uchicago.edu/cns until July 1. The Congress Plaza Hotel is at 520 South Michigan Avenue.