August 2022 - Comp-neuro - lists.cnsorg.org

Upcoming events by the HBP Education Programme

by HBP Education

Hello, I hope this e-mail finds you well. We are the Human Brain Project Education Programme and specialise in organising workshops and events in which participants are introduced to the research infrastructure EBRAINS. I would like to raise awareness for two upcoming events. Please consider adding them to your list of upcoming events. ---------------------------------------------------- Young Researchers Event meets HIBALL: new digital tools to study the brain Date: 25 October 2022 Website: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education-training-career/YRE2022-Croat… Description: The human brain is a multi-level and highly complex system that produces, processes and transmits information in an incomparable manner. The Human Brain Project (HBP) unites researchers and scientists to decode the mechanisms underlying this unique system by investigating the human brain and its diseases with the help of highly advanced ICT tools. As such, the HBP is developing EBRAINS, the new European digital research infrastructure, as a lasting contribution to the global science community, an open source tool that allows scientists and technology experts to seamlessly collaborate, thereby accelerating advancements in the fields of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine. The Helmholtz International BigBrain Analytics and Learning Laboratory (HIBALL) is an HBP Partnering Project that aims to transform the well-known BigBrain model to its next level by reinforcing utilization and co-development of the latest AI and high-performance computing (HPC) technologies for building highly detailed 3D brain models. HBP and EBRAINS together with the University of Zagreb, School of Medicine and HIBALL invite the entire scientific community, in particular early career researchers, to join the forthcoming Young Researchers Event (YRE), taking place on 25th October in Zadar, Croatia and online. During this one-day free hybrid event, participants can learn more about topics like big data analytics, human brain atlasing and computational neuroscience in interactive plenaries and hands-on workshops. The programme also offers networking opportunities for participants to exchange with peers as well as renowned experts. This event will take place in conjunction with the 6th BigBrain Workshop - From microstructure to functional connectomics. Address: Falkensteiner Resort Punta Skala, 2321 Petrčane, Croatia Registration deadline: 4 October 2022 ———————————————— EBRAINS Workshop: Anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex across species Date: 14-16 March 2023 Website: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education/YRE2022-Denmark/ Description: Understanding the human brain relies for a large part on work in animal models, which necessitates a careful cross-species comparison. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is particularly relevant in this regard as its function is poorly understood and potential cross-species differences remain highly debated. This workshop brings together experimental and computational scientists whose work allows a comparison of the anatomy and function of the PFC between species (in particular between humans, monkeys and mice). EBRAINS is uniquely suited to provide a platform to compare anatomy, physiology and behaviour between species, due to its atlases, numerous datasets, as well as the whole brain models from different species. The interactive format of the workshop will allow speakers as well as participants from largely separated fields to interact and discuss, which is expected to create novel insights as well as lead to more coherence and clarity in the relevant terminology, formats and important research directions in the field. Address: ICM Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord, 47, bd de l'hôpital, Paris, France Registration deadline: 21 November 2022 (Early-Bird Registration), 28 February 2022 (Late Registration) ———————————————————————— Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you need further information. Thank you in advance The HBP Education Team

Aug. 4, 2022

DeepMath 2022 Submission Deadline

by Ahmed El Hady

** *Dear all,* * We are pleased to announce our confirmed lineup of invited speakers for DeepMath 2022: * Francis Bach (INRIA) * Anima Anandkumar (CalTech) * Sara Solla (Northwestern) * Berk Ustun (UCSD) * Yisong Yue (Caltech) * Courtney Paquette (McGill) We are now accepting abstract submissions to the 2022 Conference on mathematical theory of deep neural networks (DeepMath; see https://deepmath-conference.com <https://deepmath-conference.com>for more information). DeepMath is a highly interdisciplinary conference focused on understanding fundamental theory driving the success of Deep Learning. A principal goal of this conference is to bring together theoreticians working on deep learning from various disciplines and perspectives. We therefore encourage submissions from researchers from diverse disciplines including, but not limited to * Statistics * Physics * Computer science * Neuroscience * Mathematics * Psychology * Engineering Topics may address any area of deep learning research such as * Expressivity * Generalization * Optimization * Representations * Computation * Network architectures * Recurrent networks. To complement the many conferences with applications andtheory the focus for DeepMath 2022 will be exclusively on thetheoretical and mechanistic understandingof the underlying properties of neural networks. Abstracts will not be made public (i.e., no official proceedings), and will be doubly-blind reviewed and selected for quality. All poster submissions should be properly anonymized in order to allow for blind refereeing. Submissions should be no more than 1 pagealthough a second page may be used for references. Authors should submit a pdf file prepared using the Latex style file available here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dkDhgVN5SHphwQKNLnQiDzkgbp0NFyNT/view?usp=…>and should adopt all formatting, subject headings, font sizes, etc. defined therein. Submissions that fail to meet the format requirements will not be reviewed. The first author listed on the abstract is considered to be the presenting author. Each presenting author may submit only one abstract. Investigators interested in having their abstracts considered for presentation should submit their abstracts no later than August 14, 2022 AOE. Authors may submit their abstracts at: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DEEPMATH2022/ == Location == DeepMath 2022 will be held in San Diego, CA, USA. We anticipate requiring proof of full vaccination as a condition of attendance, and plan on having masking and other requirements equal or more stringent than local and national public health guidelines. Stay tuned to the DeepMath website (www.deepmath-conference.com <http://www.deepmath-conference.com>) for more details on venue and hotels. As with all prior years, all talks will be freely live-streamed over YouTube and subsequently posted on the DeepMath YouTube channel == Registration == DeepMath 2022 registration will open late summer. As with previous DeepMath conferences, all talks will be live-streamed for free and uploaded for later viewing subject to presenter approval. All the best, Ahmed El Hady On behalf of the DeepMath 2022 Organizational Committee *

Aug. 1, 2022

EBRAINS Workshop 14-16 March 2023, Paris FR - Anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex across species

by Zélie Tournoud

Dear colleagues, Please find below the announcement of the EBRAINS Workshop "Anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex across species" taking place 14-16 March 2023 in Paris, France. Registration is currently open with an early bird pricing. Kind regards, *Zélie Tournoud*/ EITN Communication manager/ *European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN)* UMR 9197 – *NeuroPSI*(Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay) CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay Centre CEA Paris-Saclay Bâtiment 151 91400 Saclay https://www.eitn.org <https://www.eitn.org> _____ EBRAINS Workshop Anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex across species *14 – 16 March 2023 | Paris, France* Program, information and registration: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education-training-career/workshops/pfc/<https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education-training-career/workshops/pfc/> *Early Bird Registration Deadline: 21 November 2022 * *Late Registration Deadline: 28 February 2023* About Understanding the human brain relies for a large part on work in animal models, which necessitates a careful *cross-species comparison*. The *prefrontal cortex* (PFC) is particularly relevant in this regard as its function is poorly understood and potential cross-species differences remain highly debated. This workshop brings together experimental and computational**scientists whose work allows a comparison of the *anatomy* and *function* of the PFC between species (in particular between humans, monkeys and mice). EBRAINS <http://ebrains.eu/> is uniquely suited to provide a platform to compare anatomy, physiology and behaviour between species, due to its atlases, numerous datasets, as well as the whole brain models from different species. The *interactive format* of the workshop will allow speakers as well as participants from largely separated fields to interact and discuss, which is expected to create novel insights as well as lead to more coherence and clarity in the relevant terminology, formats and important research directions in the field. Confirmed speakers *Day 1* *Anatomy:* *Javier DeFelipe* | Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain *Huib Mansvelder* | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *Chet Sherwood* | GW Mind-Brain Institute, Washington, USA *Suzana Herculano-Houzel *| Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA *Henry Kennedy* | Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon, France *Marie Carlén* | Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden *Physiology:* *Wim Vanduffel* | KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium *Mark Laubach* | American University, Washington, USA *Stefan Everling* | Western University, London, Canada *Hendrikje Nienborg* | National Eye Institute, Bethesda, USA *Martha Havenith* | Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany *Yang Dan* | University of California, Berkeley, USA *Day 2* *Behavior & physiology:* *Pieter Roelfsema* | Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *Andreas Nieder* | University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany *Sandra Reinert* | Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried, Germany *Ann Duan* | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, London, UK *Stanislas Dehaene* | NeuroSpin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France *Jessica Cantlon* | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA *Computational modelling:* *Idan Segev* | Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel *Rodrigo Cofre* | NeuroPSI, Gif-sur-Yvette, France *Rubén Moreno Bote* | University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain *Jorge Mejias* | Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *Adrienne Fairhall* | University of Washington, Seattle, USA *Xiao-Jing Wang *| New York University, New York, USA Scientific Chairs & Local hosts *Timo van Kerkoerle**|***CEA Saclay, France *Alain Destexhe* *|*** CNRS, France *Ruth Benavides-Piccione* *|***Spanish National Research Council & Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Aug. 1, 2022