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The Second Workshop and Lecture Series on

"Cognitive neuroscience of auditory and cross-modal perception"

20 - 24 April 2015

Kosice, Slovakia

http://pcl.upjs.sk/

Objectives:

This workshop and lecture series will include introductory lectures and advanced research talks on a range of topics related to the neural processes of auditory, visual and cross-modal perception.

The talks will illustrate the multidisciplinary character of cognitive neuroscience research, covering behavioral, neuroimaging, and modeling approaches, as well as applications of the research in auditory prosthetic devices.

The workshop is aimed at early-stage and advanced students and young researchers, and it will provide ample opportunities for direct interactions between the lecturers and the attendees.

Format

Lectures 20 - 22 April, Consultations 23 – 24 April

Venue

Historicka aula, P. J. Safarik University, Srobarova 2, 040 11 Kosice, Slovakia

Organizers

Norbert Kopco, PhD. (norbert.kopco@upjs.sk)

Frederick Gallun, PhD. (Frederick.Gallun@va.gov)

Organizing team and contact

Beata Tomoriova, Lubos Hladek, Perception and Cognition Lab, kogneuro@gmail.com

Speakers (lecture topics TBA, see last year’s topics at http://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop2014/ )

Simon Carlile (University of Sydney)

Pierre Divenyi (Stanford University)

Christopher Stecker (Vanderbilt University)

Bernhard Laback (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Volker Hohmann (University of Oldenburg)

Arash Yazdanbakhsh (Boston University)

Aaron Seitz (University of California, Riverside)

Frederick (Erick) Gallun (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Oregon Health & Science University)

Istvan Winkler (Hungarian Academy of Science)

Travel, accommodation, visitor information
Attendees are kindly requested to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

Travel: The Kosice Airport (http://www.airportkosice.sk/en/) is served by Austrian Airlines (http://www.austrian.com/) and Czech Airlines (http://www.csa.cz/) via Vienna, Prague, Bratislava, and by low-cost airline Wizzair (http://wizzair.com/en-GB/Search) from London Luton Airport. Alternatively you can fly to Budapest and take a 3.5-hr shuttle bus to Kosice, for example, using the cassoviaexpres (http://cassoviaexpres.sk/en/) shuttle bus. From Krakow you can take the 4-hr shuttle bus operated by Airtrans.sk. More information about how to get to Kosice (also by train or bus) can be found at http://www.visitkosice.eu/en/to-get-there/arriving-to-the-city .

Accommodation: There are several hotels close to workshop venue, for example Hotel Teledom, Villa Regia, Doubletree by Hilton, Hotel Yasmin, Hotel Maraton (for more hotel options please see http://www.booking.com, http://www.hotels.com, for hostels see: http://www.hostels.com, http://www.hostelworld.com)

Visitor information and current events: see http://www.visitkosice.eu/ , http://www.slovaktours.eu/, http://www.mickosice.sk/, http://slovakia.travel/ , or http://www.slovakia.com/

Registration

The workshop is open to all interested students/scientists. Registration is free of charge but required (mostly for organizational reasons). In order to register, please send an email to kogneuro@gmail.com stating your name and affiliation, dates on which you are planning to attend. In case you would like to have a presentation please send us an abstract (up to 200 words) and an indication whether you prefer poster or oral presentation no later than April 10, 2015.

Travel, accommodation, visitor information Attendees are kindly requested to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

Travel, accommodation, visitor information
Attendees are kindly requested to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.