Call for Papers
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Special Issue on "Computational Neuroscience"

Overview

Understanding the brain's dynamics is of central importance to neuroscience. Our ability to observe, model, and infer from neuroscientific data the principles and mechanisms of brain dynamics will determine our ability to understand the brain's unusual cognitive and behavioral capabilities. In the nearer term, analysis and prediction of changes to these dynamics, observed in vast new datasets and rendered in large scale simulations, are beginning to facilitate applications in important societal areas such as education, aging, assistive technology, and the treatment of disease.

The explosion in new data about brain and neural tissue dynamics and development leads us to propose this special issue of the IBM Journal of Research and Development, which will emphasize new solutions, models, capabilities, and other technologies that advance the analysis of neuroscientific data and the application of predictive models to anticipate changes in brain function, cognition, and behavior. We solicit Abstracts (paper proposals) in the following areas:

Potential Focus Areas for Papers

Applications of machine learning algorithms to prediction in neuroscience
Analysis of behavioral dynamics
Analysis of brain and neural circuit image and time-series data
Analysis of physiological data
Models and computational simulations of brain and neural circuit dynamics
Applications of models for better understanding of mental health, real-world behaviors, and perceptual and cognitive states
The development of assistive technologies based on cognitive or brain-inspired models

IBM Journal Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

The Journal is peer reviewed -- all papers will be sent to several experts to be reviewed before a final publication decision is made. All papers must place the described research and results in perspective by carefully citing relevant related scientific work. Contact Cliff Pickover (cliffp@us.ibm.com), or visit the journal web site, for the manuscript preparation template:

http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rdauth.html

Contact Information

Guest editors for the issue are James Kozloski and Guillermo Cecchi. Authors should indicate their interest in submitting a paper by sending a preliminary abstract to journal Editor-in-Chief Cliff Pickover (cliffp@us.ibm.com), copying co-guest editor James Kozloski (kozloski@us.ibm.com) -- by January 15, 2016. You must submit an abstract to be considered for this issue, and we will notify you when your abstract is accepted.

Important Deadlines and Schedule

January 15, 2016: Preliminary Abstracts Due

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James Kozloski
Research Staff Member
Master Inventor
T.J. Watson Research Center
1101 Kitchawan Rd., 13-132E
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
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