[Apology for cross-postings]
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a conference on: Collaborative
Development of Data-Driven Models of Neural Systems
September 18-21, 2016
Janelia Farm Research Campus, Virginia, USA
Deadline for registration: 18th May
Detailed computational models are critical for elucidating neuronal
and network function. They enable different levels of description to
be linked, a wide range of neurophysiological experiments to be
interpreted and quantitative predictions to be made. These factors
are important for understanding large-scale complex systems, like
neural circuits; however, more extensive use and scaling up of these
data driven models pose challenges in ensuring that models are
scientifically rigorous, as well as accessible and usable by both
theoretical and experimental researchers alike. This conference will
bring together a range of experimentalists, theoreticians and
neuroinformatics developers with the aim of facilitating a global,
open infrastructure for collaborative model development in
neuroscience.
Organizers
Padraig Gleeson, University College London
Angus Silver, University College London
Invited Participants
Anton Arkipov, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Giorgio Ascoli, George Mason University
Upinder Bhalla, National Centre for Biological Sciences
Avrama Blackwell, George Mason University
Kevin Briggman, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke/NIH
Dean Buonomano, University of California, Los Angeles
Nicholas Cain, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Claudia Clopath, Imperial College London
Rosa Cossart, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée
Sharon Crook, Arizona State University
Andrew Davison, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Erik De Schutter, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Shaul Druckmann, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo
Jeremy Freeman, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Michael Hausser, University College London
Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Karolinska Institutet
Fritjof Helmchen, University of Zurich
David Kleinfeld, University of California, San Diego
Jeff Magee, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Robert McDougal, Yale School of Medicine
Eilif Muller, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hanchuan Peng, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Ruben Portugues, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Mark Schnitzer, HHMI/Stanford University
Ivan Soltesz, Stanford School of Medicine
Nelson Spruston, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Misha Tsodyks, Weizmann Institute of Science
Registration is free, but places are limited. Registration closes
18th May 2016. For more details and to apply for participation
go to https://www.janelia.org/you-janelia/conferences/collaborative-development-data-driven-models-neural-systems.
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Padraig Gleeson
Room 321, Anatomy Building
Department of Neuroscience, Physiology& Pharmacology
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
+44 207 679 3214
p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk
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