<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 30px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2019</h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">BCMC 2019 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">March 21-22, 2019 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Center for Neural Engineering and Computation <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Columbia University, New York, NY, USA</h4><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Overview</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class="">The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers interested in developing executable models of neural computation/processing of the brain of model organisms. Of interest are models of computation that consist of elementary units of processing using brain circuits and memory elements. Elementary units of computation/processing include population encoding/decoding circuits with biophysically-grounded neuron models, non-linear dendritic processors for motion detection/direction selectivity, spike processing and pattern recognition neural circuits, movement control and decision-making circuits, etc. Memory units include models of spatio-temporal memory circuits, circuit models for memory access and storage, etc. A major aim of the workshop is to explore the integration of various sensory and control circuits in higher brain centers.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class="">A <a href="http://fruitflybrain.org/hackathons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;" class="">Fruit Fly Brain Hackathon</a> is being conducted in conjunction with the workshop. Workshop participants are welcome to attend the hackathon.</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Organizer and Program Chair</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a href="http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~aurel" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;" class="">Aurel A. Lazar</a>, Columbia University</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Registration</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class="">Registration is free but all participants have to <a href="http://bcmc2019.eventbrite.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;" class="">register</a>. Thank you!</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Lodging and Directions to Venue</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class="">Please follow this <a href="http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu/workshops/bcmc/2019/directions" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;" class="">link</a> for lodging details and directions to the hotel and venue.</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Sponsorship</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class="">The 2019 Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation is supported by the</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://www.ee.columbia.edu/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Department of Electrical Engineering</a>, Columbia University</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://datascience.columbia.edu/computing-systems" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Center for Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science</a>, Data Science Institute, Columbia University</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">School of Engineering and Applied Science</a>, Columbia University</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Invited Speakers</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/anton-arkhipov/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Anton Arkhipov</a>, Allen Institute of Brain Science.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://www.unil.ch/cig/benton" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Richard Benton</a>, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://lab.debivort.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Benjamin L. de Bivort</a>, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.janelia.org/lab/branson-lab" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Kristin Branson</a>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.janelia.org/lab/card-lab" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Gwyneth Card</a>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://www.thefrankslab.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Kevin M. Franks</a>, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/garritylab/Welcome.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Paul A. Garrity</a>, Department of Biology, Brandeis University.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/research/goodwin-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Stephen F. Goodwin</a>, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/tim-jarsky/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Tim Jarsky</a>, Allen Institute of Brain Science.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.kaunlab.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Karla Kaun</a>, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="http://www.cncb.ox.ac.uk/the-science/research-groups/miesenboeck-group/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Gero A. Miesenboeck</a>, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://vnmurthylab.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Venkatesh N. Murthy</a>, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.janelia.org/lab/saalfeld-lab" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Stephan Saalfeld</a>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.janelia.org/lab/scheffer-lab" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Louis Scheffer</a>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" class=""><a class="external reference" href="https://www.janelia.org/lab/turaga-lab" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Srinivas C. Turaga</a>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.</p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Further information about BCMC 2019 can be found </span><a class="external reference" href="http://fruitflybrain.org/workshops.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">here</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Aurel</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu" class="">http://www.bionet.ee.columbia.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>