[Neuro-2008-committee] update 2

[Erik De Schutter]

I also approve.

I think Denk would be a very good choice for workshop D.

Erik

On 24 Oct 2007, at 17:32, Luciano Milanesi wrote:

> Workshops D and E approved.
>
> Thanks
> Luciano
>
> Dr. Luciano Milanesi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: neuro-2008-committee-bounces at incf.org
> [mailto:neuro-2008-committee-bounces at incf.org] On Behalf Of Rodney  
> Douglas
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:02 AM
> To: neuro-2008-committee at incf.org
> Subject: [Neuro-2008-committee] update 2
>
> OK
>
> After various updates (thanks...)
> this is now the situation
>
> Workshops D and E are waiting for approval.
> I propose that we wait until
> a deadline of midnight CET for any further input to those two.
>
>  If nothing significant occurs, then
> workshops D and E should please go ahead and invite.
>
> (I attach the email that anders /erik used for their invitations
> which you might like to modify and use )
>
> ==r
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Keynote speakers:  status:  50% acceptance
> Accepted: Kennedy, Ellisman and van Essen
> No reply: Kawato, Cerf, and Sejnowski.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Workshop A:   status: OK
> (Anders / Erik)
> "Future hardware  challenges to scientific computing"
>
> The goal of this workshop is summarized as:
> The recent move of the computer industry towards multi-core
> technology will cause parallel programming to spread through all
> levels of society. Although many neuroscientific computing
> applications are already parallel they are often not optimized for
> multicore configurations. We will consider these challenges both from
> a computer science, scientific computing, and a neuroinformatics
> perspective. In addition we will consider some of the opportunities
> massive parallelism offer in how we model neuronal networks.
>
> Invited workshop speakers get to speak for 20 min + 5 min
> discussion.  We will have 3 invited speakers, one of whom will be a
> computer scientists who will cover multicore computing from a
> computer science perspective.  In addition two contributions will be
> selected from submitted abstracts for 10 min + 5 min discussion each.
> The session will end with a 15 min panel discussion and you are
> invited to be part of this panel.
>
> Gewaltig and Wittum have accepted.
> Erik and Anders wait with third invitation 'till they have heard  
> candidates
> speak in december
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Workshop B   status:  NO DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH / NO PROGRESS REPORT
> (Rob)
>  Rob's proposal is as follows
> "Neurogenomics meets bioinformatics
> meets neuroinformatics" is a hot topic that I would be willing to
> assign to myself. Rusty Gage would be a contender . He does not know
> much about neuroinformatics per se, but would still be a strong and
> interesting speaker. There are several other contenders for a keynote
> on this topic (Alan Jones from the ABA, Ed Lein of the ABA, Pierre
> Cambon (?), Seth Grant, ....)
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Workshop C  status: NO DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH / NO PROGRESS REPORT
> (Sten)
> Political / Policy Workshop
> Speakers: Kathy Olsen, David Sainsbury, Floyd Bloom
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Workshop D  status: AWAITING APPROVAL
>
> Extraction of structural and functional information from brain images
> (Ulla Ruotsalainen, David Willshaw)
> The focus of the workshop will be on imaging at different levels  
> and the
> integration of imaging information, particularly data integration from
> multimodal imaging sources, multi-level data integration between  
> microscopic
>
> and macroscopic and integration and extraction of data from large
> data-bases.
> Extraction of structural and functional information from brain images
>
> data integration from multimodal imaging sources
> multi-level data integration between microscopic and macroscopic  
> imaging
> integration and extraction of data from large data-bases
>
> Invited speakers proposal:
> prof. Alan Evans McGill University Montreal (multimodal image data,
> data-bases)
> prof. Stephen Smith Oxford University (fMRI and MRI analysis tools  
> (FSL),
> young person but published a lot already)
> in addition I would like to have here somebody from the microscopy  
> imaging
> groups like MacKenzie-Graham (LONI) or Atlas groups like Amunts  
> (Juelich)
> RJD proposed also Winfred Denk (serial blockface Electron microscopy)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Workshop E.   status AWAITING APPROVAL
> (Andrzej Wrobel, David Willshaw)
> Challenges and benefits of multichannel electrophysiology
>
> Advances in techniques for electrophysiological recording as well  
> as in
> analytical tools are enabling fascinating conceptual and engineering
> developments in present-day electrophysiological studies of the brain.
> This workshop will gather together  the scientists contributing to new
> experimental, theoretical and engineering approaches to this branch of
> systems neuroscience.
>
> (Suggested speakers – two options - to be invited for delivering
> lectures in each subject proposed by the C-tee in Stockholm)
>
> 1. Extraction of information from large electrophysiological data sets
> Gyorgi Buzsaki (MD,PhD; buzsaki at andromeda.rutgers.edu)
> Ehud Ahissar (Prof. Dr.; ehud.ahissar at weizmann.ac.il)
>
> 2. Computational theory of information processing by neuronal systems
> (coding)
> Michael Shadlen (MD, PhD; shadlen at u.washington.edu)
> Alex Pouget (Prof., alex at bcs.rochester.edu)
>
> 3. Human machine interface:
> Miguel Nicolelis (MD, PhD; nicoleli at neuro.duke.edu)
> Niels Birbaumer (Prof. Dr phil; niels.birbaumer at uni-tuebingen.de)
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ------
> -
>
> Demo Track  status:NO DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH / NO PROGRESS REPORT
> (Shiro)
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ------
>
>
> Anders / Erik letter of invitation
>
> Dear XXX
>
>
> In name of the program committee chaired by Rodney Douglas, I would
> like to invite you to speak at a workshop on "Future hardware
> challenges to scientific computing" which will take place during the
> First World Neuroinformatics Congress,  Stockholm, 6-9 September
> 2008, organized by the INCF (www.incf.org).
>
> The goal of this workshop is summarized as:
> The recent move of the computer industry towards multi-core
> technology will cause parallel programming to spread through all
> levels of society. Although many neuroscientific computing
> applications are already parallel they are often not optimized for
> multicore configurations. We will consider these challenges both from
> a computer science, scientific computing, and a neuroinformatics
> perspective. In addition we will consider some of the opportunities
> massive parallelism offer in how we model neuronal networks.
>
> Invited workshop speakers get to speak for 20 min + 5 min
> discussion.  We will have 3 invited speakers, one of whom will be a
> computer scientists who will cover multicore computing from a
> computer science perspective.  In addition two contributions will be
> selected from submitted abstracts for 10 min + 5 min discussion each.
> The session will end with a 15 min panel discussion and you are
> invited to be part of this panel.
>
> Besides the general theme of the workshop, we would like you to cover
> two additional challenges in scientific computing, using your
> experience with multigrid computing as context: 1) general-purpose
> versus specialized neural simulator software; 2) is hardware-specific
> optimization of software worthwhile or not? (order is up to you).  As
> we want to foster active discussion you should not hesitate to make
> bold statements.
>
> The INCF will cover your travel, accommodation and registration costs
> for the full congress.
>
> Looking forward to your speedy response as we want to announce a
> preliminary program soon.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
>
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