Seventeenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2008
July 19th - 24th 2008, Portland, Oregon, USA
http://www.cnsorg.org
Local organizer: Dr. Patrick Roberts (local@cnsorg.org)

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (Pdf version) -- Workshop proposals are still accepted!

The last two days (July 23-24) of the 17th annual CNS meeting will be devoted to
workshops, in which any computationally related Neuroscience topic can be presented
and discussed. Workshops can be between one half day to two days in duration.

Usually a set of speakers is invited, but time for discussion is also planned.
At this time, we are requesting proposals for workshops from the international
community of computational neuroscientists. This is a great opportunity for advanced
postdoctoral fellows / junior faculty or senior faculty to organize a small meeting without all the headaches of meeting organization. Rooms, announcements, registration services etc. will all be provided by the CNS organization. All workshop participants must register through the CNS*2008 website. No financial support for invited speakers is available from the CNS organization.

Workshop proposals should be e-mailed to Dieter Jaeger (CNS 2008 workshop
coordinator) at workshops@cnsorg.org. The e-mail should contain a title and a brief
(around 150 words) description of workshop content, along with a list of potential
speakers. More information about the CNS * 2008 meeting is available at the CNS
website http://www.cnsorg.org/cns_meeting.htm

Preliminary workshop descriptions:
-- the workshops listed are confirmed, more are coming soon.

Preliminary workshop schedule (as of 6/11/08)

Wednesday, July 23 (Coffee, tea, snacks: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m)

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
(coffee break: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m)

Workshop 1, One day, Part 1: Interoperability of software for computational and experimental neuroscience
Organizers: Padraig Gleeson, Sharon Crook

Workshop 2, One day, Part 1. A dialogue for theoreticians and experimentalists:
What is phase response analysis, and what can it tell us about neurons and networks?
Organizers: Astrid Prinz and Nathan Schultheiss, Emory University

Workshop 3, One day: Part 1: Molecular Diffusion in Neurons: Theory and Experiment
Organizer: Yoshihisa Kubota, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, 6431, Fannin, Houston, TX 77030

Workshop 8, Half day: Basal Ganglia dynamics vs. Basal Ganglia function and dysfunction
Leonid Rubchinsky, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana University School of Medicine, Arthur Leblois, University of Washington

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(coffee break: 15:00 - 16:00 a.m)

Workshop 1, One day, Part 2: Interoperability of software for computational and experimental neuroscience

Workshop 2, One day, Part 2. A dialogue for theoreticians and experimentalists:
What is phase response analysis, and what can it tell us about neurons and networks?

Workshop 3, One day: Part 2: Molecular Diffusion in Neurons: Theory and Experiment

Workshop 4, One-and-a-half day Part 1: Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience
Aurel A. Lazar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University and Alex Dimitrov, Center for Computational Biology, Montana State University

Thursday, July 24 (Coffee, tea, snacks: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m)

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
(coffee break: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m)

Workshop 4, One-and-a-half day Part 2: Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience

Workshop 5, Half day: Neuronal Gap Junctions: Modeling approaches, insights and possible roles
Organizers: Frances Skinner (Toronto Western Research Institute and University of Toronto, Canada), Tim Lewis (University of California, Davis, USA)

Workshop 6, Half day: A tutorial on neuroConstruct
Presenters: Padraig Gleeson and Volker Steuber, London

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(coffee break: 15:00 - 16:00 a.m)

Workshop 4, One-and-a-half day Part 3: Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience

Workshop 7, Half day: Ins and outs on grants writing.
Presenters: Dennis Glanzmann (NIMH) and Yuan Liu (NINDS)

Rooms in the Center for Health & Healing:
All workshop rooms are fully equipped with AV and white boards.
(Room assignments will be made as the number of participants is determined)

CHH 3171 (Room 1A) 50 pers
CHH 3181 (Room 1B) 50 pers
CHH 3170 (Room 2) 10 (+5) pers
CHH 3172 (Room 3) 10 (+5) pers
CHH 12181 24 (+10) pers
CHH BME conf. room 20 pers **not yet reserved**