Progress in Neural Field Theory 2010
We are pleased to announce the CINN Neural Fields Conference, held September 16-18, 2010, at the University of Reading, UK. The conference is sponsored by the CINN, with the support of the EPSRC.
Objective
Neural fields are an emergent tool to model and understand neurodynamics. The objective of this conference is to gather all researchers interested in developing and using such models to understand information processing in the brain.
Call for posters
Attendees are invited to submit posters describing their research. A selection of these posters will be made available throughout the conference, and presented in a dedicated session. Interested researchers should submit a title and an abstract at cinn@reading.ac.uk by August 6th, midnight.
Programme
| Thursday, 16th September, 2010 | |
| 09:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Introduction (Doug Saddy, Roland Potthast, Peter beim Graben) |
| 10:20 |
Roland Potthast |
| 11:10 | Coffee |
| 11:40 | Paul Bressloff "Oscillations and waves in neural fields with synaptic depression." |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Alistair Steyn-Ross "Hysteresis effects in general anaesthesia: Measurement artifact or biophysical reality?" |
| 14:50 | David Liley "Neural field modeling of brain activity: physiological insights and practical applications." |
| 15:40 | Tea |
| 16:10 |
Viktor Jirsa |
| 17:00 | Jim Wright "Neural Field theory, evolutionary pressure towards encephalization, and synaptic self-organization." |
| Friday, 17th September, 2010 | |
| 09:30 | Sebastian Schneegans "Associations and transformations in multi-dimensional neural fields." |
| 10:20 | Peter beim Graben "Coupling fields together: Towards a grand unified neural field theory." |
| 11:10 | Coffee |
| 11:40 | Moira Steyn-Ross "Interacting Hopf and Turing instabilities in the Cortex: Role of gap junctions." |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Olivier Faugeras "Stationary states and their bifurcations in neural field equations." |
| 14:50 | Wolfram Erlhagen "A dynamic field approach to natural and efficient human-robot collaboration." |
| 15:40 | Tea |
| 16:10 | John Terry "Characterizing the evolution of Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies using a mean-field model: Towards practical clinical tools." |
| 17:00 |
Jack Cowan |
| 17:50 | Poster session and drinks in CINN |
| Satuday, 18th September, 2010 | |
| 09:30 | Chris Brackley "Heterogeneous Connectivity in Neural Fields: A Stochastic Simulation Approach." |
| 10:20 | Carlo Laing "PDE methods for two-dimensional neural fields." |
| 11:10 | Coffee |
| 11:40 | Stephen Coombes "Sigmoids, heterogeneities, interfaces, driving: recent results and further challenges in neural field modelling." |
Organisation
- Pringle Chris (Univ. Reading, UK)
- Roesch Etienne (Univ. Reading, UK)
- Sloan Kelly (Univ. Reading, UK)
Scientific committee
- Coombes Stephen (Univ. of Nottingham, UK)
- beim Graben Peter (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
- Potthast Roland (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany / Univ. Reading, UK)
- Wright Jim (Auckland University, New Zealand)
Invited speakers
- Bressloff Paul (Univ. of Oxford, UK)
- Brackley Chris (Univ. of Aberdeen, UK)
- Coombes Stephen (Univ. of Nottingham, UK)
- Cowan Jack (Univ. of Chicago, USA)
- Erlhagen Wolfram (Univ. of Minho, Portugal)
- Faugeras Olivier (INRIA-Sofia Antipolis, France)
- beim Graben Peter (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
- Jirsa Victor (CNRS Marseille, France)
- Laing Carlo (Massey University, New Zealand)
- Liley David (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
- Schneegans Sebastian (Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Germany) replacing Schoener Gregor
- Steyn-Ross Moira (Univ. of Waikato, New Zealand)
- Steyn-Ross Alistair (Univ. of Waikato, New Zealand)
- Potthast Roland (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany / Univ. Reading, UK)
- Terry John (Univ. of Bristol, UK)
- Wright Jim (Auckland University, New Zealand)
Registration
Attendance is free, but registration is required, by email to cinn@reading.ac.uk.
Venue
All talks will be held in the Nike Auditorium, Agriculture building, University of Reading. The building is next to the CINN; see our How to find us page for more details.