An Anniversary Conference Celebrating
Steve Grossberg@65 and CNS@15
September 16 - 17, 2005
Boston University
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
677 Beacon Street
Boston MA 02215
http://cns.bu.edu/events/Sept2005conference
This conference celebrates the 15th birthday of the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems and the 65th birthday of Steve Grossberg, the CNS founding architect, tireless builder, and guiding spirit. The two-day meeting will feature more than 20 scientific presentations, informal events, surprise guests, and plenty of good food and drink.
Speakers:
Robert Ajemian (CNS 2001)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deciphering the cortical codes of motor control
Boston University
Fifty cell types you just can't GO without
Boston University
Neural dynamics of Steve Grossberg:
Paul Cisek (CNS 1997)
University of Montreal
Think before you act, but prepare multiple afforded actions before you think
MIT McGovern Institute
Selective attention and neural synchrony
Gregory Francis (CNS 1994)
Purdue University
Using after-responses to study the visual system
Brown University
Nonlinearities and the distinction between functional and anatomical connectivity
Alexander Grunewald (CNS 1995)
University of Wisconsin
Making motion transparent: A multidisciplinary approach
Frank Guenther (CNS 1993)
Boston University
Auditory, somatosensory, and motor interactions in speech production
Piers Howe (CNS 2003)
Harvard Medical School
Lightness perception: Beyond junction accounts
University of Texas, Arlington
Cognition, emotion, and decision: Some errors and some truths
Niall McLoughlin (CNS 1995)
University of Manchester
What can optical imaging tell us about early visual processes?
Boston University
A global positioning system for navigating oceans of hyperbole, controversy, and rediscovery in vision science
Luiz Pessoa (CNS 1996)
Brown University
Emotional perception: Visual attention, awareness, and decision making
Rajeev Raizada (CNS 2001)
University of Washington
Probing the structure of phonetic categories in the human brain
Indiana University
Mind or brain: A critical test
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Why do cortical neurons synchronize their activity?
David Somers (CNS 1993)
Boston University
Paying attention to more than one thing at a time: Visual cortical mechanisms of divided attention
University of California, Irvine
Some simple neural circuits for brain micro-instructions
Duke University
To fix ideas....
University of Missouri, Rolla
Mining a great mountain: Two decades of research