Preliminary Workshop Program

Tuesday, June 27th
0730-0800	Continental Breakfast
0800-0830	Welcome Remarks Gerry Yonas, Sandia National Laboratories
0830-0930	Keynote Address F. Gregory Ashby, University of California, Santa Barbara The Neural Basis of Categorization Expertise
0930-1000	Neal Cohen, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Memory Systems of the Brain: How We Represent Experience
1000-1015	Break
1015-1045	Amy Kruse, DARPA Operational Neuroscience: The Application of Neuroscience in the National Security Environment
1045-1115	Joe Z. Tsien, Boston University Toward the Cracking of the Brain Code
1115-1200	Breakout Session Introductions Michael Bernard, Sandia National Laboratories
1200-1300	Lunch
1300-1555	UNM Special Session. Chair: Tim Goldsmith, University of New Mexico
1300-1320	Claudia Tesche, University of New Mexico Dynamics of Human Brain Activity Elicited by Aversive Conditioning: A MEG Study
1320-1340	Mike Wilson, University of New Mexico Regulation Neuroexocytosis in the Development of Synaptic Transmission
1340-1400	Akaysha Tang, University of New Mexico Extracting 'Single-trial' Source ERPs from Scalp EEG during Continuous Free Eye Movement-Implications for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience
1400-1420	David Ackley, University of New Mexico Living Computation
1420-1435	Break
1435-1455	Ron Yeo, University of New Mexico Individual Differences in Higher Cognitive Functions: Insights from Neuroimaging Studies
1455-1515	Bruce Smith, University of New Mexico The Marriage of Passion and Reason: Integrating Emotion into Cognitive Neuroscience
1515-1535	Tim Goldsmith, University of New Mexico Knowledge Networks of Cognitive Systems
1535-1555	Eric Ruthruff, University of New Mexico Capacity Limitations of the Human Mind: Can We Do Two Tasks at Once?
1555-1630	Break
1630-1900	Breakout Dinner Session Participants should plan to have dinner together and participants in the demo session should allow time to set up their demonstrations.
1900-2100	Demonstration and Poster Session Titles of Demonstrations and Posters to be Announced at Workshop

 

Wednesday, June 28th
0730-8000	Fast Start Breakfast
0800-0815	Opening Remarks
0815-0915	Keynote Address Viktor Jirsa, Florida Atlantic University Low-Dimensional Human Behavior Arises from Distributed Large-Scale Brain Dynamics
0915-0945	Geoffrey Schoenbaum, University of Maryland The Orbitofrontal-Amygdalar Circuit, Associative Learning, and Addiction
0945-1015	Kevin Briggman, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Optical Imaging of Neuronal Populations during Decision-Making in the Medicinal Leech
1015-1030	Break
1030-1200	Convergence of Nanotechnology and Cognitive Systems. Chair: Chris Forsythe, Sandia National Laboratories
1030-1100	Hongyou Fan, Sandia National Laboratories Surfactant-assisted Self-assembly of Water-soluble and Biocompatible Nanocrystals for Bioapplications
1100-1130	Tania Vu, Oregon Health and Science University Quantum Dots for Live Imaging and Control of Neuronal Function
1130-1200	Karen Moxon, Drexel From Neuron to Electrode: Brain Level Implants for Neuroprosthetics
1200-1300	Lunch
1300-1800	Tutorial: Fundamentals of Neuroscience for Engineers, Computer Scientists and Other Technology Developers. Chairs: Tom Caudell and George Luger, University of New Mexico
1300-1430	Jim Olds, George Mason University Tutorial 1: Basics of Cellular Neurophysiology and Brain System-Level Processes
1430-1445	Break
1445-1615	Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo Tutorial 2: Basics of Computational Modeling of Brain Function
1615-1630	Break
1630-1800	Dennis McBride, Potomac Institute Tutorial 3: Neuroscience-Based Engineering Principles for Technology Applications
1800-TBD	Breakout Dinner Session Participants should plan to have dinner together.
Thursday June 29th
0730-0800	Healthy Start Breakfast
0800-0815	Opening Remarks
0815-0915	Keynote Address Art Kramer, The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Fitness Training and the Brain: From Molecules to Minds
0915-0945	Chris Wood, Santa Fe Institute Toward Integrated Multi-Modality Brain Imaging
0945-1000	Break
1000-1130	Large to Massive Scale Cognitive Systems Simulations. Chairs: Mark Ehlen and Andy Scholand, Sandia National Laboratories
1000-1130	Panel Discussion Meghana Bhatt, Caltech Gautam George, Brandeis University Stacey Hendrickson, University of New Mexico Scott Rick, Carnegie-Melon University Craig Schreiber, Carnegie-Melon University
1130-1230	Lunch
1230-1300	Elaine Raybourn, Sandia National Laboratories Multiplayer Simulation Game: The Case of Adaptive Thinking and Leadership Training System
1300-1400	Report from Breakout Sessions
1400-1415	Workshop Close-out

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