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From: Padraig G. <p.g...@uc...> - 2024-06-13 18:18:27
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Dear Colleagues, The “Computational Modeling in Biology” Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology and related fields. We are pleased to announce the Combine 2024 <https://co.mbine.org/author/combine-2024/>, which will take place in Stuttgart, Germany, from September 1-5 (Day 1-3 workshop program, day 4-5 rooms for breakouts). COMBINE 2024 will be a workshop-style event hosted at the University of Stuttgart, Campus Vaihingen, Institute for Stochastics and Applications. The meeting is closely co-located with VPH 2024 <https://vph-conference.org/>, which will take place in Stuttgart from 4 to 6 September. We acknowledge funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the International scientific events program, our Excellence Cluster EXC 2075 Data-Integrated Simulation Science (SimTech) and the Stuttgart Research Center Systems Biology (SRCSB). Confirmed Keynote Speakers and Session Chairs: 1. Irina Balaur, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2. Dirk Drasdo, Director of Research INRIA (French National Institut(ion) for Research in Computer Science and Control), Rocquencourt, France 3. Fabian Fröhlich, Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom 4. Marc-Thorsten Hütt, Constructor University Bremen, Germany 5. Matthias König, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany 6. Heinz Köppl, TU Darmstadt, Germany 7. Göksel Misirli, Keele University, United Kingdom 8. David Nickerson, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand 9. Timothy Rudge, Newcastle University, United Kingdom 10. Herbert Sauro, University of Washington, USA 11. Lucian Smith, University of Washington, USA 12. Judith Wodke, University of Greifswald, Germany Breakouts, talks and tutorials can be submitted until 15 July 2024, lightning talks and posters can be submitted until 29 July 2024. Please see the workshop homepage for further details: https://co.mbine.org/events/ <https://co.mbine.org/events/> Please forward this announcement to potentially interested colleagues. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Stuttgart! Nicole Radde & Sebastian Höpfl on behalf of the COMBINE consortium -- ----------------------------------------------------- Padraig Gleeson http://openneuroai.org/ Room 321, Anatomy Building Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT United Kingdom +44 207 679 3214 p.g...@uc... ----------------------------------------------------- |
From: Sarah K. <kea...@go...> - 2024-03-25 16:02:58
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We are extending the deadlines for lightning talks/posters/breakouts until March 29. Sarah & Padraig |
From: Ankur S. <san...@gm...> - 2024-03-01 16:24:01
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Dear all, Apologies for cross posts. We would like to announce 2 upcoming initiatives related to the NeuroML project: a hackathon in London at UCL where you can learn about the model description language and get help converting your model to this standardised format, and 3 Google Summer of Code projects where students or postdocs can be paid for contributing to the NeuroML model development infrastructure. ---- The COMBINE organisation's HARMONY meeting is being held at University College London from April 8-11 this year. Registration for HARMONY is free. https://co.mbine.org/author/harmony-2024/ We (NeuroML editors and developers) will be running hands-on NeuroML hackathons at HARMONY, with the general theme being to help researchers learn more about NeuroML and to build new or convert existing models in NeuroML. We are also keen to help simulator or other application developers integrate NeuroML support (import/export) into their tools. We invite you to register and attend the meeting to: - learn more about how NeuroML supports all stages of the model life cycle - learn how to create your model in NeuroML from scratch - learn how to convert your existing model into NeuroML - learn how the NeuroML APIs (in Python, Java, C++, Matlab) can help you integrate NeuroML support into your application Please share this information with colleagues that may be undertaking new modelling projects where NeuroML may be used. For more information see https://docs.neuroml.org/Events/202404-Harmony.html ---- Google Summer of Code is an initiative to encourage contributions to open source software projects. Generous stipends are provided for successful applicants to work on these projects for a number of months over the summer. The INCF has been a GSoC mentoring organisation for the past number of years, and has helped link up students with mentors to advance various projects in the wider neuroinformatics and computational neuroscience areas. This year we are offering 3 projects related to NeuroML: - Open source, cross simulator, large scale network models in NeuroML and PyNN https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2024-project-idea-13-1-open-source-cross-simulator-large-scale-network-models-in-neuroml-and-pynn-175h-350h/28266/3 - Implementation of SWC to NeuroML converter in PyNeuroML https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2024-project-idea-13-2-implementation-of-swc-to-neuroml-converter-in-pyneuroml-175h-350h/28267 - Incorporate new features into an advanced, cross-platform 3D viewer for NeuroML cells and networks https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2024-project-idea-13-3-incorporate-new-features-into-an-advanced-cross-platform-3d-viewer-for-neuroml-cells-and-networks-175h-350h/28268 This opportunity is particularly relevant for Masters & PhD students currently working in model development/analysis in computational neuroscience. Many students are already reusing/converting/updating existing models as part of their work, or developing tools to handle neuronal model elements such as morphological reconstructions, and this is a great opportunity to get paid by Google to do this! - Closing date for student applications: 2nd April 2024 - Standard period of working on projects: May 27 - Aug/Sept 2024 See: https://www.incf.org/activities/gsoc for more information. ---- More information on NeuroML can be found in our recent preprint (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.07.570537v1) and in our up to date documentation: https://docs.neuroml.org On behalf of the NeuroML community, Ankur Sinha, Padraig Gleeson, and Angus Silver -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London |
From: Battleday, R. <battleday@g.harvard.edu> - 2024-02-29 04:41:12
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We have extended the deadline for abstracts for the 5th International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI, to be held in Rome 28th-31st May 2024: New deadline: 8th March, 2024; AOE. We hope that you come and join us! Thank you to all the people that have submitted already—the quality has been fantastic. If you would like to edit your submission, just submit another response. In this high-profile convention we examine computational accounts of the brain and mind from the perspectives of biocomputation, neural theory, and cognitive science. We then take findings and theory back into the creation of robust, generalizable, and scalable AI: www.neuromonster.org We invite submissions for each session via this Google form: https://forms.gle/u8tJU4PtkT1EKYte7 Keynote Speakers Professor Peter Dayan (Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) Professor Sophie Deneve (ENS, Paris) Professor Wolfgang Maass (TUG) Professor Mackenzie Mathis (EPFL) Professor Anne Collins (UC Berkeley) Dr Feryal Behbahani (Google DeepMind) Dr Giovanni Pezzulo (NRC of Italy, Rome) Session Chairs Biocomputation Yasmine Ayman (Harvard) Professor Dan Nicolau Jr (KCL) Neural theory Dr James Whittington (Stanford / Oxford) Dr Francesca Mastrogiuseppe (Champalimaud) Cognitive science Dr Ruairidh Battleday (Harvard / MIT) Dr Antonella Maselli (NRC Italy) AI Dr Ishita Dasgupta (Google DeepMind) Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton) Confirmed speakers Biocomputation Professor Andrew Adamatzky (UWE) Professor Panayiota Poirazi (FORTH, Crete) Professor Jason Shepherd (Utah) Professor Christine Grienberger (Brandeis) Neural theory Professor Rafal Bogacz (Oxford) Professor Athena Akrami (UCL) Professor Nicolas Brunel (Duke) Professor Kanaka Rajan (Harvard) Dr Lea Duncker (Stanford) Dr Kris Jensen (UCL) Cognitive science Professor Dagmar Sternad (Northeastern) Professor Bill Thompson (UC Berkeley) Professor Samuel McDougle (Yale) Dr Maria Eckstein (DeepMind) Dr Fred Callaway (NYU / Harvard) AI Professor Kevin Ellis (Cornell) Professor Najoung Kim (BU, Google) Dr André Barreto (DeepMind) Dr Sophia Sanborn (USB / UBC) Dr Wilka Carvalho (Harvard) The submission format is a single A4 sheet containing (at least) an abstract of 250 words, along with any additional material you think valuable. These will be accepted for poster, spotlight, or a short talk. New submission deadline is 8th March AOE. We will reply by March 15th with a decision. The convention will be held at the Villa Wolkonsky, in San Giovanni, Rome (10 minutes walk from the Colosseum). Many thanks! The Organizing Committee. -- Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD President Thinking About Thinking (www.thinkingaboutthinking.org) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT |
From: Sarah K. <kea...@go...> - 2024-02-22 09:45:45
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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sarah Keating <kea...@go...> Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 9:44 AM Subject: HARMONY REGISTRATION To: SBML Discussion List <sbm...@go...>, <sbg...@go...>, <sed...@go...>, <cel...@li...>, <sbo...@go...>, <pet...@go...>, <neu...@go...> Don't forget to register for Harmony. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCdF8eUNiryV-roU-EVoQYgdCoFw9j4VlqniYfSEimU2m9UA/viewform https://co.mbine.org/events/ Thanks Sarah and Padraig |
From: Ruairidh M. B. <bat...@pr...> - 2024-02-22 07:37:37
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One week left to submit abstracts for the 5th International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI, to be held in Rome 28th-31st May 2024. We hope that you come and join us! Thank you to all the people that have submitted already—the quality so far has been fantastic. In this high-profile convention we examine computational accounts of the brain and mind from the perspectives of biocomputation, neural theory, and cognitive science. We then take findings and theory back into the creation of robust, generalizable, and scalable AI: www.neuromonster.org We invite submissions for each session via this Google form: https://forms.gle/u8tJU4PtkT1EKYte7 Keynote Speakers Professor Peter Dayan (Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) Professor Sophie Deneve (ENS, Paris) Professor Wolfgang Maass (TUG) Professor Mackenzie Mathis (EPFL) Professor Anne Collins (UC Berkeley) Dr Feryal Behbahani (Google DeepMind) Dr Giovanni Pezzulo (NRC of Italy, Rome) Session Chairs Biocomputation Yasmine Ayman (Harvard) Professor Dan Nicolau Jr (KCL) Neural theory Dr James Whittington (Stanford / Oxford) Dr Francesca Mastrogiuseppe (Champalimaud) Cognitive science Dr Ruairidh Battleday (Harvard / MIT) Dr Antonella Maselli (NRC Italy) AI Dr Ishita Dasgupta (Google DeepMind) Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton) Confirmed speakers Biocomputation Professor Andrew Adamatzky (UWE) Professor Panayiota Poirazi (FORTH, Crete) Professor Jason Shepherd (Utah) Professor Christine Grienberger (Brandeis) Neural theory Professor Rafal Bogacz (Oxford) Professor Athena Akrami (UCL) Professor Nicolas Brunel (Duke) Professor Kanaka Rajan (Harvard) Dr Lea Duncker (Stanford) Dr Kris Jensen (UCL) Cognitive science Professor Dagmar Sternad (Northeastern) Professor Bill Thompson (UC Berkeley) Professor Samuel McDougle (Yale) Dr Maria Eckstein (DeepMind) Dr Fred Callaway (NYU / Harvard) AI Professor Kevin Ellis (Cornell) Professor Najoung Kim (BU, Google) Dr André Barreto (DeepMind) Dr Sophia Sanborn (USB / UBC) Dr Wilka Carvalho (Harvard) The submission format is a single A4 sheet containing (at least) an abstract of 250 words, along with any additional material you think valuable. These will be accepted for poster, spotlight, or a short talk. Submission deadline is 28th February AOE. A limited number of early-bird registrations have been posted on our website! Normal registration will follow after the submission deadline. The convention will be held at the Villa Wolkonsky, in San Giovanni, Rome (10 minutes walk from the Colosseum). The Organizing Committee. -- Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD President Thinking About Thinking, Inc (www.thinkingaboutthinking.org) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT |
From: Sarah K. <kea...@go...> - 2024-02-05 15:40:36
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Note the deadline for travel support requests is next week:15 February https://co.mbine.org/events/ Local organisers Padraig Gleeson & Sarah Keating |
From: Battleday, R. <battleday@g.harvard.edu> - 2024-01-30 01:43:38
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We are delighted to announce our call for abstracts for the 5th International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI, to be held in Rome 28-31st May 2024. In this high-profile convention we examine computational accounts of the brain and mind from the perspectives of biocomputation, neural theory, and cognitive science. We then take findings and theory back into the creation of robust, generalizable, and scalable AI: www.neuromonster.org Keynote Speakers Professor Peter Dayan (Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) Professor Sophie Deneve (ENS, Paris) Professor Wolfgang Maass (TUG) Professor Mackenzie Mathis (EPFL) Professor Anne Collins (UC Berkeley) Dr Feryal Behbahani (Google DeepMind) Dr Giovanni Pezzulo (NRC of Italy, Rome) Session Chairs Biocomputation Yasmine Ayman (Harvard) Professor Dan Nicolau Jr (KCL) Neural theory Dr James Whittington (Stanford / Oxford) Dr Francesca Mastrogiuseppe (Champalimaud) Cognitive science Dr Ruairidh Battleday (Harvard / MIT) Dr Antonella Maselli (NRC Italy) AI Dr Ishita Dasgupta (Google DeepMind) Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton) Confirmed speakers Biocomputation Professor Andrew Adamatzky (UWE) Professor Panayiota Poirazi (FORTH, Crete) Professor Jason Shepherd (Utah) Professor Christine Grienberger (Brandeis) Neural theory Professor Rafal Bogacz (Oxford) Professor Athena Akrami (UCL) Dr Sophia Sanborn (USB / UBC) Dr Lea Duncker (Stanford) Cognitive science Professor Dagmar Sternad (Northeastern) Professor Bill Thompson (UC Berkeley) Professor Samuel McDougle (Yale) Dr Fred Callaway (NYU / Harvard) AI Professor Kevin Ellis (CMU) Professor Najoung Kim (BU, Google) Dr André Barreto (DeepMind) Dr Maria Eckstein (DeepMind) We invite submissions for each session via this Google form: https://forms.gle/u8tJU4PtkT1EKYte7 These will be accepted for poster, spotlight, or a short talk. The submission format is a single A4 sheet containing (at least) an abstract of 250 words, along with any additional material you think valuable. Submission deadline is 28th February AOE. The convention will be held at the Villa Wolkonsky, in San Giovanni, Rome (10 minutes walk from the Colosseum). A limited number of early-bird registrations have been posted on our website! Normal registration will follow after the submission deadline. We hope that you come and join us! The Organizing Committee. -- Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT |
From: Dimitris P. <dp...@ya...> - 2024-01-24 13:19:46
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The Computational Neuroscience and Psychiatry Lab (www.pinotsislab.com) at City—University of London is looking for a Research Assistant (RA) with a background in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. About - pinotsislab The Lab focuses on developing new algorithms for the analysis of behavioral data and human and animal brain imaging data. Particular emphasis is put on applications in Computational Neuroscience and Psychiatry. The Lab develops brain theories that can explain brain function, using theoretical tools from deep neural networks and Bayesian brain theories. The lab also performs EEG recordings. Responsibilities The Research Assistant will analyze human data in collaboration with other researchers and partners locally and internationally. S/he will also collect data recorded during cognitive neuroscience studies and contribute to manuscripts presenting findings that will be submitted in peer-reviewed journals/scientific conferences. Person Specification The RA shall conduct research at the intersection of brain imaging and machine learning. She or he will build computational tools using state of the art machine learning algorithms. The position has an initial duration of five and a half months . The successful candidate should have a BSc in computer science, maths, engineering, psychology, computational neuroscience, engineering or a related field. Experience with Dynamic Causal Modeling is an advantage. The role is available from 1st April 2024 or earlier by negotiation. Closing date for applications: 11th February 2024 at 11:59pm. For informal inquiries, please email pin...@mi... . |
From: Padraig G. <p.g...@uc...> - 2024-01-17 18:32:03
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<Apologies for cross posting> We would like to announce a major new version of the Open Source Brain platform (v2.0) we have been working on which has a range of new features for you to try: https://v2.opensourcebrain.org. You can create cloud based, persistent workspaces which contain models and data from a number of sources (https://v2.opensourcebrain.org/repositories) including: - All *OSBv1* projects incorporating NeuroML and PyNN models - All *ModelDB* entries - All *BRAIN Initiative DANDI Archive* datasets containing NWB files Inbuilt applications which can open these workspaces include: *- NetPyNE UI*, a 3D graphical application for neuronal simulations (NeuroML compliant) *- NWB Explorer* for opening and visualising data in NWB files *- JupyterLab*, a full interactive Python environment, with a number of computational neuroscience, data analysis and machine learning packages preinstalled. Full documentation is at https://docs.opensourcebrain.org and a Guided Tour introducing the main features of the platform is here <https://docs.opensourcebrain.org/OSBv2/Guided_tour.html>. We are very keen for new users to try out our platform. Please note that you will require a different username/password for OSBv2 from OSBv1. We are also very happy to make dedicated resources available on the platform to support classes/tutorials/computational neuroscience schools. The Open Source Brain Initiative aims to: - Make neuroscience experimental data and computational models from around the world easily findable in a single location - Provide a free to use, collaborative, web based, interactive computing platform that integrates state of the art software tools for accessing and working with large scale data sets and computational models. - Encourage the use of standards for making research outputs more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable): OSBv2 supports NeuroML for models and NWB for data. Please get in contact if you would like to help us with any of these goals! Regards, The OSB Team |
From: Sarah K. <kea...@go...> - 2024-01-17 15:29:38
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https://co.mbine.org/events/ Travel Awards are available please register early to apply(see the main page) Local HARMONY organisers Sarah Keating and Padraig Gleeson |
From: Battleday, R. <battleday@g.harvard.edu> - 2023-12-27 04:24:28
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We are delighted to announce The 5th International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence! www.neuromonster.org This year’s convention will be held in the Villa Wolkonsky, the official residence of the British ambassador in Rome, from the 28th to the 31st May, 2024. We *invite submissions* for any of the four sessions listed on the website. Please make submissions via the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/SbyQy5kRSFcKaH2FA To accompany the launch of the event, we are excited to release *a limited number of early-bird registrations, accompanied by a fee discount*. If you think you would like to join, please sign up! And of course please do forward on to anyone who might also be interested. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Peter Dayan (Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) Professor Sophie Deneve (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) Professor Giovanni Pezzulo (National Research Council, Rome) Sessions: *Biocomputation* (Chairs: Professor Dan V. Nicolau Jr, KCL; Yasmine Ayman, Harvard) *Neural Theory* (Chairs: Dr Francesca Mastrogiuseppe, Champalimaud; Dr James Whittington, Stanford/Oxford) *Cognitive Science* (Chairs: Dr Antonella Maselli, NRC Italy; Dr Ruairidh Battleday, Harvard/MIT) *Artificial Intelligence* (Chair: Dr Ilia Sucholutsky, Princeton) We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the conference; and to discussing the next breakthroughs in mathematical approaches to the mathematical and computational study and simulation of brain and behavior! With our best wishes and Season’s Greetings, Ruaridh and Dan -- Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD Executive Director Thinking About Thinking Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT |
From: Sarah K. <kea...@go...> - 2023-12-19 12:26:40
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HARMONY 2024 will be hosted by UCL from Monday April 8th until Thursday April 11th. As part of our preparation we are asking communities whether it would be useful to schedule whole days for particular standards. That doesn't mean other things can't happen on those days but we are thinking of cost and hybrid accessibility. For example making Tuesday the SBML day would allow people to plan travel and remote attendance accordingly. Any thoughts on this matter would be gratefully received. Local HARMONY organisers Sarah Keating and Padraig Gleeson |
From: Ankur S. <san...@gm...> - 2023-12-13 11:46:46
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Dear all, This is to alert you to the availability of exciting new resources for the model description language NeuroML and a recently posted bioRxiv preprint on the ecosystem of NeuroML-compliant tools for data-driven modelling of neurons and circuits. In the preprint (doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.07.570537), we provide a major update on the current scope of the NeuroML standard, the software ecosystem and describe the newly extended online resources for helping researchers incorporate NeuroML into their modelling work. We show how the modular nature and hierarchical structure of NeuroMLv2, combined with the flexibility of coding in Python, has created a powerful "building block" approach for constructing standardised models from scratch. Moreover, we illustrate how the ecosystem of NeuroML compliant tools supports users at all stages of the model development life cycle. This includes automated model validation, advanced analysis, visualisation, and sharing/reuse of models. The paper demonstrates how NeuroML unifies and standardises the diverse approaches to biologically-detailed computational modelling of neural systems, by enabling an ecosystem of interoperable tools that support the FAIR principles and promotes open, transparent and reproducible science. In the newly updated NeuroML online resources (https://docs.neuroml.org) we provide tutorials on how to use NeuroML to build, validate and share standardised models together with extensive documentation on this INCF approved community standard. We hope you find these resources useful for your modelling work. On behalf of the NeuroML community, Ankur Sinha, Padraig Gleeson, and Angus Silver. -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London |
From: Battleday, R. <battleday@g.harvard.edu> - 2023-09-20 03:51:34
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Fourth International Symposium on the Mathematics of Neuroscience. 28th September - 1st October 2023, Old Town, Rhodes, Greece. —---------------- Final call for general attendance and poster sessions —---------------- One week left before this year’s conference on the mathematics of neuroscience, and last chance to register for general attendance or to present a physical or virtual poster: www.neuromonster.org The line up is looking fantastic, and thank you to everyone that made a submission. Fortunately, flights and accommodation are still reasonably cheap! In this exploratory symposium, we present and discuss general mathematical models of brain function. We give priority to those models that account for brain or behavioural data, or provide simulations to that effect. Keynote Speakers Professor Aapo Hyvärinen (University of Helsinki) Painful intelligence: What AI can tell us about human suffering Professor Janneke Jehee (Donders Institute) Probabilistic representations in the human visual cortex Professor Peter Latham (UCL) What’s the question and how do we answer it? Session Chairs Probabilistic models: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard / MIT) Neurotheory: Dr James Whittington (Oxford / Stanford) Biocomputation: Professor Dan V. Nicolau (King’s College London / Oxford) Representational alignment: Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton) Confirmed Speakers Professor Andrew Adamatzky (UWE) Professor Dan Nicolau Sr (McGill) Professor Bill Thompson (Berkeley) Professor Bradley Love (UCL) Professor Iris Groen (Amsterdam) Professor Volker Tresp (Munich) Professor Daniel Graham (HWS) Professor Marcelo Bertalmío (SNRC) Professor Mayank Kejriwal (USC) Dr Thomas Parr (UCL) Dr Andreea Bobu (MIT) Dr Ilias Rentzeperis (SNRC) Dr Steeve Laquitaine (The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Dr. Panagiotis Mougkogiannis (UWE) Dr Jonathan V. Gill (NYU) Dr Tommaso Salvatori (Verses.ai) Dr Charles Cohen (Fidelis.ai) Dr Aslan Satary Dizaji (AutocurriculaLab & Neuro-Inspired Vision) Dr Michael Popov (OMCAN network) Dr Sunder Bukya (University of Hyderabad) Shirin Vafaei (Osaka University) Arvind Saraf (Attention Tag) Shivang Rawat (NYU) Jay Verma (University of Delhi) Declan Campbell (Princeton University) Tyler Giallanza (Princeton University) Carol Upchurch (Louisiana State University) Francesco Guido Rinaldi (SISSA) Hang Li (LMU Munich) Simon Frieder (Oxford) Sabahaddin Taha Solakoglu (Hacettepe University) Hanna Derets (University of Waterloo) Jia Li (KU Leuven) Rahul Jain (Pomona College) The symposium will be held virtually or in-person on the island of Rhodes, Greece from the 28th September - 1st October 2023 (www.neuromonster.org). Submission for poster sessions is by 250-word abstract, emailed to the session chairs at bat...@th..., indicating the desired session. -- Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT |
From: Ankur S. <san...@gm...> - 2023-09-13 09:59:46
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Dear all, The next open NeuroML editors meeting will be on September 29 at 1500 UTC. The meeting is open for all to attend. Please join us over zoom here: https://ucl.zoom.us/s/91389585090?pwd=WTBNcjJ0aU95ZWZCNFNVclhMQU9mZz09 (zoom login required to prevent spam) You can see your local time here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NeuroML+editors+meeting%3A+September&iso=20230929T15&p1=1440&ah=1 An agenda is being collected here: https://hackmd.io/s/H1LeHZyyT We hope to see you there. On behalf of the NeuroML editors, -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London |
From: Battleday, R. <battleday@g.harvard.edu> - 2023-08-29 00:32:28
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Fourth International Symposium on the Mathematics of Neuroscience. 28th September - 1st October 2023, Old Town, Rhodes, Greece. —---------------- Deadline extended (Sept 3rd): Call for abstracts —---------------- Our deepest gratitude to all of you that have submitted so far! We are extending our invitation to submit abstracts for this year’s conference on the mathematics of neuroscience until September 3rd: www.neuromonster.org In this exploratory symposium, we present and discuss general mathematical models of brain function. We give priority to those models that account for brain or behavioural data, or provide simulations to that effect. Submissions will be assigned to either a short talk, spotlight talk, or poster presentation. Keynote Speakers Professor Aapo Hyvärinen (University of Helsinki) Professor Janneke Jehee (Donders Institute) Professor Peter Latham (UCL) Session Chairs Probabilistic models: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard / MIT) Neurotheory: Dr James Whittington (Oxford / Stanford) Biocomputation: Professor Dan V. Nicolau (King’s College London / Oxford) Representational alignment: Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton) Confirmed Talks Professor Andrew Adamatzky (UWE) Professor Dan Nicolau Sr (McGill) Professor Bill Thompson (Berkeley) Professor Bradley Love (UCL) Professor Iris Groen (Amsterdam) Dr Thomas Parr (UCL) Dr Ilias Rentzeperis (SNRC) The symposium will be held virtually or in-person on the island of Rhodes, Greece from the 28th September - 1st October 2023 (www.neuromonster.org). Submission is by 250-word abstract before the 3rd September 2023, emailed to the session chairs at bat...@th..., indicating the desired session. -- Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, MIT |
From: Ruairidh M. B. <bat...@pr...> - 2023-08-05 04:31:15
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Fourth International Symposium on the Mathematics of Neuroscience. 28th September - 1st October 2023, Old Town, Rhodes, Greece. —---------------- Call for papers —---------------- We invite submissions for this year’s conference on the mathematics of neuroscience: www.neuromonster.org In this exploratory symposium, we present and discuss general mathematical models of brain function. We give priority to those models that account for brain or behavioural data, or provide simulations to that effect. Submissions will be assigned to either a short talk, spotlight talk, or poster presentation. *Keynote Speakers* Professor Aapo Hyvärinen (University of Helsinki) Professor Janneke Jehee (Donders Institute) *Session Chairs* Biocomputation: Professor Dan V. Nicolau (King’s College London / Oxford) Probabilistic models: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard / MIT) Neurotheory: Dr James Whittington (Oxford / Stanford) Representational alignment: Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton) *Confirmed Talks* Professor Andrew Adamatzky (UWE) Professor Dan Nicolau Sr (McGill) Professor Bill Thompson (Berkeley) Professor Bradley Love (UCL) Dr Thomas Parr (UCL) Dr Ilias Rentzeperis (SNRC) The symposium will be held virtually or in-person on the island of Rhodes, Greece from the 28th September - 1st October 2023 (www.neuromonster.org). Submission is by 250-word abstract before the 27th August 2023, emailed to the session chairs at bat...@th..., indicating the desired session. |
From: Ankur S. <san...@gm...> - 2023-05-22 10:59:57
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Dear all, The next open NeuroML editors meeting will be on May 23 at 1400 UTC. We will use the Jitsi video conference feature of the public NeuroML Gitter/Element/Matrix chat room. You can login (using GitHub/GitLab etc.) here: https://matrix.to/#/#NeuroML_community:gitter.im Please see your local time here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=136&iso=20230523T15&msg=NeuroML%20editors%20meeting%3A%20April&ah=1&sort=2 We hope to see you there. On behalf of the NeuroML editors, -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London |
From: Ankur S. <san...@gm...> - 2023-04-24 14:13:43
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Dear all, The next open NeuroML editors meeting will be on April 28 at 1500 UTC. We will use the Jitsi video conference feature of the public NeuroML Gitter/Element/Matrix chat room. You can login (using GitHub/GitLab etc.) here: https://matrix.to/#/#NeuroML_community:gitter.im Please see your local time here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=136&iso=20230428T16&msg=NeuroML%20editors%20meeting%3A%20April&ah=1&sort=2 We hope to see you there. -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London |
From: Ankur S. <san...@gm...> - 2023-03-27 07:30:15
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Dear all, Please join the NeuroML editorial board for our next open monthly meeting on March 30 at 1600 UTC. The meeting will be on Zoom (login required). Link and more information here: https://hackmd.io/@sanjayankur31/rk2ai2Al2 Please spread the word to other interested colleagues also. -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London |
From: Cengiz G. <cen...@us...> - 2023-01-31 19:25:52
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Dear NeuroML contributor, We received 17 distinct votes from the electorate and the three candidates with the most votes were: 1. Padraig Gleeson 2. Boris Marin 3. Sotirios Panagiotou As two of the leaving members were re-elected, Justas Birgiolas will be the only one leaving the board. I would like to congratulate the new board members and thank everyone who nominated candidates, followed the election, and voted. Results will soon be published on the board page: https://docs.neuroml.org/NeuroMLOrg/Board.html Best regards, -Cengiz Gunay |
From: Cengiz G. <cen...@us...> - 2023-01-23 22:31:49
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Dear NeuroML contributor, We are holding elections to fill the 3 vacant positions in the board. You are eligible to vote for one or more of the 4 nominated candidates by Friday January 27, 2023. Please submit your vote using this form: https://forms.gle/pVhFn2oh4AQey6dPA Candidate names and bios are below: 1. Sotirios Panagiotou s.p...@er... Sotirios is the main developer behind EDEN, a new neuronal simulation engine which uses NeuroML2 as its native model input format. It can load a comprehensive range of existing NeuroML models, and automatically generate code for executing them on high performance computing platforms. As part of this development Sotirios has investigated the NeuroML specification in great depth, as well as the LEMS language, to a level few others have. He has already taken part in a number of NeuroML development workshops and meetings, and has had many suggestions for enhancing the current NeuroML framework for improved model support. He would be a valuable addition to the NeuroML editorial board. 2. Padraig Gleeson p.g...@uc... Padraig has been a key contributor to the NeuroML language since 2004, and has helped drive the community effort leading to NeuroML v2. He has an extensive knowledge of existing neuron models and the current and future requirements for NeuroML. He has been actively contributing to all of the main libraries in Python and Java for handling the format. He is also coordinating the Open Source Brain initiative, which is a key resource to help spread wider uptake of NeuroML. He is currently developing NeuroMLlite, a JSON based format which will further extend the range and types of network model covered by the language. 3. Boris Marin bor...@gm... Bóris has been one of the main contributors to LEMS and NeuroML over the last few years, both in terms of language design and of implementation of the related technologies. His understanding of the relevant scientific and technical issues is deep and extensive. He's well known and respected inside the LEMS/NeuroML community. Most of all, he cares deeply about the project, and he's determined to see it succeed. Bóris has strong theoretical foundations in Dynamical Systems, Computational Neuroscience and software design principles. He already has a lot of experience with the current structure of both LEMS and NeuroML standards and he would be a very good member of the board to ensure the standards can keep evolving and improving. 4. Subhasis Ray ray...@gm... He has recently joined the faculty at Plaksha University, and he brings a special combination of experience in computational neuroscience, modeling standards (including NeuroML), and wet experimental work. On the simulator development front, Subhasis wrote the Python-based front-end for the MOOSE simulator developed in our lab: the Multiscale Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (Ray and Bhalla, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2008). Building from this, he was an active participant in standards bodies set up by the INCF (International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility) to define standards for neuronal model interchange. He was co-author on the paper describing the development of the NeuroML standard (PLoS Comp Biol 2010). Subha was also lead author on a paper (Ray et al., Neuroinformatics 2016) to specify a standard data format for simulation data. This work required a deep understanding of a wide range of computational neuroscience questions, data analysis, and familiarity with numerous simulators. Overall, I feel Subhasis brings an excellent perspective the area, knows the issues and many of the people, and as a young PI he will bring energy and hands-on involvement to NeuroML development. Thank you, -Cengiz Gunay Member of the NeuroML Scientific Advisory Committee |
From: Cengiz G. <cen...@us...> - 2023-01-23 22:24:27
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Dear NeuroML contributor, We are holding elections to fill the 3 vacant positions in the board. You are eligible to vote for one or more of the 4 nominated candidates by Friday January 27, 2023. Please submit your vote using this form: https://forms.gle/pVhFn2oh4AQey6dPA Candidate names and bios are below: 1. Sotirios Panagiotou s.p...@er... Sotirios is the main developer behind EDEN, a new neuronal simulation engine which uses NeuroML2 as its native model input format. It can load a comprehensive range of existing NeuroML models, and automatically generate code for executing them on high performance computing platforms. As part of this development Sotirios has investigated the NeuroML specification in great depth, as well as the LEMS language, to a level few others have. He has already taken part in a number of NeuroML development workshops and meetings, and has had many suggestions for enhancing the current NeuroML framework for improved model support. He would be a valuable addition to the NeuroML editorial board. 2. Padraig Gleeson p.g...@uc... Padraig has been a key contributor to the NeuroML language since 2004, and has helped drive the community effort leading to NeuroML v2. He has an extensive knowledge of existing neuron models and the current and future requirements for NeuroML. He has been actively contributing to all of the main libraries in Python and Java for handling the format. He is also coordinating the Open Source Brain initiative, which is a key resource to help spread wider uptake of NeuroML. He is currently developing NeuroMLlite, a JSON based format which will further extend the range and types of network model covered by the language. 3. Boris Marin bor...@gm... Bóris has been one of the main contributors to LEMS and NeuroML over the last few years, both in terms of language design and of implementation of the related technologies. His understanding of the relevant scientific and technical issues is deep and extensive. He's well known and respected inside the LEMS/NeuroML community. Most of all, he cares deeply about the project, and he's determined to see it succeed. Bóris has strong theoretical foundations in Dynamical Systems, Computational Neuroscience and software design principles. He already has a lot of experience with the current structure of both LEMS and NeuroML standards and he would be a very good member of the board to ensure the standards can keep evolving and improving. 4. Subhasis Ray ray...@gm... He has recently joined the faculty at Plaksha University, and he brings a special combination of experience in computational neuroscience, modeling standards (including NeuroML), and wet experimental work. On the simulator development front, Subhasis wrote the Python-based front-end for the MOOSE simulator developed in our lab: the Multiscale Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (Ray and Bhalla, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2008). Building from this, he was an active participant in standards bodies set up by the INCF (International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility) to define standards for neuronal model interchange. He was co-author on the paper describing the development of the NeuroML standard (PLoS Comp Biol 2010). Subha was also lead author on a paper (Ray et al., Neuroinformatics 2016) to specify a standard data format for simulation data. This work required a deep understanding of a wide range of computational neuroscience questions, data analysis, and familiarity with numerous simulators. Overall, I feel Subhasis brings an excellent perspective the area, knows the issues and many of the people, and as a young PI he will bring energy and hands-on involvement to NeuroML development. Thank you, -Cengiz Gunay Member of the NeuroML Scientific Advisory Committee |
From: Cengiz G. <cen...@us...> - 2023-01-19 00:12:21
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Dear NeurML contributor, We are holding elections to fill the 3 vacant positions in the board. We have received 4 candidate nominations. Please submit your vote using this form: https://forms.gle/pVhFn2oh4AQey6dPA Candidate names and bios are below: 1. Sotirios Panagiotou s.p...@er... Sotirios is the main developer behind EDEN, a new neuronal simulation engine which uses NeuroML2 as its native model input format. It can load a comprehensive range of existing NeuroML models, and automatically generate code for executing them on high performance computing platforms. As part of this development Sotirios has investigated the NeuroML specification in great depth, as well as the LEMS language, to a level few others have. He has already taken part in a number of NeuroML development workshops and meetings, and has had many suggestions for enhancing the current NeuroML framework for improved model support. He would be a valuable addition to the NeuroML editorial board. 2. Padraig Gleeson p.g...@uc... Padraig has been a key contributor to the NeuroML language since 2004, and has helped drive the community effort leading to NeuroML v2. He has an extensive knowledge of existing neuron models and the current and future requirements for NeuroML. He has been actively contributing to all of the main libraries in Python and Java for handling the format. He is also coordinating the Open Source Brain initiative, which is a key resource to help spread wider uptake of NeuroML. He is currently developing NeuroMLlite, a JSON based format which will further extend the range and types of network model covered by the language. 3. Boris Marin bor...@gm... Bóris has been one of the main contributors to LEMS and NeuroML over the last few years, both in terms of language design and of implementation of the related technologies. His understanding of the relevant scientific and technical issues is deep and extensive. He's well known and respected inside the LEMS/NeuroML community. Most of all, he cares deeply about the project, and he's determined to see it succeed. Bóris has strong theoretical foundations in Dynamical Systems, Computational Neuroscience and software design principles. He already has a lot of experience with the current structure of both LEMS and NeuroML standards and he would be a very good member of the board to ensure the standards can keep evolving and improving. 4. Subhasis Ray ray...@gm... He has recently joined the faculty at Plaksha University, and he brings a special combination of experience in computational neuroscience, modeling standards (including NeuroML), and wet experimental work. On the simulator development front, Subhasis wrote the Python-based front-end for the MOOSE simulator developed in our lab: the Multiscale Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (Ray and Bhalla, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2008). Building from this, he was an active participant in standards bodies set up by the INCF (International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility) to define standards for neuronal model interchange. He was co-author on the paper describing the development of the NeuroML standard (PLoS Comp Biol 2010). Subha was also lead author on a paper (Ray et al., Neuroinformatics 2016) to specify a standard data format for simulation data. This work required a deep understanding of a wide range of computational neuroscience questions, data analysis, and familiarity with numerous simulators. Overall, I feel Subhasis brings an excellent perspective the area, knows the issues and many of the people, and as a young PI he will bring energy and hands-on involvement to NeuroML development. Thank you, -Cengiz Gunay Member of the NeuroML Scientific Advisory Committee |