Decade of the Mind Conference 4

[chris.e.davis]

Greetings
This invitation is extended to all participants in the Cognitive Systems Workshop series hosted by Sandia National Laboratories from 2003-2006. You are cordially invited to attend the Fourth Decade of the Mind Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa near Albuquerque, NM 13-15 January 2009. The conference, subtitled “Reverse Engineering the Brain: Sowing the Seeds for Technology Innovation,” will explore recent scientific advances in brain science and application of this science to create new technologies.

The single-track program will bring together talks by scientists, combined with opportunities for discussion, concerning the potential benefits and hurdles of reverse engineering of the brain, computational and theoretical neuroscience, cognitive modeling, and cognitive-science applications. Furthermore, the conference will also bring together noted scholars to address current trajectories of neuroscientific research, indentify the boundaries of what is known at the frontiers of neuroscience and technology, and address the ethical, legal and social issues that are critical to the Decade of the Mind project.

More information, including online registration, can be found on the Web site: http://dom-4.org/

The conference committee also invites posters where scientists can present their current research and ideas during an evening session. Travel grants are available for students, post-docs, and junior faculty, with priority given to applicants who are presenting posters.

Program of Speakers and Topics:

- Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology - Theoretical Gaps in Neuroscience

- Jim Olds, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University - Decade of the Mind History & Technology Opportunities

- Jay McClelland, Stanford University - Computational Neuroscience

- Jim Giordano, Georgetown University - Education Applications from Understanding the Human Mind

- Bob Shulman, Yale University - Role of Neuroimaging and Energy in Brain Function

- Jim Albus, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University - Engineering Perspective on Reverse Engineering the Brain

- George Johnson, New York Times - The Most Beautiful Experiments in Science

- Kevin Moses, HHMI Janelia Farm - Reverse Engineering the Fruit Fly and the Study of Mind

- Jeff Krichmar, University of California at Irvine - Neurorobotics and Modeling Cognitive Function

- John Laird, University of Michigan - Perspectives on Cognitive Modeling

- Gert Cauwenberghs, University of California at San Diego - Neuromorphic Engineering: Neurons on a Chip

- Kevin Fitzgerald, Georgetown University - Neuro-Genethics

- Vincent P. Clark, Mind Research Network & University of New Mexico - Neuro-Augmented Cognition -Defense applications

- Eric Parens, Hastings Center - The Treatment-Enhancement Question: Need for a New Ethic?

- Layne Kalbfleisch, George Mason University - Neuro-Enhancement or Neuro-Education?

- Wendy Shaneyfelt, Sandia National Laboratories - Surety and Protocols for Ethical Analyses

- Edmund Pellegrino, Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics - Mind, Meaning and Morality

The conference is sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute, George Mason University Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Georgetown University Medical Center, Potomac Institute Center for Neurotechnology Studies, and Mind Research Network.
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[Stephen Guerin]

Hi Chris,

It looks like your message made it to FRIAM Tuesday morning. Sometimes  
the poster doesn't receive a copy of the email. You would think it  
would be more deterministic, but that's the nature of our listserv  
beast :-)

Looks like a great conference. I just registered.

BTW, funding for SFComplex was approved by the City Council tonight!  
Good news.

-Steve

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On Dec 9, 2008, at 11:38 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Greetings
> This invitation is extended to all participants in the Cognitive  
> Systems Workshop series hosted by Sandia National Laboratories from  
> 2003-2006. You are cordially invited to attend the Fourth Decade of  
> the Mind Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort  
> and Spa near Albuquerque, NM 13-15 January 2009. The conference,  
> subtitled “Reverse Engineering the Brain: Sowing the Seeds for  
> Technology Innovation,” will explore recent scientific advances in  
> brain science and application of this science to create new  
> technologies.
>
> The single-track program will bring together talks by scientists,  
> combined with opportunities for discussion, concerning the potential  
> benefits and hurdles of reverse engineering of the brain,  
> computational and theoretical neuroscience, cognitive modeling, and  
> cognitive-science applications. Furthermore, the conference will  
> also bring together noted scholars to address current trajectories  
> of neuroscientific research, indentify the boundaries of what is  
> known at the frontiers of neuroscience and technology, and address  
> the ethical, legal and social issues that are critical to the Decade  
> of the Mind project.
>
> More information, including online registration, can be found on the  
> Web site: http://dom-4.org/
>
> The conference committee also invites posters where scientists can  
> present their current research and ideas during an evening session.  
> Travel grants are available for students, post-docs, and junior  
> faculty, with priority given to applicants who are presenting posters.
>
> Program of Speakers and Topics:
>
> - Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology - Theoretical  
> Gaps in Neuroscience
>
> - Jim Olds, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason  
> University - Decade of the Mind History & Technology Opportunities
>
> - Jay McClelland, Stanford University - Computational Neuroscience
>
> - Jim Giordano, Georgetown University - Education Applications from  
> Understanding the Human Mind
>
> - Bob Shulman, Yale University - Role of Neuroimaging and Energy in  
> Brain Function
>
> - Jim Albus, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason  
> University - Engineering Perspective on Reverse Engineering the Brain
>
> - George Johnson, New York Times - The Most Beautiful Experiments in  
> Science
>
> - Kevin Moses, HHMI Janelia Farm - Reverse Engineering the Fruit Fly  
> and the Study of Mind
>
> - Jeff Krichmar, University of California at Irvine - Neurorobotics  
> and Modeling Cognitive Function
>
> - John Laird, University of Michigan - Perspectives on Cognitive  
> Modeling
>
> - Gert Cauwenberghs, University of California at San Diego -  
> Neuromorphic Engineering: Neurons on a Chip
>
> - Kevin Fitzgerald, Georgetown University - Neuro-Genethics
>
> - Vincent P. Clark, Mind Research Network & University of New Mexico  
> - Neuro-Augmented Cognition -Defense applications
>
> - Eric Parens, Hastings Center - The Treatment-Enhancement Question:  
> Need for a New Ethic?
>
> - Layne Kalbfleisch, George Mason University - Neuro-Enhancement or  
> Neuro-Education?
>
> - Wendy Shaneyfelt, Sandia National Laboratories - Surety and  
> Protocols for Ethical Analyses
>
> - Edmund Pellegrino, Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics - Mind,  
> Meaning and Morality
>
> The conference is sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, Los  
> Alamos National Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe  
> Institute, George Mason University Krasnow Institute for Advanced  
> Study, Georgetown University Medical Center, Potomac Institute  
> Center for Neurotechnology Studies, and Mind Research  
> Network.============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

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