[MURG] Brain Connectivity Workshop 2004 (fwd from rk@hirn.uni-duesseldorf.de)
Eugen Leitl
eugen at leitl.org
Tue Mar 16 12:54:07 EST 2004
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From: Rolf Kötter <rk at hirn.uni-duesseldorf.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:04:33 +0100
To: comp-neuro at neuroinf.org
Subject: Brain Connectivity Workshop 2004
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Brain Connectivity Workshop
April 26th-29th, 2004, Havana City, Cuba
Introductory Neuroinformatics Course from April 24th to 25th
Organized by : Pedro A. Valdés-Sosa & Rolf Kötter
Full announcement and registration at http://www.neuroinf.org
Background :
Brain function is dependent on the interactions between specialized
regions of cortex that process information within local and global
networks. Integration of information arises from these interactions as a
dynamic process on different time scales. Investigations of the physical
connections between neuronal structures and measurements of brain
activity in vivo have given rise to concepts of anatomical, functional
and effective connectivity, which have been useful for undestanding
brain mechanisms and their plasticity. The First multi-disciplinary
workshop on "Functional Brain Connectivity" organized by Rolf Kötter and
Karl Friston in April 2002 in Düsseldorf, Germany, carefully defined the
concepts and explored the relationship between different conceptual
approaches. Following this successful event, the Second Workshop
organized by Ed Bullmore and Lee Harrison was held in May 2003 in
Cambridge, England, with a focus on complex analysis and dynamical
systems theory. This year's workshop will continue the
multi-disciplinary discussion with a focus on the fusion of methods with
different spatial and temporal resolution.
The Third Workshop on Brain Connectivity will be held from April 26th to
30th, 2004 in Havana....
Aims :
The general aim of the meeting is to bring together experts from the
fields of Computational and Experimental Neuroscience to review and
advance recent work on structural, functional and effective
connectivity. The specific focus of this workshop will be the fusion of
different brain imaging approaches for measuring and explaining dynamic
interactions between neuronal ensembles and their relation to
information processing in the brain. For example, it will address
questions that arise when interpreting functional imaging (fMRI and
PET), electrophysiological (EEG, MEG, LFP and single/ multiple unit
recordings) data and their fusion.
Workshop programme :
The workshop will be organized around seven general themes, listed below:
* Causal Inference: Graphical Models and Time Series
* Statistical Techniques for Measuring Connectivity
* Anatomical Connectivity
* Functional Connectivity
* Multimodal Neuroimages for Discovering Connectivity
* Interventional Studies of Neural Causal Systems
* Connectivity Changes in Pathology
As proven useful and popular in the past, the format of this workshop is
special: Instead of lengthy slide presentations experts will give a
brief (max. 15 min.) introduction of a topic of their choice and lead a
discussion for up to one hour in interaction with questions and
contributions from the audience.
The workshop will commence on Monday morning, 26 April, and conclude on
Thursday night, 29 May 2004. There will be held short "hands on" courses
on the use of software in this field during the two days preceding the
meeting.
Contributors and topics:
* Tim Behrens (Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of the Brain):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Michael Breakspears (School of Physics at the University of
Sydney & Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia):
"Investigating dynamic correlations in a neural system with a
multiscale architecture using wavelets."
* Michael Eichler (Department of Statistics, University of Chicago):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Karl Friston (Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department
of Imaging Neuroscience. UCL):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Lee Harrison (Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department
of Imaging Neuroscience. UCL):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Garry Honey (University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry,
Brain Mapping Unit, Addenbroke's Hospital, UK):
"Ketamine as a pharmacological model of functional
dysconnectivity in schizophrenia."
* Maciej Kaminski (Faculty of Physics Warsaw University, Poland):
"Determination of transmission patterns in multichannel EEG."
* Rolf Kötter (Computational | Systems | Neuroscience Group at the
C. &. O. Vogt Brain Research Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany):
(Topic to be Announced)
* Denis Lebihan (Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ)):
"Brain connectivity seen by diffusion MRI."
* Lucy Lee (Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department of
Imaging Neuroscience. UCL):
"Using analyses of effective connectivity to explore the effects
of rTMS on the motor system."
* Randy McIntosh (Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre,
Toronto, Canada):
"Causal Inference and the mind: how do we know when the math is
right?"
* Jean F. Mangin (Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ)):
"Inference of anatomical connectivity from diffusion weighted MR
data: an inverse problem framework."
* Tohru Ozaki (Department of Prediction Control Institute of
Statistical Mathematics, Japan):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Geoffrey M. Parker (Division of Imaging Science and Biomedical
Engineering, University of Manchester, United Kingdom):
"Quantification of connectivity using diffusion weighted MRI:
capabilities and challenges."
* Tomas Paus (Cognitive Neuroscience Unit/Neuropsychology
Department, Montreal Neurological Institute):
"Studies of cortical connectivity and oscillations in healthy and
disordered brain."
* William Penny (Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department
of Imaging Neuroscience. UCL): "State-space modeling."
* Jean B. Poline (Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ)):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Jorge Riera (Advanced Science and Technology of Materials NICHe,
Tohoku University Aoba 10, Aramaki, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan):
"Bottom-up vs. top-down strategies: modeling the fusion of
multi-modality neuroimages, causality and connectivity patterns."
* Steve Smith (Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of the Brain):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Nelson Trujillo-Barreto (Cuban Neuroscience Center):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* David S. Tuch (Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital):
"Diffusion MRI of neural circuitry."
* Pedro A. Valdés-Sosa (Cuban Neuroscience Center):
(Topic to Be Announced)
* Keith Worsley (Department of Mathematics and Statistics Brain
Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University)
Location and Directions :
The workshop will take place in the lecture theater of the Genetics
Engineering and Biotechnology Center of Cuba. This Center is in front of
the Hotel "Bello Caribe", the main hotel for the Meeting. It is also
near the Cuban Neuroscience Center (three blocks).
LatinoTours
Costs and registration :
There is a charge of $250 to cover administration and catering (coffee
break and lunch) and stationary costs.
To register you will use the interface at www.neuroinf.org and send a
cheque to cover the registration fee. If we do not receive the check
within one week your registration will be cancelled. Registration will
be confirmed after receipt of payment.
The registration fee of $250 will be accepted from 15th Febrary until
1st April 2004. From 2nd April to 15th April this amount will increase
to $350. The registration fee for on-site registration is $400.
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