The 2nd Annual Meeting of Society for Computational Neuroscience International Symposium on Computational Neuroscience: Phenomenology, Function, and Computation of Consciousness Date: June 18th, 2010 Place: KIST, Seoul, Korea The brain is arguably one of the most complex and densely packed, yet highly efficient information processing systems known. It is also the seat of sensory perception, motor coordination, memory, and consciousness. But what is this consciousness, that - as many believe - makes us humans unique to humans. On the occasion of the meeting of our society, we aim to bring together world class experts in the scientific study of consciousness for an exchange of ideas about its phenomenology, neural correlates, possible function and computational foundations. This one-day workshop is organized by the Society for Computational Neuroscience as a part of its series on Computational Brain Workshops. We have a high expectation that the scientific presentations and the subsequent panel discussions will be of highest intellectual rigor. We welcome the participation of interested researchers and students from interdisciplinary areas in science, engineering, neuroscience, psychology, and other related fields.  * Early Registration closed. If you want to register, please refer the 'late-registration' term. [Organizing Committee] - Seunghwan Kim (POSTECH) * Chair - Daeshik Kim (KAIST) * Co-chair - Jee Hyun Choi (KIST) - Dong-Uk Hwang (NIMS) - Chang-Woo Shin (SAIT) [Invited Speakers] Invited Tutorials - George Mashour (Univ. Michigan, USA) - Hee-Sup Shin (KIST, Korea) Invited Talks - Yoonsuck Choe (Texas A&M Univ., USA) - Takashi Ikegami (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) - UnCheol Lee (Univ. Michigan, USA) - Gyu-Jeong Noh (Univ. of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea) - Jun Tani (RIKEN, Japan) [Program] 09:30-10:00 Registration 10:00-10:20 Opening Session I - Tutorial 10:20-11:20 George Mashour Disconnecting Consciousness during General Anesthesia and Related States 11:20-12:20 Hee-Sup Shin Involvement of the mediodorsal thalamus in control of consciousness and cognition 12:20-13:20 Lunch Session II - Phenomenology 13:20-14:05 Gyu-Jeong Noh Processed EEG metric as a surrogate measure of level of consciousness: the dose-response relationship of anesthetic agents 14:05-14:50 UnCheol Lee Complex systems analysis of anesthetic induction and emergence 14:50-15:20 Coffee Break Session III - Computational Functions 15:20-16:05 Jun Tani Autonomy of 'Self' at Criticality: The Perspective from Synthetic Neuro-Robotics 16:05-16:50 Yoonsuck Choe Investigating Objective Necessary Conditions of Consciousness in Simulated Evolution 16:50-17:35 Takashi Ikegami Designing Mind Time Machine 17:35-18:30 Panel Discussion and Society Meeting 18:30-20:00 Banquet [Registration] - Early Registration Closed. - Late-registration - Late-registration deadline : 6:00 p.m, June, 16, 2010 - We do not provide convenience of the procedure of the registration in the KIST visiting center - If you want to enroll after the deadline, please do register on site - Registration fee: - 40,000KRW for late/on-site registration - Payment method : Wire-transfer - Account Holder : Seunghwan Kim - Account Number : 1002-840-978039 - Bank : Woori bank (POSTECH Branch) - Address : Woori Bank (POSTECH Branch), Student Union Bldg., POSTECH, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, 790-784, Korea - SWIFT code: HV BK KR SE - Please log in to registration form to access information about registration fee transfer account. Thank you. Symposium ended. Registration page is closed. [Venue] - Convention Hall, KIST, Seoul, Korea 1st floor of international cooperation building (building #10 in the map) (Link for detail) Guide of Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) KIST is part of a national laboratory system dedicated to the Korean Government and Guests must register his/her photo ID to the visitor center. The visitor center is located at the Gates to KIST. A few questions can be made by the guides in the visitor center. To simplify the procedure of the registration, we will give prior notice of the visiting information, based on the early online registration, to the visitor center. Hence, we strongly recommend you to register the conference. [Sponsored by] - Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) - Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) - National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS) - Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) - Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) [Contact] - E-mail: office@cbrain.org |