[alife] BC11: 2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts

[Janina Kirsch]

=== 2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts ===

BC11: Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology

Bernstein Conference and Neurex Annual Meeting 2011
October 4-6, 2011

NOTE: Early registration & abstract submission close Aug. 23, 2011.

The Bernstein Conference is the central scientific meeting of the 
Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience (www.nncn.de). 
This year, it is organized by the Bernstein Center Freiburg and 
will take place on October 4-6, 2011, in association with the 
Annual Meeting of the tri-national neuroscience network Neurex
(www.neurex.org). 

BC11 is a single-track conference, covering all aspects of
Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (CN & NT). 
We invite the submission of abstracts for poster presentations
from all relevant areas of CN & NT, including, but not limited to: 
- sensory processing
- motor control
- learning and plasticity
- neural encoding and decoding
- neurons, networks and dynamical systems
- data analysis and machine learning
- brain-related diseases, network dysfunction, intervention
- neurotechnology, brain-machine interfaces

The abstracts will be published in the journal 
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.
Several poster prizes (500 EUR each) will be awarded.

Moreover, the NeuroVision Film Contest offers two 500 EUR awards 
for the best visualization of neuroscience!
(www.bccn-2011.uni-freiburg.de/neurovision)

CONFERENCE DATE AND VENUE:
October 4-6, 2011
Bernstein Center Freiburg and University of Freiburg, Germany

NNCN PhD-STUDENT SYMPOSIUM: "Perspectives - beyond the PhD" 
October 7, 2011
Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany

For registration and abstract submission, please visit
the Conference Website: http://www.bc11.de 

IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission deadline: August 23, 2011
Early registration closes: August 23, 2011
Regular registration closes: September 27, 2011

ORGANIZATION:
Ulrich Egert (General Chair)
Ad Aertsen, Simone Cardoso de Oliveira, Florence Dancoisne,
Andreas Friedrich, Gunnar Grah, Gundel Jaeger, Bernd Wiebelt 

We look forward to seeing you at BC11 !!