[alife] Call for contributions CNS 2012 WORKSHOP: Modern evolutionary algorithms in computational neuroscience

[Jean-Baptiste Mouret]

Call for contributions CNS 2012 WORKSHOP.

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Modern evolutionary algorithms in computational neuroscience:
tools to parameterize, explore model properties&  design model structures
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July 25, 2012

to be held as part of the Computational Neuroscience conference 2012
July 21-26, Atlanta/Decatur, USA
Organized by OCNS (Organization for Computational Neurosciences)
http://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2012-atlantadecatur

Submission Deadline for this workshop: May 15th, 2012

Topic
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In the last 10 years, evolutionary algorithms (EA) have been
occasionally used as tools to help parameterizing computational models
of the brain. As models grow more and more in complexity, manually
adjusting parameters become unreasonable, while automatic approaches,
like EA, can provide acceptable solutions.

Modern EA can also help computational neuroscience beyond optimization:
the use of multiple-objectives EA (MOEA) allows to find multiple
trade-off solutions to the studied problem, revealing intrinsic
properties of the problem itself, and thus actively participating in the
investigation process. Modern generative EA can also be used to fully
generate the structure of brain networks models based on known
anatomical and electrophysiological data and thus directly participate
in the model design.

The goal of this workshop is to gather neuroscientists around the
current use of EA in computational neuroscience, to advertise the
possibilities of this approach, as well as to discuss the emerging and
future applications of EA in our field.

Submissions and deadlines:
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Expected submissions are extended abstracts (1 or 2 pages). Submissions
must be in pdf, following the format style of CNS submissions and sent
to evoneuro_cns_workshop at isir.upmc.fr. Authors interested in giving a
talk should mention it when sending their abstract. On the basis of
available time slots, some of them will have the opportunity to give a
talk at the workshop. Other selected abstracts will be presented as
posters during dedicated sessions.

May 15, 2012: Workshop extended abstracts submission deadline
June 1, 2012: Notification of acceptance
July 25, 2012: Workshop

Confirmed speakers:
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A. Korngreen (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) Optimizing ion channel models
using a parallel genetic algorithm on graphical processors.

D. Jaeger (Emory University, USA) Using particle swarm evolutionary
algorithm to improve ion channel kinetics.

J.-C. Quinton (Pascal Institute / Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Tuning and learning with evolutionary methods: anticipatory
representations and dynamic neural fields.

A. J. Nevado-Holgado (University of Oxford, UK) TBA.

J.-B. Mouret (Université Pierre&  Marie Curie / CNRS, France) Recent
advances in evolutionary algorithms with examples from neuro-evolution.

J. Liénard (Université Pierre&  Marie Curie / CNRS, France) Integration
of detailed primate anatomical and electrophysiological data in a model
of the basal ganglia using multi-objective evolutionary algorithms.

Organizers:
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Benoît Girard, CNRS, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, France
Denis Sheynikhovich, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, CNRS, France
Stéphane Doncieux, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, CNRS, France
Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, CNRS, France
Angelo Arleo, CNRS, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, France
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Jean-Baptiste Mouret
http://people.isir.upmc.fr/mouret