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INCF Japan-Node News No.5 June 2009 (NIJC at RIKEN-BSI)

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This is the 5th issue of J-Node News published by INCF Japan Node to give you
the neuroinformatics related news update.

Index:
1) Neuroinformatics 2009 - 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics

2) INCF competition for neuron modeling/spike timing prediction

3) IPAB Open Workshop in Okinawa
"Seeds and Needs for Large-Scale Computing"

4) The Summer Workshop 2009 on the Mechanism of Brain and Mind

5) Neuroscience2009
(The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society)

6) Illusion Contest
(The 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychonomic Society)

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1) Neuroinformatics 2009 - 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics
at Pilsen, Czech Republic - September 6-8, 2009

* Important Dates:
Abstract submission: Closed
Registration: Open

* For more details, please visit the official website:
http://www.neuroinformatics2009.org/

* The 3rd INCF Congress will be held in Kobe, Japan, Aug.30-Sept.1, 2010.

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2) INCF competition for neuron modeling/spike timing predicton
INCF has launched an international competition for predicting neural
activity. The submission deadline is August 25. The data for the
competition is already available at:
http://www.incf.org/community/competitions/spike-time-prediction/2009

Attractive awards will be given to the winners of the competition
during the INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics in Pilsen.
Everybody is welcome to participate and for more details see the
conference WEB page:
http://www.incf.org/community/competitions/spike-time-prediction/2009

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3) IPAB Open Workshop in Okinawa "Seeds and Needs for Large-Scale Computing"

* DATE: June 5, 2009
* Venue: OIST Seaside House Seminar Room
* Seating Capacity: 60
* Language: English
* Programs:
　　　10:30 - 10:45 Greeting & Introduction
　　　10:45 - 11:30 Erik De Schutter (OIST)
　　　Large-scale modeling in neuroscience: from signaling
networks to neural networks
　　　11:30 - 12:15 Kenji Doya (OIST)
　　　Bayesian sampling methods in neuroscience: from synapses to
behaviors
　　　12:15 - 13:30 Lunch break (provided)
　　　13:30 - 15:00 Miron Livny (Univ of Wisconsin)
　　　Harnessing high throughput computing for compute intensive
science
　　　15:00 - 15:45 Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST)
　　　Grid projects in AIST
　　　15:45 - 16:00 Break
　　　16:00 - 16:45 Osamu Tatebe (Univ of Tsukuba)
　　　Wide-area data sharing and data analysis for eScience
　　　16:45 - 17:00 Wrap up
　　　17:30 - 19:00 Reception

* For more details, please visit the official website:
　http://www.ipab.org/

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4) The Summer Workshop 2009 on the Mechanism of Brain and Mind

Theme: Language and Communication
Date: August 9 (Sun.), 2009
Place: Wel City Sapporo , Hokkaido, Japan

* For more details, please visit the official website:
http://brainmind.umin.jp/eng-index.html

* The participation grant for graduate students is announced
only in Japanese.
http://www.jnns.org/ws/2009s.html
Deadline for the grant application is Jun 19th.

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5) Neuroscience2009
(The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society)

* DATE: September 16-18, 2009
* Venue: Nagoya Congress Center
* Symposium: September 18, 8:30 - 10:30
* Programs:
Shiro Usui (RIKEN BSI)
INCF Japan-Node and Neuroinformatics Platfroms
Ryohei Kanzaki (RCAST, The University of Tokyo)
Invertebrate Brain Platform (IVB-PF)
Yoshimi Kamiyama (School of Information Science and Technology,
Aichi Prefectural University)
Visiome Platform
Kazuhisa Niki (Neuroscience Research Institute, Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology(AIST))
Neuroimaging Platform
Hiroaki Wagatsuma (RIKEN BSI)
Dynamic Brain Platform
* Live Demo: September 16-18,9:00 - 17:00

* For more details, please visit the official website:
　http://www.congre.co.jp/neurosci2009/english/index.html


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6) Illusion Contest
- The 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychonomic Society

The first Illusion Contest in Japan will be held in Tokyo in December.
* Date: December 5-6, 2009
* Venue: Japan Women's University - Mejiro Campus

* For more details, please visit the following website:
http://psy2.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp/jps2009/contact.html (in Japanese)
http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/illnews12e.html

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