From: eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Date: Mon Jul 12 1999 - 07:05:53 MDT
From: "Dennis L. Glanzman" <glanzman@helix.nih.gov>
August 12-14, 1999, Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, Washington, DC
The National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, and The Alfred E. Mann Institute
for Biomedical Engineering
Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain: Intracranial Implantation of Hardware
Models of Neural Circuitry
This conference will bring together leading researchers throughout the country
for a focus on one of the newest frontiers of neuroscientific and
bioengineering research: the intracranial implantation of computer chip models
of brain circuitry as neural prosthetics to replace damaged or dysfunctional
brain tissue. In considering the development of "replacement parts for the
brain," speakers will address recent advances in (i) biologically realistic
mathematical models of brain or spinal cord function, (ii) silicon- and/or
photonics-based computational devices which incorporate those models, and (iii)
"neuron-silicon interface" devices, i.e., micron-scale multi-site electrode
arrays to provide bi-directional communication between the computational
element and functioning neuronal tissue. The conference is intended to
synergize interdisciplinary research in the neural, engineering, and biomedical
sciences.
Session Titles Include: Neural Prosthetics for Sensory Transduction, Hardware
Implementations of Neural Networks, The Neuron-Silicon Interface, Neuron
Population Dynamics and Information Coding in the Nervous System, Adaptive
Implant Technology and Implant-Based Rehabilitation, and, The "Business" of
Neural Prosthesis and Neural Engineering Technologies.
Further information and conference agenda at:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/biomed/NeuralProstheticsCNF/
For advanced registration please contact Mr. Matt Burdetsky at Capital Meeting
Planning, c/o NIMH Conference on Replacement Parts for the Brain, 3222 Dye
Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042 Telephone: 703.207.1703 Fax: 703.207.1704
E-mail: matt@cmpinc.net
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