BCBL: Conference: 13th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop

13th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop

NCPW 13 CONFERENCE

"I am not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain." Alan Turing.

We cordially invite you to participate in the Thirtienth Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW13) to be held in San Sebastian from July 12-14, 2012.

This well-established and lively workshop aims at bringing together researchers from different disciplines such as artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology to discuss their work on models of cognitive processes. Previous themes have encompassed categorisation, language, memory, development, action.

There will be no specific theme, but papers must be about emergent models -- frequently, but not necessarily -- of the connectionist/neural network kind, applied to cognition. These workshops have always been characterised by their limited size, high quality papers, the absence of parallel talk sessions, and a schedule that is explicitly designed to encourage interaction among the researchers present in an informal setting.

Note that NCPW13 will see the celebration of both the 20th anniversary of the NCPW series and of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Mark Seidenberg. Hilldale and Donald O. Hebb Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
James McClelland. Director, Center for Mind, Brain and Computation, Stanford University, USA.
Randall C. O'Reilly. Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado. USA.

ORGANIZED BY

BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language. The scientific program will consist of keynote lectures, oral sessions and poster sessions.

The Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW) Series.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Abstract deadline:: March 31st, 2012. EXTENDED TO APRIL 15TH
Notification of abstract acceptance:: May 1st, 2012
Early registration deadline:: June 1st, 2012
Online registration deadline:: July 1st, 2012
Conference dates:: July 12 - 14, 2012

LATEST NEWS

Last minute changes

07-11-2012

Please find bellow the last minute changes:

OS-1.2 (Thursday, July 12th) has been cancelled
OS-6.3 (Friday, July 13th) has been cancelled
PS-1.15 will be presented in the Poster Session 2 (Friday July 13th)

NCPW 13 Important Info

07-10-2012

Below you will find information that may be helpful as you prepare to depart for the conference.

BADGES & REGISTRATION DESK
Please remember to bring Valid ID / Passport: Participants will be asked to show an ID or passport when picking up their pack of materials at the registration desk. For security reasons, attendees and speakers are asked to wear their name badges at the premises at all times. Our Technical secretariat and the Registration desk will be open daily at the following times:

* Thursday July 12th - from 07:30 to 18:00
* Friday July 13th - from 08:30 to 17:30
* Saturday July 14th - from 08:30 to 13:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTER DIMENSIONS
Oral presentations

We have scheduled 20 minutes for the talks including 5 minutes for discussion.

Poster dimensions

Participants are requested to design posters with the following dimension:

- Maximum poster height: 120 cm

- Maximum poster width: 90 cm

Each poster will be given a unique number which correspond to the poster panel. Participants are requested to put up their poster before 11:00 am on the day corresponding to their poster presentation so as to increase the opportunity for other participants to read it. Posters should be removed by the end of the day (before 7:30 pm), but can stay on the panels until then.

PRESENTATIONS UPLOADING
The conference room will have both PC and Mac computers. Presentations must be uploaded onto a server at the venue, located at the registration desk. There are two options for uploading your presentation:

1) Sending it by e-mail to ncpw13@bcbl.eu by July 11th
2) Uploading it to the server located at the conference venue, at least ONE DAY before your presentation.
3) Software provided for the presentations:

PC: Power Point 2007 SP3, Adobe reader X Version 10.1.3, Windows media video, VLC
MAC: Power Point 2008 update 12.3.3, Keynote'09 Version 5.1(1018), Adobe reader 10.1.3, VLC, QuickTime

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
A .pdf copy of the book of abstracts will be published in the webpage of the workshop soon.

CONFERENCE DINNER
The conference dinner card will be given at the registration desk during the registration. You must take this card in order to attend the conference dinner.

WEATHER INFO
You may keep an eye on the weather forecast in San Sebastian here: http://www.eltiempo.es/san-sebastian.html

You can follow us on:
Twitter:
- @bcbl_
- #ncpw13
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/bcbl.eu

We look forward to seeing you in San Sebastian!

Book of Abstracts

07-09-2012

The book of abstracts is now available.

Call for Staff Scientists and Postdoctoral Researchers

07-02-2012

BCBL has launched calls for staff scientists and postdoctoral researchers in several areas: language acquisition, production, multilingualism, neurodegeneration of language, language and learning disorders, neurocognition of language and advanced methods for cognitive neuroscience.

Oral presentations and Poster dimensions

05-28-2012

Oral presentations

We have scheduled 20 minutes for the talks including 5 minutes for discussion.

Poster dimensions

Participants are requested to design posters with the following dimension:

- Maximum poster height: 120 cm

- Maximum poster width: 90 cm

The Rumelhart Memorial Travel awards

05-07-2012

The NCPW13 Organizing Committee is delighted to announce that the following students have been awarded with the Rumelhart Memorial Travel Award, generously funded by Prof. Jay McClelland:

Christina Bergmann
Lang Chen
Christopher Cox
Nichoals Ketz
Pavlos Kollias
Anna Schapiro
Maria Shippi
Alastair Smith
Katherine Twomey

Conference program and Proceedings

05-03-2012

The program will be announced shortly. Please check regularly for updates.

Details about proceedings (deadlines, format) will also be posted in due time.

Negotiations with different journals are also currently being conducted about collecting papers for a special issue.

More info coming soon!

The Rumelhart Memorial Travel awards

05-02-2012

The NCPW13 committee will notify by email the acceptance/rejection of the Rumelhart Memorial Travel Awards in the next days.

Abstract submission deadline EXTENDED

03-27-2012

Due to numerous requests, the deadline for the abstract submissions to the NCPW13, is extended to April 15th, 2012.

Important dates to remember:

New abstract deadline: April 15th, 2012
Notification of abstract acceptance: May 1st, 2012
Early registration deadline: June 1st, 2012
Online registration deadline: July 1st, 2012
Conference dates: July 12 - 14, 2012

The Rumelhart Memorial Travel awards

03-01-2012

The Rumelhart Memorial Travel awards, generously funded by Professor Jay McClelland, will provide funding to support travel costs for students presenting at the conference. Awards of US0 are available to students from Western European countries, and US0 for students from elsewhere.

You can apply for the travel awards during the abstract submission process.