Fifteenth International Conference
on Cognitive and Neural Systems

The conference is aimed at researchers and students of computational neuroscience, cognitive science, neural networks, neuromorphic engineering, and artificial intelligence. It includes invited lectures and contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a changing world. The conference is particularly interested in exploring how the brain and biologically-inspired algorithms and systems in engineering and technology can learn. Single-track oral and poster sessions enable all presented work to be highly visible. Three-hour poster sessions with no conflicting events will be held on two of the conference days. Posters will be up all day, and can also be viewed during breaks in the talk schedule.

As in previous years, the conference will focus on solutions to the questions

  • How does the brain control behavior?
  • How can technology emulate biological intelligence?

This interdisciplinary conference is attended each year by approximately 300 people from 30 countries around the world. For more informationm, including call for abstracts, registration, and schedule, please visit the ICCNS page on the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems website.

Event Dates

  • May 11 – 14, 2011
  • Boston University
  • 677 Beacon Street
  • Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA
  • Directions

Sponsors

ICCNS is sponsored by the Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems (CAS), Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS), and the Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST) with financial support from the National Science Foundation.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

  • Edward Adelson
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    The perception of materials and surfaces
  • George Alvarez
    Harvard University
    How does neural architecture constrain attentional selection?
  • Daphne Bavelier
    University of Rochester
    Action video games as an exemplary learning tool
  • Ed Boyden
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Controlling brain circuits with light: New tools for analyzing neural systems
  • Marvin Chun
    Yale University
    Competitive interactions in memory encoding and retrieval
  • James DiCarlo
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Untangling object recognition in the ventral visual stream
  • Howard Eichenbaum
    Boston University
    The hippocampus in space and time
  • Michale Fee
    Columbia University
    Attention and arousal in the parietal cortex
  • Michael Goldberg
    Plenary Speaker
    Yale University
    Competitive interactions in memory encoding and retrieval
  • Stephen Grossberg
    Boston University
    Neural dynamics of social cognition: Circular reactions for imitative behaviors
  • Takao Hensch
    Harvard University
    Shaping neural circuits by early experience
  • Nancy Kopell
    Plenary Speaker
    Boston University
    Multiple gamma rhythms and their functional implications
  • Laurence Maloney
    New York University
    Perception, action, and uncertainty
  • John Maunsell
    Harvard Medical School
    A neuronal population code for attentional state
  • Michael Paradiso
    Brown University
    Saccadic eye movements and their role in neural coding and perception
  • Ning Qian
    Columbia University
    Low- and high-level contributions to face perception: An adaptation study
  • Kamal Sen
    Boston University
    At a cocktail party for songbirds
  • David Sheinberg
    Brown University
    From shape to action
  • Barbara Shinn-Cunningham
    Boston University
    Understanding individual differences in auditory attention: From physiology to behavior
  • Herbert Terrace
    Plenary Speaker
    Columbia University
    Missing links in the evolution of language
  • Steven Zucker
    Yale University
    Learning long-range horizontal connections in visual cortex

More Information

For more information, including call for abstracts, registration, and schedule, please visit the ICCNS page on the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems.