Theory and data for advancing future neuroscience and the Human
Brain Project
EXPERT SEMINAR, MAY 21ST AND 22ND 2015
ORGANIZERS: THE DANISH BOARD OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (SP12)
THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL NEUROSCIENCE (SP4)
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING GROUP (SP7)
RESEARCHER AWARENESS GROUP (SP12)
ADVISORY BOARD: ALBERT GJEDDE, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
RICHARD WALKER, HBP MANAGEMENT
EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL NEUROSCIENCE
74 RUE DU FAUBOURG SAINT-ANTOINE , 75012 PARIS, FRANCE
Draft program:
Thursday May 21st
12:00 – 12:45 Buffet Lunch at the EITN
12:45 – 13.00 Welcome: The Human Brain Project and the role of SP12 in dialogue
13.00 – 16.00
First session
Topic: Introduction to HBP research, tools, theory and data
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Chair: Prof. Richard G. Morris, University of Edinburgh
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HBP Panel: Dr. Danilo Bzdok SP2, Prof. Alain Destexhe SP4, SP7, Dr. Omar Gutierrez Arenas
SP6/SP12
13.00 – 14.30:
Presentations by the HBP panel on current research and development in the HBP
subprojects
14.30 – 16.00:
Commentary by: Sir Colin Blakemore, University of London, Dr. Marcel van
Gerven, Radboud Universiteit.
Plenum debate.
16.00 – 16.30:
Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.30:
Second session
Topic: Theory and data for the HBP ICT platforms
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Chair: Prof. Albert Gjedde, University of Copenhagen
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16.30 – 18.15
Opportunities for advancing knowledge on cognitive tasks
Joint working groups
18.15 – 18.30:
Drawing lines to tomorrow’s work
18.45 – 21.00:
Working Dinner (by invitation)
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Friday May 22nd
09:30 – 12:00 Third session
Topic: Feedback on Theory and data: What is possible?
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Chair: Prof. Albert Gjedde, University of Copenhagen
9.30 – 10.00
Collecting points from yesterday’s group work
10:00 – 10.30 Plenum discussion
10.30 – 12.00 Feedback on hypotheses continued
Joint working groups
12.00 – 13:00 Lunch at the EITN
13.00 – 13.30 Closing reflections: What have we accomplished at the seminar? What is next?
14.00 – 17.00: Info-Day at the EITN for the Call for Expressions of Interest on "Systems and Cognitive
Neuroscience”
Confirmed participants:
Christine Aicardi, Kings College London, HBP SP12 Foresight Lab
Omar Gutierrez Arenas, Uppsala Universitet, HBP SP6/SP12
Colin Blakemore, University of London
Danilo Bzdok, Neurospin Paris, HBP SP2
Jean-Pierre Changeux, Institute Pasteur, Co-director HBP SP12
Jens Clausen, University of Tuebingen
Alain Destexhe, EITN CNRS-UNIC, HBP SP4
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Thomas Espeseth, University of Oslo
Michele Farisco, Uppsala University, HBP SP12
Marcel van Gerven, Radboud Universiteit
Irini Giannopulu, Pierre and Marie Curie University
Albert Gjedde, University of Copenhagen
Kevin Grimes, Karolinska Institutet, HBP REC
Sean Hill, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, HBP SP5
Livie Kundert, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, HBP
Gilles Laurent, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Richard G. Morris, University of Edinburgh
Clémand Moutard, Neurospin Paris, HBP SP3
Dejan Raković, University of Belgrade
Sabine Rehberger-Schneider, Universität Heidelberg, HBP
Michael Reinsborough, King’s College London, HBP SP12 Foresight Lab
Andreas Roepstorff, Aarhus University
Florian Röhrbein, Technische Universität München, HBP SP10
Nikolas Rose, Kings College London, director HBP SP12 Foresight Lab
Martina Schmalholz, Universität Heidelberg, HBP
Mark Shaw, De Montfort University, HBP SP12
Benjamin Simmenauer, Institute Pasteur, HBP SP12
Piergiorgio Strata, University of Turin
Richard Walker, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, HBP Management
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