III LAWCN (2021): Latin American Workshop on Computational Neuroscience São Luís - Maranhão, Brazil and Virtual São Luís, Brazil, December 8-10, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.lawcn.com.br/index.html |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iiilawcn2021 |
Submission deadline | October 11, 2021 |
In order to overcome the immense challenge of fully understanding the brain, a very fruitful approach is to gather wonderful minds, from different scientific fields, in multi and interdisciplinary scientific endeavors. With this purpose, the Latin-American Workshop on Computational Neuroscience (LAWCN) was born in 2017, putting together students and researchers from the fields of Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroengineering in an enthusiastic atmosphere for sharing ideas, form networks, and foster collaboration. After a successful second edition (LAWCN’19) in the city of São João Del-Rei, Minas Gerais, LAWCN’21 is going to be hosted in São Luís (Brazil), which is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, located in the Upaon-açu Island. Besides its warm beaches, São Luís has a beautiful colonial Historical Center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a common stopover for visiting the stunning Lençóis Maranhenses.
We are proud to highlight that we have already secured the presence of six world-class scientists as keynote speakers: Peter Tass (Stanford University, USA), Alan Talevi (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina), André de Carvalho (University of São Paulo, Brazil), Kerstin Schimidt (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), Jose C. Principe (University of Florida, USA) and Angela Wyse (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).
The LAWCN’21 Organizing Committee is very proud to invite researchers from Latin-American and around the world to submit their best data and ideas as papers to be presented at our conference. It is going to be a hybrid conference (face-to-face and online) due to COVID-19 pandemic. Entertaining platforms are going to be used to promote interactive actions between local and remote participants.
The Organizing Committee is very proud to welcome researchers from Latin America and the whole world to the III LAWCN (2021). The III LAWCN (2021) has the financial support from the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and is going to provide travel aid for some participants (priority for women’s participation and regional diversity).
Submission Guidelines
Authors of accepted papers may present their work in person or remotely.
As in last editions, selected papers of LAWCN 2021 are going to be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) proceedings series. Best papers (in English) that are related to the scope of the book series will be published as a chapter in Springer Nature (CCIS; ISSN 1865-0929).
Moreover, papers that are not related directly to the scope of CCIS will be published online in the III Latin-American Workshop on Computational Neuroscience Proceedings (with ISBN) and can be submitted in English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Papers will be evaluated based on their quality and significance of the theoretical and practical contribution to Computational Neuroscience, Neuroengineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience in general;
Important dates
* 16th August 2021 6th September 2021 27th September 2021: Submission deadline for papers
* 30th September 2021 29th October 2021: Notification of acceptance (papers)
* 31st October 2021 16th November 2021: Camera-ready (papers)
List of Topics
Computational Neuroscience
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Biophysically realistic models
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Single-neuron modeling
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Models of brain networks and circuits
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Sensory processing
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Development, axonal patterning, and guidance
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Memory and synaptic plasticity
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Consciousness
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Computational clinical neuroscience
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Neuroinformatics
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Educational issues
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Neural coding
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Neural statistics
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Dendritic computation
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Neural basis of persistent activity
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Nonlinear receptive field mapping
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Representations of time and sequence
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Reward systems, decision-making simulation
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Synaptic plasticity
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Population coding
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Spiking neural networks and applications
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Complex systems and network conectivity
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Neural Information Theory
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Neurocomputational systems
Neuroscience
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Sensory processing
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Network dynamics
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Reinforcement learning
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Motivation and decision making
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Statistical approaches in neuroscience
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Systems neuroscience
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Learning and memory
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Attention and arousal
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Sensory-motor integration
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Learning in networks
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Educational issues
Neuroengineering
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Large-scale recordings
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Neural signal processing
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Neuromodulation
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Neuroprosthetics
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Closed-loop systems
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Neuromorphism
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Neuro-robotics
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Humanoid robots
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Robots in health
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Robots for elderly people
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Sensors in robotics
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Fusion of sensors
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Hardware implementations in neuroscience
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Software implementations in neuroscience
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Brain Computer Interfaces: design and applications
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Educational issues
Artificial Intelligence and related topics
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Artificial Intelligence
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Techniques in neuroscience
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Bioinformatics
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Clustering and applications
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Computer vision, cognitive and humanoid vision
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Databases, data mining, intelligent data analysis, knowledge-based systems and linguistic tools
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Data visualization and applications
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Deep Learning
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Statistical pattern recognition / document processing and recognition
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Fuzzy and hybrid techniques
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Geometric algebra application in perception action
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High performance computing for pattern recognition
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Image coding, processing and analysis
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Kernel machines
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Mathematical theory of computational neuroscience
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Natural language processing and recognition
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Neural Networks
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Parallel and distributed applications for computational neuroscience
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Robotics and humanoids shape and texture analysis
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Signal processing and analysis
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Spatiotemporal analysis
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Educational issues
Committees
Program Committee
Abner Cardoso Rodrigues Neto |
Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience,Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) |
Brazil |
Alan Talevi |
National University of La Plata |
Argentina |
Alex Oliveira Barradas Filho |
Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) |
Brazil |
Alexandre César Muniz de Oliveira |
Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) |
Brazil |
Ali Khaledi Nasab |
Stanford University |
USA |
Allan Kardec Duailibe Barros Filho |
Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) |
Brazil |
Ander Ramos-Murguialday |
University of Tübingen |
Germany |
André Salles Cunha Peres |
Universidade de Coimbra |
Portugal |
Andrea Sarasola |
TECNALIA - Neurotechnology Laboratory |
Spain |
Andreea-Ioana Sburlea |
Graz University of Technology |
Austria |
Antônio Roque |
University of São Paulo (USP) |
Brazil |
Bruno Feres de Souza |
Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) |
Brazil |
Carlos Campos |
University of Itaúna |
Brazil |
Carlos Dias Maciel |
University of São Paulo (USP) |
Brazil |
Carolina Bellera |
National University of La Plata |
Argentina |
Cesar Alberto Collazos |
Universidad del Cauca |
Colombia |
Cristina Simon-Martinez |
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Dania Gutiérrez |
Cinvestav Monterrey |
Mexico |
Dante Augusto Couto Barone |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
Brazil |
Dimitris Kugiumtzis |
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
Greece |
Dinesh Kant Kumar |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University |
Australia |
Edgard Morya |
Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) |
Brazil |
Edison Pignaton de Freitas |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
Brazil |
Eduardo López-Larraz |
Bitbrain |
Spain |
Erivelton Geraldo Nepomuceno |
Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ) |
Brazil |
Fabrício Lima Brasil |
Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience,Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) |
Brazil |
Frederico Augusto Casarsa de Azevedo |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) & Harvard Medical School |
USA |
Gabriel Mindlin |
Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
Gabriela Castellano |
University of Campinas (Unicamp) |
Brazil |
Gil Lopes |
University Institute of Maia (ISMAI) |
Portugal |
Guillermo Cecchi |
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center |
USA |
Héctor Julián Tejada Herrera |
Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) |
Brazil |
Jaime Andres Riascos Salas |
Universidad Mariana |
Colombia |
Jean Faber |
Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
Brazil |
Jessica Cantillo-Negrete |
National Institute of Rehabilitation |
Mexico |
Jim Torresen |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
Jorge Parraga-Alava |
Universidad Técnica de Manabi |
Ecuador |
José C. Príncipe |
University of Florida |
USA |
Jose Donoso |
Ruhr University Bochum |
Germany |
Juan Felipe Ramirez Villegas |
Institute of Science and Technology Austria |
Austria |
Justus Alfred Kromer |
Stanford University |
USA |
Kai Olav Ellefsen |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
Leonardo Bonato Félix |
Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) |
Brazil |
Lilian Konicar |
Medical University of Vienna |
Austria |
Lucas Alberca |
National University of La Plata |
Argentina |
Luciana Gavernet |
National University of La Plata |
Argentina |
Marcelo Pias |
Federal University of do Rio Grande (FURG) |
Brazil |
Marianna Semprini |
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia |
Italy |
Michela Chiappalone |
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia |
Italy |
Nerea Irastorza |
TECNALIA - Neurotechnology Laboratory |
Spain |
Nivaldo Antônio Portela de Vasconcelos |
Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) |
Brazil |
Omar Andrés Carmona Cortés |
Federal Institute of Maranhão (IFMA) – Brazil |
Brazil |
Patricio Orio |
Universidad de Valparaíso |
Chile |
Paulo Rogério de Almeida Ribeiro |
Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) |
Brazil |
Pedro Almeida |
University of Lisboa |
Portugal |
Reinhold Scherer |
University of Essex |
UK |
Renan Cipriano Moioli |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) |
Brazil |
Rodrigo Alejandro Sierra Ordoñez |
University of Szeged |
Hungary |
Sen Cheng |
Ruhr University Bochum |
Germany |
Ulysse Côté-Allard |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
Vinícius Rosa Cota |
Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ) |
Brazil |
Organizing committee
- Alex Oliveira Barradas Filho Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil
- Alexandre César Muniz de Oliveira Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil
- Allan Kardec Duailibe Barros Filho Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil
- Dante Augusto Couto Barone Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
- Fabrício Lima Brasil Santos Dumont Institute - IIN-ELS, Brazil
- Frederico Azevedo MIT & Harvard Medical School, USA
- Jaime Andres Riascos Salas Universidad Mariana, Colombia
- Paulo Rogério de Almeida Ribeiro Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil
- Vinícius Rosa Cota Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Brazil
- Sen Cheng Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Conference chair
- Paulo Rogério de Almeida Ribeiro Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil
Conference co-chair
- Vinícius Rosa Cota Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Brazil
Venue
LAWCN will be held at Campus Bacanga of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) in São Luís (Brazil), which is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, located in the Upaon-açu Island. Besides its warm beaches, São Luís has a beautiful colonial Historical Center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a common stopover for visiting the stunning Lençóis Maranhenses. Keynote speaker lectures and papers will be presented at the main conference room of the Campus.
It is going to be a hybrid conference (face-to-face and online event) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to lawcn@ufma.br
Sponsors
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)