Neuro2022 in Okinawa: Abstract submission by January 20th

[Kenji Doya]

NEURO2022
June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan
https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/

Plenary Lectures:
Anne Churchland, University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Schwab, University of Zurich
Erin M. Schuman, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Brain Prize Lecture:
Adrian Peter Bird, University of Edinburgh

Neuro2022 is a joint conference of Japanese Neuroscience, Neurochemistry and Neural Networks Societies, held at Okinawa Convention Center and adjacent seaside facilities:
https://www.oki-conven.jp

The conference aims to be a forum for neuroscientists, clinical researchers, machine learning and AI engineers from around the world. All scientific programs will be in English and the conference will be in a hybrid format to allow online participation.

Abstract submissions are open till January 20th, 8am UTC. Please visit the web site for details:
https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/abstract.html

Neuro2022 is preceded by OIST Computational Neuroscience Course
https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc

and followed by the second edition of International Symposium on AI and Brain Science
http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2020/

both held at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
https://www.oist.jp
https://groups.oist.jp/conference-venues

We hope to see many of you on this beautiful semitropical island in this coming summer.

Best wishes,
Kenji Doya, Japan Neuroscience Society
Kohtaro Takei, Japanese Society for Neurochemistry
Kazushi Ikeda, Japanese Neural Network Society

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Kenji Doya <do...@oist.jp>
Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
Phone: +81-98-966-8594; Fax: +81-98-966-2891 https://groups.oist.jp/ncu

[Kenji Doya]

Neuro2022 is calling for late-breaking abstracts for poster presentations by April 29, 12:00JST (3:00GMT).

https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/lba.html

Neuro2022 is a joint conference of Japanese Neuroscience, Neurochemistry and Neural Networks Societies, held from June 30 to July 3, 2022 in the beautiful island of Okinawa in an on-site/online hybrid format.

https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/

It is followed by the 2nd International Symposium on AI and Brain Science on July 4-5 at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2022/

Confirmed Speakers:
Yoshua Bengio (University of Montreal)
Matthew Botvinick (DeepMind)
Karl Friston (University College London)
Hiroaki Gomi (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Ryota Kanai (ARAYA Inc.)
Angela Langdon (Princeton University)
Yutaka Matsuo (The University of Tokyo)
Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit)
Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute Univesity of California San Diego)
Jun Tani (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project)
Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University)
Xiao-Jing Wang (New York University)

The symposium is also in an on-site/online hybrid format. Free registration and abstract submission for on-site poster presentations will open in early May. 

Please refer to this page for the information about entry to Japan.

https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/visa.html

All foreign nationals need a visa, but self-quarantine is not required from most countries with a proof of three vaccinations.

[Kenji Doya]

We are pleased to announce the International Symposium on AI and Brain Science 2022 on July 4th and 5th at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2022/

as a satellite event for Neuro2022 at Okinawa Convention Center from June 30th to July 3rd.

https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/

The symposium is on-site/online hybrid and we are calling for on-site poster presentations by June 1st. Please note that all foreign nationals currently need a visa to enter Japan and if you need a visa application support, please submit your abstract by May 25th, i.e. immediately.

Attendance is free, but registration is required by June 15th from the web site:

http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2022/registration/

Tentative Program: time in JST=GMT+9

<Monday July 4th>
 9:00   Registration
 9:40   Opening: Kenji Doya
10:00-12:00     Session 1: AI for Brain Science
        Maneesh Sahani, Angela Langdon, Xiao-Jing Wang, Terrence Sejnowski

12:00-14:00     Lunch and Poster Session
14:00-16:00     Session 2: Biological and robotic motor control

Tetsuya Ogata, Tom Macpherson, Jun Izawa, Rieko Osu

16:30-18:30     Session 3: Brain-inspired AI
        Masashi Sugiyama, Matthew Botvinick, Yutaka Matsuo

<Tuesday July 5th>

10:00-12:00     Session 4: AI, Brain, and Society
        Patricia Churchland, Yoshua Bengio, Ryota Kanai, Ai Koizumi

12:00-13:00     Lunch and Poster Session
13:00-15:00     Session 5: Natural and artificial consciousness

Hideaki Shimazaki, Keisuke Suzuki, Makiko Yamada, Tadahiro Taniguchi

15:30-17:30  Session 6: Bayesian Brain and Computational Psychiatry

Jun Tani, Karl Friston, Yuichi Yamashita, Misako Komatsu

17:30-18:00  General Discussion - Closing

Hope to see many of you in Okinawa, or online.

Co-organizers:

Kenji Doya (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

Karl Friston (University College London)
Hiroaki Gomi (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)

Takao Hensch (The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence)

Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit)

Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project)

Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan University)
Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University)

[Kenji Doya]

The registration deadline for the International Symposium on AI and Brain Science 2022 is June 23 for on-site and June 30 for online participation.

http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2022/

The symposium is held on July 4th and 5th at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in a hybrid format as a satellite event for Neuro2022:

https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/

Tentative Program: time in JST=GMT+9

<Monday July 4th>
9:00   Registration
9:40   Opening: Kenji Doya
10:00-12:00     Session 1: AI for Brain Science

      Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Unit)
      Angela Langdon (NIMH)
      Xiao-Jing Wang (NYU)
      Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute)

12:00-14:00     Lunch and Poster Session
14:00-16:00     Session 2: Biological and robotic motor control

      Chair: Hiroaki Gomi
      Tetsuya Ogata (Waseda U)
      Tom Macpherson (Osaka U)
      Jun Izawa (Tsukuba U)
      Rieko Osu (Waseda U)

16:30-18:30     Session 3: Brain-inspired AI

      Jun Tani (OIST)

      Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN AIP)
      Yutaka Matsuo (U Tokyo)
      Aida Nematzadeh (DeepMind)

<Tuesday July 5th>
10:00-12:00     Session 4: AI, Brain, and Society

      Ryota Kanai (ARAYA)
      Yoshua Bengio (U Montreal)
      Ai Koizumi (Sony CSL)
      Patricia Churchland (Salk Institute)

12:00-13:00     Lunch and Poster Session
13:00-15:00     Session 5: Natural and artificial consciousness

      Chair: Naotsugu Tsuchiya
      Hideaki Shimazaki (Hokkaido U)
      Keisuke Suzuki (Hokkaido U)
      Makiko Yamada (QST)
      Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan U)
15:30-17:30 Session 6: Unifying models of cognition
      Chair: Tadahiro Taniguchi

      Misako Komatsu (Tokyo Tech)

      Karl Friston (UCL)
      Yuichi Yamashita (NCNP)

      Matthew Botvinick (DeepMind)

17:30-18:00 General Discussion - Closing

Co-organizers:

      Kenji Doya (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
      Karl Friston (University College London)
      Hiroaki Gomi (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
      Takao Hensch (The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence)

      Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit)
      Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project)
      Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan University)
      Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University)

Secretariat: 

      Neural Computation Unit, OIST: nc...@oist.jp