NNN 2008 - Technical Programme

NNN 2008 Technical Program
Monday, 24 November, 2008
Time		Room
9:00-9:45	Opening Talk	Marlborough 1
	Neural-, genetic-, and quantum information processing: Towards integrative connectionist theory and systems
	N. Kasabov
9:50-10:40	Invited Talk:	Marlborough 1
	Microarray analysis of gene networks associated with long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission in the hippocampus
	C.Abraham
	Session Chair: N. Kasabov
10:40-11:00	Coffee
11:00-12:40	Invited talks:	Marlborough 1
	Glutamate Receptor Channel Kinetics Models and Synaptic Plasticity: Future application of
	2-photon laser photolysis
	H. Kojima
	Coding mechanisms in hippocampal networks for learning and memory
	M. Tsukada
	Session Chair: J. Weng
12:40-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:10	Invited talks:	Marlborough 1
	Autonomous Mental Development: from the Brain to Machines
	J. Weng
	Brain-Body Co-Evolution toward Understanding Major Transitions in Evolution of Primitive Nervous Systems
	Y. Jin
	Session Chair: L. Benuskova
15:10-15:30	Coffee served
15:30- 18:00	Invited Talks:	Marlborough 1
	TBA - G. Marcus
	Emerging Preferred Firing Sequences in Dynamic Neural Networks
	A. Villa
	Computational Neurogenetic Modelling: a New Paradigm in Modelling the Brain
	L.Benuskova
	Session Chair: J. Wright
18:00-19:00	Cocktail	Sky City Convention Centre
	with a special discount sale and autographing the new book
	by L. Benuskova and N. Kasabov and the new book by G.Marcus

Tuesday, 25 November, 2008
Time		Room
9:00-10:40	Oral Sessions
	Symposium on Computational Neuro-genetic Modeling	Marlborough 1
	Session S1: Brain Modeling
	1. A Spiking Network of Hippocampal Model Including Neurogenesis
	Masaharu Adachi
	2. Coding mechanisms in hippocampal networks for learning and memory
	Minoru Tsukada
	3. An analysis of synaptic transmission and its plasticity by glutamate receptor channel
	kinetics models and 2-photon laser photolysis
	Akiko Miyamoto
	4. Topology of Brain Functional Networks: towards the Role of Genes
	Lubica Benuskova,
	Session Chair: A. Villa, L.Benuskova
	Symposium on Development and Learning	Marlborough 2
	Session S2: Robotics
	1. A Common-Neural-Pattern Based Reasoning for Mobile Robot Cognitive Mapping,
	Aram Kawewong, Yutaro Honda, Manabu Tsuboyama, Osamu Hasegawa
	2. Learning of Subgoals for Goal-oriented Behavior Control of Mobile Robots,
	Chung Wan Kyun, Suh Il Hong, Lee Sanghoon, Lee Sang Hyoung
	3. A Biologically Inspired Neural CPG for Sea Wave Conditions/Frequencies.
	Alan Murray, Leena Patel
	4. Hybrid Design Principles and Time Constants in the Construction of Brain-Based Robotics: A Real-time Simulator of Oscillatory Neural Networks Interacting with the Real Environment via Robotic Devices
	Hiroaki Wagatsuma
	Session Chair: H. Wagatsuma, Y.Jin
10:40-11:00	Coffee
11:00-12:20	Symposium on Development and Learning	Marlborough 1
	Session S3: Pattern Recognition
	1. Identifying Emotions Using Topographic Conditioning Maps
	Athanasios Pavlou, Matthew Casey
	2. Real-time Epileptic Seizure Detection on Intra-cranial Rat Data using Reservoir Computing
	Pieter Buteneers, Benjamin Schrauwen, David Verstraeten, Dirk Stroobandt
	3. Developmental Stereo: Topographic Iconic-abstract Map from Top-Down Connection
	Mojtaba Solgi, Juyang Weng
	Session Chair: J.Weng, L. Patel
	Symposium on Neurogenetic Modelling	Marlborough 2
	Session S4: Neuroevolution
	1. A Gene Regulatory Model for the Development of Primitive Nervous Systems
	Bernhard Sendhoff, Lisa Schramm, Yaochu Jin
	2. Feature Subset Selection Using Differential Evolution
	Adel Al-Jumaily, Ahmed Al-Ani, Rami N. Khushaba
	3. NeuroEvolution based on Reusable and Hierarchical Modular Representation
	Kenji Doya, Takumi Kamioka, Eiji Uchibe
	Session Chair: G. Marcus, K.Doya
12:20-12:30	Closing of the NNN08	Marlborough 1
12:30-13:30	Lunch