Greetings
This invitation is extended to all participants in the Cognitive Systems
Workshop series hosted by Sandia National Laboratories from 2003-2006. You
are cordially invited to attend the Fourth Decade of the Mind Conference to
be held at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa near Albuquerque, NM
13-15 January 2009. The conference, subtitled “Reverse Engineering the
Brain: Sowing the Seeds for Technology Innovation,” will explore recent
scientific advances in brain science and application of this science to
create new technologies.
The single-track program will bring together talks by scientists, combined
with opportunities for discussion, concerning the potential benefits and
hurdles of reverse engineering of the brain, computational and theoretical
neuroscience, cognitive modeling, and cognitive-science applications.
Furthermore, the conference will also bring together noted scholars to
address current trajectories of neuroscientific research, indentify the
boundaries of what is known at the frontiers of neuroscience and
technology, and address the ethical, legal and social issues that are
critical to the Decade of the Mind project.
More information, including online registration, can be found on the Web
site: http://dom-4.org/
The conference committee also invites posters where scientists can present
their current research and ideas during an evening session. Travel grants
are available for students, post-docs, and junior faculty, with priority
given to applicants who are presenting posters.
Program of Speakers and Topics:
- Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology - Theoretical Gaps in
Neuroscience
- Jim Olds, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University -
Decade of the Mind History & Technology Opportunities
- Jay McClelland, Stanford University - Computational Neuroscience
- Jim Giordano, Georgetown University - Education Applications from
Understanding the Human Mind
- Bob Shulman, Yale University - Role of Neuroimaging and Energy in Brain
Function
- Jim Albus, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
- Engineering Perspective on Reverse Engineering the Brain
- George Johnson, New York Times - The Most Beautiful Experiments in Science
- Kevin Moses, HHMI Janelia Farm - Reverse Engineering the Fruit Fly and
the Study of Mind
- Jeff Krichmar, University of California at Irvine - Neurorobotics and
Modeling Cognitive Function
- John Laird, University of Michigan - Perspectives on Cognitive Modeling
- Gert Cauwenberghs, University of California at San Diego - Neuromorphic
Engineering: Neurons on a Chip
- Kevin Fitzgerald, Georgetown University - Neuro-Genethics
- Vincent P. Clark, Mind Research Network & University of New Mexico -
Neuro-Augmented Cognition -Defense applications
- Eric Parens, Hastings Center - The Treatment-Enhancement Question: Need
for a New Ethic?
- Layne Kalbfleisch, George Mason University - Neuro-Enhancement or
Neuro-Education?
- Wendy Shaneyfelt, Sandia National Laboratories - Surety and Protocols for
Ethical Analyses
- Edmund Pellegrino, Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics - Mind,
Meaning and Morality
The conference is sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute, George
Mason University Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Georgetown
University Medical Center, Potomac Institute Center for Neurotechnology
Studies, and Mind Research Network.
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