Goals

The NEURAL CODING WORKSHOPS are unusual biannual meetings, traditionally. They are relatively small and highly inter- and transdisciplinary with major emphasis on the search for common principles in neural coding without neglecting functionally relevant differences between different systems and across system levels. The attendees of the Neural Coding Workshop should be prepared to cross the borders of their own discipline. Topics include themes from cellular transduction to behavior, from invertebrate experiments to clinical studies, from mathematical modeling to large scale simulations of neural networks.

The size of the workshop is kept in reasonable size, with an upper limit of 90 attendees. The workshop is single track and organized in a way to allow near 40 oral presentations, lasting 30 minutes each including discussion, and near 40 poster presentations. The posters are presented during two poster sessions but remain on display throughout the duration of the workshop. The submission of an abstract for the proceedings is not a prerequisite for participation to the Workshop.

This organization leaves ample time for informal discussions in a convivial atmosphere and shall encourage intense and, of course, also controversial debates. The time allocation allows the discussions to continue during diverse social and cultural events that are an integral part of the workshop itself.

Workshop Proceedings

An abstract book is distributed to the participants on arrival to the meeting location. Post-workshop original full papers can be submitted for publication in a special issue of the journal BioSystems published by Elsevier. All manuscripts follow rigorous standard review procedure set by the Editorial Board of BioSystems.