Computational Motor Control Workshop, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

The Sixth Computational Motor Control Workshop

Foreword

Winter in the Negev

The Sixth BGU Computational Motor Control Workshop: Call for Speakers

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce the Sixth Annual Ben-Gurion University Computational Motor Control Workshop (http://www.bgu.ac.il/cmcw) which will take place June 16-17, 2010. We are now issuing a call for speakers. We encourage submissions from people whose research into motor systems involves computational aspects in the experimental design, data collection, data analysis, or that involves computational models of the motor system. We are also interested in hearing from researchers whose work doesn't have a strong computational aspect but have an interest in developing the computational component of their research. Similarly, we are interested in research that may be relevant to computational scientists.

Stephen Lisberger has kindly agreed to present the opening talk of this workshop which gives us ever reason to expect another great workshop that continues our successful tradition.

Beer Sheva is one of the oldest cities in the world, a gateway to the stunning scenery of the Negev desert and a convenient base for visiting the Dead Sea and Masada nearby or for a trip down to the beaches and coral reefs of Eilat. Ben Gurion University is an up and coming institution which has been doing significant hiring in the neurosciences. It currently has a significant and vibrant motor control community which is tightly connected with the very powerful group of motor control scientists working in different institutions in Israel.

If you are interested, please send us an e-mail to cmcw@bgu.ac.il, by the end of November, letting us know what topic you would like to address in a few paragraphs as well as one short paragraph introducing yourself in a third voice (your education, current position, research interest and key previous appointment or key achievements) – If accepted this one short paragraph might be used in order to introduce you before your talk.

The criteria for selecting speakers will be: (1) scientific merit of the topic (2) reputation of the speaker and the topic (3) match between the speakers to encourage fruitful discussion. Priority will be provided to speaker who didn’t speak in the last two workshops and in particular to those who were highly ranked last year and were not included in the program for technical reasons.

While we hope to be able to provide some support for some of the speakers or poster presenters, please keep in mind that travel can not be guaranteed.

Sincerely,

Amir Karniel akarniel@bgu.ac.il

Opher Donchin donchin@bgu.ac.il

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

The Annual Workshop has been supported in past years by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the President, the Rector, the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, the Dean of the faculty of Engineering, the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Ben Gurion University

The Fifth Computational Motor Control Workshop

June 11, 2009

Program

Program and Book of Abstracts

Israel Motor Days in Jerusalem

June 7-10, 2009

Poster

Program and Book of Abstracts

Web-site

Pictures (courtesy of Pietro Mazzoni)