2015 Gordon Research Conference On Neuroethology The Future Is Now: Innovative Concepts in Neuroethology and New Technologies

该奖项将为在美国的学生、博士后研究员和初级科学家提供参加2015年戈登神经行为学研究会议的支持。这次为期五天的会议被认为是神经行为学中的主要、中型会议，聚集了杰出的资深和初级科学家，讨论该领域的最新进展。23位受邀演讲者是根据他们对实地的创造性贡献和推动富有成果的讨论的能力挑选出来的，他们已确认出席。这次会议的主题是“从进化的角度看：技术和进化方法”，会议将举行会议，展示生物解决方案如何为生物启发的机器人、智能机器和神经建模领域的新概念和技术进步提供信息。会议上展示的成果将有可能指导未来在多个领域的发展，包括智能设备和神经假体，将具有相当大的社会效益。这次会议的智力优势来自于它的规模小，促进了参与者之间的互动，以及许多研究跨越神经生物学、工程学和神经病理学的顶尖科学家的聚集。它跨越了各种各样的实验系统，并专注于特别活跃或有希望的领域。这种结合导致了卓有成效的比较分析，提出了关于潜在机制的新问题，并经常导致新的合作。通过充分利用正式讨论和非正式互动，戈登神经行为学会议将突出神经病理学和神经生物学工程方法方面令人兴奋的新发展。关于更广泛的影响，这次会议将以多种方式使更大的社区受益。首先，它将帮助培养和激励下一代科学家，让学生和博士后研究员接触到令人兴奋的科学和科学家。第二，将为初级研究人员举办一次特别会议，帮助他们在知情的情况下选择学术界和其他领域的科学职业。最后，将作出协调一致的努力，从代表性不足的群体中招聘科学家。

This award will provide support to US-based students and post-doctoral fellows and junior scientists to attend the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology. This five-day conference is recognized as the major, mid-size meeting in Neuroethology, bringing together outstanding senior and junior scientists for discussions of the recent advances in the field. Twenty-three invited speakers, chosen based on their creative contributions to the field and their ability to promote fruitful discussions, have confirmed their attendance. The theme for the meeting, entitled "In the Light of Evolution: Technology and the Evolutionary Approach" will feature sessions that will showcase how biological solutions inform new conceptual and technological advances in bio-inspired robotics, smart machines and neural modeling. The results presented at the meeting will have the potential to guide future developments in multiple areas, including smart devices and neural prosthetics that will have considerable societal benefits.The intellectual merit of this meeting derives from its small size, which promotes interactions between participants, and the assembly of many top scientists whose research spans neurobiology, engineering and neuropathology. It spans a wide variety of experimental systems and focuses on areas of exceptional activity or promise. This combination leads to fruitful comparative analyses, raises new questions about underlying mechanisms and often leads to new collaborations. By maximizing both formal discussion and informal interactions, the Gordon Conference on Neuroethology will highlight exciting new developments in neuropathology and engineering approaches in neurobiology. With respect to broader impacts, this meeting will benefit the larger community in multiple ways. First, it will help train and inspire the next generation of scientists, by exposing students and postdoctoral fellows to exciting science and scientists. Second, a special session will be organized for the benefit of junior researchers to help them make informed choices about scientific careers in academia and beyond. Finally, a concerted effort will be made to recruit scientists from under-represented groups.