4th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, April 29-May 2, 2009, Antalya, Turkey

0904154M。Akay本项目将支持2009年4月29日至5月2日在土耳其安塔利亚举行的第四届国际IEEE EMBS神经工程会议。这次会议的目的是突出神经和认知工程的进展，这是一个将分子、细胞、系统、认知和行为神经科学与工程、物理、化学、数学和计算机科学联系起来的新兴领域。本次神经工程大会将进一步促进神经学家、化学家、工程师、计算机科学家和数学家之间的神经工程研究和教育。神经工程涉及与神经功能障碍相关的许多基本和临床问题，包括感觉和运动信息的表达，神经肌肉系统的电刺激以控制肌肉的激活和运动，从单细胞到系统水平的多尺度复杂神经系统的分析和可视化以了解其潜在机制，新型电子和光子设备的开发和实验探测技术的发展，神经模拟研究，人机界面系统和人工视觉传感器和神经假体的设计和开发，以恢复和增强受损的感觉和运动系统和功能。技术方案包括：(1)大脑成像和绘制(功能、分子和细胞)，(2)脑机接口，(3)神经信号处理和建模，(4)神经纳米技术，(5)神经假体，(6)神经机器人，(7)认知工程和科学，(8)神经信息学，以及(9)其他。除了主题演讲、全体会议、讲台和海报会议外，大会还将有一个小组讨论在快速发展的跨学科领域神经工程领域发展的挑战，从被聘为团队的一部分，找到令人兴奋的新研究机会，一直到成为团队负责人，以及在组织团队和选择成员时应该考虑什么。将讨论国际和美国国内研究生学习和研究的选择，以及国际研究人员和学生之间的合作。该奖项由生物医学工程项目和国际科学与工程办公室共同资助，将重点放在当前科学研究领域整合多个以前截然不同的领域的趋势，以及所有背景和学术兴趣领域的学生需要转向神经工程和神经技术的职业生涯。

0904154M. AkayThis project will support the 4th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering during April 29-May 2, 2009 in Antalya, Turkey. The objective of this conference is to highlight progress in Neural and Cognitive Engineering, an emerging field bridging molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience with engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science. This neural engineering conference will further stimulate neural engineering research and education among neuroscientists, chemists, engineers, computer scientists and mathematicians. Neural engineering deals with many aspects of basic and clinical problems associated with neural dysfunction including the representation of sensory and motor information, the electrical stimulation of the neuromuscular system to control the muscle activation and movement, the analysis and visualization of complex neural systems at multi-scale from the single-cell and to the system levels to understand the underlying mechanisms, the development of novel electronic and photonic devices and techniques for experimental probing, the neural simulation studies, the design and development of human-machine interface systems and artificial vision sensors and neural prosthesis to restore and enhance the impaired sensory and motor systems and functions. The Technical Program Tracks include: (1) Imaging and Mapping the Brain (Functional, Molecular and Cellular), (2) Brain-Computer Interface, (3) Neural Signal Processing and Modeling, (4) Neuro-Nanotechnology, (5) Neural Prostheses, (6) Neuro-Robotics, (7) Cognitive Engineering and Science, (8) Neural Informatics, and (9) Others.In addition to the keynote, plenary, platform and poster sessions, the conference will also have a panel to focus on the challenges of making a career in the rapidly growing, interdisciplinary fields of neural engineering, from being hired as part of a team and finding exciting new research opportunities, all the way up to becoming a team leader and what to look for when organizing that team and choosing its members. Options will be discussed for graduate studies and research internationally as well as within the United States, and for collaboration among researchers and students internationally. Particular emphasis will be placed on the current trend in scientific research communities toward integration of multiple, previously distinct, fields, and the need for students of all backgrounds and areas of academic interest to move toward careers in neural engineering and neurotechnology.This award is co-funded by the Biomedical Engineering Program and Office of International Science and Engineering.