2nd Workshop on Neuroscience Across Disciplines
(30 Jan, 2013)

We cordially invite you to attend the upcoming "2nd Neuroscience across disciplines" workshop.

Date/Time: Wednesday 30th of January, 2013, 1:30-5:30pm.

Location: Room 148, Building 12, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, New Campus, University of Cyprus

Program [PDF]

1:30-1:40pm Opening Remarks
1:40-2:00pm "Modelling perception and attention" Marios Avraamides, PhD, Kleanthis Neocleous, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus.
2:00-2:20pm "Recent advances in the electrophysiological assessment of the vestibular system” Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou PhD, Savvas S. Papacostas, MD, FAAN Clinic B, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics.
2:20-2:40pm “The Role of Cannabinoids in Learning and Memory: A theoretical neuroscience approach” Margarita Zachariou, PhD, Chris Christodoulou, PhD, Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus.
2:40-3:00pm "Modelling the relationship between Local Field Potentials and spiking activity in the parkinsonian subthalamic nucleus" Kyriaki Kostoglou, Georgios Mitsis, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus.
3:00-3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30-3:50pm “Understanding activations and timing in the brain and defining objective and quantifiable measures to index pathological deviations” Andreas Ioannides, PhD, Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics
3:50-4:10pm "Correlating brain structure with behaviour: inter-individual differences in frontal and parietal brain areas predict spatial memory capacity" Nikos Konstantinou, PhD, Fofi Constantinidou, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus.
4:10-4:30pm "A Spiking Neural Network for Person Localization Through Ground Vibrations" Guillaume Garreau, PhD, Julio Georgiou, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus.
4:30-4:50pm “Understanding the neural code through exploration of the causes of firing” Achilleas Koutsou, Chris Christodoulou, PhD, Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus.
4:50-5:30pm Closing Remarks-Discussion