WELCOME TO THE CNS NEWSLETTER COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2001 Table of Contents: I Welcome to the Newsletter II Society News III Annual Meeting IV Announcements V Positions Available VI Conferences VII CNS Membership Form *************************************************************** I WELCOME TO THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER *************************************************************** This newsletter is intended for CNS members only. It is a monthly newsletter designed to update CNS members on events, job opportunities, and related information in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience. The Newsletter is emailed monthly to all current members (receipt of this Newsletter does not confirm membership status, contact cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org for membership status), and sections are posted on the Society's Web site at http://www.cogneurosociety.org. To become a member or to renew your membership use the membership application form at the end of the newsletter. For guidelines on submitting an announcement to the newsletter, email cnsnewsletter@cogneurosociety.org. ************************************************************** II SOCIETY NEWS ************************************************************** Duke University to host CNS Business Offices The Governing Board of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society is pleased to announce that beginning in August 2001, the Business Office of the society will be hosted by the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. The Board wishes to thank Dartmouth College for hosting the business office over the past few years. Please see our new website at http://www.cogneurosociety.org/ for more information. ************************************************************** III ANNUAL MEETING ************************************************************** Next year's meeting will be in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, April 14-16, 2002. Abstract deadline is November 2, 2001. Information will be sent to members in early fall. We are now receiving nominations for the Eighth Annual George A. Miller Distinguished Lecture, which is sponsored by the James S. McDonnell? Foundation. This lectureship has been established by the Foundation to honor George Miller for his unrelenting efforts to establish the field of cognitive neuroscience. The lecture is to be presented at the ninth Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting, at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco on April 14, 2002. Previous Winners of the George A. Miller Lectureship: David Hubel 1995 David Premack 1996 Roger Shepard 1997 Susan Carey 1998 Giacomo Rizzolatti 1999 Patricia Churchland 2000 William Newsome 2001 In order for your nomination to be considered, please submit your suggestion with a nomination statement no longer than 50 words to cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org by October 5, 2001. ******************************************************* IV ANNOUNCEMENTS ******************************************************* C A L L F O R P A P E R S The fMRI Data Center has experienced an overwhelming response from the scientific community. This publicly available archive of published functional magnetic resonance imaging studies is intended to facilitate data sharing across the fields of computer science, mathematics, physics, and the neurosciences. Since its inception, the Data Center has provided researchers in over 20 countries with complete, raw, functional and structural MRI data sets. To further encourage this unique opportunity for scientific exchange The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience would like to announce a callfor papers for the New Perspectives in f MRI Research Awards Submitted papers will be adjudicated by leading experts in fMRI research. The evaluation of manuscripts will be focused upon 1) The best utilization of one or more data sets housed at the fMRI Data Center and 2) How the findings of the original functional imaging investigation have been expanded through re-analysis. Three finalists will be selected to receive cash awards of $5000, $2000, $1000, respectively, and all three manuscripts will be published in the JOCN. Additionally, the authors of the original research articles, from which data have been utilized, will be invited to provide a published commentary on the new analyses. Please remit your Letter of Intent by October 1 st , 2001 to The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 6162 Moore Hall Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Deadline for manuscript submission: February 1 st, 2002 Awardees will be notified by mail and publicly announced at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2002 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please call the fMRI Data Center at (603) 646-0170. ******************************************************* EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) First Announcement and Call for Symposia and Papers The Fourth Annual Meeting of the ECNS will be held at the Harbor Court Hotel, Baltimore, September 11th-15th, 2002. Symposia are for 90 Minutes and 3-5 speakers. Symposia should adress a clinical entity and have an electrophysiology component. Please email a single paragraph description of the symposium and the names of proposed speakers to nash.boutros@yale.edu. Deadline for submissions is December 15th, 2001. For information visit www.ecnsconference.org ******************************************************* BRAIN IMAGING TOOLS SOFTWARE RELEASE: RUMBA 1.0 The RUMBA Software Framework for Brain Imaging Data Analysis: The RUMBA project (supported by J.S. McDonnell? Foundation) has developed open-source C++ libraries and UNIX shell-callable utilities that allow a wide array of data-analysis procedures to be used in a flexible way. We have also implemented a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a high degree of interoperability among existing and new procedures. These tools have been developed with three groups of users in mind: * Researchers who want to analyze their data, possibly combining a variety of methods used in the field. Researchers who want to use existing tools but modify or augment them with other methods they aim to develop. * Researchers seeking to develop novel methods of brain-imaging data analysis (www.rumba.rutgers.edu/downloads). ************************************************************ VI CONFERENCES ************************************************************ March 25-26, 2002, Toronto, Canada 12th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference EMOTIONS AND THE BRAIN Posters will be published in Brain & Cognition (deadline: December 14, 2001). For further information and registration forms contact: Education Department Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care 3560 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6A 2E1 Tel: 416-785-2500 ext. 2363 Fax:: 416-785-4215. Email: conference@rotman-baycrest.on.ca Website: www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca/conf ************************************************************ VII CNS MEMBERSHIP FORM (copy and email to cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org or print and fax to 978-749-0025) ************************************************************* COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL FORM 1. COMPLETE NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION Name Institutional Affiliation Mailing Address City State Zip/Postal Code Country E-mail Phone 2. CHOOSE LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP Membership is for one year, starting from the month we receive and process your membership application. 1) Regular Membership $55 2) Postdoc Membership $45* 3) Student Membership $25* *Requires proof of status 3. CHOOSE METHOD OF PAYMENT 1) Enclosed is my check or money order in the amount of _______. Check MUST accompany membership. All Check or money order funds must be in US dollars and drawn on a US bank. Pay to the order of CNS. 2) Enclosed is my Visa/MasterCard? credit card account number with authorization to charge the amount of _______ Name on Credit Card Account: Account #: Exp. Date: 4. SUBMIT COMPLETED FORM For fastest processing, please email or fax. Copy and email to: cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org Print and fax to: 978-749-0025 Print and mail to: CNS Membership 41 Old County Rd. Andover, MA