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Libraries / Literature Search / Reviews
- TAMU Library
- Search
- Full-text book resourses:
- Reviews:
FAQ
The Neural Networks FAQ
Programming
- XPP-Aut: differential equation solver plus more.
- GNU Octave
- Matlab/Octave Wrapper
- Saffari's Biological Neural Networks Toolbox
On-line (Short) Courses and Presentations
- TAMU Graduate and Undergraduate Catalog
- MIT Series on Fundamentals of Brain and Mind: A Short Course on Neuroscience
- An Introduction to Neural Networks by Leslie Smith at Stirling, UK.
- Short lecture on neural networks (3hours x 3lectures) by Nici Schraudolph and Fred Cummins at
IDSIA, Switzerland.
- Research Topics in Machine Learning by Anand Venkataraman at SRI (1999).
- Wide collection of useful notes by Sam Roweis at U of Toronto: PCA, EM, MDL, SVM, VC dimension, HMM, Unsupervised Learningi, etc.
- Neuroscience Tutorial
at The Washington University School of Medicine.
- Andrew Moore's statistical data mining tutorial slides
Demos
- Neural Networks with JAVA by Jochen Froehlich.
- Neural Networks in vivo at LPI, Russia (JAVA applets of popular neural nets).
- SOM applet by Yoonsuck Choe.
- Bayesian Self-Organizing Map Simulation (V1.3) by Akio Utsugi.
- Neural Java: Neural Networks Tutorial with Java Applets by Wulfram Gerstner at EPFL, Switzerland.
Courses and Tutorials
- The Human Intelligenc
e Enterprise, Spring 2002 (MIT Open Courseware) [Assignments]
- Eero Simoncelli's
Mathematical Tools for Neural Science
- Todd Moon's Information Theory course at Utah State U.
- Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks by David Touretzky at CMU.
- Neural Networks for Computer Scientists by Wulfram Gerstner at EPFL, Switzerland.
- Computation Neuroscience by Dawei Dong at FAU.
- Collection of Neural Networks and Computational Neuroscience Courses by Sebastian Seung at MIT.
- Unsupervised Learning Course at Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at Cambridge (Fall, 2000)
- Differential geometry and general relativity lecture notes by Stefan Waner,
Department of Mathematics, Hofstra University
Textbooks
- Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition by Christopher M. Bishop at (then) Aston, UK (now at MS Research).
- Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation by John Hertz, Anders Krogh, and Richard G. Palmer.
- AI: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig at Berkeley.
- Machine Learning by Tom Mitchell at CMU. His course at CMU on ML
Journals
- Journal with extensive commentaries: good for gaining critical skills
- General science
- Neuroscience
- Computational Neuroscience / Neural Networks
- Review journals: a good place to start!
- Vision
- Other:
Conferences
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2002
- AAAI2002: 7/28-8/1 Alberta, Canada
- CNS*2002: Computational
Neuroscience Meeting : 7/21-7/25, Chigago, IL.
- Cogsci2002: Cognitive Science Society: 8/8-8/10, Fairfax, VA.
- International Conf. on Development and Learning (ICDL'02): 6/12-15, Cambridge, MA
- ARMADILLO 2002 (The Southwest Cognition Conference): 10/25-26, San Antonio, TX.
- Dynamical Neuroscience X: satellite symposium (11/1-11/2).
- GUM*02(Genesis User Meeting): 11/8-10, San Antonio, TX.
- NIPS 2002: 12/10-12/12, Workshops 12/13-12/14, Vancouver, Canada.
- Neural responses to complex stimuli (Symposium)
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2003
- Human Brain Project Conference 2003 (NIMH): 5/12-13, Bethesda, MD.
- IJCNN 2003: 7/20-7/24, Portland, OR.
- CNS*2003:
7/5-7/9, Alicante, Spain.
- NIPS 2003: 12/8-13, Vancouver, Canada. (submission deadline 6/6/03).
- Workshop on SOM 2003: 9/11-14, Hibikino, Japan (submission deadline 6/10/03).
- ARMADILLO 2003 (The Southwest Cognition Conference): 10/17-10/18, Texas A&M.
- 5/30/03 (IEEE Trans. Neural Networks special issue on temporal codes)
- 9/30/03 (Neural Networks special issue on vision and brain):
notification 1/31/2004.
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2004
- Bio-ADIT 2004: Workshop on biologically inspired advanced IT (submission deadline 9/19; notification 11/3). 1/29-1/30/2004, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- ICRA 2004 : 11/7/03 (submission deadline). 1/15/04 (notification). 2/28/04 (camera ready). 4/26-5/1/04, New Orleans, LA.
- ICML 2004: 7/4-7/8/2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
- SAB'04: 7/13-17/04 (LA, CA); international conference
on simulation of adaptive behavior (submission deadline 1/9/04)
- AAAI-04: 7/25-7/29/04, San Jose, CA (submission deadline 1/20/04).
- Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2004): 7/19-7/23/04, New York, NY (submission deadline 1/16/04).
- CNS*2004: computational neuroscience meeting, 7/18-20, 2004. Baltimore, MD. (deadline 1/19/2004).
- IJCNN 2004: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 7/25-29, 2004. Budapest, Hungary. (deadline 1/31/2004).
- CEAS-04, The First Conference on Email and Anti-Spam, Mountain View, CA, 7/30-7/31/04. (Deadline 4/16/04).
- Cogsci 2004: 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 8/5-7, 2004. Chicago, IL. (deadline 2/11/2004).
-
Cortical Function: A View from the Thalamus 9/12--9/14/2004 at U of Wisconsin (A discussion meeting to celebrate the research career of R. W. Guillery).
- Optical Imaging 2004 9/20--9/22/04. Bethesda, MD.
- ICDL 2004: 10/20--10/22/04, San Diego, CA (deadline 5/21).
- Dynamical Neuroscience XII: SfN Satellite Symposium: 10/21--10/22/04.
- Neuroscience 2004: 10/23--10/27/2004, San Diego, CA. (Membership deadline 4/30/2004; Electronic abstract deadline: 5/19/03). Itinerary planner
- Okinawa Course on Computational Neuroscience 11/9--11/19/04.
- CIS'04: 12/1--12/3/04, Singapore (6/30 submission deadline).
- NIPS 2004: 12/14--12/16/04 (6/4 12pm PDT deadline)
- ICRA 2005 9/15 Submission deadline; 4/18--4/22/05, Barcelona Spain.
- 12/31/04 (IEEE TEC special issue on Autonomous Mental Development)
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2005
- WAM-BAMM*05 3/31--4/2, 2005.
San Antonio, TX (deadline 1/15/05).
- GECCO 2005 6/25--6/29, 2005. Washington, DC (deadline 1/17/05).
- AAAI 2005 7/9--7/13, 2005. Pittsburgh, PA (deadline 3/18/05).
- CNS*05 7/17--7/21, 2005, Madison Wisconsin (deadline 2/1/05).
- IJCNN 2005 7/31--8/4, 2005, Montreal, Canada (deadline 1/31/05).
- WSOM 2005
9/5/05--9/8/05, Paris (deadline 4/15/05).
- ECAL 2005 9/5--9/9, 2005. U of Kent, Canterbury, Kent (UK). Workshop: active, dynamical agents (deadline 5/20/05).
- ISI 2005 9/19--9/23/05. Clemson, South Carolina (deadline 3/1; notification 4/1).
- Dynamical Neuroscience XIII (Computational Cognitive Neuroscience I) 11/10--11/11/05. Washington D.C.
- Society for Neuroscience meeting 11/12--11/16/05. Washington D.C.
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2006
- GECCO:
1/18 http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2006/
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IJCNN: 1/31 http://www.wcci2006.org/
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AAAI: 2/21 http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/National/2006/aaai06.html
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Cogsci: 2/1 http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/cogsci2006/
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ICML: 1/30 http://www.autonlab.org/icml2006/home.html at CMU
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EU-CAP: 1/27 (ext. abst.) http://www.eu-cap.org/ in Norway, 6/22-24
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ICDL: 2/6 http://www.icdl06.org/papers.html at Bloomington, IN
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NIPS: 6/? http://nips.cc/ in Vancouver, Canada
- SfN 2006: 10/14-10/18/06 Georgia, Atlanta
- INNS Texas/MIND/UTA Conference
on
Goal-Directed Neural Systems: 11/3-11/4/06 Arlington, TX
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2007
- Special issue of New Ideas in Psychology Cognitive Robotics and Theoretical Psychology: 11/15/06 (abstract), 4/16/07 (full), 6/20/07 (feedback), 10/15/07 (final draft), Early 2008 (publication).
- COSYNE: ?/?/? (abstract), 2/22-2/25/07 (main meeting, Salt Lake City, UT), 2/26-2/27/07 (workshops, The Canyons, UT).
- IJCNN: 1/31/07 (paper submission),
3/31/07 (notification), 4/30/07 (final submission),
8/12-8/17/07, Orlando, FL
- AAAI:
2/1/07 (tech abstract), 2/6/07 (papers), 7/22-7/26/07, Vancouver, Canada
- CNS:
?/?/07 (paper)
7/8-7/12/07, Toronto, Canada
- Cogsci:
?/?/07 (paper),
8/1-8/4/07, Nashville, TN
- ICML
- SfN
- ICRA: 9/15/06 (paper), 12/31/06 (notification), 1/31/07 (final paper), 4/10-4/14/07, Roma, Italy
- CVPR: 11/27/06 (paper reg), 12/3/06 (paper), 3/31/07 (notification), 6/17-6/22/07, Minneapolis, MN
- ICCV: Early April 2007 (paper reg), 4/10/07 (paper), End of June 2007 (notification), July 2007 (camera ready), 10/14-10/21/07, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- NIPS
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2008
- COSYNE 2008:
2/28-3/1, 2008; WS 3/3-3/4, 2008 (due 11/30/2007), Salt Lake City, UT
- ISBI 2008:
5/14-17, 2008 (due 12/7/2007). Paris, France
- CVPR 2008:
6/24-26, 2008 (due 11/26 reg, 12/3 full). Anchorage, AL
- AAAI
2008: 7/13-17, 2008 (due late January?). Chicago, IL
- Simulation of Adaptive Behavior 2008:
7/7-13, 2008 (due 1/14/08; workshop proposals due 2/1/08) Osaka, Japan.
- Computational Neurosci 2008:
7/20-24, 2008 (due ?). Portland, OR
- Cogsci 2008: 7/23-26, 2008 (due: 2/1/2008). Washington, DC.
- IJCNN 2008:
6/1-6/6, 2008 (due late January, 2008?). Hong Kong
- ICML 2008:
7/6-7/9, 2008 (due ?). Helsinki, Finland
- ICPR 2008:
12/8-11, 2008 (due 4/8/2008). Tampa, FL.
- ICIP 2008:
10/12-15, 2008 (due ?). San Diego, CA.
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2009
- IEEE CIMSVP 2009:
3/30-4/2/09 (due 10/31/08). Nashville, TN.
- CVPR 2009: 11/13 abstract due, 11/20 paper due; 6/22–6/25/09 in Miami, FL
- IJCNN 2009:
12/15/08 paper due;
6/14–6/19/09 in Atlanta, GA
- IJCAI 2009: 1/7/09 abstract due, 1/12/09 paper due; 7/11–7/17/09 in
Pasadena, CA.
- CNS 2009:
2/09 deadline; 7/18–7/23/09 in Berlin, Germany.
- COSYNE 2009:
12/2/08 due; 2/26–3/3/09 in Salt Lake City, UT.
- ISBI 2009:
1/19/09 paper due; 6/29–7/1/09 in Boston, MA.
- ICDL 2009:
2/13/09 paper due; 6/5–6/7/09 in Shanghai, China.
- ICML 2009:
6/14–6/18/09 in Montreal, Quebec.
- WSOM 2009:
6/8–6/10/09 in St. Augustine, FL.
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2010
- CNS 2010:
Abstract due 2/14/10. Travel grant 5/5/10. Registration 5/15/10.
7/24/10–7/28/10 (workshop 7/29–7/30).
San Antonio, TX,
- SAB 2010:
2/22/2010 paper due. 8/24/2010 (workshop).
8/24–8/28/2010. Paris, France.
- AAAI 2010: Paper registration due 1/15/10. Submission due 1/19/10. Notification 3/26/10. 7/11/10--7/15/10, Atlanta, GA.
- ICDL 2010: 8/18/10--8/21/10, Ann Arbor, MI.
- ISBI 2010: 4/14/2010--4/17/2010. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- WCCI 2010: 1/31/2010 submission due.
3/15/2010 notification. 7/18–7/23/2010, Barcelona, Spain.
- ICPR 2010: 1/25/2010 paper due. 8/23–8/26/2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
- IEEE EMBS Forum on Grand Challenges in Neuroengineering. 5/7–5/8/2010, Bethesda, MD.
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION * AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH * EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION - Joint US-European Workshop: 5/23–5/26/2010. Dubrovnik, Croatia.
2011
- CNS*2011, 7/23-7/28/11, Stockholm, Sweden. 2/14/11 abstract due (11pm PST). 4/15/11 acceptance.
- AAAI 2011,
8/7-8/11/11, San Francisco, CA. 2/3/11 abstract due, 2/8/11 paper due, 3/30-4/1/11 rebuttal due, 4/15/11 notification, 5/3/11 camera ready due.
- IJCNN 2011,
7/31-8/5/2011, San Jose, CA. 2/1/11 paper due. 4/1/2011 notification. 5/1/2011 final.
- ICML 2011, 6/28-7/2/11, Bellevue, WA. 2/1/11 paper due. 3/25-3/30/11 feedback. 4/19/11 notification.
- NIPS 2011. 12/13-12/17/11, Granada, Spain.
- Cogsci 2011, Boston, MA. 7/20-7/23/11. 2/1/11 paper due. 4/1/11 notification. 5/1/11 photo ready.
- GECCO 2011, 7/12-7/16/11, Dublin, Ireland. 2/9/11 paper due. 3/23/11 notification. 4/18/11 camera ready.
- Vision conferences: http://iris.usc.edu/Information/Iris-Conferences.html
Funding Agencies
- grants.gov
- McDonnell Foundation: 3/7/05.
- Columbia U: Funding resources
- Grant Doctor (a column in Science's NextWave).
- W. M. Keck Foundation
- TAMU Dean of Faculties: with some
useful information.
- NSF GPG
- NSF Grant Policy Manual
- NSF Cost Sharing Policy (10/2004)
- NSF Budget 2004
- NSF Fastlane Award Search
- NIH PHS 398 Grant Application Guide and Forms: (PDF download)
- NIH
R21 grant info: 15 page limit
- Texas Higher Edu. Coord. Board: ARP/ATP
- NSF CAREER (Deadlines: CISE 7/20/04, ENG 7/21/04, SBE 7/22/04)
- NSF CAREER contacts;
- NIH
- NIH
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science:
BN-T: Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (Glanzman): February 1, June 1, October 1
- NSF Special Programs
- DST:
Digital society and technologies
(DST: NSF 03-611; due 12/6/04).
- IGERT:
Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship Program (IGERT: NSF 04-550 ): prelim due 4/29/2004; full due 10/29/2004 (by invitation only).
(SEIII: NSF 04-528): Due 3/4/04.
- ITR:
Information Technology Research (ITR: NSF 04-012): Letter of intent 1/14/04. Deadline 2/24/04.
- CRCNS:
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS: NSF 04-514): 12/10/03 (letter of intent), 1/30/04 (full proposal due).
- MMBBB:
Interagency Opportunities in Multi-Scale Modeling in
Biomedical, Biological, and Behavioral Systems (MMBBB):
(NSF04-607)
ENG directorate. 9/22 LOI, 11/9/04 (due). FAQ page
- SEIII:
Science and Engineering Information Integration and Informatics (SEIII):
(NSF 04-528)
CISE/IIS. 12/15/04 full proposal due.
- EMT:
Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation (EMT):
(NSF 05-501)
CISE. 2/4/05 (due).
- CISE: IIS
Advancing Collaborative and
Intelligent Systems and their Societal Implications:
NSF 05-551
due May 05, 2005 Robust Intelligence, Digital Government, Digital Libraries and Archives.
- NSF Directorates
- Deadlines
AI, Cognitive Science, Vision, Philosophy, and Art
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive Science
- Vision
- Philosophy of Mind
- Journal of Consciousness Studies
- A field guide to philosophy of mind
- Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy. Some entries of interest include:
action,
behaviorism, cognitive science,
connectionism,
category theory,
causation (causal processes),
causation (probabilistic),
identity theory of mind (mind==brain state),
mental representation,
philosophy of neuroscience,
- Dictionary
of Philosophy of Mind, Chris Eliasmith, Ed.
- Consciousness and the
brain: Annotated bibliography, Ralph D. Ellis and
Natika Newton, Eds.
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David Chalmer's homepage at U of Arizona
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HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality,
David G. Stork (Editor), MIT Press, 1996. (e-book)
- The Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
- Analogy and Metaphor
- Animal Cognition
- Liberal Arts
- Agora,
a liberal arts portal (in Korean):
- Deanima:
Philosophy of mind and symbolic logic section.
- Other
Neuroscience
Computational
- Jim Perlewitz's Computational Neuroscience Resource Collection
- DeLiang (Leon) Wang:
perception and neurodynamics (at Ohio State U)
- Eugene M. Izhikevich:
Canonical model of neuron dynamics (at NSI).
- David Touretzky at CMU.
- Neural Networks for Computer Scientists by Wulfram Gerstner at EPFL, Switzerland.
- Computation Neuroscience by Dawei Dong at FAU.
- Collection of Neural Networks and Computational Neuroscience Courses by Sebastian Seung at MIT.
- Unsupervised Learning Course at Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at Cambridge (Fall, 2000)
Experimental
- MIT Series on Fundamentals of Brain and Mind: A Short Course on Neuroscience
- Neuroscience @ NIH
- NIH Seminar Series: videocast of NIH seminars in Realplayer format.
- Neuroscience Tutorial
at The Washington University School of Medicine.
- Neuroscience at TAMU:
Louise C. Abbott,
Frye,
Grau,
Griffith.
- Maunsell Lab at Baylor College
of Medicine: attention in visual system.
- McCormick Lab at
Yale Medical School: modulatory role of thalamus.
- Destexhe Lab at CNRS, France: computational models of thalamus.
- Huguenard Lab at Stanford: thalamocortical synchrony and epilepsy.
- dLGN info FAQ: nice summary of known facts about the lateral geniculate nucleus.
- TMS resource page by Risto Ilmoniemi
- TMS Resources by Matthew Kirkcaldie
- Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering
Other
- The Word Detective
- The Craft of Research,
by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams.
- Lessons in Electric Circuits
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It is just for the matter of convenience.
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