The Early Career Workshop on Tools and Technology in Neuroscience is now accepting paper and poster abstracts.
Deadline is August 15th.
See the Center for Philosophy of Science website for details:
Topics:
Technological innovation has always played a central role
in neuroscientific experimentation and theorizing. Historically, Nissl
and Golgi staining methods were crucial to allowing researchers to
produce data bearing on the neuron doctrine. More recently, NIH’s Brain
Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)
initiative has directed resources into the development of new
technologies in the hope that it will improve, or even revolutionize,
our understanding of the brain. Additionally, new computational
technologies potentially give insight into understanding how to link
behaviour to neuroscience in ways that many hope will impact clinical
practice.
The aim of this workshop is to explore how tools and
technology have advanced neuroscience and cognitive science and consider
their epistemological and broader philosophical implications. We are
inviting abstract submissions linked to the workshop’s main questions:
1) How are new technologies in neuroscience assessed and revised?
2) How have new technologies in neuroscience advanced debates in (philosophy of) cognitive science?
We welcome any abstracts related to the overall theme of
the workshop on tools and technology in neuroscience though preference
may be given to those that directly address the main questions. In
delimiting what counts as technology, we include both instruments and
devices that can be portable to different experimental contexts, but
also techniques, protocols and modelling tools. Examples could include
(but are not limited to): CLARITY, Scale, SeeDB, fMRI, Deep Brain
Stimulation, text/data mining methods, connectomics, MVPA, machine
learning, Brain-computer interfaces, DREADDs, optogenetics and TMS. We
hope this workshop encourages a substantive dialogue between researchers
in neuroscience/cognitive science and philosophy. To facilitate this,
each contributed talk will be paired with a commentator who is a senior
faculty member in philosophy/neuroscience as appropriate.
We encourage submissions from members of underrepresented groups.
Additionally, we recognise that members of underrepresented groups may
not have sufficient funding to travel frequently to conferences, may
have difficulty obtaining visas or may not be able to travel due to
disabilities or care commitments. To facilitate those who are unable to
travel for these reasons, we will be able to video conference
contributing speakers who would otherwise not be able to attend. Please
do not hesitate to contact us if you require more information.
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS AUGUST 15, 2019
Submission guidelines for presenters:
We invite the submission of extended abstracts (up to
1,000 words) by early career scholars (graduate students, post-docs and
untenured faculty) for individual paper presentations. Each accepted
contributing speaker will be given 25 minutes to present their paper,
followed by 10 minutes for commentary, a 5 minute author response, and
15 minutes for general discussion. If your abstract is accepted, full
papers (~4,000-5,000 words) will be due by mid-December in order to give
commentators time to send feedback before the conference.
Contributing speakers will be responsible for their own
travel costs. We will provide accommodation at a hotel nearby to the
conference venue, dinner on the first night of the conference and coffee
and refreshments throughout the conference.
Submissions should be made through Easychair and prepared for anonymous review: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neurotech2
We invite the submission of abstracts by graduate students
for our poster session. Abstract submissions for posters should include a
standard abstract (up to 250 words) and an accessible abstract (up to
250 words) that aims to describe your work without technical jargon to
researchers in different fields. There will be two poster prizes of $150
awarded to the best posters as judged by the Organizing Committee.
Accepted poster presenters will be responsible for their
own travel and accommodation costs. Coffee and refreshments throughout
the duration of the conference will be provided.
Submissions should be made through Easychair and be prepared for anonymous review: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neurotech2
Organizing Committee:
Morgan Thompson (University of Pittsburgh HPS)
Mahi Hardalupas (University of Pittsburgh HPS)
Colin Allen (University of Pittsburgh HPS)
Nathan Urban (University of Pittsburgh Neurobiology and CNBC)
Carl Craver (Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Philosophy and PNP program)
John Bickle (Mississippi State University Philosophy and University of Mississippi Medical Center)
Sponsors:
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh
Questions? Please direct all queries to neurotechconference@gmail.com