========== Up-to-date information at: http://www.neurosci.aist.go.jp/~berthouz/MotDev.html ========== Madison is one of the great research universities and there are many opportunities for collaboration. Madison is also a great place to live and (personally speaking) if you are interested in bicycling, sailing (we are on four lakes) and other outdoor activities it is a terrific place, along with cultural opportunities which are outstanding for a medium sized city... (More about Mad City at http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/) ========== The time schedule for this publication is as follows: * Intention of contribution: February 28, 2006 * Manuscript submission: April 21, 2006 * Authors Notification: June 30, 2006 * Camera-ready submission: July 28, 2006 ========== to name a few. [submission] ========== While submitting your paper using the on-line paper submission system, please choose "Zh: Differential Evolution (Chakraborty)" as the "Main Research Topic". --- Papers must be submitted in PDF format through the online submission system --- Papers should be emailed as a PDF attachment to the guest editors ========== Detail instructions for preparing the manuscript are provided at http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/aiai2006/call/cfs.htm --- We expect extended abstracts six to eight pages long without special format. Authors of the accepted contributions will be invited to submit a paper in the format requested by the conference proceedingseditor. --- There will be no expectation that reviewers should act as editorial proof-readers high quality presentation is the responsibility of the authors, and inadequately prepared papers may be rejected. ========== Looking forward to receiving your paper(s) and meeting you at the conference in Athens. ========== It is my pleasure to inform you that * PROGRAM OF PLENARY AND SEMI PLENARY TALKS * AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACT * ONLINE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS * PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE * REGISTRATION FEES * SOCIAL EVENTS are available on our conference website would like to apologise for some erroneous information in my recent posting about the Gatsby Unit's 4 year PhD programme in theoretical neuroscience and machine learning (http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/teaching/phd/) The closing date for applications (to admissions@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk) is actually 15th January 2006. Peter Dayan