International Conference on Brain-Mind
2013
Preliminary Program at a Glance

Day 1, Saturday July 27^th Room 1420 Biomedical and Physical Science Building
08:45-09:15 09:15-09:30	Registration Opening Messages
Day 1 AM Session Chair: Gonzalo Munevar
09:30-10:30	Invited Talk: Neural Coding and Decoding: An Overview of the Neuroscience and Neurophysiology behind Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces. Speaker: Beata Jarosiewicz (Brown University) Video
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-11:40	Skull-Closed Autonomous Development: WWN-7 Dealing with Scales Speaker: Xiaofeng Wu (Fudan University) Video

11:40-12:00	Motor Neuron Splitting for Efficient Learning in Where-What Network Speaker: Zejia Zheng (Michigan State University) Video
12:00-14:00	Lunch
	Day 1 PM Session Chair: Beata Jarosiewicz
14:00-15:00	Invited Talk: Resting-State fMRI and Applications Speaker: David C. Zhu (Michigan State University) Video
15:00-15:30	Break
15:30-16:30	Invited Talk: Examining the Effects of Avatar-body Schema Integration Speaker: Rabindra (Robby) Ratan (Michigan State University) Video
16:30-17:10	Serious Game Modeling of Caribou Behavior across Lake Huron Using Cultural Algorithms and Influence Maps Speaker: Robert G. Reynolds (Wayne State University) Video
18:00-20:00	Reception (All invited)

Day 2, Sunday, July 28^th Room 1420 Biomedical and Physical Science Building Day 2 AM Session Chair: Juyang Weng
09:00-10:00	Invited Talk: BrainGate: Toward the Development of Brain-Computer Interfaces for People with Paralysis. Speaker: Beata Jarosiewicz (Brown University) Video
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-11:10	Establish the three theorems: DP Optimally Self-Programs Logics Directly from Physics Speaker: Juyang Weng (Michigan State University) Video
11:10-11:30	Neuroscientific Critique of Depression as Adaptation Speakers: Gonzalo Munevar and Donna Irvan (Lawrence Technological University) Video
11:30-13:30	Business Lunch Meeting (All invited)

Day 2 PM Session Chair: Taosheng Liu
13:30-14:30	Invited Talk: Obama’s Brain Initiative and Resistance from the Status Quo Speaker: Juyang Weng (Michigan State University) Video
14:30-15:10	Neural Modulation for Reinforcement Learning in Developmental Networks Facing an Exponential No. of States Speaker: Hao Ye (Fudan University) Video
15:10-15:40	Break
15:40-16:40	Invited Talk: Representation of Attentional Priority in Human Cortex Speaker: Taosheng Liu (Michigan State University) Video
16:40-17:20	The Ontology of Consciousness Speaker: Eugene M. Brooks (Providence Hospital) Video