Japanese Neural Network Society 34th Annual Meeting (JNNS2024)

“Symphony of structure and information”

Hokkaido University, Sapporo

September 11 (Wed) – 13 (Fri), 2024

Program

About

JNNS2024 will be held as follows. This is the annual meeting organized by Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). Join the meeting and share and discuss your ideas.

DaySeptember 11 (Wed) AM – 13 (Fri) PM
VenueClark Memorial Student Center, Hokkaido University (Sapporo)
[Oral]Lecture Hall, 1st Floor, Clark Memorial Student Center
[Poster, Exhibition]Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor, Clark Memorial Student Center
[Banquet]12th (Thu) 19:00 – 21:00 at Hokkaido University Open Innovation Hub “Enreiso”

Program

[Keynote Lecture 1]

Brent Doiron
Heinrich Kluver Professor of Neurobiology and Statistics
Director of the Grossman Center for Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior
The University of Chicago

[Keynote Lecture 2]

Miki Haseyama
Vice President of Hokkaido University
Professor at Faculty of Information Science and Technology
Director of the Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Emergence Department
Hokkaido University
Energizing the Youth through AI Reserches and their Social Implementation
~ Examples of Advanced Research and Education at Hokkaido University, and the Semiconductors ~

[JNNS Symposium 1]
Synergy Structures brought by Harmony of Hardware and Brain Models
( Organizer: Takashi Morie [Kyushu Institute of Technology] )
Sakyasingha Dasgupta (EdgeCortix Inc.)
Shingo Akiyoshi (QuantumCore Inc.)
Jun Deguchi (KIOXIA Co.)
Masanao Yamaoka (Hitachi, Ltd.)

[JNNS Symposium 2]
Beyond borders: Exploring the future of Neuroscience with Japanese scholars abroad
( Organizer: Hideaki Shimazaki [Kyoto University] )
Naoki Hiratani (Washington University in St Louis)
Ayaka Kato (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Naoki Masuda (State University of New York at Buffalo)

[JNNS Symposium 3]
CHAIN Symposium: Hokkaido University Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience
Dynamical systems theoretical approach to understanding the brain and neural circuits
( Organizer: Masatoshi Yoshida [Hokkaido University], Keiichi Kitajo [National Institute for Physiological Sciences] )
Masatoshi Yoshida (Hokkaido University)
Tom Froese (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Gouki Okazawa (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)
Hiroshi Yokoyama (Shiga University)
Akari Matsuki (Hokkaido University)

[Satellite symposium]
Joint Symposium of Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
“Biology of Behavior Change” (BrainDyn-BC)
“Adaptive Circuit Census” (ACC)
“Unified Theory of Prediction and Action”

Important dates

Paper SubmissionApril 11th (Thu) – May 16th (Thu), 2024 → New deadline: May 31st (Fri) [Extended]
Registration StartMay 9th (Thu), 2024
Acceptance NotificationEnd of June, 2024
Registration EndJuly 18 (Thu), 2024
Program AvailableMid August, 2024
Application for AwardApril 11th (Thu) – June 20th (Thu), 2024
Main MeetingSeptember 11th (Wed) – 13th (Fri), 2024

Access

Award

The Japanese Neural Network Society will present the Conference Encouragement Award to a young researcher who has presented an excellent paper at this conference.
The award will be given to the first author and presenter, who is a member of JNNS and under 35 years old and has not received this award before.
Both oral and poster presentations are eligible for selection, but the paper of two A4 pages in length must be submitted at the time of submission.
Those wishing to be considered for the award should complete the nomination form on the last page of the application guidelines in Japanese (MS-Word) and submit it to the conference secretariat by e-mail ( jnns_am2024chair [at] jnns.org ). In addition to the conference encouragement award, we are also considering presenting an award for younger participants.

Committee

PresidentTetsuya Asai (Hokkaido University)
Executive Committee ChairJun Nishikawa (Hokkaido University)
Program Committee ChairHideaki Shimazaki (Kyoto University)
Program Committee Co-ChairTomoki Kurikawa (Future University of Hakodate)
Committee MembersTomohiko Yoshizawa (Hokkaido University)
Tadashi Yamazaki (University of Electro-Communications)
Naoyuki Sato (Future University of Hakodate)
Kazuyuki Samejima (Tamagawa University)
Fumino Fujiyama (Hokkaido University)
Yusuke Tomina (Hokkaido University)
As of April 11th, 2024

JNNS2024 Office
jnns2024_chair [at] jnns.org