Chairperson: Javier Ropero Peláez. Co-chair: Diego Andina

Recent advances in the understanding of biological neurons and neural systems could be of great benefit to improve the biological plausibility and even the performance of artificial neural networks. Synaptic normalization, computation in synaptic glomeruli, metaplasticity, synchronization among neurons, intrinsic plasticity, synaptic transformation, retrograde action potentials, dendro-dendritic interactions and the dual (tonic or burst) behavior of specific neurons are examples of the kind of biological facts that could help in the design of artificial neural systems. In this special session, we encourage neuroscientist to share their findings on neural properties with computational potential. At the same time, this session is a good opportunity for neural designers to show how their neural systems were improved by the usage of biological paradigms. Do not hesitate to participate in this multidisciplinary session of IWINAC 2011 that will be held in Canary Islands from May 30 to June 3, 2011.

Please submit your abstracts to the organizers of this Special Session until 31th January, 2011.