BAMB! 2023 will take place from July 19 - 27, 2023. For more information please see: www.bambschool.org.

BAMB! teaches advanced techniques in model-based analysis of behavior (humans and other species) to cognitive and computational neuroscientists at PhD and early career levels. This will be achieved through structured lectures, talks, hands-on tutorials and group project aimed at making knowledge obtained directly applicable to the participants' own research. We want the trainees to acquire both the conceptual bases and the technical skills that will enable them to pursue a full modelling approach on their own when they come back to their lab.

The course is intended for PhD students and postdocs in cognitive and computational neuroscience with  solid background in computational/quantitative analysis to benefit maximally from the advanced training offered by the course. Proficiency in either Python or Matlab is also required. We will seek a nice blend of experimentalists (cognitive psychology / neuroscience) and theoreticians (with or without experience in cognitive modeling). Scientists from underrepresented groups and countries are especially encouraged to apply.

Dates and location: July 19 - 27, 2023, downtown Barcelona, Spain

Organizers:

Alex Hyafil (CRM, Barcelona)
Marion Rouault (Paris Brain Institute)
Heike Stein (ENS Paris)
Chris Summerfield (Oxford / Deepmind)
Klaus Wimmer (CRM, Barcelona)

The BARCCSYN meeting is a forum for the computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience community​ from the Barcelona area​.

Place: Institut d'Estudis Catalans​ (carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona)

Organizers:
Gemma Huguet | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – CRM
Chiara Mastrogiuseppe | Universitat Pompeu Fabra 
Adrián Ponce Álvarez | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Klaus Wimmer | CRM

Barccsyn is about bringing together researchers from computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience.  Our goal is to provide a forum for lively discussion and promote active collaboration between Barcelona-based research groups, especially between theorists and experimentalists.​
This is the tenth annual Barccsyn conference.  The conference will be held on Thursday and Frdiay, May 25 and 26, 2023, at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.  Each day we will have 8-10 brief oral presentations from local researchers, a poster session and a longer keynote lecture.

​Keynote Speakers

Julijana Gjorgjieva, Technische Universität München
Maurizio Mattia, Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)

For more information, abstract submission and registration, please see: https://www.crm.cat/barccsyn-2023/

BAMB! 2022 will take place from Sept 1 to Sept 8, 2022. For more information please see: www.bambschool.org.

BAMB! is an EMBO Practical Course that teaches advanced techniques in model-based analysis of behavior (humans and other species) to cognitive and computational neuroscientists at PhD and early career levels. This will be achieved through structured lectures, talks, hands-on tutorials and group project aimed at making knowledge obtained directly applicable to the participants' own research. We want the trainees to acquire both the conceptual bases and the technical skills that will enable them to pursue a full modelling approach on their own when they come back to their lab.

The course is intended for PhD students and postdocs in cognitive and computational neuroscience with  solid background in computational/quantitative analysis to benefit maximally from the advanced training offered by the course. Proficiency in either Python or Matlab is also required. We will seek a nice blend of experimentalists (cognitive psychology / neuroscience) and theoreticians (with or without experience in cognitive modeling). Scientists from underrepresented groups and countries are especially encouraged to apply.

Dates and location: September 1-8 2022, downtown Barcelona, Spain

Organizers:

Chris Summerfield (Oxford / Deepmind)
Klaus Wimmer (CRM, Barcelona)
Alex Hyafil (UPF/CRM, Barcelona)

The BARCCSYN meeting is a forum for the computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience community​ from the Barcelona area​.

Place: Institut d'Estudis Catalans​ (carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona)

Organizers:
Gloria Cecchini | UB
Sara Ibañez | CRM
Alex Roxin | CRM
Carles Sindreu | UB-IDIBAPS

Barccsyn is about bringing together researchers from computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience.  Our goal is to provide a forum for lively discussion and promote active collaboration between Barcelona-based research groups, especially between theorists and experimentalists.​
This is the tenth annual Barccsyn conference.  The conference will be held on Thursday and Frdiay, May 26 and 27, 2022, at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.  Each day we will have 8-10 brief oral presentations from local researchers, a poster session and a longer keynote lecture.

​Keynote Speaker

Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Universität Bonn)

For more information, abstract submission and registration, please see: https://www.crm.cat/barccsyn-2022/

The BARCCSYN meeting is a forum for the computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience community​ from the Barcelona area​.

Place: Institut d'Estudis Catalans​ (carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona)

Organizers:
Alex Hyafil, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
Diogo Santos-Pata, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Silvana Silva Pereira, Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC-UPF)

Barccsyn is about bringing together researchers from computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience.  Our goal is to provide a forum for lively discussion and promote active collaboration between Barcelona-based research groups, especially between theorists and experimentalists.​
This is the ninth annual Barccsyn conference.  The conference will be held on Monday and Tuesday, July 5 and 6, 2021, at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.  Each day we will have 8-10 brief oral presentations from local researchers, a poster session and a longer keynote lecture.

​Keynote Speaker

Ruth de Diego Balaguer (UB)
Adrián Ponce Álvarez (UPF)
Luca Bonatti (UPF)

For more information, abstract submission and registration, please see: https://www.crm.cat/barccsyn-2021/

BAMB! 2020 will take place from Sept 2 to Sept 9, 2020. For more information please see: www.bambschool.org.

BAMB! teaches advanced techniques in model-based analysis of behavior (humans and other species) to cognitive and computational neuroscientists at PhD and early career levels. This will be achieved through structured lectures, talks, hands-on tutorials and group project aimed at making knowledge obtained directly applicable to the participants' own research. We want the trainees to acquire both the conceptual bases and the technical skills that will enable them to pursue a full modelling approach on their own when they come back to their lab.

The course is intended for PhD students and postdocs in cognitive and computational neuroscience with  solid background in computational/quantitative analysis to benefit maximally from the advanced training offered by the course. Proficiency in either Python or Matlab is also required. We will seek a nice blend of experimentalists (cognitive psychology / neuroscience) and theoreticians (with or without experience in cognitive modeling).Female scientists and scientists from underrepresented countries are especially encouraged to apply.

Dates and location: September 2-9, downtown Barcelona, Spain

Organizers:

Chris Summerfield (Oxford / Deepmind)
Klaus Wimmer (CRM, Barcelona)
Alex Hyafil (UPF/CRM, Barcelona)

It is our pleasure to announce a Hands-on course on neural data science. The course is part of the XIII Summer School in Statistics organized by the Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC) and the Universitat de Barcelona (UB).

Venue: UPC campus in Barcelona (Spain)

Dates: 1st to 5th of July 2019.

Course Description: (https://mesioupcub.masters.upc.edu/en/xiii-summer-school-2019/courses/hands-on-course-on-neural-data-science-july-1st-to-5th)

The course focuses on several aspects of data science applied to data recorded from the brain: statistical modeling, graph theory, statistical analysis and machine learning. The course is based on a learn-by-coding philosophy: the students will develop a data-driven project throughout the course to understand and apply some of the taught techniques under the supervision of the teachers. Many methods explained during this course can be applied to different data outside brain sciences, so previous experience in neuroscience is not required.

The course includes statistical modeling of time series, graph theory (with GAlib package) and machine learning (with scikit-learn package).

Registration: https://mesioupcub.masters.upc.edu/en/xiii-summer-school-2019/xiii-summer-school-2019

For further information, you can contact gestio.summerschool.fme@upc.edu

Organizers and Instructors:
Andrea Insabato, Adrià Tauste, Matthieu Gilson and Gorza Zamora-López

The BARCCSYN meeting is a forum for the computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience community​ from the Barcelona area​.

Place: Sala Pere Joan i Coromines​, Institut d'Estudis Catalans​ (carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona)

Organizers:
Alex Hyafil, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
Diogo Pata, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Silvana Silva Pereira, Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC-UPF)

Barccsyn is about bringing together researchers from computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience.  Our goal is to provide a forum for lively discussion and promote active collaboration between Barcelona-based research groups, especially between theorists and experimentalists.​ This is the nineth annual Barccsyn conference.  The conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 28th and 29th, 2020, at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.  Each day we will have 8-10 brief oral presentations from local researchers, a poster session and a longer keynote lecture from a renowned researcher from abroad. You can check the past editions here​​​.   

​Keynote Speakers:

Megan Carey​, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

Jonathan Pillow​, Princeton University

The RETREAT is a forum for the computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience community​ from the Barcelona area​.

Place: Hotel Bremon, Cardona.

The retreat is an annual event for researchers working in computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience in the Barcelona area. The event will take place in the village of Cardona. It will start on Thursday, November 7th, around lunch time until Saturday, 9th, in the morning. It will consist of a series of scientific, community and social activities: the detailed program will be soon available.

For more information and registration, please see here.

Marseille, France, 26th-27th September 2019

Organizing Committee:

Daniele Schon

Benjamin Morillon

Mira Didic

Pascale Quilichini

Venue:

Campus Santé La Timone (Amphithéatre Toga)

27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.

Save the date, and pass on the information to your students and postdocs!

Inscriptions and Poster Submission will be open in 2019; please stay tuned!

Applications to the new Barcelona summer school for Advanced Modelling of Behavior (BAMB!) are open until June 3rd. Please see the course website for further details: www.bambschool.org.

BAMB! teaches advanced techniques in model-based analysis of behavior (humans and other species) to cognitive and computational neuroscientists at PhD and early career levels. This will be achieved through structured lectures, talks, hands-on tutorials and group project aimed at making knowledge obtained directly applicable to the participants' own research. We want the trainees to acquire both the conceptual bases and the technical skills that will enable them to pursue a full modelling approach on their own when they come back to their lab.

The course is intended for PhD students and postdocs in cognitive and computational neuroscience with  solid background in computational/quantitative analysis to benefit maximally from the advanced training offered by the course. Proficiency in either Python or Matlab is also required. We will seek a nice blend of experimentalists (cognitive psychology / neuroscience) and theoreticians (with or without experience in cognitive modeling).Female scientists and scientists from underrepresented countries are especially encouraged to apply.

Dates and location: September 4-10, downtown Barcelona, Spain

Organizers:

Chris Summerfield (Oxford / Deepmind)
Klaus Wimmer (CRM, Barcelona)
Alex Hyafil (UPF/CRM, Barcelona)

Confirmed Faculty:
Jean Daunizeau (ICM, Paris)
Alex Hyafil (UPF/CRM, Barcelona)
Kerstin Preuschoff (Geneva)
Alfonso Renart (Champalimaud)
Maneesh Sahani (UCL)
Chris Summerfield (Oxford / Deepmind)
Klaus Wimmer (CRM, Barcelona)
Angela Yu (UC San Diego)

The summer school benefits from the generous support of the William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund, from the Sociedad Española de Neurociencia and from the Centre de Recerca Matemática.

The Barcelona Cognition Brain and Technology is an annual international summer school that promotes a shared systems-level understanding of the functional architecture of the brain and its possible emulation in artificial systems. This school addresses students and researchers involved in research at the interface between brains and technology such as in the ambit of "Bio-ICT convergence" "Brain Inspired ICT" and "cognitive systems and robotics".

Students will have the opportunity to attend lectures from prominent scientists in the field of brain research, cognitive science and neuroscience, artificial intelligence and related fields. Students will also attend tutorials and work on projects that will be presented at the end of the 2 weeks of the summer school.

Programme committee

Paul Verschure IBEC, ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
Tony Prescott University of Sheffield, UK
Anna Mura IBEC, Barcelona, Spain

In collaboration with

- Viktoria Tipotsch, HBP Education Programme, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

This summer, 120 high school students will have the chance to enjoy a new BIYSC experience. The 4th BIYSC will be held July 8th to 19th 2019 in Barcelona.

During this intensive period of time, the participants will not only be living together with their international colleagues that share their same passion, but also enjoy their time by:

• Attending to the opening ceremony in the UNESCO World Heritage Site La Pedrera (Casa Milà).

• Working hands-on in a project within a research center of their choice.

• Attending scientific lectures from leading scientists and participating in debates and discussions on the challenges and that scientists face today.

• Visiting some of the top international industrial sites and research facilities across Catalonia.

• Sightseeing of Barcelona and surroundings, and taking part in the social and networking activities.

• Presenting their project’s results in the closing ceremony in La Pedrera (Casa Milà).

It is our pleasure to announce a Hands-on course on neural data science. The course is part of the XIII Summer School in Statistics organized by the Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC) and the Universitat de Barcelona (UB).

Venue: UPC campus in Barcelona (Spain)

Dates: 1st to 5th of July 2019.

Course Description: (https://mesioupcub.masters.upc.edu/en/xiii-summer-school-2019/courses/hands-on-course-on-neural-data-science-july-1st-to-5th)

The course focuses on several aspects of data science applied to data recorded from the brain: statistical modeling, graph theory, statistical analysis and machine learning. The course is based on a learn-by-coding philosophy: the students will develop a data-driven project throughout the course to understand and apply some of the taught techniques under the supervision of the teachers. Many methods explained during this course can be applied to different data outside brain sciences, so previous experience in neuroscience is not required.

The course includes statistical modeling of time series, graph theory (with GAlib package) and machine learning (with scikit-learn package).

Registration: https://mesioupcub.masters.upc.edu/en/xiii-summer-school-2019/xiii-summer-school-2019

For further information, you can contact gestio.summerschool.fme@upc.edu

Organizers and Instructors:
Andrea Insabato, Adrià Tauste, Matthieu Gilson and Gorza Zamora-López

3rd International Conference of the Trisomy 21 Research Society.

PuigLab is a local organizer of this event.

The BARCCSYN meeting is a forum for the computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience community​ from the Barcelona area​.

Place: Sala Pere Joan i Coromines​, Institut d'Estudis Catalans​ (carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona)

Organizers:
Jaime de la Rocha, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer​
Gabriela Mochol, CBC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ernest Montbrió, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Barccsyn is about bringing together researchers from computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience.  Our goal is to provide a forum for lively discussion and promote active collaboration between Barcelona-based research groups, especially between theorists and experimentalists.​
This is the eighth annual Barccsyn conference.  The conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 30th and 31st, 2019, at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.  Each day we will have 8-10 brief oral presentations from local researchers, a poster session and a longer keynote lecture from a renowned researcher from abroad.  You can check the past editions here​​​.   

​Keynote Speaker
Roozbeh Kiani, Center for Neural Science/New York University
Máté Lengyel​, University of Cambridge 
Cristina Márquez Vega​, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante