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Upcoming Open Lab Online seminars and workshops

by Nada El Mahmoudi

Dear all, We are happy to share several upcoming Open Lab Online events on open tools, training, and methods in neuroscience and behavior. Open Lab Online is an international initiative that organizes accessible online seminars and workshops around open-source tools, experimental methods, and training across neuroscience and behavior. Animal Training Methods Across Species From Experimental Design to Naturalistic Behavior This seminar series will explore how animals are trained to interact with experimental tasks, touchscreens, vehicles, virtual environments, and naturalistic paradigms. First confirmed speakers include Kelly Lambert, Jennifer Taylor-O’Connor, Rainer Friedrich, Matthew Isaacson, and Marieke Schölvinck & Martha Nari Havenith, with additional seminars to be announced. Dates: 14 October, 4 November, 25 November, 20 January, 10 February Time: 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT for 14 October; 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST from November Full program and registration: https://nenckiopenlab.org/animal-training-methods-across-species/ Neural Data Analysis with Open-Source Tools From Raw Signals to Behavior-Linked Activity This hands-on workshop series will introduce an open-source workflow for neural data analysis, taught directly by the developers of the tools. The series will cover: SpikeInterface → Bombcell → Pynapple → NeMoS Part 1: Spike Sorting and Curation 19–20 October, 15:00–18:00 CEST / 09:00–12:00 EDT each day Modules: SpikeInterface + Bombcell Part 2: Behavior-Linked Analysis and Modeling 26–27 October, 14:00–15:30 CET / 09:00–10:30 EDT each day Modules: Pynapple + NeMoS Full program and registration: https://nenckiopenlab.org/neuraldata/ Bonsai Module I Workshops We will also host two Bonsai Module I workshops for participants interested in behavioral experiments, video tracking, closed-loop systems, and real-time data acquisition. 29 September, 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT https://nenckiopenlab.org/event/2200/ 13 October, 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT https://nenckiopenlab.org/event/bonsai-module-i-2/ Please feel free to share these events with anyone who may be interested. To receive future Open Lab Online announcements, you can subscribe to the mailing list here<https://5584ba20.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFADA4d4FHqdFYLj0P-heCkOQ5zMtIUiggjmg…>. You can also join the Open Lab Online Discord here<https://discord.gg/z7gvyj9yrV>. Best wishes, The Open Lab Online Team Dr. Nada El Mahmoudi Post-doctoral researcher, Peyrache lab The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute) McGill University, Canada

Sept. 24, 2026

Announcement: daftar 1.0 — recording what produced each computational result

by Aslan Satary Dizaji

Dear all, I would like to share an open-source tool that may be useful to people running simulations and model fits. The problem. Experiment trackers such as MLflow and Weights & Biases assume an experiment is a training loop with epochs, losses and checkpoints. A Hodgkin–Huxley simulation, a hierarchical fit across participants, or an EEG preprocessing pipeline has none of those. Months later it is often impossible to say which code version, environment and seed produced a given figure. What it does. One decorator or context manager around existing code records the environment, git state, every parameter, every seed, and content hashes of inputs into a plain-JSON manifest. daftar diff then compares two runs and separates fields that could have caused a difference from fields that merely record one — including the case where results differ and nothing that could have caused it does, which is a finding rather than a glitch. Seeds are applied rather than merely recorded, since noting that a run was irreproducible does not help anyone. Ten adapters record framework-specific state a generic tracker cannot infer: the integration method Brian2 auto-selected (it is stored nowhere), which ICA components were excluded in MNE, which confounds were regressed out in Nilearn, whether a NEURON compiled mechanism is stale relative to its .mod sources. No dependencies, no server, no account, no network access. Apache 2.0. Currently in peer review at pyOpenSci. pip install daftar https://github.com/aslansd/daftar One thing that emerged from building it, which may interest this list: four independent frameworks (MNE, cpm, Brian2, sbi) all report only one of the two reasons an optimiser stops. A fit that hit its iteration limit is indistinguishable from one that converged. I would welcome criticism, particularly from anyone who has previously tried a reproducibility tool and stopped using it. Aslan Satary Dizaji https://turan-cybernetics.com/ https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/aslansdizaji

Sept. 24, 2026

30 RTAIM Online Seminar - "Assessing the Ethical Risks of AI-Based Tools for Causal Inference from Real-World Evidence (RWE) in Medicines Evaluation"

by steven gouveia

[??] 30 RTAIM Online Seminar [??] 24 September | 14:00 (Porto) [??] Online via Microsoft Teams Tamas Soroncz-Szabo Physician, epidemiologist, visiting lecturer in clinical research methods, and medical project expert for the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). [???] Assessing the Ethical Risks of AI-Based Tools for Causal Inference from Real-World Evidence (RWE) in Medicines Evaluation The talk will examine how AI is increasingly used to analyse real-world health data for medicines evaluation — and the ethical and regulatory risks that arise when AI-supported conclusions can influence efficacy, patient safety, and healthcare decisions. [??] Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/389914877372834...<https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/389914877372834?p=2VyrR9YvPfgVE9glG6&fbcli…> Meeting ID: 389 914 877 372 834 Passcode: Vn95Mb6h More info: https://ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/seminar-30-rtaim

Sept. 23, 2026

New PhD & Postdoc Opportunities in Computational Neuroscience & Computational Psychiatry

by Nadja R. Ging Jehli

Dear colleagues, We are building a new computational modeling hub at the University of Arizona - join us and grow with us! Ari Kahn and I are joining forces to build a closely connected computational community across two complementary labs at the intersection of decision science, cognitive neuroscience, and computational psychiatry. Together, the Kahn Lab and the NAIADEL Lab are recruiting multiple PhD students for Fall 2027 as well as postdoctoral researchers. Our groups tackle some shared questions from complementary angles: The Kahn Lab studies how people build predictive models of complex environments, use them to plan, and select among planning strategies. This work draws on reinforcement learning, successor representations, network science, control theory, and neuroimaging. Learn more here: www.kahnlab.org<https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekahnlab%2Eorg&ur…> The NAIADEL Lab studies how humans and artificial agents infer whether their actions matter, adapt when control shifts, and decide whether to persist, switch, or disengage after setbacks. This work draws on reinforcement learning, sequential sampling models, neural networks, and economic theory. Learn more here: www.naiadel.com<https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enaiadel%2Ecom&ur…> Where we converge: We are especially excited about the intersection of meta-learning and meta-control. How do adaptive agents, biological or artificial, select among strategies? How do they recognize when a strategy is failing? And how do they revise their internal models under uncertainty and partial control? Trainees will be based primarily in one lab while benefiting from joint research meetings, shared computational infrastructure, and opportunities for cross-lab collaboration and co-mentorship. How to get involved: Prospective PhD students: Drop us a line with your CV and research interests. The Fall 2027 Psychology PhD application window opens October 15: Ph.D. Cognition and Neural Systems | Psychology<https://psychology.arizona.edu/cns> Postdoctoral candidates and other inquiries: Reach out directly with your CV and a brief statement of your research interests. arikahn(a)arizona.edu<mailto:arikahn@arizona.edu> nadjaging(a)arizona.edu<mailto:nadjaging@arizona.edu> We are very grateful for anyone who shares this within their broader network. Best, Nadja Nadja R. Ging-Jehli, PhD Assistant Professor Neurocomputation, Adaptive Intelligence, Agency Dynamics, & Embodied Learning (NAIADEL Lab) | www.naiadel.com<http://www.naiadel.com/> Cognition and Neuroscience Systems, Department of Psychology University of Arizona (614) 736-7755 | nadjaging(a)arizona.edu<mailto:nadjaging@arizona.edu> | nadja(a)gingjehli.com<mailto:nadja@gingjehli.com> | gingjehli.com<https://www.gingjehli.com/> [A button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature]<https://www.name-coach.com/nadja-gingjehli>

Sept. 23, 2026

Call for Papers: ACML 2026 (Encore Track)

by Levin Kuhlmann

ACML 2026 (the 18th Asian Conference on Machine Learning) is being held in Melbourne Australia on 1–4 December, just before NeurIPS in Sydney. The main conference, journal and workshop tracks have closed, but the Encore Track is still accepting submissions. It's a way to present work you've already had published or accepted at a leading venue (including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ACL, AAAI, JMLR, IEEE TPAMI) since 1 June 2025, through an encore talk in a topic-aligned session. Submission is lightweight: title, abstract, author details, PDF and publication URL (or evidence of acceptance if not yet published). Deadline: 18 October 2026, 11:59 PM AoE For more details visit https://www.acml-conf.org/2026/calls/papers/#encore-track If you have any questions, please contact Levin Kuhlmann ( levin.kuhlmann(a)monash.edu) Kind regards, Levin Kuhlmann Encore Track Chair, ACML 2026

Sept. 22, 2026

NeuroData AI Summer School: applications open for July 2027 at HHMI-Janelia

by Ben Dichter

Applications are open for the NeuroData AI Summer School, a one-week residential program on reanalyzing open neurophysiology data, July 19 to 24, 2027 at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia (arrive July 18, depart July 24 or 25). The school continues NeuroDataReHack, which ran five times from 2022 to 2026, and is now supported by a five-year NINDS R25 award. Participants learn to find, stream, and analyze NWB datasets on the DANDI Archive with tools such as SpikeInterface, Pynapple, NeMoS and Neurosift, and spend most of the week in small teams on a reanalysis project of their own. New this year is a track on AI methods for neural data, from foundation models to working effectively and responsibly with coding agents. Lectures are given by the people who build the tools, and every lecture is recorded and published. The school is free to attend. Lodging and meals are covered, and funding for travel is available. We welcome PhD students, postdocs, and faculty from all areas of neuroscience with basic Python or MATLAB experience. Preference goes to applicants with a specific reanalysis project in mind. Applications close January 29, 2027 and are reviewed on a rolling basis: https://neurodata-ai.org/apply <https://neurodata-ai.org/apply/?utm_source=SOURCE&utm_medium=email&utm_camp…> Past projects, recorded lectures, and reports from previous years: https://neurodata-ai.org <https://neurodata-ai.org/?utm_source=SOURCE&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=a…> Questions: ben.dichter(a)catalystneuro.com Ben Dichter Program Director, NeuroData AI Summer School

Sept. 22, 2026

Call for applications: Gatsby Unit PhD Programme 2027 entry

by I-Chun Lin

4-Year PhD Programme in Theoretical Neuroscience and Machine Learning Deadline: 17:00 GMT, Monday 9 November 2026 Applications are now open for the 2027 intake of the Gatsby Unit PhD programme at University College London (UCL). Students study toward a PhD in either machine learning or theoretical neuroscience, with minor emphasis in the complementary field. New students will join at the start of the academic year in September. First-year courses provide a solid foundation in machine learning, theoretical neuroscience and systems neuroscience, after which students pursue PhD projects specialising in machine learning, theoretical neuroscience, or both. Students benefit from close interaction with researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour and the ELLIS Unit at UCL, alongside strong links with other research groups across UCL and beyond. Full funding is available regardless of nationality. The studentship covers UCL tuition fees for both home and international students and includes an annual tax-free stipend as well as travel budget for attending conferences and workshops. We also welcome applicants who have secured, or are seeking, funding from other sources. The applicant should have a strong analytical and mathematical background, a keen interest in neuroscience, machine learning or both, and a relevant first degree, for example in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Neuroscience or Cognitive Psychology. Applications should be submitted directly to us through the Gatsby Recruitment Portal. Please review the information on the programme webpage (www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-unit-phd-programme<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-unit-phd-pr…>) carefully before starting your application. About the Unit The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit is a leading research centre focused on theoretical neuroscience and machine learning. Our research focuses on the mathematical principles of learning, perception, cognition and action in brains and machines. We study causality; neural systems; neural representations; neural data analysis; computation and dynamics; learning; theory of deep learning; reinforcement learning; kernel methods; graphical models; Bayesian statistics; network and relational data. For more information on our research, visit www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/research<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/research>. We are a community of around 50 academic, research and support staff, and students, committed to building an inclusive and supportive research environment. We function as far as possible as a single research group, with strong cohesion fostered via unit-wide activities such as tea hours, external seminars and journal clubs. Many leading researchers in machine learning and theoretical neuroscience have studied or worked in the Unit, including two Nobel Prize winners. Over 40% of our PhD and postdoctoral alumni hold faculty positions, while around 30% work in research development roles at companies such as Google DeepMind (itself founded by two of our alumni), Meta and Anthropic. Find out more about our faculty members and network of alumni at www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/people<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/people>. -- I-Chun Lin Scientific Programme Manager Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL

Sept. 22, 2026

Patagonian School of Science: Application deadline extended to 25 September 2026

by Ines Samengo

The deadline to apply for the Patagonian School of Science "Dynamics of Large-Scale Neural Systems" has been extended to September 25. The school will take place from December 8–19, 2026, at Brazo Huemul, on the northern shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi in Patagonia, Argentina. The school will bring together 20–25 PhD students and postdocs with international researchers to explore how large populations of neurons give rise to behaviour. The faculty includes Edvard Moser (2014 Nobel Laureate), Rafael Yuste, Susanne Schreiber, Carina Curto, Nachum Ulanovsky, Soledad Gonzalo Cogno, Christian Machens, Iván Davidovich, Valeria Della Maggiore, Emilio Kropff and Inés Samengo. The school will combine lectures, student presentations, workshops, discussions, and one-to-one interactions with faculty. It will take place in a remote setting with limited connectivity, creating an environment where participants can focus on scientific discussion and face-to-face interaction. Applications are open until September 25, 2026. The registration fee is USD 1,200 and includes accommodation and meals for the duration of the school. *Financial support may be available for students who do not have sufficient institutional funding.* Full information about the programme, faculty, and application process is available here: https://ib.edu.ar/patagonian_school_sciences2026/ Enquiries: psos(a)ib.edu.ar

Sept. 21, 2026

Call for Papers-ICICIP 2027, Vientiane and Luang Prabang, February 8-14, 2027 (Submission deadline: October 1, 2026)

by Nian Ashlee Zhang

*Call for Papers* Conference website: https://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icicip/ The 15th International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing (ICICIP 2027) will be held in Vientiane and Luang Prabang (the present and former capitals of Laos), from February 8-14, 2027. The conference will take place at rich historical and cultural sites, including two on UNESCO's World Heritage List and Tentative List. Building on the successes of previous events, ICICIP 2027 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present state-of-the-art research and applications across related fields. The conference will feature pre-conference, tutorials, plenary speeches given by world-renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, special sessions focusing on popular topics, and post-conference tutorials/workshops in conjunction with the main event. Authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICICIP 2027. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the conference's technical scope are solicited. Special sessions, organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers on focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed using the same criteria as for contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit brief proposals to the ICICIP 2027 special sessions chairs. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information, and brief biographical information on the organizers. Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (the nominal number of pages is 10) by the submission deadline through the online submission system. Special session organizers are also invited to enlist six or more papers with cohesive topics to form special sessions. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or is not copyright-protected elsewhere, and will be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to revise their papers and incorporate the referees' comments and suggestions. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements. Selected high-quality papers may be included in several journal special issues. The paper submission system is now open. Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IEEE.org/ICICIP/2027/Conference *Submission deadline: October 1, 2026*

Sept. 20, 2026

Postdoctoral Scholar Neuroimaging

by Ayan Sengupta

*WE ARE HIRING!* The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroimaging. Please apply here <https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNLV-external/job/UNLV1-Main-Campu…> . ------------------------------------------------- Ayan Sengupta, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sept. 18, 2026