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Birmingham-Leiden Summer School in Computational Social Cognition 2025

by Lei Zhang

(sorry for cross-posting) We are delighted to welcome applications for the second edition of the Birmingham-Leiden Summer School in Computational Social Cognition (CSC) <https://www.compsoccog.com/>. The summer school is hosted at the University of Birmingham (UK), in collaboration with Leiden University (NL), and will take place from 2nd-5th September 2025. Apply by 18th April 2025 (see information below)! Attending the Birmingham-Leiden CSC Summer School will equip a diverse cohort of early career researchers (trainees through to junior faculty members) with the ability to understand, program, and interpret the output of a range of computational models of social cognition (e.g., reinforcement learning models, evidence accumulation models, Bayesian inference models) and their potential interaction with other modalities of measurements (e.g., fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking). Attendees will receive various types of training (keynote lectures, workshops, tutorials, etc) and work on a group project, both aimed at understanding modelling as well as the theoretical and practical inferences that can be drawn from computational models under social contexts. Keynote speakers: - Matthew Rushworth, University of Oxford (UK) - Diana Tamir, Princeton University, (USA) - David Amodio, University of Amsterdam, (NL) The full list of instructors is available at https://compsoccog.com/instructors-and-speakers. <https://compsoccog.com/instructors-and-speakers> For this year’s training program and organising committee, see https://www.compsoccog.com/about. To apply, please complete this form covering your motivation and experience <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcAccPZFTKLSfvKhwUwH3UQ-6FrpmiPbP…>, including a short CV. The deadline is 18th April 2025. Outcomes will be communicated in early May, with registration for successful applicants then open until mid-June. This year, the CSC Summer School received financial support from the William K. & Katherine W. Estes Fund in association with the Association of Psychological Science <https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/estes-fund> We hope to see you this summer in Birmingham! Jo (2025 co-lead), Lei (2025 co-lead), & Anna, on behalf of the CSC 2025 organising committee --- *Dr. Lei Zhang (He/Him)* Associate Professor/Principal Investigator, Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) & Institute for Mental Health (IMH) Psychology, College of Life & Environmental Sciences University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK *e: l.zhang.13(a)bham.ac.uk <l.zhang.13(a)bham.ac.uk> * *w: lei-zhang.net <https://lei-zhang.net/>* *t: @lei_zhang_lz <https://twitter.com/lei_zhang_lz>*

Feb. 17, 2025

Multiple PhD positions in Cognitive Neuroscience at SISSA - application deadline 20 March 2025

by Eugenio Piasini

Up to 6 PhD positions in Cognitive Neuroscience are available at SISSA, Trieste, starting October 2025. SISSA is an elite postgraduate research institution for Maths, Physics and Neuroscience, located in Trieste, Italy. SISSA operates in English, and its faculty and student community is diverse and strongly international. The Cognitive Neuroscience group (https://phdcns.sissa.it/) hosts 6 research labs that study the neuronal bases of time and magnitude processing, neuronal foundations of perceptual experience and learning in various sensory modalities, motivation and intelligence, language, and neural computation. Our research is highly interdisciplinary; our approaches include behavioral, psychophysics, and neurophysiological experiments with humans and animals, as well as computational, statistical and mathematical models. Students from a broad range of backgrounds (physics, maths, medicine, psychology, biology) are encouraged to apply. The selection procedure is now open. The application deadline for the spring admission round is 20 March 2025 at 1pm CET. Please apply here<https://pica.cineca.it/sissa/phd-cns-01-2025/>, and see the admission procedure page<https://phdcns.sissa.it/admission-procedure> for more information. Please contact the PhD Coordinator Mathew Diamond (diamond(a)sissa.it) and/or your prospective supervisor for more information and informal inquiries.

Feb. 17, 2025

📢 Reminder: FRCCS 2025 – Submit Your Work Before the Deadline!

by Hocine Cherifi

*Dear Colleagues,* 🚨 *Don’t miss your chance to contribute to FRCCS 2025!* We invite you to *submit your research* and join us in *Bordeaux* for an exciting exchange on *complex systems.* 🔥 *Submission Deadlines* ✅ *Main Conference:* *February 21, 2025* ✅ *Workshops:* *March 20, 2025* 🔗 *Submit your work:* CMT Submission Portal <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FRCCS2025/> 🌍 *More info:* FRCCS 2025 Website <https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/> ------------------------------ 🌟 *Discover FRCCS 2025 Workshops* In addition to the main conference, FRCCS 2025 features *specialized workshops* exploring key challenges in *complexity science.* These workshops provide *a unique platform* to engage with experts, exchange insights, and foster collaborations. 📢 *Workshops at FRCCS 2025:* 🎨 *Beauty in Complexity* – *Benjamin Renoust* 🔗 *Complex Networks and Blockchain for the Future of Trusted Connectivity* – *Annamaria Ficara* 🤝 *Emergence of Cooperation Across Scales* – *Emma Zajdela* 🧬 *Understanding Complex Systems in Biology – Tissue Growth, Morphogenesis, and Signal Dynamics* – *Xinyi Liu* 🧠 *Cognitive Biases in ABMs and Agent-Resolved Data* – *Damien Challet* 📊 *Decoding Success in Business and Economics: A Complexity Science Perspective* – *Fabian Braesemann* 🌐 *2nd Workshop on Complex Network Sparsification & Beyond* – *Hamida Seba* *📢** Ready to Contribute?* Be part of FRCCS 2025 by submitting your work and engaging in our workshops. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to *Bordeaux!* 💡 *Submit Now:* CMT Submission Portal <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FRCCS2025/>

Feb. 17, 2025

Fwd: [seminar.wwtns] NEW: More seminars of VVTNS 5th season are now online

by David Hansel

[image: VVTNS.png] https://www.wwtns.online <https://streaklinks.com/A9c7PbbpKY7PxB6PaAJWGD3-/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwtns.on…> - on twitter: wwtns@TheoreticalWide The following seminars are now available on the VVTNS website and YouTube channel ---------------------------------------------------------- Unraveling information processing through functional networks Hannah Choi Georgia Tech talk given on November 6, 2024 https://www.wwtns.online/past-seminars-2024-2025 ------------------------------------ The algebra of cognition Chris Eliasmith University of Waterloo talk given on November 20, 2024 https://www.wwtns.online/past-seminars-2024-2025 --------------------------------------- Back to the Continuous Attractor Memming Park Champalimaud Foundation talk given on November 27, 2024 https://www.wwtns.online/past-seminars-2024-2025 --------------------------------------- Properties of memory networks with excitatory-inhibitory assemblies Claire Meissner-Bernard Friedrich Miescher Institute for biomedical research, Basel talk given on December 18, 2024 https://www.wwtns.online/past-seminars-2024-2025 ---------------------------- Dense Associative Memory and its potential role in brain computation Dmitry Krotov IBM Research, Cambridge, USA talk given on January 8, 2025 https://www.wwtns.online/past-seminars-2024-2025 ----------------------------- New methods for tracking and control of dynamic animal behavior during learning Jonathan Pillow Princeton University talk given on January 15, 2025 https://www.wwtns.online/past-seminars-2024-2025 ----------------------------- *About VVTNS : Launched as the World Wide Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar (WWTNS) in November 2020 and renamed in homage to Carl van Vreeswijk in Memoriam (April 20, 2022), Speakers have the occasion to talk about theoretical aspects of their work which cannot be discussed in a setting where the majority of the audience consists of experimentalists. The seminars, **held on Wednesdays at 11 am ET,** are 45-50 min long followed by a discussion. The talks are recorded with authorization of the speaker and are available to everybody on our YouTube channel.* ᐧ

Feb. 16, 2025

World wide VVTNS series (fifth season): Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 11:00 am EST| Jens-Bastian Eppler , Centre de Recerca Matemàtica Barcelona

by David Hansel

[image: VVTNS.png] https://www.wwtns.online <https://streaklinks.com/A9c7PbbpKY7PxB6PaAJWGD3-/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwtns.on…> - on twitter: wwtns@TheoreticalWide You are cordially invited to the lecture given by Jens-Bastian Eppler Centre de Recerca Matemàtica Barcelona <https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Goethe-Universitaet_Frankfurt_am_M…> on the topic of Representational drift reflects ongoing balancing of stochastic changes by Hebbian learning The lecture will be held on zoom on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at *11:00 am EST * To receive the link: https://www.wwtns.online/register-page *Abstract: * Even in stable environments, sensory responses undergo continuous reformatting, a phenomenon known as representational drift. Using chronic calcium imaging in mouse auditory cortex, we show that during this representational drift signal correlations predict future noise correlations, suggesting that stimulus-driven co-activation strengthens effective connectivity via Hebbian-like plasticity. Linear network models reveal that these temporal dependencies between signal and noise correlations emerge only when Hebbian learning balances stochastic synaptic changes, preventing functional degradation. Our findings highlight how ongoing input-driven plasticity stabilizes neural representations amidst inherent synaptic variability. *About VVTNS : Launched as the World Wide Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar (WWTNS) in November 2020 and renamed in homage to Carl van Vreeswijk in Memoriam (April 20, 2022), Speakers have the occasion to talk about theoretical aspects of their work which cannot be discussed in a setting where the majority of the audience consists of experimentalists. The seminars, **held on Wednesdays at 11 am ET,** are 45-50 min long followed by a discussion. The talks are recorded with authorization of the speaker and are available to everybody on our YouTube channel.*

Feb. 16, 2025

[Workshop in Mallorca] Embracing Complexity

by RUBÉN HERZOG

We are pleased to invite you to the Workshop titled "Embracing Complexity: Principled and Practical Approaches to Emergence". The workshop is scheduled for June 23-27 2025 at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC in Spanish) in Palma de Mallorca, Spain ( https://ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/) ABOUT THE WORKSHOP This workshop will offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the applications of emergence in examining various real-world systems, including its use in understanding high-order interactions and complexity across diverse biological and ecological scales. With an emphasis on the micro-to-macro relations between cells, humans, and ecology, we aim to present emergence both as a practical tool and a principled approach. The mornings will be devoted to theory-driven presentations that draw from recent operational advances in capturing emergent phenomena, while the afternoons will feature hands-on sessions tailored for practical implementation of these topics. Something we are most thrilled about will be a coordinated outdoor excursion during the week to unwind and visit the island. This is not all, we also plan to have an immersive installation centred on exploring a collective experience of emergence with the voluntary participation of all the attendees. We hope you will also be pleased to join! REGISTRATION All applications should submit an abstract, which will be the key element for selection. After selection, participants will be asked to pay a fee of 400€, which will cover 5 nights (from the 22nd to the 26th of June) at the residency of the Universidad de las Islas Baleares, breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and the excursion. SUBMISSION DEADLINE 14 of March of 2025. Selection will be informed by the end of April of 2025. Abstract submission here <https://forms.gle/eQhWYyC3mjd6EhYC9>. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Fernando Rosas, University of Sussex, UK Lauren Ross, University of California, Irvine, USA Antonella Tramacere, Università Roma Tre, Italy Ivana Konvalinka, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Carmen Miguell, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Leonardo Gollo, IFISC, Spain David Sanchez, IFISC, Spain Lucas Lacassa, IFISC, Spain Borjan Milinkovic, NeuroPSI, France Pedro Mediano, Imperial College London, UK Julia Mindlin, University of Leipzig, Germany More information at https://ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/events/conferences/embracing-complexity-25/ Organizers Mar Estarellas, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University marestarellas(a)gmail.com Ivan Mindlin, Paris Brain Institute, ivan.mindlin(a)icm-institute.org Ruben Herzog, IFISC, rherzoga(a)gmail.com Samy Castro, University of Strasbourg, castro.novoa.samy(a)gmail.com Borjan Milinkovic, NeuroPSI, borjan.milinkovic(a)icm-institute.org Scientific Chairman: Claudio R. Mirasso, IFISC, claudio(a)ifisc.uib-csic.es

Feb. 14, 2025

ICONIP2025 Call for Special Session/Workshop/Tutorial Proposals

by Kenji Doya

ICONIP2025 Call for Special Session/Workshop/Tutorial Proposals We are delighted to hold the 32nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP) 2025 from November 20 to 24 at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). https://iconip2025.apnns.org/ We are now calling for proposals of special sessions during the single track main conference and parallel workshops and tutorials on the topics including machine intelligence, computational neuroscience, and neural network applications. Please find the details on the web page: https://iconip2025.apnns.org/submission/ We look forward to receiving diverse proposals of wide interest. Important Dates Special session proposal deadline: March 1st Workshop proposal deadline: March 1st Tutorial proposal deadline: May 1st Paper submission deadline: May 15th Notification of acceptance: July 15th Camera ready submission: August 15th Registration deadline: August 15th Conference dates: November 20-24 Inquiry: iconip2025(a)apnns.org ---- Kenji Doya <doya(a)oist.jp> Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan Phone: +81-98-966-8594; Fax: +81-98-966-2891 https://groups.oist.jp/ncu

Feb. 13, 2025

Junior/Postdoc Researchers in Computational Neuroscience (BRADY project) in Prague, Czech Republic

by Magda Pokorna

*Junior Researchers: Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate student or Research assistant in Computational Neuroscience within the BRADY project - Ref. No. 2025/11*** Junior researcher positions are available in the Complex Networks and Brain Dynamics group (COBRA, https://cobra.cs.cas.cz/) at the Institute of Computer Science, Prague, Czech Republic (https://www.cs.cas.cz/en) These positions are centered in the Research Work Package 1 (RWP1) of a larger, interdisciplinary consortium established for the OPJAK BRADY project. *The relevant RWP1 aims to establish a family of generative models of graded complexity capturing brain dynamics that would:* * Approximate spatial patterns observed in resting state neuroimaging, including topology and topography of functional connectivity. * Approximate temporal brain dynamics, including activity fluctuations, connectivity dynamics, and information flow. * Provide an internally consistent unified account of electrophysiological and fMRI data, linking to biologically interpretable latent variables and structural connectivity. * Allow predicting the effect of external stimulation, such as complex sensory and cognitive tasks, electric of magnetic stimulation, or pharmacological intervention. * Allow capturing the key axes of inter-subject variability, linking it to psychometric data. * Ultimately allow characterizing and predicting the trajectory of deviation from healthy brain dynamics in a range of psychiatric and neurological diseases. Further information can be found here:https://brady.cs.cas.cz/ <https://brady.cs.cas.cz/>. *Conditions:* * Positions are available immediately, i.e. starting from 1. 3. 2025 or later. * Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. * Contract is for 12-36 months duration, with exceptions negotiable. * Possibility of extension until end of project (30. 6. 2028), support for transition to tenure-track or external funding applications. * This is a full-time fixed term contract appointment. Part time contract negotiable. * Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience. * Bonuses and travel funding for conferences and research stays depending on performance. * No teaching duties. *Applicants should:* 1. Hold a PhD with the exception of Research assistant and Graduate student positions. 2. Have a strong background (commensurate to the respective career level) in some of the fields related to computational neuroscience - mathematical, statistical skills, experience with data analysis, machine learning, computer programming. 3. Be fluent in English. We seek curious, self-motivated, hard-working, team-spirited researchers. Prior experience with time series and network analysis is advantageous, but not required. *For informal inquiries* do not hesitate to contact the project Scientific Coordinator: /Ing. Mgr. /Jaroslav Hlinka, /Ph.D./ <https://www.cs.cas.cz/staff/hlinka/cs>, hlinka(a)cs.cas.cz <mailto:hlinka@cs.cas.cz>, http://www.cs.cas.cz/hlinka/ <http://www.cs.cas.cz/hlinka/>. *The applications* are to be sent to bradyadmin(a)cs.cas.cz <mailto:bradyadmincs.cas.cz> and should contain: 1.Curriculum Vitae. 2.Two letters of recommendation. The referees should send their recommendations directly to bradyadmin(a)cs.cas.cz <mailto:bradyadmin@cs.cas.cz>. 3.A proof of the obtained degree. 4.Mention the Ref. No. 2025/11. ___

Feb. 12, 2025

neurocog 2025 conference

by Tom Verguts

Dear all, this is a save-the-date announcement for the Neurocog 2025 conference, which will take place in November of this year. Find all preliminary information at neurocog.be<http://neurocog.be/>, more is soon to follow. Tom

Feb. 12, 2025

Addressing gender-based violence in academia – Online seminar – 10 March 2025, 13h GMT

by Sidarus, Nura

Addressing gender-based violence in academia Monday, 10 March, 13h GMT / 14h CET – online In commemoration of International Women's Month, Women in Cognitive Science-Europe and Royal Holloway University of London are honoured to welcome as our guest speaker Professor Anne Laure Humbert from the University of Gothenburg, expert in gender equality metrics and structural change in academia, who will particularly draw on her work in the uniSAFE and genderSAFE EU-funded projects. We aim to raise awareness and drive action on gender-based violence by exploring its various forms, the obstacles to reporting and addressing it, and effective strategies for prevention. This is a must-attend event for academics worldwide, at all career stages, who are dedicated to fostering safer and more equitable academic environments. Details and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/addressing-gender-based-violence-in-academia… __________________________________________________________ Dr Nura Sidarus (she/her) Lecturer | Chair of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Team Department of Psychology | Office: Wolfson 248 Royal Holloway University of London | Egham | TW20 0EX Affiliate Member | Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL Chair of Women in Cognitive Science - Europe<https://www.womenincogsci.org/wics-europe> Computations in Agency and Metacognition Lab<https://www.compagencymeta.com/> nura.sidarus(a)rhul.ac.uk<mailto:nura.sidarus@rhul.ac.uk> | Personal Website<http://www.nurasidarus.com/> __________________________________________________________ This email, its contents and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. In certain circumstances, it may also be subject to legal privilege. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. If you have received this email in error, please notify us and immediately and permanently delete it. Any views or opinions expressed in personal emails are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Royal Holloway, University of London. It is your responsibility to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free.

Feb. 11, 2025