Dear colleagues,


We are pleased to announce the first workshop on topology and neuroscience, which will be held from Wednesday, November 28, to Friday, November 30, 2018 at the EPFL campus in Lausanne, Switzerland.


This workshop aims at bringing together people working at the intersection of topology and neuroscience and welcomes anyone who has an interest in these subjects.  


There will be two lecture series by:


Carina Curto, Pennsylvania State University

Olaf Sporns, Indiana University


There will be contributed talks given by:


Paul Expert, Imperial College London

Eyal Gal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Chad Giusti, University of Delaware

Jürgen Jost, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften in Leipzig

Tom Leinster, University of Edinburgh

Ran Levi, University of Aberdeen

Sofia Olhede, University College London

Jose Perea, Michigan State University

Erik Rybakken, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (TBC)

Bernadette Stolz, University of Oxford

Katharine  Turner, Australian National University

Hubert Wagner, Institute of Science and Technology Austria


Additionally, there will be a poster session during the workshop.


Registration is now open at the conference website:  


https://neurotop2018.org/


and will close September 1, 2018 or when we reach capacity.


We have limited funding for students to cover local expenses.  Applications for such funding is now open at the conference website and will close on July 1, 2018.


All additional relevant information regarding the conference will continuously be updated on the conference website.  In particular, travel information on how to get to EPFL as well as suggested accommodation options are already detailed there.



You can contact the organizers at neurotop2018@neurotop2018.org.


With best regards,



Nicolas Ninin on behalf of the organzing committee


Stefania Ebli

Daniela Egas Santander

Nicolas Ninin

Gard Spreemann