Dear colleagues,

We are excited to announce the Algonauts Project Challenge 2027, organized in collaboration with CNeuroMod: How The Human Brain Makes Sense of Video Games.

The goal of this year’s challenge is to predict human brain responses measured with fMRI during a variety of video games. Moving beyond passive stimulus viewing, the challenge brings together perception, decision-making, behavior, and learning, pushing brain modeling toward the complex and dynamic environments in which human cognition naturally unfolds.

The challenge will launch at the end of 2026 and run until summer 2027. The top three teams will be invited to present their work at the Algonauts Challenge showcase at CCN 2027 in Edinburgh.

More details about the challenge will follow over the coming months.
To make sure you do not miss any updates, sign up here.

Website: https://algonautsproject.com/2027/index.html
Email: algonauts.mit@gmail.com
Bluesky: @algonautsproject.bsky.social
X: @AlgonautsProj

We look forward to your participation in the challenge!

Best,
The Algonauts Project Team

Domenic Bersch, Goethe University Frankfurt
Alessandro Gifford, Freie Universität Berlin
Marie St-Laurent, CRIUGM
Basile Pinsard, CRIUGM
Yann Harel, Boston College
Julie Boyle, Université de Montréal
Lune Bellec, Université de Montréal
Aude Oliva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gemma Roig, Goethe University Frankfurt
Radoslaw Cichy, Freie Universität Berlin