Lineup announced & deadline extended: 7th International Conference on Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI (Rome, 9-12th June 2026)
Ruairidh Battleday
We are delighted to announce the full line up for the 7th International Conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI, to be held in the Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, Italy, 9-12th June 2026:
In this high-profile conference we bring together researchers and theorists working on the biological, mathematical, and computational foundations of intelligence across neuroscience, cognitive science, machine learning & artificial intelligence, and related fields.
We hear from leading researchers over four days, spanning neural data, neural theory, cognitive science, and machine learning & artificial intelligence (AI). Each day will have keynotes, invited speakers, a poster session, and 5 spotlight talks invited from abstract submissions.
Abstract submissions and early-bird registration are open (see below).
Speakers
Prof. Tatiana Engel (Princeton)Prof. Xiao Jing Wang (NYU)
Prof. Marcella Noorman (Chicago)
Dr Marius Pachitariu (Janelia)
Prof. Gyorgy Buzsaki (NYU)
Prof. Eric Schulz (Helmholtz Munich)
Prof. Noah Goodman (Stanford)
Dr Sophia Sanborn (Stanford)
Dr Joel Lehman (Lila; TBC)
Dr Blaise Agūera y Arcas (Google)
Prof. Irina Rish (Mila & Montreal)
Dr Andy Keller (Harvard)
Will Dorrell (UCL)
Dr Asma Ghandeharioun (DeepMind)
Dr Felix Sosa (Prior)
Dr Clare Lyle (DeepMind)
Dr Kiah Hardcastle (Harvard; TBC)
Jin Hwa Lee (UCL)
Session Chairs
Dr Hannah Haberkern (Wuerzburg; TBC)
Dr Kris Jensen (UCL)
Jesseba Fernando (Northeastern)
Dr Sebastian Musslick (Osnabrück)
Prof. Lucy Lai (UCSD)
Prof. William Thompson (Berkeley)
Dr Chen Sun (DeepMind)
Dr Ivana Kajic (DeepMind)
Location
The convention will be held at the Villa Wolkonsky, in San Giovanni, Rome (10 minutes walk from the Colosseum).
Submissions
The submission format is an abstract of 250 words, and we invite submissions for each session via the following Google form:
https://forms.gle/dnpQL8HaxiP9snu79
These will be accepted for poster presentation, with the best 5 papers in each session category given an additional spotlight talk. Submission deadline has been extended to 14th March AOE.
Early bird tickets
A limited number of early-bird registrations have been posted on our website! Regular registration will follow.
Come and join the fun!
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Thinking About Thinking)Dr James Whittington (Thinking About Thinking & Oxford)
Dr Giovanni Pezzulo (National Research Council of Italy)
The Organizing Committee.