<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Just received this from thinking about thinking and thought I should pass it on! Previous conferences I’ve been to by them have been amazing.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">7th International Conference on Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI (Rome, 9-12th June 2026)<br>------------------------------<wbr>-----------------------------<br><br>We are delighted to announce the 7th International Conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI, to be held in the Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, Italy, 9-12th June 2026:</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://announcements_thinkingaboutthinking_-dot-mmemails2.appspot.com/em_Wo1CR50qaazuyDZUcL5F?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.neuromonster.org%2F&key=09efd25166e9d5fc2bba3d8477c5d747950bddc2" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">www.neuromonster.org</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In this exploratory 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.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Abstract submissions and super-early-bird registration are open (see below).</p><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Keynote Speakers<br></b><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professor Tatiana Engel (Princeton)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professor Gyorgy Buzsaki (NYU)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professor Noah Goodman (Stanford)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professor Irina Rish (Montreal & Mila)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Session Chairs</b><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr Kris Jensen (UCL)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jesseba Fernando (Northeastern)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professor Bill Thompson (Berkeley)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr Chen Sun (DeepMind)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Location</b><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The convention will be held at the Villa Wolkonsky, in San Giovanni, Rome (10 minutes walk from the Colosseum).</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Submissions</b><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The submission format is an abstract of 250 words, and we invite submissions for each session via the following Google form:</span><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://announcements_thinkingaboutthinking_-dot-mmemails2.appspot.com/em_Wo1CR50qaazuyDZUcL5F?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FdnpQL8HaxiP9snu79&key=26817364efbadb078bbca33fc8aa8f616ba3ab95" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://forms.gle/<wbr>dnpQL8HaxiP9snu79</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">These will be accepted for poster presentation, with the best 5 papers in each session category given an additional spotlight talk. Submission deadline is 28th Feb AOE.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Super-early bird tickets</b><br>A limited number of half-price super-early-bird registrations have been posted on our website! Early bird registration will follow.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Come and join the fun!</p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Thinking About Thinking)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr James Whittington (Thinking About Thinking & Oxford)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr Giovanni Pezzulo (National Research Council of Italy)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Organizing Committee.</i></body></html>