<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to announce the </span><a href="https://algonautsproject.com/2027/index.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Algonauts Project Challenge 2027</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, organized in collaboration with</span><a href="https://www.cneuromod.ca/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CNeuroMod</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How The Human Brain Makes Sense of Video Games.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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 </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">perception, decision-making, behavior, and learning</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, pushing brain modeling toward the complex and dynamic environments in which human cognition naturally unfolds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The challenge will </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">launch at the end of 2026 and run until summer 2027</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The top three teams will be invited to present their work at the Algonauts Challenge showcase at </span><a href="https://2027.ccneuro.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CCN 2027</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Edinburgh</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More details about the challenge will follow over the coming months.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To make sure you do not miss any updates,</span><a href="https://algonautsproject.com/2027/index.html#signup" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sign up here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Website:</span><a href="https://algonautsproject.com/2027/index.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://algonautsproject.com/2027/index.html</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Email:</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <a href="mailto:algonauts.mit@gmail.com" target="_blank">algonauts.mit@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bluesky:</span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/algonautsproject.bsky.social" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">@algonautsproject.bsky.social</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">X:</span><a href="https://x.com/AlgonautsProj" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">@AlgonautsProj</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to your participation in the challenge!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Algonauts Project Team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Domenic Bersch, Goethe University Frankfurt</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alessandro Gifford, Freie Universität Berlin</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marie St-Laurent, CRIUGM</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Basile Pinsard, CRIUGM</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Yann Harel, Boston College</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julie Boyle, Université de Montréal</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lune Bellec, Université de Montréal</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aude Oliva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gemma Roig, Goethe University Frankfurt</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Radoslaw Cichy, Freie Universität Berlin</span></p></div>