Connectionists: Applications Open: CAJAL course on Neuroscience and AI, 14 Jul - 1 Aug, 2025, Lisbon

[Mariya Toneva]

*Dear Colleagues,*

I’m reaching out as co-director of the new CAJAL Course to share an
exciting opportunity for early-career researchers interested in the
intersection of *neuroscience and AI*—the *NeuroAI Course*, which is now
accepting applications.

This intensive, hands-on course will provide participants with cutting-edge
training in *deep learning, computational modeling, and AI-driven
approaches to neuroscience research*. Participants will work with
world-class faculty to explore how AI can help model and understand brain
function and behavior.

*📅 Course Dates:* 14 July - 1 August 2025
*📍 Location:* Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
*⏳ Application Deadline:* March 7th 2025
*💡 Stipends are available*
🔗 *More info here: *https://cajal-training.org/on-site/neuro-ai/
*Faculty Include:*

   - *Jacob Yates *– UC Berkeley, USA
   - *Martin Schrimpf* – EPFL, Switzerland
   - *Maria Eckstein* – Google DeepMind, UK
   - *Patrick Mineault *– Amaranth Foundation, USA
   - *Carsen Stringer *– HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA
   - *Chris Summerfield* – Oxford University, UK
   - *John Krakauer* – Champalimaud, Portugal
   - *Memming Park* – Champalimaud, Portugal
   - *Andreas Tolias *– Stanford, USA
   - *Jonathan Pillow* – Princeton University, USA
   - *Shailee Jain* – UC San Francisco, USA

Through hands-on tutorials and project work, participants will gain
expertise in:

   - Deep learning for vision and language (CNNs, transformers)
   - Reinforcement learning algorithms
   - State space models for neural time series
   - Machine learning for biophysical models of neuronal circuits

*Course Directors:*

   - *Fabian Sinz* - Georg August University Göttingen, Germany
   - *Leyla Isik* - Johns Hopkins University, USA
   - *Mariya Toneva* - Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany
   - *Srini Turaga* - HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA


I’ve attached a *course poster* and included *social media links* below—please
feel free to share this with your network or forward to anyone who might be
interested!

📢 *Social Media Links:*
🔹 Bluesky
<https://bsky.app/profile/cajal-training.bsky.social/post/3lhbk4claqc2o>
🔹 LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7292149676869378048/>
🔹 Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/1057701286371007>

Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for helping us spread the
word!


Best,

Mariya Toneva
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