CNS*2026 Halifax

Workshop website (including full schedule): https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/

Methods originally developed in Information Theory have found wide applicability in computational neuroscience. Beyond these original methods there is a need to develop novel tools and approaches that are driven by problems arising in neuroscience. A number of researchers in computational/systems neuroscience and in information/communication theory are investigating problems of information representation and processing. While the goals are often the same, these researchers bring different perspectives and points of view to a common set of neuroscience problems. Often they participate in different fora and their interaction is limited. The goal of the workshop is to bring some of these researchers together to discuss challenges posed by neuroscience and to exchange ideas and present their latest work. The workshop is targeted towards computational and systems neuroscientists with interest in methods of information theory as well as information/communication theorists with interest in neuroscience.

Speakers include:

1. Demian Battaglia, CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France
2. Leyla Roksan Caglar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
3. Marilyn Gatica, Northeastern University London, UK
4. Nicolás Hinrichs, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
5. Jaroslav Hlinka, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
6. Joseph Lizier, The University of Sydney, Australia
7. Patricio Orio, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
8. Maria Pope, Indiana University, USA 
9. Thomas Varley, University of Vermont, USA