7th Computational Neuroscience Retreat

Other activities

From February 17, 2022
to February 19, 2022

*IMPORTANT - Due to new organisational needs of the hotel, the deadline for registration will be brought forward to next Sunday February 6, 2022.

Registration deadline 12 / 02 / 2022

VENUE

The conference will take place at the Hotel Eden Roc, in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, were participants will be accommodated. Sant Feliu de Guíxols is 1 hour and 20 minutes drive from Barcelona.

DESCRIPTION

The retreat is an annual event for researchers working in computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience in the Barcelona area. The event will take place in the village of Cardona. It will consist of a series of scientific, community and social activities: the detailed program will be soon available.

LODGING

Participants will be accommodated in Hotel Eden Roc

TALKS

David Bestué | Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Seminar: Chess and neuroscience

Gloria Cecchini | Universitat de Barcelona

Workshop: Presenting your work. How to make effective presentations

Pau Clusella | Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Discussion: Scientific Publication System

Citlalli Vivar and Nicolás Pollán | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica

Seminar: Neuroscience of sleep and dreaming

Gemma Huguet and Toni Guillamon | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Debate: Mechanistic models vs AI algorithms

Alex Hyafil | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica

Workshop: A practical guide for studying human behavior in the lab

Chiara Mastrogiuseppe and Francesco Damiani | Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Title: Cognition and computation: a hot potato game?

Bastian Pietras | Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Seminar: A brief history of gap junctions in the brain

Vicky Puig and Thomas Gener | Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia

Discussion: TBD

Tara Spires-Jones | Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Seminar: Are we doing enough Public Engament?

Melanie Tschiersch | Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Seminar: Placebo effect

Manel Vila-Vidal | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Seminar: Clinical computational neuroscience: challenges and opportunities

SCHEDULE

	Thursday 17th
11:00 AM	Meet in bus stop La Pedrera
11:30 AM 1:00AM	Bus (1h20 mins)
1:30 PM 3:00 PM	LUNCH
3:00 PM 3:45 PM	Bastian Pietras (UPF)
3:45 PM 4:30 PM	Chiara Mastrogiuseppe and Francesco Damiani (UPF)
4:30 PM 5:00 PM	Alex Hyafil (CRM)
5:00 PM 5:30 PM	COFFEE BREAK
5:30 PM 6:15 PM	Pau Clusella and Sol Vidal (UPF)
6:15 PM 7:00 PM	Manel Vila-Vidal (UPC)
7:00 PM 7:30 PM	BREAK
7:30 PM 8:30 AM	Meeting
8:30 PM 10:00 PM	DINNER
10:00 PM 11:30 PM	Cocktail Discussion

	Friday 18th
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	BREAKFAST
9:00 AM 1:00 PM	OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
1:00 PM 2:30 PM	LUNCH
2:30 PM 3:30 PM	Tara Spires-Jones (Univ. of Edinburgh)
3:30 PM 4:00 PM	Melanie Tschiersch (IDIBAPS)
4:00 PM 4:30 PM	David Bestué (IDIBAPS)
4:30 PM 5:00 PM	COFFEE BREAK
5:00 PM 5:30 PM	Gloria Cecchini and Michael DePass (UB)
5:30 PM 6:30 PM	Citlalli Vivar and Nicolás Pollán (CRM)
6:30 PM 7:00 PM	BREAK
7:00 PM 8:00 PM	Gemma Huguet and Toni Guillamon (UPC)
8:00 PM 8:30 PM	Closing Remarks
8:30 PM 10:00 PM	DINNER
10:00 PM 12:00 AM	FAREWELL