Champalimaud Research Symposium 2018

Quantitative approaches to Behaviour & Neural Systems

The 2018 Champalimaud Research Symposium, Quantitative approaches to Behaviour and Neural Systems, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 23rd to the 26th of October 2018. The goal of the Symposium is to define and address the challenges present in developing theory-oriented quantitative approaches to understanding the behaviour of organisms, the function and structure of their nervous systems, and the emergence of organization in complex adaptive systems. Seminars will span a range of levels from pure theory to data analysis and experimental work. As well as highlighting detailed investigations of specific problems, talks will emphasize the identification of general principles and key theoretical frameworks that should lay the foundation of the neuroscience and biology of the future. The Symposium will be structured as a single-track programme in which talks by invited speakers, as well as speakers selected from submitted abstracts, are interleaved with poster sessions where symposia participants present their research. Discussion sessions with panels composed by invited speakers will also be part of the programme. The event will be held at our Centre, in a stunning setting on the waterfront in Lisbon, and will also feature a social programme which will give participants the chance to explore this beautiful and historic city.

LISBON

23-26 /Oct.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Haim Sompolinsky

INVITED SPEAKERS

Albert-László Barabasi

Tim Behrens

Matthew Botvinick

Megan Carey

Anne Churchland

Florian Engert

Rainer Friedrich

Surya Ganguli

Maria Neimark Geffen

Stuart Geman

Mark Humphries

Christian Machens

Josh McDermott

Mark Transtrum

Barbara Webb

SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS

Michael Orger and Alfonso Renart

ORGANISERS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Patrícia Correia, Pedro Alves, Ana Casaca, Anna Hobbiss, Gil Costa, Marta Correia, Catarina Ramos

Meet our Speakers

They are focused in developing theory-oriented quantitative approaches to understanding the behaviour of organisms, the function and structure of their nervous systems, and the emergence of organization in complex adaptive systems.
Haim Sompolinsky - Keynote

Haim Sompolinsky - Keynote

Hebrew Univ., Israel

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Tim Behrens

Tim Behrens

Univ. Oxford, UK

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Matthew Botvinick

Matthew Botvinick

DeepMind and UCL, UK

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Megan Carey

Megan Carey

Champalimaud, Portugal

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Albert-László Barabasi

Albert-László Barabasi

Northeastern Univ., USA

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Anne Churchland

Anne Churchland

CSHL, USA

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Florian Engert

Florian Engert

Harvard, USA

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Rainer Friedrich

Rainer Friedrich

FMI, Switzerland

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Surya Ganguli

Surya Ganguli

Stanford Univ., USA

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Maria Neimark Geffen

Maria Neimark Geffen

Univ. Pennsylvania, USA

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Stuart Geman

Stuart Geman

Brown Univ. USA

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Mark Humphries

Mark Humphries

Univ. Nottingham, UK

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Christian Machens

Christian Machens

Champalimaud, Portugal

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Josh McDermott

Josh McDermott

MIT, USA

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Mark Transtrum

Mark Transtrum

Brigham Young Univ.

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Barbara Webb

Barbara Webb

Univ. of Edinburg

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Photos and video

Photos by: Marta Iglesias – Video by: Alexandre Azinheira

Meet our Partners

They help us to create a lively and stimulating scientific meeting

2018 Travel awardees

 

Azizuddin Khan 

Sahil Moza 

Adedunmola Oluwaseun 

Diego Arribas 

Juan Morici 

Lucas Gago Galvagno 

Early career scientists based in a low/middle income country

Charline Tessereau 

Marcus Ghosh

Siyu Serena Ding 

Andrea Colins 

Shirley Mark 

Scientists based in the UK

 

 

 

Michael Levy

João Marques 

Marielena Sosa

Scientists based in any country