BARCCSYN 2026 participants, 28–29 May 2026
BARCCSYN past editions
Barcelona Computational, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
2011–2026
The annual Barcelona Computational, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience (BARCCSYN) meeting is about bringing together researchers from computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience. Our goal is to provide a forum for lively discussion and promote active collaboration between Barcelona-based research groups, especially between theorists and experimentalists.
Editions
BARCCSYN 2026
Keynote speakers
- Saskia Haegens
Columbia University, New York - Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer
University of Bonn - Sara Mederos
Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
Organisers
- Jens-Bastian Eppler
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica - Alexandre Hyafil
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica - Hernando Martínez Vergara
IDIBAPS - Indre Pileckyte
IDIBAPS
BARCCSYN 2025
Keynote speakers
- Matteo Carandini
University College London - Megan Carey
Champalimaud Foundation - Chris Summerfield
Oxford University / Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Organisers
- Alex Garcia-Duran
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica - Angela Marti-Marca
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Laura Modol
Hospital del Mar Research Institute - Manuel Molano-Mazón
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – CRM - Adam Ranson
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
BARCCSYN 2024
Keynote speakers
- Jean Daunizeau
Institut du Cerveau, INSERM - Julie Duque
Université Catholique de Louvain
Organisers
- Gloria Cecchini
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica - Ignasi Cos
Universitat de Barcelona - Thomas Gener
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC - Victoria Puig
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC - Melina Timplalexi
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
BARCCSYN 2023
Keynote speakers
- Julijana Gjorgjieva
Technische Universität München - Maurizio Mattia
Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)
Organisers
- Gemma Huguet
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – CRM - Chiara Mastrogiuseppe
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Adrián Ponce Álvarez
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Klaus Wimmer
CRM
BARCCSYN 2022
Keynote speaker
- Tatjana Tchumatchenko
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Organisers
- Gloria Cecchini
UB - Sara Ibañez
CRM - Alex Roxin
CRM - Carles Sindreu
UB-IDIBAPS
BARCCSYN 2021
Keynote speakers
- Ruth de Diego Balaguer
ICREA-UB - Adrián Ponce Álvarez
UPF - Luca Lorenzo Bonatti
ICREA-UPF
Organisers
- Alex Hyafil
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica - Diogo Santos-Pata
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) - Silvana Silva Pereira
Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC-UPF)
BARCCSYN 2019
Keynote speakers
- Roozbeh Kiani
Center for Neural Science/New York University - Máté Lengyel
University of Cambridge - Cristina Márquez Vega
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante
Organisers
- Jaime de la Rocha
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - Gabriela Mochol
CBC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Ernest Montbrió
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
BARCCSYN 2018
Keynote speakers
- Boris Gutkin
École Normale Supérieure - William Newsome
Stanford University - Gregor Rainer
University of Fribourg
Organisers
- Matthieu Gilson
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Belen de Sancristobal
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer - Vicky Puig
Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques - Alex Roxin
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
BARCCSYN 2017
Keynote speakers
- Alain Destexhe
CNRS - Tatiana Pasternak
University of Rochester - Alexandre Pouget
Université de Genève
Organisers
- Gemma Guillazo
UAB - Rubén Moreno-Bote
UPF - Vicky Puig
Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques - Alex Roxin
CRM
BARCCSYN 2016
Keynote speakers
- Alain Destexhe
Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette) - Agnès Gruart
Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla)
Organisers
- Gemma Huguet
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Roser Nadal
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Vicky Puig
Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques - Alex Roxin
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
BARCCSYN 2015
Keynote speakers
- Andreas Nieder
Universität Tübingen - Maneesh Sahani
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (London)
Organisers
- Albert Compte
IDIBAPS - Jaime de la Rocha
IDIBAPS - Lluis Fuentemilla
Universitat de Barcelona - M. Victòria Puig
IMIM
BARCCSYN 2014
Keynote speakers
- Christian Doeller
Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen - Jason Kerr
Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, Bonn
Organisers
- Marc Ramon Bohigas
IDIBAPS - Lluis Fuentemilla
UB - Gemma Huguet
UPC - Etienne Hugues
UPF - Ruben Moreno-Bote
FSJD - Juan Pablo Ramirez Mahaluf
IDIBAPS - Alex Roxin
CRM - Aureli Soria-Frisch
Starlab - Núria Tort
IDIBAPS
BARCCSYN 2013
Keynote speaker
- Gonzalo de Polavieja
Cajal Institute
Organisers
- Matthieu Louis
CRG - Ruben Moreno-Bote
FSJD - Alex Roxin
CRM - Klaus Wimmer
IDIBAPS
BARCCSYN 2011
Keynote speaker
- Gilles J. Laurent
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt
Organisers
- Albert Compte
IDIBAPS - Pablo Fuentealba
FSJD - Matthieu Louis
CRG - David Robbe
IDIBAPS - Jaime de la Rocha
IDIBAPS - Alex Roxin
IDIBAPS - Maria V. Sanchez-Vives
IDIBAPS