BARCCSYN RETREAT
2026
REGISTRATION FEE
Registration in a single room is 390 € (only a few available), and registration in a shared room is 340 €.
Registration includes: Bus + 2 hotel nights + all meals during 2 days + social activity + coffee breaks + access to all talks
BARCCSYN Retreat
Sign into January 31, 2026
VENUE
SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION
VENUE
The event will take place at the Hotel Vall de Bas, in La Garrotxa (Girona), where participants will be accommodated in shared rooms. Talks will be held at the Can Trona auditorium, located right next to the hotel.
description
The retreat is an annual event for researchers working in computational, systems and cognitive neuroscience in the Barcelona area. The event will consist of a series of scientific, community and social activities: the detailed program will be soon available.
organizers
| Irene Acero | Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Tomás Berjaga | Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Antoni Guillamon | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Adrián Ponce Álvarez | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Lluc Tresserras | Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) |
SCHEDULE
| Thursday, January 29 | |
| 11:15 |
Bus: Meet in front of Casa de les Punxes |
| 11:30 – 13:00 |
Bus BCN – VdB |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 – 15:45 |
The ipsi- & Tversky show – Alex Hyafil |
| 15:45 – 16:30 |
Modeling brain dynamics to enhance stimulation accuracy via state- and circuit-dependent strategies – Giovanni Rabuffo |
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 17:00 – 17:45 |
About Perceptual Robustness in humans and AI – Alexandre Garcia-Duran |
| 17:45 – 18:30 |
Plot Like a Pro: Designing Journal-Quality Figures Code – Pablo Crespo & Lucia Arancibia |
| 18:30 – 19:15 |
Neuro x AI: How can AI advance neuroscience? And what can AI still learn? – Jens-Bastian Eppler & Manolis Mylonas |
| 19:30 – 20:15 |
Against military funding of research in the context of Europe’s remilitarization –Adrián Ponce |
| 20:30 – 22:00 |
Dinner |
| 22:00 – 23:00 |
Social Activity |
| Friday, January 30 | |
| 08:00 – 09:00 |
Breakfast |
| 09:00 – 13:00 | Outside Activities |
| 13:00 – 13:30 |
PI Meeting |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Lunch |
| 15:00 – 15:45 |
Computational Summer Course in Nigeria – Albert Compte, Melanie Tschiersch, Alexandre Mahrach & Jaime de la Rocha |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Altered Scaling and Brain Criticality in Early Psychosis – Irem Topal Kement |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Music in the brain – Alexandre Mahrach |
| 17:45 – 18:30 | From Spin States to Neural Correlates: The Quantum Mechanical Basis of Avian Navigation – Natasha Greenstein |
| 18:30 – 19:15 | How will AI change human mind, behaviour and society? – Christopher Summerfield |
| 19:30 – 20:15 | The PI model in research – Jaime de la Rocha & Gemma Huguet |
| 20:30 – 22:00 | Dinner |
| 22:00 | Farewell |
| Saturday, January 31 | |
| 08:00 – 11:00 |
Breakfast |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Bus VdB – BCN |
INVOICE/PAYMENT INFORMATION
IF YOUR INSTITUTION COVERS YOUR REGISTRATION FEE: Please note that, in case your institution is paying for the registration via bank transfer, you will have to indicate your institution details and choose “Transfer” as the payment method at the end of the registration process.
UPF | UB | UPC | UAB
*If the paying institution is the UPF / UB/ UPC / UAB, after registering, please send an email to comptabilitat@crm.cat with your name and the institution internal reference number that we will need to issue the electronic invoice. Please, send us the Project code covering the registration if needed.
IDIBAPS
*If the paying institution is IDIBAPS, please send an email to comptabilitat@crm.cat with the Project reference code that will cover the registration cost, to be added to the invoice if necessary.
Paying by credit card
IF YOU PAY VIA CREDIT CARD but you need to provide the invoice to your institution to be reimbursed, please note that we will also need you to send an email to comptabilitat@crm.cat providing the internal reference number given by your institution and the code of the Project covering the registration (if necessary).
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Manuel Molano-Mazón | UPC |
| Ignasi Cos | Universitat de Barcelona |
| Silvana Silva Pereira | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Alexis Pérez-Bellido | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Elitza Maneva | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Gemma Huguet Casades | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Antoni Guillamon Grabolosa | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Adrián Ponce Alvarez | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Marta Castellano Palomino | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Adrià Tauste Campo | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Lluc Tresserras Pujadas | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Pau Clusella | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Natasha Greenstein | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Christopher Summerfield | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Irem Topal Kement | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Riccardo Tancredi | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Fabio Mattiussi | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Giovanni Rabuffo | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Vincent Adam | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| David Aquilué-Llorens | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Manolis Mylonas | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Rosa Maria Delicado Moll | Universitat de Les Illes Balears |
| Serena Pugliano | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Gunes Cagin Aydin | Polytechnic University of Milan |
| Daniele Tirinnanzi | International School for Advanced Studies |
| Davide Colella | Delft University of Technology |
| Gabriel Mel de Fontenay | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Alexandra Antoniadou | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Pablo Crespo | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Klaus Wimmer | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Jens-Bastian Eppler | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Alexandre Hyafil | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Lucía Arancibia | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Gloria Cecchini | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Alexandre Garcia-Duran | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Haowen Tang | Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
| Hernando Martinez Vergara | IDIBAPS |
| Nuo Dong | IDIBAPS |
| Andres Crespo Vieira | IDIBAPS |
| Caterina Barezzi | IDIBAPS |
| Alexandre Mahrach | IDIBAPS |
| Rafael Marín | IDIBAPS |
| Konstantinos Chatzimichail | IDIBAPS |
| Adria Moran | IDIBAPS |
| Pablo Estévez Gutiérrez | IDIBAPS |
| Albert Compte | IDIBAPS |
| Raneem Shtaya | IDIBAPS |
| Jaime de la Rocha | IDIBAPS |
| Melanie Tschiersch | IDIBAPS |
| Martina Cortada | IDIBAPS |
registration
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