COURSE DESCRIPTION

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Designed to emphasize computational principles and neural circuit mechanisms of higher cognitive functions, the course aims at training talented and highly motivated students and postdoctoral fellows from Asia and around the world. We welcome both applicants with quantitative backgrounds (including Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science) and those with experimental backgrounds. The lectures will introduce the basic concepts and methods, as well as cutting-edge research on higher brain functions such as decision-making, attention, learning and memory. Modeling will be taught at multiple levels, ranging from single neuron computation and microcircuits up to large-scale brain systems and artificial intelligence and psychiatric disorders. Python-based programming labs coordinated with the lectures will provide practical training in important computational methods.

2026 FACULTY ROSTER

Áine Byrne, University College Dublin

Gustavo Deco, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Tatiana Engel, Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Rainer Goebe, Maastricht University

Chengcheng Huang, University of Pittsburgh

Songting Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Jorge Mejias, University of Amsterdam

Cristina Savin, New York University

Shreya Saxena, Yale University

Naoshige Uchida, Harvard University

Xiao-Jing Wang, New York University

Klaus Wimmers, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Barcelona

Byron Yu, Carnegie Mellon University

And more...

2026 PRICING (INCLUDING TUITION, BOARD AND LODGING): 1950 USD / 14000 CNY

No payment is due until the selection decisions are made, but any applicant requiring financial support (i.e. stipends) should make that request in written form during the online application. The admissions process is need-blind, your financial situation will not be considered before admission decisions are made.