The International Conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI
Our annual research conference on how intelligence is represented and learned in brains and machines. Talks are peer-reviewed, and it's held in a different city each year.
The conference brings together researchers in neuroscience, cognitive science, machine learning, applied mathematics and theoretical computer science. They work on how intelligence is represented and learned in brains and in machines. The most useful talks are usually where the two literatures disagree.
It's a research conference. Talks are chosen from open submissions by peer review, and the focus is open problems. There are no product demos. For our other annual event, in London on Open Problems for AI, see the AE Global Summit.
Neural Data
Behavioural and neural recordings, and the experimental and theory collaborations that turn them into computational models.
Neural Theory
How networks of neurons carry out complex computation, and the maths of why they behave as they do.
Cognitive Science
How an intelligent agent should infer, act and learn under uncertainty, using tools from probability theory and statistical inference.
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning, the foundations of intelligence, and where the AI and biology literatures disagree.
Each field has its own computational language for overlapping ideas. The conference puts them in the same room.
The conference is now in its seventh edition. Past programmes, keynotes and sessions are below.
- 2026Rome, 2026Seventh edition. 9-12 June 2026. Villa Wolkonsky, Rome.View →
- 2025Split, 2025Sixth edition. May 27-30th, 2025. Radisson Blu, Split, Croatia.View →
- 2024Rome, 2024Fifth edition. Tuesday 28th - Friday 31st May, 2024. Villa Wolkonsky, Rome.View →
- 2023Rhodes, 2023Fourth edition. 28th September - 1st October, 2023. Old Town, Rhodes. Virtual or in-person..View →
- 2022Crete, 2022Third edition. 24th and 25th September, 2022. Crete. Virtual or in-person..View →
AIs that set their own goals - learning general purpose world models for efficient planning & acting
Keynote speaker Professor Juergen Schmidhuber from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and IDSIA presents his talk "A…
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Symmetry and Universality - Dr Sophia Sanborn (Science)
Invited talk at the 5th International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence, Rome, 2024 (https://neuromo…
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Are People Still Smarter than Machines? (Professor Jay McClelland)
Keynote speaker Professor Jay McClelland from Stanford University presents his talk "Are People Still Smarter than Machines?" Today, AI syst…
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How perturbations and climate change shape dynamics of neurons and circuits (Eve Marder)
Keynote speaker Professor Eve Marder from Brandeis University presents her talk on "Perturbations and climate change shape dynamics of neuro…
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Unifying the mechanisms of the hippocampal and prefrontal cognitive maps - Dr James Whittington
Invited talk from Dr James Whittington (Oxford / Stanford / Zyphra) at the 5th International Convention on the Mathematics of Neuroscience a…
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Discovering symbolic cognitive models with LLMs (Dr Kim Stachenfeld)
Keynote speaker Dr Kim Stachenfeld from Google DeepMind presents her talk "Discovering symbolic cognitive models with LLMs" Symbolic models…
Watch →Each edition has an open call for submissions a few months before. Talks and spotlights are chosen by peer review. Keynotes are invited. We announce dates and the host city for the next edition on neuromonster.org. To propose a partnership, sponsorship or session, email clare@thinkingaboutthinking.org.