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136 posters spread across four sessions, one per afternoon. Find your day below; check the printed programme on arrival for board numbers.

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I.

Day 1 · Tuesday, 9 June · Neural Data

34 posters
  1. 01.

    Decomposing Predictive Information in Social Dynamics

    Akira Kawano·EMBL Rome

  2. 02.

    Neural Unmixing: Separating Recurrent Dynamics and Structured Inputs

    Akshay Gautam·University of Edinburgh

  3. 03.

    An EEG and computational investigation of visual working memory: Bridging the gap between Marr’s levels of analysis

    Alberto Petrin·University of Padova

  4. 04.

    Rethinking Activation Functions in Deep Learning: A Theoretical Physics Perspective

    Alejandro Chinea Manrique de Lara·UNED

  5. 05.

    Intracranial Neural Signatures of Decision Uncertainty Based on an Active Inference Model for Probabilistic Three-Armed Bandit Task

    Alessandra N. C. Yu·Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  6. 06.

    An integrative framework for the human sense of control

    Alireza Modirshanechi·Helmholtz Munich & MPI Bio Cybernetics

  7. 07.

    MECHANISTIC FOUNDATIONS OF GOAL-DIRECTED CONTROL

    Alma Lago·CSIC, UPV/EHU

  8. 08.

    From composition to coordination: Network principles governing emergent frog limb circuits

    August Winther·University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  9. 09.

    Embodied Decision Making in Active inference

    basile LEBRE·Paris Nanterre University, LICAE

  10. 10.

    Node-Wise Parameter Estimation in The Virtual Brain via HCP-Informed Optimization on a Mean Head Model

    Benedetta Gambosi·Sapienza University of Rome

  11. 11.

    Discovering Features of Human Decision-Making with Mechanistic Interpretability

    Beste Tasci·Helmholtz Munich

  12. 12.

    A High-Fidelity Whole-Brain Simulation Engine for AI-Driven EEG Source Reconstruction

    Christian Buda·Sapienza University of Rome

  13. 13.

    Physical Network Constraints Generate Lognormal Connectome Architecture Through Multiplicative Branching

    Daniel Barabasi·MIT/Harvard

  14. 14.

    Clique-bait: convergent suboptimal strategies on a visual inference problem in humans and machines

    Daniele Tirinnanzi·International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

  15. 15.

    Putting Neural Networks to Sleep: Oscillations and Hebbian Learning in RNNs

    Dashiell Fairborn·Pomona College

  16. 16.

    Solving the binding problem with overlapping neural representations

    Davide Maioli·University of Groningen

  17. 17.

    The Nematode Digital Twin: Simulating Neural Dynamics, Behavior, and In Silico Lesions in C. elegans

    Davide Nuzzi·Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione (ISTC) - CNR

  18. 18.

    Neural encoding of sensory “surprise” in the mouse brain

    Diego Benusiglio·EMBL

  19. 19.

    Neural Signatures of Human Motor Adaptation

    Dmitrii Todorov·INSERM / Sorbonne University (Paris, France)

  20. 20.

    Mere exposure to others' exploration strategy is not sufficient for strategy contagion

    Dr. Alexandra Witt·RIKEN-CBS

  21. 21.

    Beyond the Deficit — The Neurodivergent Root of OCD as Dysfunctional Expression of an Atypical Cognitive System

    Eleonora Gallo·Pediatra - Asl Città di Torino

  22. 22.

    Emergent specialization of distributed networks in cortically-embedded RNNs with macroscopic gradients

    Eva Sevenster·University of Bristol

  23. 23.

    Scaling generative vision models for high level statistics in large images

    Ferenc Csikor·HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary

  24. 24.

    Compressibility of Neuronal Activity Across Dynamical Regimes

    Lochan Chaudhari·Northeastern University Boston

  25. 25.

    Egocentric Navigation Induces Square Grids: An Account of Distortions in Grid Cells through Reference Frames

    Marco Ciapparelli·University of Trento

  26. 26.

    Building higher-order invariance in mouse visual cortex

    Miguel Nunez-Ochoa·HHMI Janelia Research Campus

  27. 27.

    Comparing Neural Dynamics by Identifying Optimal Linearizing Embeddings

    Mitchell Ostrow·MIT

  28. 28.

    Proto-Cognitive Signatures in Perturbed Proof Search

    Phil Rohr·Specter Labs

  29. 29.

    Atri Ghosh·University of Trento

  30. 30.

    Caterina Bartucca·Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi / Independent Researcher

  31. 31.

    Carlos Stein·Night City Labs

  32. 32.

    Eugenio Bertolini·RIKEN, Pioneering Research Institute, Adaptive Motor Control RIKEN Hakubi Research Team. The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering.

  33. 33.

    Léa Guillon·SLANT Editions

  34. 34.

    Yasser Binbisher·University of Southern California

II.

Day 2 · Wednesday, 10 June · Neural Theory

36 posters
  1. 01.

    Hearing the Shape of Space: A Spectral Geometric Account of Grid-Cell Scaling

    Jesús Reyes Torres·Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu

  2. 02.

    Expected information and empowerment gain as intrinsic motivational drives for goal-directed causal learning

    Andrea Brovelli·Aix Marseille Université

  3. 03.

    The hippocampus as a hierarchical predictive map

    Changmin Yu·University of Cambridge

  4. 04.

    Building Brain Anatomy From Scratch With Simple Generative Dynamical Models

    Daniel Graham·Hobart and William Smith Colleges

  5. 05.

    Modeling human synchronization to rhythmic patterns with varying statistical regularities

    Dr. Dunia Giomo·Sapienza University of Rome

  6. 06.

    Hippocampal–Parietal Dissociation in Mapping and Moving Through Conceptual Space

    Dr. Giuliano Giari·Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento

  7. 07.

    Human–AI Alignment in Specialized Domains where Experience Is Scarce

    Eeshan Hasan·The Ohio State University

  8. 08.

    Brain-Inspired Recurrent Neural Network Featuring Dendrites for Efficient and Accurate Learning in Timeseries Classification Tasks

    Eirini Troullinou·IMBB-FORTH

  9. 09.

    Decoding Visual Imagery from fMRI Data through Latent Functional Alignment

    Fabrizio Spera·Tor Vergata, University of Rome

  10. 10.

    Surprise-evoked sensorimotor disruptions explained through hierarchical Active Inference

    Flàvia Ferrús Marimón·EMBL

  11. 11.

    DIP-BID: Dual IP-Adapters for Structural Brain-to-Image Decoding from fMRI

    Grigorii Rashkov·University of Rome, Tor Vergata

  12. 12.

    Fleeing is Believing: Adaptive behavior under social threat as an inference process

    Hridai Khurana·European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Rome

  13. 13.

    Dynamic Network Segregation at Inter-task Rest Predicts Structural Transfer in Human Continual Learning

    Hyunhoe An·Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research

  14. 14.

    Somatic Clonal Evolution as a Hidden Constraint on Neural Circuit Stability in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

    Irene Antony·Harvard Medical School

  15. 15.

    Physics-Guided Virtual Sensor Networks for Task-Based Neural Field Reconstruction from OPM-MEG Signals.

    Jacob Ninan·Kottackal Business Solutions Private Ltd.

  16. 16.

    NLDisco: A pipeline for interpretable neural latent discovery

    Jai Bhagat·University College London Stanford University Metamorphic

  17. 17.

    Unifying normative and scaffold models of grid cells

    Janis Keck·Max Planck Institute CBS

  18. 18.

    Neural Manifold Geometry Encodes Feature Fields

    Julian Yocum·UC Berkeley

  19. 19.

    Biological profits of irrational computations in the orbitofrontal cortex

    Juliette Bénon·University of Zürich - Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics

  20. 20.

    Maximizing Memory Capacity in Heterogeneous Networks

    Kaining Zhang·Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

  21. 21.

    Structural basis of functional specialization in the dentate gyrus

    Khashayar Baghizadeh·Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)

  22. 22.

    Network Dynamics under Connectivity Variability: Evidence for Topological Stochastic Resonance

    Konstantin Nikolic·University of West London, London, UK

  23. 23.

    Topological features in hippocampus cognitive maps dynamics

    Konstantin Sorokin·National Research University Higher School of Economics

  24. 24.

    Challenging Backpropagation: Evidence for Target-Based Learning in the Neocortex

    Lhea Beumer·ETH Zurich

  25. 25.

    Separate or share? Hierarchical balancing of orthogonalization, alignment, and abstraction in continual learning

    Márton Hajnal·HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary

  26. 26.

    Clara Kümpel·ETH Zurich & Gatsby Unit, UCL

  27. 27.

    Dr. Aneesh P B·Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  28. 28.

    Fabian Renz·Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

  29. 29.

    Francesco Innocenti·University of Oxford

  30. 30.

    Francisco José Maldonado Torralba·Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu

  31. 31.

    Ghanendra Singh·PhD Student Independent Researcher

  32. 32.

    Gianfrancesco Angelini·Medical Physics Section, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata

  33. 33.

    Dr. Hayder Amin·Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE)

  34. 34.

    Hongkun Wu·University of Edinburgh

  35. 35.

    Julian Kędys·Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Polish Academy of Sciences

  36. 36.

    Kirubeswaran Obula Ramesh Babu·Technische Universität Darmstadt

III.

Day 3 · Thursday, 11 June · Cognitive Science

34 posters
  1. 01.

    Signatures of hierarchical, heuristic-guided planning in real-world human conceptual navigation

    Denis Lan·University College London

  2. 02.

    How task difficulty shapes the emergence of temporal ordering in human planning

    Dr. Mattia Eluchans·Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR)

  3. 03.

    Almost-Linear Recurrent Neural Networks as a Forecasting-Based Framework for Assessing Dynamic Connectivity Identifiability in Resting-State fMRI

    Leema Hamid·Goethe University Frankfurt

  4. 04.

    Self-referential behavior as a mechanism for self-regulation

    Leo Breston·UCSD

  5. 05.

    Heterogeneous Grid Attractors: Stability and Geometry in Neuromorphic Systems

    Leonardo Martinelli·Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH & ETH, Zurich

  6. 06.

    Geometric regularization of representation spaces enables efficient learning of cognitive operators

    Liebenow, Paul·Tu Darmstadt

  7. 07.

    Transformers learn factored representations

    Loren Amdahl-Culleton·Astera Institute, Simplex

  8. 08.

    Generative Modeling of Intracranial EEG: Unveiling the Temporal Signatures of Cognitive Regions

    Lorenzo Dall'Olio·IRCCS Istituto delle scienze neurologiche di Bologna

  9. 09.

    A recurrent circuit supporting both low- and high-dimensional population dynamics

    Lorenzo Fontolan·Inserm, France

  10. 10.

    Representational bottlenecks induce sequential processing in recurrent neural networks

    Marcel Graetz·Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

  11. 11.

    Artificial intelligence models can track and collaboratively modulate human memory search dynamics

    Mariana Duarte·Champalimaud Foundation

  12. 12.

    Consequences of synergistic organisation in language models

    mariana meireles·UC Berkeley

  13. 13.

    Incremental alternative sampling as a lens into the temporal and representational resolution of linguistic prediction

    Mario Giulianelli·University College London

  14. 14.

    Artificial Neuroscience: science and engineering of artificial brains

    Mark Sandler·Queen Mary University of London

  15. 15.

    Adaptive Reluctant Plasticity

    Mark van Rossum·University of Nottingham

  16. 16.

    Targeted input selects global spatiotemporal motifs in spatially structured inhibitory networks

    Marta Tataryn·University of Copenhagen

  17. 17.

    Bayesian Model Comparison for Neural Models of Decision Making

    Maryam Meghdadi·Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI

  18. 18.

    The geometry of the neural state space of decisions

    Mauro Monsalve·Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University

  19. 19.

    Mixed Selectivity as a Signature of Generalization in Neural Networks

    Michele Viscione·ETH Zürich

  20. 20.

    Perception from Action: How Control Shapes Visual Representations

    Mihai Bujanca·Qualcomm XR Labs

  21. 21.

    Modeling Hebbian Plasticity with Normalization

    Mirabel Reid·TU Darmstadt

  22. 22.

    The influence of Expectations on Sensory Processing during Adversarial Image Recognition

    MSc Paulo Ortiz Marto Fonseca·Donders Institute, Radboud University

  23. 23.

    Temporal encoding profiles of object-based visual attention

    Niklas Mueller·University of Amsterdam

  24. 24.

    Robot Metacognition: Decision Making with Confidence for Tool Invention

    Pablo Lanillos·Neuro AI and Robotics group. Spanish National Research Council

  25. 25.

    Peter Keffer·University of Osnabrück

  26. 26.

    Predicting neural responses using scalable Gaussian Processes in closed loop

    Pietro Zamberlan·Sorbonne University, Vision Institute.

  27. 27.

    Confidence Exposes Information-Theoretic Constraints in Decision Making

    Poppy Collis·University of Sussex

  28. 28.

    The Dynamics of Memory: Replay, Diffusion, and Attractor Formation

    Priyam Ghosh·Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Pilani

  29. 29.

    Biologically inspired constraints reduce solution degeneracy in task-trained RNNs

    Pulki Supervisor·The University of Chicago

  30. 30.

    Recovering Neural Connectivity from Sparse Measurements: A Covariance-Based Framework for the Inverse Problem

    Quilee Simeon·MIT

  31. 31.

    Beyond perception: Sequential efficient coding of perceptual and value representations

    Saurabh Bedi·University of Zurich (Department of Economics).

  32. 32.

    Marvin Mathony·Helmholtz Munich

  33. 33.

    Oleg Maslennikov·IAP RAS

  34. 34.

    Pulkit Singh·The University of Chicago

IV.

Day 4 · Friday, 12 June · Artificial Intelligence

32 posters
  1. 01.

    Continual learning of one's spatial orientation through causal inference

    Ajabi, Zaki·Harvard University

  2. 02.

    Generative AI collective behavior needs an interactionist paradigm

    Bruno Lepri·Bruno Kessler Foundation

  3. 03.

    The BODHI Framework: Engineering and Testing Epistemic Virtues for Collaborative Intelligence in Clinical Decision Support

    Max Lange·MIT / King’s College London

  4. 04.

    Geometric Phase Transition Enables Extreme Hippocampal Memory Capacity

    Prashant Raju·Independent

  5. 05.

    Dynamic recruitment of mixed-selective neurons in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex supports complex task learning

    Raimon Bullich Vilarrubias·Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich

  6. 06.

    Visualizing Voxel Selectivity in Human fMRI with Most Exciting Inputs

    Riccardo Vella·IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca

  7. 07.

    Artificial Agency Program: Curiosity, compression, and communication in agents

    Richard Csaky·Independent

  8. 08.

    Revisiting the Information Bottleneck Through Overparameterisation and Gradient Dynamics

    Ryan Singh·University of Sussex

  9. 09.

    A chess model that captures how humans evaluate and address complexity

    Ryan Thomas Philips PhD·Azim Premji University

  10. 10.

    Making brain decoding interpretable: semantic bottlenecks enable voxel-wise concept maps.

    Sara Cammarota·University of Rome, Tor Vergata

  11. 11.

    Graph-Structured Fusion of EEG and fNIRS for Motor Imagery Decoding: A Case for Geometric Deep Learning in Non-Invasive Upper-Limb Prosthetic BCI

    Soham Mehra·Morph Labs

  12. 12.

    Hierarchical Graph Neural Networks for Mapping sEEG Topologies: Functional Specialization of Frontal vs. Posterior Cortical Zones

    Stefano Polizzi, PhD in Physics·IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna

  13. 13.

    Thermodynamics of Linear Regression

    Sultan Daniels·UC Berkeley

  14. 14.

    Robust collective decision-making in volatile political environments using quadratic voting

    Sylvain Estebe·Aarhus University - Center for Humanities Computing

  15. 15.

    Sparse Nonlinearity and Low-Dimensional Task Representations Reveal Computational Structure in Multi-Task Learning

    Sílvia García Hernández·Goethe University Frankfurt

  16. 16.

    Neuromorphic Implementation of Insect-inspired Path Integration and Homing Mechanisms

    Tangwei Cao·University of Groningen

  17. 17.

    From Space to Syntax: Scaling Cognitive Maps to Hierarchical Formal Languages with MapFormers

    Victor Rambaud·CNRS - LSCP

  18. 18.

    Noise or Change? A Computational Study of Human Learning in Dynamic Environments

    Vignayanandam Ravindernath Muddapu·Azim Premji University

  19. 19.

    On the Reliability of AI Methods in Drug Discovery: Evaluation of Boltz-2 for Structure and Binding Affinity Prediction

    Xibei Zhang·University College London

  20. 20.

    Neural State Machine for Brain-like State-dependent Execution, Sequential Recall and Online Learning

    Xinyun Sheryl Zhang·Technical University of Munich; Institute of NeuroInformatics UZH&ETH

  21. 21.

    Statistical analysis of small-integer ratios in music cognition

    Yannick Jadoul·Sapienza University of Rome

  22. 22.

    EEGNet-Based Decoding of Human Motor Adaptation from Magnetoencephalography Signals

    Yassine Lakhdari·INSERM / Sorbonne University (Paris, France)

  23. 23.

    COGITAO: A Procedural and Object-Centric Framework to Evaluate Compositional and Systematic Generalization

    Yassine Taoudi Benchekroun·Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich

  24. 24.

    A Co-trained Model of Retina and Cortex Traces the Transformation of Visual Computations Across the Hierarchy

    Youssef Faragalla (I am a presenter)·Stanford University

  25. 25.

    Persistent Adaptation through Dual-Timescale Regulation of Ion Channel Properties

    Yugarshi Mondal·Brandeis University

  26. 26.

    Computational cognitive mechanisms of visual working memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder and sex differences

    YunxuanZeng·the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

  27. 27.

    The Library Theorem: Inscription as a Formal Mechanism for Agentic AI Scaling and Alignment

    Zachary F. Mainen, Ph.D.·Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

  28. 28.

    Goncalo Guiomar·ETH AI Center, University of Zürich

  29. 29.

    Guillaume Pourcel·University of Groningen

  30. 30.

    Sander de Haan·ETH Zurich

  31. 31.

    Spiros Chavlis·IMBB-FORTH

  32. 32.

    Vito Dichio·École Normale Supérieure (ENS-PSL)

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