Analytical Connectionism

Analytical Connectionism

A school & workshop series centring on analysing connectionist models of higher-level cognition: perception, memory, decision-making, language, and cognitive control.

series established 2023 current edition 2026 · Chalmers / University of Gothenburg
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Connectionism, a theoretical approach in cognitive science, uses neural network models to simulate perception, memory, decision-making, language and cognitive control. For all its successes, theoretical understanding lags behind empirical practice. This series brings together graduate students, postdocs and senior researchers to close the gap, through intensive summer schools, focused workshops, and peer-reviewed lecture notes.

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Upcoming events

2026 School on Analytical Connectionism

2026 School on Analytical Connectionism

Chalmers / University of Gothenburg · Gothenburg

A 2-week summer course hosted at Chalmers University of Technology on analysing language acquisition and higher-level cognition.

Statistical physics & neurobiology of learning in high-level cognition

Statistical physics & neurobiology of learning in high-level cognition

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics · Santa Barbara

A 6-week long program hosted by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, bringing together theoretical and experimental researchers interested in high-level cognition and how this emerges from neural activity.

Neuroscientific and psychological theories of development in the deep learning era

Neuroscientific and psychological theories of development in the deep learning era

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics · Santa Barbara

A 5-day long conference as part of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (University of California, Santa Barbara) program “Statistical Physics & Neurobiology of Learning in High-Level Cognition” focused on development and AI.

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Past events

2025 · school
2025 School on Analytical Connectionism
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit · London
2024 · school
2024 School on Analytical Connectionism
Flatiron Institute · New York City
2024 · workshop
The geometry & dynamics of learning
COSYNE 2024 Workshops · Cascais
2023 · workshop
Analytical connectionism
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit · London
2023 · school
2023 School on Analytical Connectionism
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit · London

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