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Computational Neuroscience: Vision
July 7 - 21, 2026

Key Dates
Application Deadline:  April 15th, 2026
Arrival: July 7th by 6pm EST
Departure: July 21st around 12pm EST

The course will be held at the Laboratory's Banbury Conference Center located on the north shore of Long Island. All participants stay within walking distance of the Center.  CSHL Courses are intensive, running all day and often including evenings and weekends; students are expected to attend all sessions and reside on campus for the duration of the course.

Instructors
Emily Cooper, University of California Berkeley
Lea Duncker, Columbia University
Jonathan Pillow, Princeton University
John Serences, University of California, San Diego

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Computational approaches to neuroscience will produce important advances in our understanding of neural processing. Prominent success will come in areas where strong inputs from neurobiological, behavioral and computational investigation can interact. The theme of the course is that an understanding of the computational problems, the constraints on solutions to these problems, and the range of possible solutions can help guide research in neuroscience. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on experience with MATLAB- and Python-based computer tutorials and projects, this intensive course will examine visual information processing from the retina to higher cortical areas, spatial pattern analysis, motion analysis, neuronal coding and decoding, attention, and decision-making.

2026 Guest Lecturers Include
Emma Alexander, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 
Kathryn Bonnen, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 
Geoffrey Boynton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
EJ Chichilnisky, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
James DiCarlo, MIT, Cambridge, MA 
James Fitzgerald, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 
Lindsey Glickfeld, Duke University, Durham, NC 
Danique Jeurissen, New York University., New York, NY 
Kohitij Kar, York University, Toronto, Canada 
Taraz Lee, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
Tony Movshon, New York University, New York, NY 
Stephanie Palmer, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Agostina Palmigiano, University College London, London, England 
Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani, Cornell University/Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ithaca, FL 
Eero Simoncelli, New York University/Flatiron Institute, New York, NY 
Carsen Stringer, HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 
Stefan Treue, German Primate Center, Goettingen, Germany 
Jacob Yates, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 


Support & Stipends

Major support provided by the 

Stipends are available to offset tuition costs as follows:

Domestic/International applicants (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Please indicate your eligibility for funding in your stipend request submitted when you apply to the course. Stipend requests do not affect selection decisions made by the  instructors. 

Cost (including board and lodging): $4,790 USD

No fees are due until you have completed the full application process and are accepted into the course. Students accepted into the course should plan to arrive by early evening on July 6 and plan to depart in the morning of July 23.

Before applying, ensure you have 1) Personal statement/essay; 2) Letter(s) of recommendation; 3) Curriculum vitae/resume (optional); 4) Financial aid request (optional). More details


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