NCAS 2025 - Neurocybernetics at Scale

October 15-17, 2025 — This is an archived version of the Champalimaud Research Symposium 2025 website. The original site was hosted at symposium.fchampalimaud.science. See also the Internet Archive for historical snapshots. Download the symposium booklet (PDF).

Friday, October 17

Models and Robots


08:30 — Coffee
Morning Chair: Auke Ijspeert
09:00

Keynote Lecture

Eva Dyer, PhD — University of Pennsylvania

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10:00

Motor behavior tracking and NeuroAI

Jesse Marshall, PhD — Meta Reality Labs

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11:00 — Coffee Break
11:30

Selected Talks

Josué Ortega Caro, PhD
Christoph Hemmer — Central Institute of Mental Health

Christoph Hemmer on YouTube →

12:30 — Lunch
Afternoon Session
14:30

Keynote Lectures

Srinivas C. Turaga, PhD — Janelia Research Campus, HHMI
Auke J. Ijspeert, PhD — EPFL

Srini Turaga on YouTube → | Auke Ijspeert on YouTube →

16:00 — Coffee Break
17:00

Computational principles of closed-loop neuroscience

Christopher J. Rozell, PhD — Georgia Institute of Technology

17:30

Panel Discussion: The Future of Neurocybernetics

Moderator: I. Memming Park, PhD

Panelists: Adrienne Fairhall, Sean Escola, Shreya Saxena, Guillaume Hennequin

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18:15

Special Guest: Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology (CRN)

John Krakauer, PhD
Joe Paton, PhD

Presentation of the Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology

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18:30

Closing Remarks

Announcement of the Protocol Labs best posters and short talk winners, and summary of the three-day event highlights by the CRSy chairs.

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19:00 — End of Symposium

Thank you for attending!

Watch all talks on our YouTube playlist.