2026 NeuroTheory Affinity Group (NTAG) Symposium

May 22, 2026

9:00am – 3:00pm

Venue

NRB 132

2026 NeuroTheory Symposium

featuring –

“Space, Time and Color: New Predictions from Efficient Coding Theory on Neuronal Diversity in the Early Visual System”

Greg Field, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

“Cortical Variability as Active Sensing”

Jacob Yates, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Optometry & Vision Science
University of California – Berkeley

“NeuralEncoding and Control of Prosocial Interactions”

Emily Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

“Closing the Discovery Loop with Digital Twins and Causal Perturbations”

Tatiana Engel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University

In-Person Event
Neuroscience Research Building (NRB) 132 – Auditorium

For more information, please contact Tierney Daw at tierneydaw@g.ucla.edu.