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NeurIPS 2025Foundation Models for the Brain and Body Workshop

By Lena Mei | Jan 13, 2026

December 2nd to December 7thSan Deigo, California ARNI, in collaboration with Columbia University, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, MILA, the Donders Institute, and Meta, is organizing the “Foundation Models for the Brain…

MICrONS 2025

By Lena Mei | May 22, 2025

A groundbreaking moment in Neuroscience and AI! Huge congratulations to our own Andreas Tolias and XaqPitkow (https://xaqlab.com/) and the entire MICrONS team on the release of a first-of-its-kind functional foundation…

ARNI X CUNO Saturday Science

By Lena Mei | May 22, 2025

ARNI partnered with Columbia Neuroscience Outreach (CUNO) and the Zuckerman Institute Public Programs to host two hands-on learning stations at the April 19th Saturday Science public engagement event. Designed to…

ARNI Emerging Researchers Symposium

By Lena Mei | May 22, 2025

On April 25th, the ARNI Emerging Researchers (AER) Symposium at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute brought together trainees and postdocs from partner institutions for research presentations, career talks, and networking. ARNI postdoctoral…

ARNI at COSYNE2025: NeuroFM Workshop

By Lena Mei | May 22, 2025

ARNI postdoctoral fellows Mehdi Azabou and Cole Hurwitz are among the co-organizers of the workshop “Building a Foundation Model for the Brain: Datasets, Theory, and Models” at COSYNE. This workshop is bringing…

Columbia University’s AI Summit

By Lena Mei | May 22, 2025

ARNI was excited to participate in Columbia University‘s AI Summit on March 4th, showcasing the rich, interdisciplinary AI research taking place across its Morningside, Manhattanville, and Medical Center campuses. The…

Distinguished Speaker Series: Marlene Behrmann

By Lena Mei | May 22, 2025

On February 28th, Dr. Marlene Behrmann gave a talk titled “The Development, Hemispheric Organization, and Plasticity of High-Level Vision,” offering new insights into how the brain processes faces and words.…

Computers vs The Brain

By Lena Mei | Nov 13, 2024

On Saturday, November 2, 2024, STEM Starters and ARNI teamed up to present “Computers vs The Brain” event at the Education Lab of the Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain…

Distinguished Seminar Series Kickoff!

By Lena Mei | Nov 5, 2024

ARNI launched its Distinguished Seminar Series, aimed at hosting experts whose work at the intersection of AI, neuroscience, and cognitive science has had a major impact in these fields. The…