Previous editions of LASCON
LASCON is the first regular computational neuroscience school in Latin America. It has been held every two years since 2006, with the exception of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous editions of the school are summarized below:
LASCON I
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
January 15-28 2006
Organizer: Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 24
Lecturers:
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
David Beeman (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA)
Dieter Jaeger (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
James Bower (University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA)
Kim “Avrama” Blackwell (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)
Michael Hines (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Reynaldo Pinto (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Oliveira (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Roland Köberle (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement (CAPES)
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON II
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
July 13 – August 1 2008
Organizer: Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 22
Lecturers:
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
David Beeman (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA)
Gennady Cymbalyuk (Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
James Bower (University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA)
Jean Faber (Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Ramón Huerta (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
Reynaldo Pinto (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Oliveira (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)
Roland Köberle (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON III
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
January 17 – February 9 2010
Organizer: Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 27
Lecturers:
Adriano Tort (Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Alessandro Treves (International School for Advanced Studies-SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Bóris Marin (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
David Beeman (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA)
Diogo Vieira (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Gennady Cymbalyuk (Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Kim “Avrama” Blackwell (Krasnow Institute, Fairfax, VA, USA)
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Reynaldo Pinto (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Oliveira (Krasnow Institute, Fairfax, VA, USA)
Rodrigo Publio (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan)
Roland Köberle (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON IV
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
January 15 – February 10 2012
Organizer: Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 34
Lecturers:
Adriano Tort (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Bóris Marin (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Emilio Kropf (Leloir Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Diogo Vieira (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Gennady Cymbalyuk (Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Geraldine Bosco (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Giseli de Sousa (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
Harel Shouval (University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA)
Julián Tejada (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Lucas Figueira (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Luciano Costa (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Moshe Abeles (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel)
Olaf Sporns (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
Pedro Carelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Reynaldo Pinto (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Publio (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Roland Köberle (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Sam Neymotin (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Sergio Neuenschwander (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Sidarta Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Tom Tetzlaff (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)
Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
William Barnett (Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Biophysical Society
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON V
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
January 12 – February 7 2014
Organizers:
Adriano Tort (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 20
Lecturers:
Adriano Tort (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Bryan Souza (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
César Rennó-Costa (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
David Beeman (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA)
Felix Effenberger (Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in Sciences, Leipzig, Germany)
Frank Rattay (Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria)
Gennady Cymbalyuk (Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Hernán Rey (University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)
Julián Tejada (Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil)
Kerstin Schmidt (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Kim “Avrama” Blackwell (Krasnow Institute, Fairfax, VA, USA)
Markus Hilscher (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Martin Cammarota (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Richardson Leão (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Rodrigo Quiroga (University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)
Sacha van Albada (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)
Olavo Amaral (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Sidarta Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Thiago Pinto (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Vítor Lopes dos Santos (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
Wilfredo Blanco (State University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Support:
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement (CAPES)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
Organization for Computational Neuroscience (OCNS)
Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

LASCON VI
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
January 3-29 2016
Organizers:
Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Marcelo Reyes (Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 36
Lecturers:
André Kohn (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Antonio Galves (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Benjamin Lindner (Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
Bóris Marin (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Bruno de Castro (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
César Rennó-Costa (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Christophe Pouzat (Paris Descartes University, Paris, France)
Demian Battaglia (Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France)
Fábio Simões de Souza (Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil)
Germán Mato (Bariloche Atomic Center, Bariloche, Argentina)
Hannah Bos (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)
John Murray (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Julián Tejada (Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil)
Leonardo Maia (University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Ludmila Rodrigues (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Marco Huertas (University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, USA)
Marco Idiart (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil)
Marcelo Reyes (Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil)
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Sergio Neuenschwander (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Thiago Borduqui (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
William Bialek (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA)
William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement (CAPES)
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON VII
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
January 7- February 2 2018
Organizers:
Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Nilton Kamiji (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 34
Lecturers:
Adriano Tort (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Aline Duarte (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
André Bastos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Bóris Marin (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Christophe Pouzat (Paris Descartes University, Paris, France)
Daniel Takahashi (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil)
Demian Battaglia (Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France)
Germán Mato (Bariloche Atomic Center, Bariloche, Argentina)
Guilherme Ost (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
John Murray (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Ludmila Rodrigues (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Maximilian Schmidt (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Japan)
Nilton Kamiji (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Patrício Orio (University of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile)
Pedro Maldonado (University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Renan Shimoura (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Sacha van Albada (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)
Salvador Dura-Bernal (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Volker Steuber (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
William Bialek (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA)
William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Yuri Rodrigues (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON VIII
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
January 6-31 2020
Organizers:
Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Maurício Girardi-Schappo (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Nilton Kamiji (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Number of students: 40
Lecturers:
Aline Duarte (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Antonio Galves (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Antonio Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Cecília Romaro (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Christophe Pouzat (Paris Descartes University, Paris, France)
Demian Battaglia (Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France)
Eli Shlizerman (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)
Emilio Kropff (Leloir Institute Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Facundo Rodriguez (MetaCell, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Fernando Borges (Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil)
Fernando Najman (University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Gaute Einevoll (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway)
Germán Mato (Bariloche Atomic Center, Bariloche, Argentina)
Horacio Rotstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA and Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA)
John Murray (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Marcelo Reyes (Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil)
Maurício Girardi-Schappo (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Nilton Kamiji (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Renan Shimoura (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto University, Espoo, Finland)
Rodrigo Cofre (University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile)
Sacha van Albada (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)
Salvador Dura-Bernal (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Vinícius Lima (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
University of São Paulo (USP)

LASCON IX
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
January 8 – February 2 2024
Organizers:
Antonio C. Roque (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
Bóris Marin (Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil)
Maurício Girardi-Schappo (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Rodrigo Pena (Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, USA)
Number of students: 41
Lecturers:
Aline Duarte (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Arnd Roth (University College, London, UK)
Christophe Pouzat (Paris Descartes University, Paris, France)
Demian Battaglia (Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France)
Fernando Borges (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Gaute Einevoll (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway)
Germán Mato (Bariloche Atomic Center, Bariloche, Argentina)
Hans Ekkehard Plesser (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway)
Horacio Rotstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA and Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA)
João Vitor Moreira (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
John Murray (Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA)
Junji Ito (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany)
Lyle Muller (Western University, London, ON, Canada)
Marja-Leena Linne (Tampere University, Tampere, Finland)
Maurício Girardi-Schappo (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)
Mauro Copelli (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil)
Roberto Budzinski (Western University, London, ON, Canada)
Tilo Schwalger (Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
Valeriy Bragin (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA and Charité Berlin University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany)
William Lytton (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Support:
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
University of São Paulo (USP)
