Confirmed
Prof. Pierpaolo Sorrentino, MD, PhD
Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (Inserm and Aix-Marseille University, France)
Building the Virtual Brain: Patient-Specific Models for Clinical Medicine
2nd Edition · Virtual · November 12–13, 2026
Computational
Neuroscience
Workshop 2026
Two days online for researchers and engineers turning neural signals into models, devices and clinical tools. Hosted by Rastuc Labs & Ghana Medical School.
About
A working meeting for neurotech builders
The Computational Neuroscience Workshop (CNW) brings together students and professionals from engineering and medicine to explore how the brain computes and how we can build technology around it. Over two full online days, participants will move from the fundamentals of neural modelling and signal analysis to machine learning for brain data and the hardware that makes wearable neurotechnology possible. Clinicians will see what engineering can offer, and engineers will see the clinical problems worth solving. Following the success of the first edition in December 2025, CNW 2026 is built around one idea:The best neurotechnology is built by people who understand both sides.
- Format
- Virtual
- Dates
- November 12–13, 2026
- Organizer
- Rastuc Labs & Ghana Medical School
- Registration
- Register here
Call for talks and posters
Topics of interest
- EEG and intracranial signal processing
- AI and machine learning in neuroscience and neurotechnology
- Brain-computer interfaces and neural decoding
- TinyML and edge inference for wearables
- Computational models of neural circuits
- Datasets, benchmarks and reproducibility in neurotech
- Neurotechnology for low-resource health systems
How to contribute
Send a short abstract describing your work. Accepted submissions are presented as talks or lightning talks in the live program.
- Abstract deadline26th October 2026
- Notification2nd November 2026
- WorkshopNovember 12–13, 2026
Speakers
Invited speakers
Confirmed
Dr. Lukas Winter
President, Open Source Imaging Initiative (OSI²) e.V.
Engineering Open-Source Hardware for Medical Imaging
Confirmed
Dr Kebaso Sianyo
Neurosurgery Registrar, University of Nairobi. CEO, Rastuc
Building African datasets and open neuroscience infrastructure
Confirmed
Dr David Andai, MD, MSc
Co-founder, Afiadata
Large-Scale Neural Data Analysis Pipelines
Invited
Anthony Gitau MSc
PhD Candidate, University of Eastern Norway
Foundation models and LLMs in neuroscience and clinical notes
Invited
Dr Nika Mansouri Ghiasi, PhD
SAFARI Research Group, ETH Zurich
Bridging Computer Architecture and Health Informatics (Arch4Health)
Confirmed
Jacob Kirera
Rastuc Labs
TinyML on wearables: running neural models on microcontrollers
Invited
Anubhav Rakshit, MSc.
g.tec medical engineering GmbH
Open-Science Ecosystems and Edge BCI Prototyping
Confirmed
Samwel Kiragu
Biomedical Engineering, Kenyatta University
From Neurons to Prints: Designing Bio-Compatible Structures and BCI Hardware
Program
Two days, online
Detailed schedule to be updated. All times in East Africa Time (EAT, GMT+3).
- TBAOpening and welcomePlenary
- TBABuilding the Virtual Brain: Patient-Specific Models for Clinical MedicineKeynote
- TBASession 1: Neural signal processingTalks
- TBASession 2: Brain-computer interfacesTalks
- TBASession 3: TinyML and wearables for the clinicTalks
- TBASession 4: 3D printing and prototyping for neurotechnologyTechnical hands-on
- TBALightning talks and postersOpen call
- TBAPanel and closing remarksPlenary
Committee
Organizers
Workshop Chair
- Jacob KireraDirector, Rastuc Labs
Workshop Co-Chair
- Peter BlessingGhana Medical School, University of Ghana
Organizing Committee
- Dula DzidulaBiomedical Engineer, University of Ghana
Volunteers
- VolunteersRastuc Labs & University of Ghana
Past edition
The 1st edition
Five days of hands-on tutorials and invited talks, 15–19 December 2025.
View the 1st edition