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Computational Psychiatry Course 2026

Monday, Sep 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM to Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM CET

FocusTerra, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, ZH, 8006, Switzerland

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Monday, Sep 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM to Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM CET

FocusTerra, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, ZH, 8006, Switzerland.

The Computational Psychiatry Course (CPC) is organized since 2015 by the Translational Neuromodeling Unit (TNU), University of Zurich & ETH Zurich, and is designed to provide students from different fields with the necessary toolkit to master challenges in computational psychiatry research. 

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Tickets

32

Talks

11

Tutorials

2

Special events

Who Should Attend?

The CPC is meant to be practically useful for students at all levels (MDs, Master, PhD, Postdoc, PI) and from diverse backgrounds (neuroscience, psychology, medicine, engineering, physics, etc.), who would like to apply modeling techniques to study cognition or brain physiology in mental health.

Why Should You Attend?

The course will teach not only the theory of computational modeling, but also demonstrate open source software in application to example data sets. In addition to the lecture series and practical tutorials, social events will give you the unique opportunity to connect with fellow attendees and speakers.

Course Structure

Conceptually, the CPC is divided into two parts. The Main Course consists of an initial introduction to psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, followed by in-depth coverage of computational methods and a final conference-like day with talks about practical applications from internationally renown speakers. This part will be held in a hybrid format, i.e., all lectures will be delivered simultaneously both for an on-site audience (Zurich) and an online audience (Zoom). The practical Tutorials will provide 3-hour, small-group, in-depth and hands-on sessions on a specific modeling approach. All practical sessions will use open-source software packages.

Philosophy

The goal of the CPC is to create a space for students, scientists, and clinicians in which they can share and advance the state of knowledge in computational psychiatry. To make the CPC as inclusive as possible, we provide free online access to participants from low-income countries. Everyone is welcome at the CPC. To this end, we encourage all participants to treat each other respectfully. Some background knowledge in statistics and computational methods is needed to master the more technical parts (Days 2-4).

Speakers & Attendees Reception

While our Main Course talks provide you with plenty of knowledge, there is great value in one-on-one interaction and the direct exchange of ideas. Thus, we have organized a speakers and attendees reception including drinks and snacks at the Dozentenfoyer of ETH together with our speakers and fellow attendees. This is a great chance to get to know each other and ask questions in an informal setting.

The reception takes place on Tuesday evening. If you want to join, sign up by purchasing a ticket during the registration process. Please note that due to spatial constraints, places are limited.

Poster Session

On day 2 of the course, we will hold a poster session, during which attendees have the opportunity to present their research. Please check the CPC website for requirements and submission deadlines. To submit your abstract, click "Abstract Management" above.