NeuroDataReHack continues in 2027 as the NeuroData AI Summer School, supported by a five-year NIH R25 research education grant from NINDS (R25NS149357) and hosted and sponsored by HHMI-Janelia. The program has its own website at neurodata-ai.org, which holds the full details for 2027 along with the schedules, recordings, projects, and reports from every NeuroDataReHack since 2022.
Dates and Location
The 2027 school will be held at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia. Participants arrive the evening of Sunday, July 18, 2027. The program runs from Monday, July 19 through Saturday, July 24, and participants may check out on Saturday, July 24 or Sunday, July 25.
What Changes
The format is the one NeuroDataReHack refined over five years: participants arrive with a reanalysis question, form teams around shared datasets on the DANDI Archive, take instruction in the mornings, and spend most of the week on project work with faculty and dataset stewards on hand. The week is longer, and a larger share of the curriculum is devoted to AI methods for neural data: foundation models, coding with large language models and agents, dimensionality reduction and neural decoding, and transfer learning across datasets. The focus remains on analyzing existing data in NWB and on DANDI, not on converting data to NWB. If you are interested in learning how to convert data, consider an NWB Data Conversion Workshop.
Application
Applications are open until Friday, January 29, 2027 and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Who should apply, what the form asks for, and how applications are reviewed are described on the application page. The school is free to attend, with lodging and meals provided on campus.
Instructors
Benjamin Dichter, Ph.D.
CatalystNeuro
Ryan Ly, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Oliver Ruebel, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Edoardo Balzani, Ph.D.
Flatiron Institute
Sarah Jo Venditto, Ph.D.
Flatiron Institute
Carter Peene
Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics
The full faculty list, including the advisory committee, is on the program website. Additional instructors will be announced as they are confirmed.
Code of Conduct
Please see the Code of Conduct for all NWB events.