Edge of Tomorrow:
Theory and Practice of Closed-Loop Neural Control

The workshop aims to catalyze the next wave of systems neuroscience research by moving from passive recording of neural activity to active closed-loop control. This workshop will bridge the gap between control theorists developing algorithms and experimentalists navigating the challenges of implementing these algorithms in practice.

While past Cosyne workshops have explored the constituent elements of dynamical system identification, active inference, and optimal control of neural population dynamics, our proposed workshop offers a distinct and timely synthesis focused on the translational potential of the emerging closed-loop techniques.

We will specifically emphasize methods applicable to human electrophysiology, where the goal is to actively probe and control neural dynamics with precision, maximizing information gain within limited experimental sessions. This workshop will create a novel forum that bridges the gap between control theorists developing algorithms and experimentalists facing the practical hurdles of implementing these systems, thereby embodying the Cosyne ethos of a tight, functional integration of theory and experiment to ask fundamentally new questions about neural computation.