This workshop is part of the Bernoulli Center programme at EPFL, to be held from 02 to 06 November 2026.

The brain forms a large recurrent spiking neural network with extremely high connectivity making time-dependent mean-field approaches valuable tools to translate the microscopic level of single-neuron dynamics to the mesoscopic or macroscopic level. In recent years, experimental data as well as simulation studies have highlighted the importance of low-dimensional macroscopic dynamics in large recurrent spiking networks. On the theory side, the notion of low-rank connectivity has shifted into the focus of interest.

This meeting will to bring together researchers in mathematical and theoretical neuroscience who address the above topics from different perspectives.