2026 N3BG Summer School

Key Theme: N3BG for improved human cognition and health
Dates: 20-21st May 2026, Sofia and Plovdiv

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2026 Theme

​The current AI revolution is transforming the world, yet its potential to benefit the most important asset on this planet, humans, remains to be explored. Neuroinformatics, neural networks and neurocomputers (the N3) are in the very core of this revolution.

The 4th summer school of the N3BG consortium will discuss issues of how N3 methods and systems can help humans of all ages to improve their cognitive abilities and health. This includes using both generative AI, such as LLM, and predictive AI systems, such as neuromorphic ones. If properly used, the former can help improve human knowledge and cognition and the latter – to predict early and to prevent mental and other health problems. Contemporary topics for presentations and discussions will be considered in 3 major themes:

(1) Methodological advances: advances in neuroinformatics; advances in neural networks and neurocomputers; brain-inspired computation; LLM based on novel neurocomputers (spike-based transformers); agentic AI; neuromorphic agents.

(2) Applications: LLM in education, from primary-, to tertiary- and to higher education for improved learning and cognitive skills; improving cognition in elderly population; AI in professional health practice; predictive AI for early prediction of health problems, such as: stroke, AD, dementia, MS, ADHD, depression; N3 for personalized medicine; using speech for early brain diagnosis; using sound for treatment in mental health;

(3) AI Ethics: AI against fake information; ethical use of LLM;

Other related topics can be suggested by members of N3BG.

When & Where

The N3BG 2026 summer school will be held over 2 days, in two different locations.

  • 20 May 2026, TU Sofia-Plovdiv branch, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

    -> The first national SIG in Bioinformatics was established in TU-Sofia Branch Plovdiv in 2004 by Prof. Kasabov (https://cst.tu-plovdiv.bg/bi/) and then coordinated by Prof. Boeva, still active area in teaching and research.

Registration

Attendance is free for all participants, with prior registration required, either on-line and on-site. 

To register in advance, please send the name and email address of the participant to the organizing co-chair Dilyana Budakova (dilyana_budakova@yahoo.com).

Preliminary Program

The program will include short presentations of 20-30 min and panel discussions led by academics and business leaders from Bulgaria and several other EU countries, along with from the UK, Switzerland, New Zealand and the USA.

The panels will facilitate open discussions in the audience.

The programme is open to all members of the N3BG to suggest a topic and to present it to the summer school or to make a brief announcement to the audience, if they wish so.

All members of the N3BG group and presenters are automatically registered free for the event. The school will be held in a hybrid mode, both on-site and on-line and the Zoom link will be announced through an email to all registered participants. The final program will also be announced on the event webpage: https://www.knowledgeengineering.ai/n3-bg.  

The detailed program will be announced in early March for both Plovdiv and Sofia sites.

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Current Members of the Organising Committee