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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">It is that time of year again when we are asking for your thoughts about modeling and simulation software. Could you please help us understand what the field needs by filling
out this </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=1pxmMn9zOUuL3daVESDT_IQMBZV8PsJOuNbGEdzoEwxUNENCSTJYVkFFQlhCSEJXTVZTNlFPSUYzRS4u" data-outlook-id="9938e40c-9d25-488d-bcd1-b22a39f10d65" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">brief
survey</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">? That will be very helpful to guide our work (and is required by the NIH).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Also, consider joining us for the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><a href="https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-modeling-software-workshop/" data-outlook-id="8140e093-5c1e-4a05-b63c-0f35b0b858dc" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Allen
Institute Modeling </a><a href="https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-modeling-software-workshop/" data-outlook-id="cc4f73ee-00c5-41c3-9bc9-8ac67da654d3" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Software Workshop</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">on
July 20-22, 2026 at the Allen Institute in Seattle, WA! This hands-on workshop focuses on building and simulating complex and heterogeneous network models grounded in real biological data. Participants will learn to use BMTK, SONATA, VND, our data, and models
for simulating brain circuits.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><a href="https://alleninstitute.submittable.com/submit/339665/2026-allen-institute-modeling-software-workshop" data-outlook-id="2a02d5d4-8e05-45ab-a3ad-0f1f12d7c80c" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Applications</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b> are
due March 15th, 2026.</b> Selected applicants will be notified by May 1, 2026. Limited travel funding is available.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">And another exciting event is happening on January 27 in Singapore: the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://neuroai-multimodal-workshop.github.io/" data-outlook-id="0c63ad6f-4b9d-430b-b101-c7a177476bc7" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Neuro
for AI & AI for Neuro</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> workshop at the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://aaai.org/conference/aaai/aaai-26/" data-outlook-id="3afeea0b-cf28-4613-ba56-c482990a99f4" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">AAAI
2026 conference</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">.
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Join us for a day of talks, posters, and discussions about cutting-edge research at the intersection of Neuro and AI.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We are looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Anton.</span></p>
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