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CuttingGardens-2026 IIT Mandi: A Global EEG Conference
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CuttingGardens is a globally distributed EEG conference in which local “Gardens” run in parallel, sharing a common programme of talks while adding their own in-person local sessions. In 2026, IIT Mandi hosts India’s first Garden, bringing frontier methods in electroencephalography (EEG) directly to Indian students, researchers, and clinicians.
Spanning five days (21 – 25 September 2026) at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, the conference combines globally broadcast plenary lectures with locally delivered, hands-on training. Participants will gain practical experience with modern EEG analysis, which includes reproducible processing pipelines, machine-learning and decoding approaches, and open-source tools such as EEGLAB, FieldTrip, etc.
The program features:
Keynote lectures and special sessions from 10+ distinguished local speakers, spanning cognitive neuroscience, clinical neurology, computational modeling, and neurotechnology.
Hands-on tutorials and EEG demonstrations on current analysis methods and open-source software.
Panel discussions on building neuroimaging capacity and reproducible, open science in India.
A poster session and student presentations, with awards for the best oral presentation, best poster, and a young scientist award.
The conference is open to students, doctoral scholars, faculty, researchers, and clinicians working with or intending to work with EEG data. Whether you are new to brain-signal analysis or looking to sharpen your methods, the IIT Mandi Garden offers a rare chance to learn frontier techniques in person, connect with a global community, and bring these skills back to your own institution.
