CNSP is an open science initiative providing a platform for facilitating research on cognition and natural sensory processing.

CNSP activities and projects

CNSP Virtual Workshops

During the CNSP Virtual Workshops you you can learn methodologies for neural signal processing for natural scenes and sound perception and connect with like-minded researchers from around the world. Please check Booklet, Videos and Tutorials from our 2025 workshop.

CNSP Hackathon

In 2025 we hosted our first CNSP Hackathon! Teams worked together on developing innovative tools and analyses that advance research in cognition and natural sensory processing.

• First preprint from the hackaton by Johanna Wilroth, Nancy Sotero Silva, Ali Tafakkor, Bruno de Avo Mesquita, Emily Y. J. Ip, Bonnie Lau, Jaimy Hannah, & Giovanni M. Di Liberto "Investigating neural speech processing with functional near infrared spectroscopy: considerations for temporal response functions".
• More resources coming soon!

CNSP Resources

• CND: A standardised data structure for natural sensory processing datasets.
• CNSP Resources, including standardised datasets and tutorials (e.g., mTRF-Toolbox, EelBrain)

CNSP Scholarships and Awards

CNSP projects are supported by generous travel scholarships from mBrainTrain and Artinis.

• The student Giorgio Piazza, who won the scholarship at CNSP2022, carried out a project on speech perception with Giovanni Di Liberto at TCD and the CNSP team. His work is now published in Imaging Neuroscience.
• The student Nandhini Natarajan, who won the scholarship at CNSP2023, carried out a project on music production with Giorgia Cantisani at ENS Paris.

Our Team

• Giovanni Di Liberto (CNSP co-ordinator; Hackathon co-ordinator), PhD — Assistant Professor in Intelligent Systems, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin
• Mick Crosse (Media co-lead), PhD — Senior Neurotechnology Engineer at Ozlo and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin
• Aaron Nidiffer (Workshop co-ordinator), PhD — Research Assistant Professor at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester
• Nate Zuk, PhD — Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Hearing in the Department of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University
• Giorgia Cantisani, PhD — CNRS Researcher at IRCAM, Paris
• Stephanie Haro, PhD — Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University
• Magdalena Kachlicka (Media co-lead), PhD — Postdoctoral Researcher in the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Lab, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern
• Jess Alexander — PhD Student at the University of Texas at Austin
• Xinyi Guan — PhD student at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Danna Chu — PhD student at the University of Padua
• John O'Doherty — PhD student at Trinity College Dublin

CNSP workshops organisers:

• CNSP hackathon 2025: Giovanni Di Liberto (coordinator), Aaron Nidiffer, Mick Crosse, Nate Zuk, Giorgia Cantisani, Stephanie Haro, Magdalena Kachlicka
• CNSP workshop 2025: Aaron Nidiffer (coordinator), Giovanni Di Liberto, Jess Alexander, Mick Crosse, Nate Zuk, Giorgia Cantisani, Stephanie Haro, Magdalena Kachlicka
• CNSP workshop 2023: Aaron Nidiffer (coordinator), Giovanni Di Liberto, Mick Crosse, Nate Zuk, Giorgia Cantisani, Stephanie Haro
• CNSP workshop 2022: Giovanni Di Liberto (coordinator), Mick Crosse, Nate Zuk, Aaron Nidiffer, Giorgia Cantisani, Stephanie Haro
• CNSP workshop 2021: Giovanni Di Liberto (coordinator), Mick Crosse, Nate Zuk, Aaron Nidiffer

If you would like to receive updates about the workshop, you can sign up for the Google group CNSP Workshop by clicking the link for the group and pressing the button "Ask to join group":
groups.google.com/g/cnspworkshop