Clementine Domine 🍊 @CCN

Cosyne Viewing Parties

Visas, costs, care responsibilities, and environmental concerns all limit Cosyne attendance. Luckily, the talks are livestreamed; but watching alone is the high road to an aneurism. Hence: viewing parties! Gather regionally to watch Cosyne talks! More info: shorturl.at/3DHZX.

Thrilled to be presenting a poster at
@wimlworkshop.bsky.social today! 🎉

Exact Learning Dynamics of Bottlenecked and Wide Deep Linear Networks — a deep dive into how architecture shapes feature learning, from bottlenecks to wide layers.

openreview.net/forum?id=GtX...

Come say hi!

Heading to @neuripsconf.bsky.social see!
Excited to connect, chat, and meet new people.

I’m also helping organize @unireps.bsky.social again this year — make sure to come by and check out the posters!

📢 Save the date! Join us for the next @ellis.eu x @unireps.bsky.social Speaker Series!
📅28th October – 16:00 CEST
📍https://ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
🎙️Speakers: Keynote Talk by @stefanofusi.bsky.social & Flash Talk by @danielkunin.bsky.social

Starting in 30mins! Do not miss it if you are interested in DINOv3 and its representation alignment with human brain!

📢 Save the date!
Join us for the next @ellis.eu and @unireps.bsky.social Speaker Series!
📅8th October – 16:00 CEST
📷 ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
🎙️ Speakers: Keynote by @maxseitzer.bsky.social & Flash Talk by Joséphine Raugel

📢 Save the date!
Join us for the next @ellis.eu and @unireps.bsky.social Speaker Series!
📅16th September – 16:00 CEST
📷 ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
🎙️ Speakers: Keynote by Jacqueline Gottlieb & Flash Talk by William Dorrell

🔵🔴Stay updated by joining our Google group: groups.google.com/u/2/g/ellis-...

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🧠✨ How closely do AI models mirror the human brain?
Join us for @irisgroen.bsky.social’s talk: “Alignment of visual representations in AI and human brains: beyond object recognition”
📅 8th September @unireps.bsky.social x @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social meetup
🔗 Zoom link: ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
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🚨 Registration for the
@unireps.bsky.social x @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social meetup (Sept 8) is now closed & sold out for in-person attendance!

But good news — you can still join us online 👩‍💻✨

🔗 Zoom link: ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160

We can’t wait to see you there! 🎉

📢 Deadline Extended!

The submission deadline for the UniReps Workshop (technical tracks: Ext. Abstracts & Proceedings) is now August 29 (AoE).

⏰ NEW deadline: August 29 (AoE) ⏰

🔵Submit: t.co/rRMRKRkKtY

🔴CfP: t.co/JsjgbyTabL

See you at NeurIPS 25🚀

It’s been a real pleasure visiting @devon-jarvis.bsky.social lab @caandl-lab Wits University this week and giving a talk – great discussions and inspiring work happening here! 🇿🇦

Speakers and organizers of the GAC debate. Time and location of the GAC debate: 5 PM in Room C1.03.

Our #CCN2025 GAC debate w/ @gretatuckute.bsky.social, Gemma Roig (www.cvai.cs.uni-frankfurt.de), Jacqueline Gottlieb (gottlieblab.com), Klaus Oberauer, @mschrimpf.bsky.social &‬ @brittawestner.bsky.social asks:

📊 What benchmarks are useful for cognitive science? 💭
2025.ccneuro.org/gac

Had a wonderful first day @ CCN in Beautiful Amsterdam ! 🌷

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🏆 Excited to announce that we will feature Best Paper and Best Reviewer awards!
🎁 Winners will receive paid NeurIPS registrations!

👉Submit your work openreview.net/group?id=Neu...
👉 Sign up to review forms.gle/tDE4kJqVubES...

See you in San Diego! 🚀

🎓Thrilled to share I’ve officially defended my PhD!🥳

At @gatsbyucl.bsky.social, my research explored how prior knowledge shapes neural representations.

I’m deeply grateful to my mentors, @saxelab.bsky.social and @caswell.bsky.social, my incredible collaborators, and everyone who supported me!

UniReps Workshop Unifying Representations in Neural Models

Join us for the 3rd edition of the UniReps Workshop at #NeurIPS2025! 🧠🤖

We're bringing together researchers from #AI, #Neuroscience, and #CogSci to explore why different neural models learn similar representations.

📝 Call for Papers is OPEN on OpenReview!
🌐 Website: unireps.org/2025/

📢 We're thrilled to announce that the UniReps workshop will return to @NeurIPSConf 25 for its 3rd edition!

🔵Check our new Call for Papers at: unireps.org/2025/call-fo...

🔴Submit your work at: openreview.net/group?id=Neu...

See you in San Diego!🌴🇺🇸

How do task dynamics impact learning in networks with internal dynamics?

Excited to share our ICML Oral paper on learning dynamics in linear RNNs!
with @clementinedomine.bsky.social @mpshanahan.bsky.social and Pedro Mediano

openreview.net/forum?id=KGO...

UniReps x Ucl Neuro Ai meetup registration Hi all! We’re excited to launch the UniReps meetup in collaboration with UCL NeuroAi. This meetup builds on the success of the Unireps workshop at NeurIPS 2023-2024, continuing the exploration of un...

🚀Exciting News! 🚀

Join us for the first UniReps x @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social

Meetup at @ucl.ac.uk @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social on Sept 8, 2025! 🎉

🎙️ Keynote by @irisgroen.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam)

📍 Register now! 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🥳 Congratulations to Clementine Domine (@clementinedomine.bsky.social) on passing her PhD viva with minor corrections! 🎉

🔖 Balancing Learning Regimes: The Impact of Prior Knowledge on the Dynamics of Neural Representations

👉 Join our Google group for more updates: groups.google.com/u/2/g/ellis-...

🎉 The first @ellis.eu × Unireps Speaker Series (Reading Group associated with Ellis PhD & Postdoc Program) session is happening soon! 🔜

🗓️ When: 29th May 2025 – 16:30 CET
📍 Where: ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
🎙️ Who: Andrew Lampinen @lampinen.bsky.social (Keynote) & Jack Lindsey (Flash Talk)

Thank you to my amazing co-authors: Yoonsoo Nam, Seok Hyeong Lee, Yeachan Park, Charles London, Wonyl Choi, Niclas Alexander Göring, Seungjai Lee 4/4

💬 So next time a reviewer says, “Linear networks aren’t used in practice,” you’ll know where to point them. 3/4

Surprisingly, layerwise linear models (no nonlinearities!) can already explain key deep learning behaviors:
– Neural Collapse
– Emergence
– Lazy vs. Rich Regimes
– Grokking
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Our paper "Solve Layerwise Linear Models First to Understand Neural Dynamical Phenomena" has been accepted as a position paper to ICML 2025!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.21009
These models offer a tractable path to understanding complex neural dynamics—before diving into full nonlinearity. 1/4

Had so much fun presenting our two posters at ICLR with @devon-jarvis.bsky.social and Nico Anguita ! Thanks to everyone who came by and chatted!

See you tomorrow, 4-5pm BST (note that it's not our usual time).
Dont forget to register to receive the attendance link! ⬇️