SueYeon Chung

#Cosyne2026 deadline is just around the corner:

🧠📜 **16 October 2025! 📜🧠

See below for more on key dates and abstract submission:
www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...

Also those interested in comp neuro and deep learning/AI are encouraged to apply 👇🏻👇🏻

Ever wondered what gives rise to efficient neural population geometry? Our lab’s new work, led by Sonica Saraf (w/ Tony Movshon), shows how diversity in single-neuron tuning shapes population-level representation geometries to improve perceptual efficiency. Congrats
‪@sonicasaraf.bsky.social‬!

Congratulations!

*Interpretable theory of neural-AI alignment:
- Neural prediction: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
- Representation similarity:
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.19648

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*Neuro-inspired & efficient AI:
- MMCR (Maximum Manifold Capacity Representations): proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
- Contrast-equivariant SSL improves neural-model alignment
proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...

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Enjoyed speaking at Frontiers in NeuroAI Symposium @harvard.edu's @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social

Key papers from the talk:

*Manifold capacity theory:
- original: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- correlated: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- data-driven (latest theory): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Folks at Princeton have put together an aggregator to highlight example of how federally funded research has directly impacted people's lives. They are looking for more studies to highlight, so send along suggestions and help make the benefits of science more visible!

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

Congratulations Mark!

How Did Geometry Create Modern Physics? | Quanta Magazine Geometry may have its origins thousands of years ago in ancient land surveying, but it has also had a surprising impact on modern physics. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Yang-Hui He explores...

You may not have thought about geometry since middle school. But the mathematician Yang-Hui He argues that it’s intrinsic to being human. Tune in to "The Joy of Why" from @prx.org and @quantamagazine.bsky.social: www.quantamagazine.org/how-did-geom...

Elusive Cures A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time—brain and mental illnesses

30 days to the launch of Elusive Cures! I learned so much writing it, and I want to share it.

For the next 30 days, I'll post brain & mind research breakthroughs on odd days, and highlight unmet needs on even ones. #ElusiveCures30

First breakthrough: /1

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

Our short film about our co-founder Jim Simons was nominated for the @Telly Awards. Help amplify the story of his incredible life and contributions to math and basic science by voting for our film here: peoples.tellyawards.com/PublicVoting... #science #philanthropy

Teddy's project is one of the only clear examples we know of (so far) where modifying the *objective function* used for training a deep neural network systematically improves neural prediction of IT responses. Come chat at his poster this afternoon at #cosyne2025! (Poster 2-036)

We are presenting two exciting projects tonight at #Cosyne2025! 🧠🧑‍🔬

[1-032] Changes in tuning curves, not neural population covariance, improve category separability in the primate ventral visual pathway

[1-112] Comparing image representations in terms of sensitivities to local distortions

If you are at #cosyne2025 come check out my poster this afternoon! We demonstrate a case where objective function design can systematically improve neural predictivity in deep networks.

[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT

Heading to Anaheim for #APSSummit25! I'll be giving a talk at GSNP's MAR-G54 session.
summit.aps.org/events/MAR-G54

Looking forward to connecting with old and new colleagues #APS2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social

We’re organizing a #CoSyNe2025 workshop on what agent models can teach us about neuroscience! See Sat’s thread for more info 😊

@cosynemeeting.bsky.social workshops are posted and they’re 🔥🔥🔥, as always.

www.cosyne.org/workshops-pr...

#cosyne #cosyne2025 #neuroskyence

Join us at this #COSYNE2025 workshop to discuss foundation models for neuroscience!!!

#neuroscience #NeuroAI #MLSky 🧪

Horace Barlow, by all accounts, was thinking about 30 years ahead of his time. Here is a transcript of the opening keynote I gave at a symposium honoring Horace's scientific legacy: markusmeister.com/2024/12/14/h....

The UniReps Workshop is happening THIS SATURDAY at #NeurIPS 🤖🧠

Join us for a day of insightful talks and discussions with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social, @eringrant.bsky.social, @leavittron.bsky.social, @itsneuronal.bsky.social, @marcocuturi.bsky.social, Philip Isola, Neel Nanda and Stefanie Jegelka! 🎤

TL;DR: Encouraging transformation equivariance in an otherwise standard self-supervised learning setup systematically improves your ability to predict neural responses in area IT.

Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=AiMs8...

Poster: Poster Session 3 #2204, East Exhibit Hall

If you are at #NeurIPS2024, check out Teddy’s poster today!

Contrastive-equivariant SSL improves alignment with primate IT 🤖🐵

Cosyne 2025 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program

The Undergrad Travel Grant Program (deadline: Dec 6th) provides an opportunity for undergrads to learn more about comp systems neuro. It’s especially suited for students considering neuro graduate study!

Apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

More info:
www.cosyne.org/travel-grants

I’d love to be added as well. Thank you 🙏

Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an

Terrific piece summarizing a recent report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns

www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

🙋🏻‍♀️ Could I be added if possible? Thank you 🙏🏻

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