This was a very fun project with my inimitable collaborators @jfeather.bsky.social @sueyeonchung.bsky.social and @eerosim.bsky.social
Paper link: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
@tedyerxa.bsky.social
Neuroscience PhD candidate in the Simoncelli and Chung labs at NYU. Trying to force computers to see the way people do.
This was a very fun project with my inimitable collaborators @jfeather.bsky.social @sueyeonchung.bsky.social and @eerosim.bsky.social
Paper link: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
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
Applications are open for the 2025 Flatiron Institute Junior Theoretical Neuroscience Workshop! A two-day workshop 7/10-7/11 in NYC for PhD students and postdocs. All travel paid. Apply by April 14th.๐ง ๐ฝ๐งโ๐ฌhttp://jtnworkshop2025.flatironinstitute.org/
@flatironinstitute.org @simonsfoundation.org
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
Excited to present work with @jfeather.bsky.social @eerosim.bsky.social and @sueyeonchung.bsky.social today at Neurips!
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below