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Teddy Yerxa

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Neuroscience PhD candidate in the Simoncelli and Chung labs at NYU. Trying to force computers to see the way people do.

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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/...

28.03.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

28.03.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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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.๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ—ฝ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฌhttp://jtnworkshop2025.flatironinstitute.org/
@flatironinstitute.org @simonsfoundation.org

06.03.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

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

12.12.2024 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

12.12.2024 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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