CMC lab

My PhD journey has officially come to end with a Summa Cum Laude, thanks to all the amazing people who’ve supported me along the way, especially my advisors Anna Levina and @engeltatiana.bsky.social!
Which apparently coincided with graduation from a witchcraft and wizardry school 😉

#neuroskyence

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today in ~2h (July 31st, Thursday, 2 PM CET), Jonathan Kasdin will tell us about his recent @nature.com paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

That’s a great point, there are at least some evidence in ANNs that critical dynamics coincide with the optimal point for efficient coding, for example this paper from @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social tomorrow (= July 3rd, Thursday, 2 PM CET), @alexandertesmer.bsky.social will tell us about his recent paper (bsky.app/profile/alex...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

Alisa, many apologies that we missed your message :( If you send us a gmail (or any email), we will send you the recording of the talk.

And here is the summary bsky.app/profile/davi... by our speaker, @david-g-clark.bsky.social

Structure of activity in multiregion recurrent neural networks | PNAS Neural circuits comprise multiple interconnected regions, each with complex dynamics. The interplay between local and global activity is thought to...

(1/23) In addition to the new Lady Gaga album "Mayhem," my paper with Manuel Beiran, "Structure of activity in multiregion recurrent neural networks," has been published today.

PNAS link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

(see dclark.io for PDF)

An explainer thread...

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social tomorrow (= June 26th, Thursday, 2 PM CET), David Clark will tell us about his recent @pnas.org paper (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

Happy to share my second paper with Peter Dayan on our decision-theoretic approach to perceptual multistability (see the tweeprint of the first paper here x.com/neuroprincip...).

Paper:
A decision-theoretic model of multistability biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you are interested in our RL models of internal cognitive processes (continuation of x.com/neuroprincip... and bsky.app/profile/neur...) visit our poster "A reinforcement learning model of task-modulated perception" today (poster 90) at RLDM conference.

Global modules robustly emerge from local interactions and smooth gradients - Nature The principle of peak selection is described, by which local interactions and smooth gradients drive self-organization of discrete global modules.

1/ Our paper appeared in @Nature today! www.nature.com/articles/s41... w/ Fiete Lab and @khonamikail.bsky.social .
Explains emergence of multiple grid cell modules, w/ excellent match to data! Novel mechanism for applying across vast systems from development to ecosystems. 🧵👇

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (= May 1st, Thursday, 2 PM CET), @sarthakc.bsky.social will tell us about his recent @nature.com paper (bsky.app/profile/sart...). If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

@cmc-lab.bsky.social also welcome interested applicants. Please get in touch if you are into understanding the computational machinery of cognitive processes ;)

Thanks very much for joining us! We learned a lot :)

And link to her BlueSky summary: bsky.app/profile/hong...

Also on BlueSky: @hongyuchang.bsky.social ;-)

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (= April 24, Thursday, 2 PM CET), Hongyu Chang will tell us about her recent @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41.... If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.

Shervin is looking for a PhD student in his lab in Dresden. Looks like an amazing opportunity, with deadline approaching fast!

I advise any master student wishing to enroll in a PhD program to apply! Deadline approaching soon - don't miss out

I look forward to presenting and discussing this work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... in the Soft Matter and Biophysics Seminar of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences! More info and link to join here: english.itp.cas.cn/activities/T...

Sorry for the delay. It was recorded, let's exchange by email.

Excitatory-inhibitory recurrent dynamics produce robust visual grids and stable attractors Spatially modulated grid cells have been recently found in the rat secondary visual cortex (V2) during active navigation. However, the computational m…

In our Learning Club @cmc-lab.bsky.social today (= April 10, Thursday, 2 PM CET), Sage Chen will tell us about his lab recent works, including sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... If you'd like to attend, send an empty email to virtual-talk-link-request@cmclab.org to get the link!

Highly recommend this position! Shervin has been one of the smartest and kindest scientists I’ve collaborated with and he is a great mentor!

good guy to work for and with

I'm biased, we are collaborating. But there is a reason we are collaborating: I find Shervin to be one of the brightest and kindest scientists I've had the opportunity to meet. This is a great opportunity if you're considering grad school

Heading to @cosynemeeting.bsky.social next week. Will be in Montreal (and for a few days in Toronto afterward). If you want to chat about joining us in @cmc-lab.bsky.social, drop me a line!

🚀 Today (Mar 6, 2 PM EST) at our lab’s Learning Club, we’re excited to have Renate Krause,
presenting her fascinating paper: 🔗 proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...

If you’re as interested as we are, feel free to message me or @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social
for the link! 📩