Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
@trackingactions.bsky.social
Scientist 👩🔬 & EPFL Prof 🇨🇭 | DeepLabCut.org , 🦓 cebra.ai | neuroscience & ML 🧠 mackenziemathislab.org | ✨CSO at Kinematik.ai | occasionally 🐦⬛birds/🌱outdoors/🍣food/👠fashion
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Leveraging insights from neuroscience to build adaptive artificial intelligence
Nature Neuroscience - Adaptive intelligence envisions AI that, like animals, learns online, generalizes and adapts quickly. This Perspective reviews biological foundations, progress in AI and...
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Interested in the latest advances in neuroscience (neural dynamics and internal models) and how they can be leveraged to build smarter, adaptive AI?
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
Code allows for you to train your own models too, but for us our egocentric work is more focused on video understanding now! Checkout llavaction.epfl.ch
LLaVAction: Video Action Recognition
LLaVAction: evaluating and training multi-modal large language models for action recognition
llavaction.epfl.ch
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Code allows for you to train your own models too, but for us our egocentric work is more focused on video understanding now! Checkout llavaction.epfl.ch
✨ New 3D pose estimation method from my lab! #FMPose3D allows for monocular (i.e. single camera) 2D➡️3D 🔥
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
February 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
✨ New 3D pose estimation method from my lab! #FMPose3D allows for monocular (i.e. single camera) 2D➡️3D 🔥
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
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Excited to co-host this conference with @marissascavuzzo.bsky.social and Steve Liberles focused on the peripheral nervous system -- No Brainer! Check out the amazing list of speakers and apply for one of the spots for this small, interactive meeting on the beautiful Janelia Campus at HHMI.
📢 Apply by May 14 to explore peripheral nervous system function across somatic + autonomic + enteric divisions, with a focus on new methods + emerging technologies.
🛏️ Meals & lodging covered; no registration fee
Apply ➡️ janelia.news/PNS26
@ardemp.bskyverified.social @marissascavuzzo.bsky.social
🛏️ Meals & lodging covered; no registration fee
Apply ➡️ janelia.news/PNS26
@ardemp.bskyverified.social @marissascavuzzo.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Excited to co-host this conference with @marissascavuzzo.bsky.social and Steve Liberles focused on the peripheral nervous system -- No Brainer! Check out the amazing list of speakers and apply for one of the spots for this small, interactive meeting on the beautiful Janelia Campus at HHMI.
Thank you 🙏🏼💙
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Thank you 🙏🏼💙
Reposted by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
Interested in the latest advances in neuroscience (neural dynamics and internal models) and how they can be leveraged to build smarter, adaptive AI?
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
Leveraging insights from neuroscience to build adaptive artificial intelligence
Nature Neuroscience - Adaptive intelligence envisions AI that, like animals, learns online, generalizes and adapts quickly. This Perspective reviews biological foundations, progress in AI and...
rdcu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Interested in the latest advances in neuroscience (neural dynamics and internal models) and how they can be leveraged to build smarter, adaptive AI?
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
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Ascona meetings on neural circuits are amazing conferences in a beautiful setting in Switzerland spanning all scales from genetics and micro-circuit cracking to high level cognition. Check asconacircuits.org for the 2026 program and register soon, as it typically reaches capacity very quickly 🧠🧪
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Ascona meetings on neural circuits are amazing conferences in a beautiful setting in Switzerland spanning all scales from genetics and micro-circuit cracking to high level cognition. Check asconacircuits.org for the 2026 program and register soon, as it typically reaches capacity very quickly 🧠🧪
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Registration for the Ascona 2026 Meeting is now open. Go to asconacircuits.org to submit your abstract and register for the meeting! We are looking forward to seeing you in Switzerland this September! Ascona Meeting Organizers
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Registration for the Ascona 2026 Meeting is now open. Go to asconacircuits.org to submit your abstract and register for the meeting! We are looking forward to seeing you in Switzerland this September! Ascona Meeting Organizers
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Ascona circuits meeting looks as awesome as ever. Submissions open.. www.asconacircuits.org
HomeThe Ascona Meetings on Neuronal Circuits
www.asconacircuits.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Ascona circuits meeting looks as awesome as ever. Submissions open.. www.asconacircuits.org
Yes, I’m already a member and on the steering committee 🤗
December 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes, I’m already a member and on the steering committee 🤗
Definitely 🧡🔥
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Definitely 🧡🔥
Very nice! Unfortunately this took a while for reviews and such, so it was on arxiv Nov 2024 ( arxiv.org/abs/2411.15234 ) and it’s possible I missed some recent related works 🙏🏼
Adaptive Intelligence: leveraging insights from adaptive behavior in animals to build flexible AI systems
Biological intelligence is inherently adaptive -- animals continually adjust their actions based on environmental feedback. However, creating adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) remains a major chal...
arxiv.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Very nice! Unfortunately this took a while for reviews and such, so it was on arxiv Nov 2024 ( arxiv.org/abs/2411.15234 ) and it’s possible I missed some recent related works 🙏🏼
Interested in the latest advances in neuroscience (neural dynamics and internal models) and how they can be leveraged to build smarter, adaptive AI?
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
Leveraging insights from neuroscience to build adaptive artificial intelligence
Nature Neuroscience - Adaptive intelligence envisions AI that, like animals, learns online, generalizes and adapts quickly. This Perspective reviews biological foundations, progress in AI and...
rdcu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Interested in the latest advances in neuroscience (neural dynamics and internal models) and how they can be leveraged to build smarter, adaptive AI?
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @natneuro.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWVmA
Reposted by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing our mechanistic understanding of the shared structure between the brain and higher-order behaviours. In this Review, Mathis and Mathis synthesize state-of-...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You’re too kind @karihoffman.bsky.social 🙏🏼
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You’re too kind @karihoffman.bsky.social 🙏🏼
You’re so kind @nicolecrust.bsky.social 🫶
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You’re so kind @nicolecrust.bsky.social 🫶
Delighted we made the superlab list @andpru.bsky.social 🫶
List: mailchi.mp/c9edb773c735...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
List: mailchi.mp/c9edb773c735...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Delighted we made the superlab list @andpru.bsky.social 🫶
List: mailchi.mp/c9edb773c735...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
List: mailchi.mp/c9edb773c735...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is just our second M&M review!
The first one in 2020 was on AI for behavior - and now we discuss advances for jointly modeling behavioral and neural data!! Here is the first www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The first one in 2020 was on AI for behavior - and now we discuss advances for jointly modeling behavioral and neural data!! Here is the first www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is just our second M&M review!
The first one in 2020 was on AI for behavior - and now we discuss advances for jointly modeling behavioral and neural data!! Here is the first www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The first one in 2020 was on AI for behavior - and now we discuss advances for jointly modeling behavioral and neural data!! Here is the first www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Yes, I think internal models for motor control are a given :) if it’s a full generative model of the body and world is still, to me, a great question :) / framing
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes, I think internal models for motor control are a given :) if it’s a full generative model of the body and world is still, to me, a great question :) / framing
Reposted by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence — a Review by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis & Alexander Mathis
@trackingactions.bsky.social @trackingskills.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@trackingactions.bsky.social @trackingskills.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing our mechanistic understanding of the shared structure between the brain and higher-order behaviours. In this Review, Mathis and Mathis synthesize state-of-...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence — a Review by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis & Alexander Mathis
@trackingactions.bsky.social @trackingskills.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@trackingactions.bsky.social @trackingskills.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing our mechanistic understanding of the shared structure between the brain and higher-order behaviours. In this Review, Mathis and Mathis synthesize state-of-...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enjoying the Swiss Animal Science meeting! Inspiring to be around people who are passionate about research animal welfare and open science ❤️
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Enjoying the Swiss Animal Science meeting! Inspiring to be around people who are passionate about research animal welfare and open science ❤️
Reposted by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
If you’re at SfN, see the poster on DeepLabCut 3 where n Monday 8-12
Swing by to talk to @trackingactions.bsky.social and me this and about the DLC ecosystem!
Swing by to talk to @trackingactions.bsky.social and me this and about the DLC ecosystem!
AI tools like DeepLabCut and SuperAnimal are changing how scientists study movement, helping them understand how brain activity drives behavior.
Read more: bit.ly/4qnX7JF
@trackingactions.bsky.social @deeplabcut.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/4qnX7JF
@trackingactions.bsky.social @deeplabcut.bsky.social
How AI Is Changing Neuroscience Discovery
AI is altering how scientists study the brain
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you’re at SfN, see the poster on DeepLabCut 3 where n Monday 8-12
Swing by to talk to @trackingactions.bsky.social and me this and about the DLC ecosystem!
Swing by to talk to @trackingactions.bsky.social and me this and about the DLC ecosystem!
Want to help shape the SCENE collaboration?! Join us as an executive director: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/scene-m...
SCENE Manager
The Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE): SCENE is an international consortium of 20 leading researchers in the fields of Computational, Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience, and
www.cam.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Want to help shape the SCENE collaboration?! Join us as an executive director: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/scene-m...
Reposted by Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
AI tools like DeepLabCut and SuperAnimal are changing how scientists study movement, helping them understand how brain activity drives behavior.
Read more: bit.ly/4qnX7JF
@trackingactions.bsky.social @deeplabcut.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/4qnX7JF
@trackingactions.bsky.social @deeplabcut.bsky.social
How AI Is Changing Neuroscience Discovery
AI is altering how scientists study the brain
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
AI tools like DeepLabCut and SuperAnimal are changing how scientists study movement, helping them understand how brain activity drives behavior.
Read more: bit.ly/4qnX7JF
@trackingactions.bsky.social @deeplabcut.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/4qnX7JF
@trackingactions.bsky.social @deeplabcut.bsky.social
#EPFL has an open faculty position - tenure track or tenured!! - in AI driven biophysics. Deadline is Nov 15th. Please spread the word!
www.epfl.ch/about/workin...
www.epfl.ch/about/workin...
Assistant/associate Professor of AI-assisted Biophysics at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Group Leader at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
The School of Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) at EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) jointly seek to appoint a Tenure Track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor in AI-As...
www.epfl.ch
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
#EPFL has an open faculty position - tenure track or tenured!! - in AI driven biophysics. Deadline is Nov 15th. Please spread the word!
www.epfl.ch/about/workin...
www.epfl.ch/about/workin...