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Marcus Ghosh @marcusghosh.bsky.social · Aug 1

How does the structure of a neural circuit shape its function?

@neuralreckoning.bsky.social & I explore this in our new preprint:

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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A diagram showing 128 neural network architectures.

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Jul 25

We're hiring,, of interest to people in spiking neural networks and neuromorphic particularly. See below. 👇

Note the deadline for applications is very soon! Apologies for this but various admin necessities made it unavoidable.

Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hiring a post-doc at Imperial in EEE. Broad in scope + flexible on topics: neural networks & new AI accelerators from a HW/SW co-design perspective!

w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.

Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hiring a post-doc at Imperial in EEE. Broad in scope + flexible on topics: neural networks & new AI accelerators from a HW/SW co-design perspective!

w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.

Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jul 14

We had an incredible gathering at UK Neural Computation 2025 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social last week 🇬🇧 Macron missed out...

Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.

Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jun 30

Tickets for UKNC25 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social close tomorrow 5pm BST!

Register here: neuralcomputation.uk/registration...

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jun 18

Excited for the UK Neural Computation Conference 2025 @ Imperial, 9th - 11th July! 🚀

World leading scientists working in brain computation - from experimental to modelling, mathematics & ML (+ all combinations thereof).

Registration closes 1st July! Plz share:
neuralcomputation.uk

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Jun 26

Almost last call to register for UK neural computation conference in London July 10-11. Registration deadline is July 1st. We have some great talks and posters as well as a session on funding with ARIA. 🤖🧠🧪

Look forward to seeing you all there. Now click here 👇

neuralcomputation.uk

A cartoon-style illustration of a brain and a computer having a conversation. The brain has eyes and a mouth, and is animated to look like it's talking. It says, 'Have you heard about this comp neuro thing happening at Imperial College?'. The computer has a friendly face on its screen and is replying, 'Yeah it's going to be pretty hot'.

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jun 18

@markdhumphries.bsky.social @neuralreckoning.bsky.social

Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jun 18

Excited for the UK Neural Computation Conference 2025 @ Imperial, 9th - 11th July! 🚀

World leading scientists working in brain computation - from experimental to modelling, mathematics & ML (+ all combinations thereof).

Registration closes 1st July! Plz share:
neuralcomputation.uk

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Gabriel Béna 🌻 @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social · Jun 4

We propose a novel framework that disentangles the concepts of “hardware” and “state” within the NCA. For us:
- Rules = "Physics" dictating state transitions.
- Hardware = Immutable + heterogeneous scaffold guiding the CA behaviour.
- State = Dynamic physical & computational substrate.

Our framework performs matrix operations (translation, multiplication, rotation) through continuous cellular interactions evolving over time (from t=0 to t=60). Core mechanism: cells communicating only with neighbors, and interacting with a local fixed (but learned) heterogeneous substrate, are able to collectively solve mathematical tasks without explicit algorithms.

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jun 6

Super awesome work by @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social - training neural cellular automata directly to solve tasks via matrix operations!

Gabriel Béna 🌻 @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social · Jun 4

New #Preprint Alert!! 🤖 🧠 🧪
What if we could train neural cellular automata to develop continuous universal computation through gradient descent ?! We have started to chart a path toward this goal in our new preprint:
arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.13058
Blog: gabrielbena.github.io/blog/2025/be...
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A Path to Universal Neural Cellular Automata | Gabriel Béna

Exploring how neural cellular automata can develop continuous universal computation through training by gradient descent

gabrielbena.github.io

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · May 7

Registration is open for UK Neural Computation 2025 10th/11th July!

We are offering 8 conference fellowships to support attendance.

***Abstract submission deadline is 12th May!***
neuralcomputation.uk/submission.h...

Register here: neuralcomputation.uk/registration...

Any q's - get in touch!

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Apr 17

Come along to the UK neural computation conference! Registration now open. Check out this awesome set of speakers, and even more importantly loads of opportunities to interact with your fellow computationally minded UK neuroscientists (including a mind matching session hopefully).

Speakers include Jennifer Bizley, Rafal Bogacz, Claudia Clopath, Jonathan Cornford, Paul Graham, Flavia Mancini, Simon Schultz, Petra Vertes and Petr Znamenskiy. ARIA will be hosting a session on developing grant proposals.

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Apr 17

Registration open for UK Neural Computation 2025 @Imperial neuralcomputation.uk/registration...

ECR day: 9 July, ~30 free places
Main meeting: 10-11 July

Pls share!

Sponsors @aria-research.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk

Organisers: @danakarca.bsky.social @neuralreckoning.bsky.social & me

Registration |

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Mar 6

Abstract submissions are now open for the UK Neural Computation Conference! (Deadline 12th May).

We also have ARIA sponsored travel funds for ECRs! 💥

Submit here: neuralcomputation.uk/submission.html

Genreal info: neuralcomputation.uk

Registration open May. Any qs get in touch + plz share!

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Mar 6

Abstract submission is open for UK Neural Computation 2025 @ Imperial College (9-11 July)
neuralcomputation.uk/submission.h...
Deadline: 12 May

Please share

All info: neuralcomputation.uk
Sponsors: ARIA; Francis Crick Institute

Organisers: @danakarca.bsky.social @neuralreckoning.bsky.social

Submission |

neuralcomputation.uk

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Feb 20

I wrote a thing for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. The attack on scientific infrastructure happening in the US shows that relying on any one country is not a good option for science. We need to start supporting and building international, decentralised infrastructure for science.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 20

Scientific data and independence are at risk: We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference.

By @neuralreckoning.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/policy/scien...

Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure

Scientific data and independence are at risk. We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political…

www.thetransmitter.org

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UCL NeuroAI @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social · Feb 4

For our next UCL #NeuroAI online seminar, we are happy to be hosting Dr Dan Goodman @neuralreckoning.bsky.social (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social).

🗓️Wed 12 Feb 2025
⏰2-3pm GMT

Talk title: Neural architectures: what are they good for anyway?

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Ken Miller @kenmiller.bsky.social · Jan 31

New preprint: "The geometry of the neural state space of decisions", work by Mauro Monsalve-Mercado, buff.ly/42wVHD5. Surprising results & predictions! (Thread) We analyze neuropixel population recordings in macaque area LIP during a reaction time, random-dot motion 1/

Picture of neural manifolds for the two choices in a decision-making task, depicted in 3D and in 2D

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jan 24

We are hosting UKNC 2025 @ imperial! 💥

Fantastic set of speakers, see at neuralcomputation.uk

Super exciting time to be working at the intersection of comp neuro/AI & applications.

Save the dates:
9th July - ECR day
10th & 11th July - Main event

Any questions get in touch! Plz share!

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Jan 24

We are hosting UKNC 2025 @ imperial! 💥

Fantastic set of speakers, see at neuralcomputation.uk

Super exciting time to be working at the intersection of comp neuro/AI & applications.

Save the dates:
9th July - ECR day
10th & 11th July - Main event

Any questions get in touch! Plz share!

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Jascha Achterberg @achterbrain.bsky.social · Dec 3

Rory @rory.bio is working on a large project to accelerate science 🧪 through high-quality & open-source software.

To steer the project it would be amazing to hear from scientists across fields about problems in the scientific process *you* want to see solved! Tell Rory here flywhl-ideas.notion.site

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

flywhl-ideas.notion.site

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Nov 28

@danakarca.bsky.social and I are working on a remaster using modern techniques. 😉

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Danyal @danakarca.bsky.social · Dec 21

We're just getting started discovering how biology constrains the emergence of intelligence & behaviour + leveraging this w/ AI.

Spatially embedded neuromorphic networks nature.com/articles/s42...

Thank you Bratislav Misic & Filip Milisav: covering mine and @achterbrain.bsky.social recent work!

Spatially embedded neuromorphic networks - Nature Machine Intelligence

A framework for training artificial neural networks in physical space allows neuroscientists to build networks that look and function like real brains.

nature.com

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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · Dec 13

If the field of bio-learning rules leaves you confused as to what is and what is not actually "biologically plausible", we've got the tool here for you: A formalism to clarify what different learning algorithms actually mean when they say they're "local". #NeurIPS2023

Ezekiel Williams @ezekielwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 12

Excited to share my first 2nd author NeurIPS paper, w/ Colin Bredenberg, Cristina Savin, @tyrellturing.bsky.social, & Guillaume Lajoie! We formulate a mathematically grounded notion of locality for learning rules in neural nets. Useful for neuroscience & neuromorphics

openreview.net/forum?id=rGN...

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