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Kempner Institute at Harvard University @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 15

Applications are now open for our #KempnerInstitute Research Fellowships!

Postdocs studying the foundations of #intelligence or applications of #AI are encouraged to apply.

Learn more and apply by Oct. 1:
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#LLMs #NeuroAI #ML @shamkakade.bsky.social

Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute

The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · Aug 23

Finishing my 2 weeks of travel to #CCN2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social #DLI2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. I saw tons o stellar research and ideas grounded in urgent real world applications of AI to improve people's lives. Now it's time to recuperate back home in Boston 😌🫠😊

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · Aug 10

About to board a flight to Amsterdam for #CCN2025 !

If you're there and want to meet up, let me know!

(Also, mini-announcement that I'M GOING ON THE JOB MARKET this fall, so I'm happy to discuss that and share notes!)

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ML for Science @ml4science.bsky.social · Jul 16

Together with #AIMS, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, we have an exciting position to fill: The AIMS - Tübingen Junior Research Chair in Machine Learning for Science! 1/2

Formulas and numbers from the field of machine learning written in white chalk on a blackboard

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · May 22

The Harvard @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social spotlights me and my efforts there and at @imbizo.bsky.social in this article! Check it out!

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · May 16

Today, @hhmi.org stopped all competitions supporting ECRs when we needed it most.

As an FGLI undergraduate 2014/2015 HHMI EXROP participant, a 2020 Gilliam Fellow, and applicant for the now paused 2025 HGF program - I was a consistently supported by HHMI throughout my career.

Please reconsider!

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Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · May 16

I am a proud HHMI Gilliam Fellow alumn. The HHMI funded me at a critical time in my career - a real inflection point that made me realize that I had a place and future in science. I always looked to the HHMI as a safety net to those historically excluded by academia, 1/4

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · May 16

I'm so sad to hear this too - I gave so much time and effort into this application too. At the very least it helped give me the push to solidify ideas that I'm trying to push forward. We'll make it work somehow.

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · May 15

Testing this briefly felt like this gamifies the writing and planning process especially since there's a rating system that comes with the feedback- honestly fun to use to expand on fledgling projects!

Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · May 15

I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app

Scientific Paper Planner

Scientific Paper Planner Application

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · May 15

I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app

Scientific Paper Planner

Scientific Paper Planner Application

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Lisa Schmors @lisaschmors.bsky.social · May 8

🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!

💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty

📈Apply until July 1st!

🔗https://imbizo.africa/

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · Apr 16

It feels so good to see Imbizo students doing great things! @imbizo.bsky.social #imbizo

Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · Apr 14

Last year, Jessica Oparebea was joined students from across the African continent at @trendcamina.bsky.social - a computational neuroscience workshop. Inspired by her experience, she is hosting her own webinar to help others.

Dive deeper into her journey: alleninstitute.org/news/jessica...

Jessica Oparebea is hoping to use science to heal and restore lives

Jessica is pursuing a future in neuroscience and optics, and is researching brain-machine interfaces and non-invasive neurotechnology that could one day restore lost functions like movement, sight, an...

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Thomas Yeo @bttyeo.bsky.social · Apr 11

While the world burns, we cook up a new preprint! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Biophysical modeling is a key tool to derive mechanistic insights into the brain. These models are governed by biologically meaningful parameters (unlike artificial neural networks), but the dirty secret ... 1/N

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Roman Makarov @roman-makarov.bsky.social · Feb 26

We are thrilled to host a tutorial on biophysical modeling with Jaxley & DendroTweaks at #CNS2025! 📍 Florence, July 5 — looking forward to seeing you there! www.cnsorg.org/cns-2025 @cnsorg.bsky.social

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Mozes Jacobs @mozesjacobs.bsky.social · Mar 10

Traveling waves of neural activity are observed all over the brain. Can they be used to augment neural networks?

I am thrilled to share our new work, "Traveling Waves Integrate Spatial Information Through Time" with @andykeller.bsky.social!

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cogscikid.bsky.social @cogscikid.bsky.social · Feb 10

Are you interested in comparing modern AI/RL agents to Humans?

To make it easier for researchers spanning cognitive science, multi-agent RL, and HCI to do this, I've made nicewebrl

github.com/wcarvalho/ni...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 4

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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Athena Akrami @athenaakrami.bsky.social · Jan 30

A bit late, but just to say how lucky I feel that I could spend a week at #Imbizo2025 summer school @imbizo.bsky.social, hanging out w/ this group of absolutely brilliant students, their dedicated TAs & other faculty. Watch out for this pool of talent! & consider applying/contributing next rounds

Group picture of students, TAs and faculty at the #imbizo2025 course

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · Jan 30

🎉 Exciting day at #Imbizo2025! Dr. Dan Wetmore & Dr. Garrick Orchard from Meta’s Reality Labs shared their industrial insights on designing top-notch AI/ML experiments, including innovative BCI applications 🤖💡 Students showcased creative solutions for EMG, sleep, wind, epilepsy monitoring & more! 🌟

Students at Imbizo working hard on their presentation

Student presentation on designing ML solutions to understand cardiac rhythms

Student presentation on designing ML solutions to sleep paralysis

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · Jan 30

Dendrites doing AI problems, so great to see the increased activity! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dendrites endow artificial neural networks with accurate, robust and parameter-efficient learning - Nature Communications

Artificial neural networks, central to deep learning, are powerful but energy-consuming and prone to overfitting. The authors propose a network design inspired by biological dendrites, which offe...

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Dr. Nathan A Smith @drnathanasmith.bsky.social · Jan 20

Honoring Dr. King today by reflecting on his powerful speech "What’s Your Blueprint?" delivered to students in 1967. He challenged us to consider our purpose and legacy. Let's ask ourselves: what is our blueprint for a better world? Together, we can create a future that embodies his values. #MLKDay

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Ilenna Jones @ilennaj.bsky.social · Jan 17

It was great to meet @therealdrdukes.bsky.social at the Computational Neuroscience Imbizo this week! From reflecting on who we are, to the state of equity in academics, she gave an incredibly inspiring and immediately applicable lecture for all. We're thankful for all you do Dr. Dukes! #BlackInNeuro

Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · Jan 17

This sunny day☀️ in Cape Town🇿🇦, today's #imbizo2025 lecture we had Dr. Angeline Dukes @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, co-founder of #BlackInNeuro, presenting her journey to our students from 16 different countries, supporting the lesson that "Equity is an Action!"✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 #IBROawardee #IBROSupportedSchool

Dr. Dukes gives a presentation on Career Success and DEI initiatives as a #BlackInNeuro Scientist

Dr. Dukes presenting the demographics statistics of academic faculty in neuroscience

Students engaging in an insightful lecture on succeeding in academia and increasing the representation of #BlackInNeuro

Dr. Dukes sharing information about her #BlackInNeuro initiative

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Jan 15

Just gave my lecture at @imbizo.bsky.social summer school today. What an amazing school both in terms of science and social impact --and the place is breathtaking! Now, time to enjoy the summer time with @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, @arifahamid.bsky.social, and all the students and tutors 🏖️

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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jan 17

Annual cockroach spike 🪳 fun at the @imbizo.bsky.social! @simonsfoundation.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @backyardbrains.bsky.social

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