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Jeremy Manning

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Context Lab (@contextlab.bsky.social) director, Dartmouth prof, memory & 🧠 network modeler, data scientist, dad x2, husband, tree hugger 🌲, & 🧁+🍪 baker https://www.context-lab.com

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hey 👋! *tap tap* Is this thing on 🎤?

I run a lab studying brain network dynamics that support learning and memory. I like computational models, deep learning, NLP, ed tech, open science, data science, visualization, and neuroimaging. And zombie movies.

Looking for a science community here! 🧠🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻

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Jacinda Taggett @jacindataggett.bsky.social · 1d

You learn better when you test yourself on an answer before you study it? Even more counterintuitive, our findings showcase that there is not one direct mechanism to this effect.
Thank you @charan-neuro.bsky.social , @xiaonanl.bsky.social , and @jameswardantony.bsky.social !
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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 1d

Coolest position I’ve seen in some time: Cinema and Audiovisual Media - Assistant Professor (cross-disciplinary specialization in neuroscience) universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · 4d

Looks neat, @neuroai.bsky.social-- looking forward to reading with my lab!

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 4d

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A brain-inspired agentic architecture to improve planning with LLMs - Nature Communications

Multi-step planning is a challenge for LLMs. Here, the authors introduce a brain-inspired Modular Agentic Planner that decomposes planning into specialized LLM modules, improving performance across tasks and highlighting the value of cognitive neuroscience for LLM design.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 13d

Exciting news! 🎉 Our Computational Neuroscience course has been awarded NIH BRAIN Initiative funding! Students will get hands-on experience w real BRAIN Initiative datasets, helping them build computational skills that are essential for the future of neuroscience.

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · 25d

My fave is desk rejection after 6 months 👌🤌

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Cravendale, Cats with Thumbs

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Sep 6

My husband @danieljbarrett.com has written a new book on responsible software engineering! It is full of advice and case studies gathered from over 100 #Google employees.

Daniel J. Barrett @danieljbarrett.com · Sep 5

My new book, "Responsible Software Engineering: With Real World Case Studies from #Google," is now published! Kindle is available now, and paperback will be available in 3-4 weeks. www.amazon.com/dp/1098149165/

It's also available on @oreilly.bsky.social's ebook platform:
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Responsible Software Engineering

Today's software applications need more than a friendly interface and correct algorithms. They also need to be responsible: to be beneficial for society and not cause harm. In an... - Selection from Responsible Software Engineering [Book]

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Sep 4

Science limited only by imagination is an exhilarating idea. We're not 100% there yet, because (a) models are still dumb in frustrating ways (losing context, not understanding intent, hallucinations, etc.) and (b) the entire AI pipeline is too resource intensive. But the future finally feels close!

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Sep 4

10 years ago I had to manually derive gradients and updates (weeks of work). Pytorch and autodiff made it possible to easily fit essentially any model I could code up (~a day of work). Now I can *describe* any model and get code + inference in about an hour. It's exciting!

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mainly I feel limited by API restrictions (token budget, rate limits)-- otherwise I'd happily run more things in parallel (maybe ~10x more?). Tools like Claude code have felt analogous to going from manual numpy to pytorch with automatic inference. Way lower barriers for exploration + experimenting!

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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · Sep 3

What are your pros/cons of using AI in science?

Feel free to respond wrt use or harm in the design of experiments, coding experiments, coding analysis, brain storming analysis, summarizing literature, synthesis of ideas, modeling, novel model development, mathematical proofs, writing, editing.

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Sep 4

I've also been enjoying using CCPM: github.com/automazeio/c...

GitHub - automazeio/ccpm: Project management system for Claude Code using GitHub Issues and Git worktrees for parallel agent execution.

Project management system for Claude Code using GitHub Issues and Git worktrees for parallel agent execution. - automazeio/ccpm

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Sep 4

A strong downside is fake results and hallucinations via "mock tests" and "estimated results." I've been working on ways to better guide LLMs through specific sequences of steps to help with this, but it's tough!

Here's one recent attempt: orc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

py-orc: AI Pipeline Orchestration Framework — py-orc 0.1.0 documentation

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Sep 4

Love this question! My favorite thing so far has been rapid prototyping of the million random ideas that I've had in my backlog for years. Now I can spin up quick demos in a few hours and decide which things to pursue.

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Jeremy Manning @jeremyrmanning.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congrats @mariamaly.bsky.social!! 🥳🎉🤑

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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Norman Lab @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 9

When a neuroscientist was stuck on a research problem, he enlisted the help of an A.I. chatbot. “The exchange wasn’t quite spitballing; it was something more organized—human and machine feeling their way through the fog together,” Dan Rockmore writes.

What It’s Like to Brainstorm with a Bot

At the frontiers of knowledge, researchers are discovering that A.I. doesn’t just take prompts—it gives them, too, sparking new forms of creativity and collaboration.

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · Aug 7

New paper from me at Cognition and Emotion! "Deep neural network models of emotion understanding" I discuss how deep nets can be used as cognitive models of emotion perception, prediction, and regulation: doi.org/10.1080/0269...

(h/t @ltjaql.bsky.social for the illustrations!)

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Aug 5

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 5

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA

WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 2

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

People know hunger and starvation when they see it, our columnist Lydia Polgreen says about the war in Gaza on this episode of “The Opinions.” “It just reaches a level of horror that becomes hard for really anyone, including President Donald Trump, to countenance.”

Opinion | Why Starvation in Gaza Has Reached a Tipping Point

And what it could mean for the future of the conflict in the Middle East.

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Jul 24

Wow it’s almost like once people achieve a modicum of security, the drive to pump out papers for their own sake declines! 🤔

Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Jul 24

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky

Interesting analysis of publication trends pre & post tenure.

#Psychology mirrors natural sciences (and deviates from other social sciences, business, etc, where there are declines post-tenure)

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tor @torwager.bsky.social · Jul 23

Online #fMRI course coming up August 6-8!
3-day intensive with lectures and hands-on analysis for all skill levels. #SPM, #ICA, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl. We love teaching this course and meeting students from all areas! Info+Reg here:
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