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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 7h

What problem is explainability/interpretability research trying to solve in ML, and do you have a favorite paper articulating what that problem is?

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Jonathan A. Michaels @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social · 7d

The neural control & computation lab is recruiting!

If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.

www.ncclab.ca

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io

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Graham Dellaire @docdellaire.bsky.social · Aug 16

IMO, the #1 personality trait for a successful scientist is perseverance and #2 is a deep (insatiable) curiosity (dopamine!) about the world. After that is luck/serendipity, decent intuition and way down the list is “good grades”, problem solving or some other measure of intellectual capability 1/2

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Call these representatives, tell them that funding NIH and protecting it from partisan political control serves their constituents, not only with cures but with jobs, too!

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Aug 12

Got my summary statement back and all I got was: not enough experimental work. Yes Sherlock I am a comp neuroscientist. Apparently that makes it impossible to get a k99

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Aug 8

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.

It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.

Likely to enter force within days.

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The Academic Resistance @academicresistance.bsky.social · Aug 7

The GAO just found the Trump admin illegally delayed/cut $8B+ in NIH research grants—blocking Congress-approved funds, harming medical research, and violating the Impoundment Control Act. Science, equity, and accountability are on the line. Congress must act. www.highereddive.com/news/nih-cut...

Trump administration illegally axed NIH grants, government watchdog says

The U.S. Government Accountability Office can file a lawsuit in an attempt to restore the grants, though the agency has not yet opted to do so.

www.highereddive.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Jul 25

Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.

ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · Jul 23

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time

www.science.org/content/arti...

My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road

Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

www.science.org

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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · Jul 23

“With these considerations, we expect to fund through the 4th percentile.”

There it is, in black and white, the destruction of cancer research in the US.

Edwin Antony @professorantony.bsky.social · Jul 23

Funding policy for 2025 from NCI. Was just released: 4 percentile…maybe!
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...

Funding Policy - Research Grants

NCI funding policy for research project grant (RPG) awards reflects the funding goals of the institute, NIH, and HHS.

www.cancer.gov

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Jul 23

It didn’t help that the rejection came on my birthday…

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Jul 23

Got my green card accepted and my k99 rejected within the same month. Academia is a roller coaster of emotions

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 27

🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:

Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).

How many trainees were supported by your award?
Enter your answer
14.What was the reason given for your grant’s cancelation?
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15.Is there anything else you would like to share with the Committee?
Enter your answer
16.Are you comfortable with the Committee publicly sharing the information you provided?
If you select “ask me first,” please be sure you have provided an email address or phone number.

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · May 23

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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Maxime Peyrard @peyrardmax.bsky.social · Apr 21

Our paper "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Is Mechanistic Interpretability Identifiable?" will be presented at #ICLR2025!
It's also the first paper of my first PhD student, congrats @maximemeloux.bsky.social ! 🎉

blog: melouxm.github.io/MI-identifia...

An explanatory thread 🧵:

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Apr 17

What was it doing with my face? 😂

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Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · Apr 6

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...

Heavy floods in DR Congo’s Kinshasa leave dozens dead, destroy homes

The capital struggles as the Ndjili River overflows, leaving drivers stranded, and infrastructure collapses.

www.aljazeera.com

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Apr 6

Here is a recording of my talk (and the others) on spatiotemporal modeling! youtu.be/BqFRKf7cpvE?...

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Apr 1

It’s on the neurofm-workshop.github.io

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Josué Ortega Caro @josueortc.bsky.social · Apr 1

Come to my talk today at #COSYNE2025 where I will talk about developing spatiotemporal models of brain dynamics

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hey scientists. This rules. Check it out.

CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

sciencehomecoming.com

Science Homecoming

sciencehomecoming.com

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Jan 21

JB Pritzker flat out says the birthright "order" is unconstitutional and "we will not obey an unconstitutional order," attacks Trump for having the oligarchs in the front row.

See, @schumer.senate.gov? It's not that hard!

Pritzker attacks Trump over birthright citizenship order: It’s ‘chaos’

The Illinois Democrat called the president’s plan “unconstitutional.”

www.politico.com

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Harrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social · Dec 26

We built a simple parametric test of this in our paper:

Similarity between (crossval) encoding weights tells you whether encoding dims are orthogonal.

Similarity between **absolute** (crossval) encoding weights tells you about the selectivity and sparsity.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Using encoding geometry analysis to measure encoding segregation. Correlations between absolute patterns can measure whether encoding is in separate channels, and the encoding sparsity.

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Poppy Northcutt @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social · Dec 9

Biden has 42 days left to protect equal rights by publishing the ERA which has been ratified by the required 38 states. Only one step left which Trump refused to do. Join me in telling the president to #BidenPublishTheERA

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