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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 23d

Submissions (short!) due for SNUFA spiking neural networks conference in <2 weeks! 🤖🧠🧪

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XkZLavhaJe

More info at snufa.net/2025/

Note that we normally get around 700 participants and recordings go on YouTube and get 100s-1000s views.

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Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Sep 4

Is anarchist science possible? As an experiment, we got together a large group of computational neuroscientists from around the world to work on a single project without top down direction. Read on to find out what happened. 🤖🧠🧪

Diagram of how the "collaborative modelling of the brain" (COMOB) project started. Starting material lead to group research or solo research, coming together in online workshops (monthly) in an iterative cycle, finishing with writing up together. The diagram is illustrated with colourful cartoon blob characters.

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Aug 7

Spiking neural networks people, this message is for you!

The annual SNUFA workshop is now open for abstract submission (deadline Sept 26) and (free) registration. This year's speakers include Elisabetta Chicca, Jason Eshraghian, Tomoki Fukai, Chengcheng Huang, and... you?

snufa.net/2025/

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Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators

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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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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jul 23

Computational sciences can offer a unique opportunity for democratized access and participation, but we are currently falling far short of that goal, writes @neuromatch.bsky.social's @meganakpeters.bsky.social and Bradley Roberts‬‬‬‬.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/education/ho...

How to build a truly global computational neuroscience community

Computational sciences offer an opportunity to increase global access to, and participation in, neuroscience. Neuromatch’s inclusive, scalable model for community building shows how to realize this…

www.thetransmitter.org

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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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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

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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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Matteo Saponati @matteosaponati.bsky.social · Apr 16

Take our short 5-min anonymous survey on the Neuromorphic field’s current state & future:

📋 tinyurl.com/3jkszrnr
🗓️ Open until May 12, 2025

Results will be shared openly and submitted for publication. Your input will help us understand how interdisciplinary trends are shaping the field.

Neuromorphic Questionnaire

This form collects valuable information from the Neuromorphic Community as part of a project led by Matteo Saponati, Laura Kriener, Sebastian Billaudelle, Filippo Moro, and Melika Payvand. The goal is...

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Balázs @mbalazs98.bsky.social · Apr 14

My talk on event-based delay learning at #NICE2025 is now available at:
flagship.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/jss/HBPm?mI=...

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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · Mar 25

Really great preprint by my (first!) PhD student Anindya Ghosh www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... . Also, if you happen to be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social, you can talk to the man himself about it at a late night poster session!

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INCF @incforg.bsky.social · Mar 13

Abstract submission is open for the 34th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2025 in Florence, Italy, July 5-9, 2025!

Submit your abstract latest March 15th: www.cnsorg.org/cns-2...

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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · Mar 6

@drtnowotny.bsky.social and I are again participating in Google Summer of Code under the @incforg.bsky.social. We have 3 paid projects involving GeNN for contributors with a range of skills and experience levels. If you're interested, please get in touch via the forums linked from the thread:

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨

Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!

Applications are due Sunday, March 23.

Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/

#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪

Applications are now open! 3-week courses: Comp Neuro and Deep Learning. 2-week courses: NeuroAI and Comp Tools for Climate Science.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · Feb 12

Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...

List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values

If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...

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Yorgos @yfelekis.bsky.social · Feb 4

Hot off the press!💥
arxiv.org/abs/2502.00407

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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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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Jan 23

What's the right way to think about modularity in the brain? This devilish 😈 question is a big part of my research now, and it started with this paper with @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social, finally published after the first preprint in 2021! 🤖🧠🧪

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

Dynamics of specialization in neural modules under resource constraints - Nature Communications

The extent to which structural modularity in neural networks ensures functional specialization remains unclear. Here the authors show that specialization can emerge in neural modules placed under reso...

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Balázs @mbalazs98.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our source code is available at github.com/mbalazs98/de....

GitHub - mbalazs98/deventprop

Contribute to mbalazs98/deventprop development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Balázs @mbalazs98.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our event-based method enables precise delay learning for spiking neural networks, improving performance on Yin-Yang, SHD, and SSC datasets. We introduce the first gradient based delay learning approach for recurrent connections, achieving 26x faster performance and 50% lower memory usage.

Efficient Event-based Delay Learning in Spiking Neural Networks

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are attracting increased attention as a more energy-efficient alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks. Spiking neurons are stateful and intrinsically recur...

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Balázs @mbalazs98.bsky.social · Jan 23

New preprint out with @drtnowotny.bsky.social and @neworderofjamie.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2501.07331

Efficient Event-based Delay Learning in Spiking Neural Networks

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are attracting increased attention as a more energy-efficient alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks. Spiking neurons are stateful and intrinsically recur...

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Thomas Nowotny @drtnowotny.bsky.social · Jan 21

Just out in J Neuromorph Comput & Eng: Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in Spiking Neural Networks doi.org/10.1088/2634.... With @neworderofjamie.bsky.social.
We report how Eventprop scales to harder learning tasks.
TL;DR: It works great but not without extra effort. 🧪🧵

Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in spiking neural networks - IOPscienceSearch

Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in spiking neural networks, Nowotny, Thomas, Turner, James P, Knight, James C

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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · Jan 8

More exciting opportunities for fully-funded PhDs with @sussexai.bsky.social on topics including Event-based machine learning and neuromorphic computing with me and @drtnowotny.bsky.social. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

EPSRC Science and Engineering studentships : University of Sussex

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Jan 7

Friedemann Zenke has joined Bluesky @fzenke.bsky.social. This gives me an opportunity to repost my spiking neurons and neuromorphic starter pack. I've been quietly adding names to it, but I'm sure there are people I've missed so let me know to add you/someone else! 🤖🧠🧪

go.bsky.app/46Eu9GG

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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · Dec 20

First paper by our excellent PhD student @mbalazs98.bsky.social on trying to unpick the relation between delay learning and structural plasticity in SNNs and visualise what gets learned www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Frontiers | Learning delays through gradients and structure: emergence of spatiotemporal patterns in spiking neural networks

www.frontiersin.org

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