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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 12h

Two more Nobel Prizes at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social , congratulations !!

The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 1d

UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. They were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "revealed quantum physics in action," affirming UCSB as the epicenter of quantum research.

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Michael Beyeler @mbeyeler.bsky.social · 12d

👁️🧠 New preprint: We demonstrate the first data-driven neural control framework for a visual cortical implant in a blind human!

TL;DR Deep learning lets us synthesize efficient stimulation patterns that reliably evoke percepts, outperforming conventional calibration.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Diagram showing three ways to control brain activity with a visual prosthesis. The goal is to match a desired pattern of brain responses. One method uses a simple one-to-one mapping, another uses an inverse neural network, and a third uses gradient optimization. Each method produces a stimulation pattern, which is tested in both computer simulations and in the brain of a blind participant with an implant. The figure shows that the neural network and gradient methods reproduce the target brain activity more accurately than the simple mapping.

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Mathilde Papillon @mathildepapillon.bsky.social · 16d

We can't wait to see your innovative solutions! Full details on the tasks and data are on our site:

🔗 geometric-intelligence.github.io/topobench/td...

#TDLChallenge #AI #ML #TAGinDS

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Mathilde Papillon @mathildepapillon.bsky.social · 16d

A huge thank you to our partners! 🤝

💰 Cash prizes are sponsored by the brilliant team at Arlequin AI.

🏛️ Internships are hosted by the world-class UC Santa Barbara @geometric-intel.bsky.social and EPFL IMOS labs.

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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 16d

With organizers Guillermo Bernardez @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social @mathildepapillon.bsky.social Miquel Ferriol Marco Montagna Raffael Theiler Olga Fink
@TAGinDS @geometric-intel.bsky.social @icepfl.bsky.social and Arlequin AI.

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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 16d

Interested in Topological Deep Learning but not sure where to start? 🤔

This is your chance: Participate in the Topological Deep Learning Challenge Editor 2025! 🤩

Mathilde Papillon @mathildepapillon.bsky.social · 16d

🏆The 2025 Topological Deep Learning Challenge is officially live!🏆
Hosted by the TAGinDS Conference 2025

🚀 This year, push the boundaries of topological ML by “Expanding the Data Landscape”

💰 Win incredible prizes, including research internships at UCSB and EPFL, as well as up to $800 US in cash!

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arXiv cs.LG Machine Learning @cslg-bot.bsky.social · May 22

Martin Carrasco, Guillermo Bernardez, Marco Montagna, Nina Miolane, Lev Telyatnikov: HOPSE: Scalable Higher-Order Positional and Structural Encoder for Combinatorial Representations https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15405 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.15405 https://arxiv.org/html/2505.15405

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UniReps @unireps.bsky.social · 26d

📢 Save the date!
Join us for the next @ellis.eu and @unireps.bsky.social Speaker Series!
📅16th September – 16:00 CEST
📷 ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
🎙️ Speakers: Keynote by Jacqueline Gottlieb & Flash Talk by William Dorrell

🔵🔴Stay updated by joining our Google group: groups.google.com/u/2/g/ellis-...

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 25

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 A summary of @michaelgoard.bsky.social and Nora Wolcott’s awesome paper in @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/neuroendocri...

Spatial learning circuitry fluctuates in step with estrous cycle in mice

Cyclic shifts in estradiol levels coincide with changes in dendritic spine density and the activity of place cells in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, a new study shows.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Michael Beyeler @mbeyeler.bsky.social · Aug 2

Excited to share that I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at UCSB!

Grateful to my mentors, students, and funders who shaped this journey and to @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social for giving the Bionic Vision Lab a home!

Full post: www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...

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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fantastic opportunity:

Join @neuripsconf.bsky.social 's workshop @neurreps.bsky.social 's scientific committee as a reviewer.

Send me your OpenReview email if you'd like to contribute!

Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations @neurreps.bsky.social · Jul 8

📢 Call for Papers: NeurReps 2025 ‼️‼️‼️

🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks.

Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages).

Deadline: Aug 22, 2025.

www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...

NeurReps Workshop - Call for Papers

Call for Papers

www.neurreps.org

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Simone Azeglio @s-azeglio.bsky.social · Jul 10

NeurReps is back for its 4th edition at NeurIPS 2025! Stay tuned for updates!

Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations @neurreps.bsky.social · Jul 8

📢 Call for Papers: NeurReps 2025 ‼️‼️‼️

🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks.

Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages).

Deadline: Aug 22, 2025.

www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...

NeurReps Workshop - Call for Papers

Call for Papers

www.neurreps.org

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UniReps @unireps.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧠✨ How do AI models and the human brain align?
On 8th September, join us for two exciting talks by young researchers from the UniReps community 🌍🤖
📅 8th September
🔗 Zoom: ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.

ethz.zoom.us

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UniReps @unireps.bsky.social · Aug 31

🎥Recording available at youtu.be/yz-nNUDe74k!

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Umberto Lupo @umbislupo.bsky.social · Aug 29

Two exciting openings with us! 🤖🧬🆎🧫💉
- AI Scientist 👉 lnkd.in/eDXHH4E8
- AI Scientist, Drug Creation 👉 lnkd.in/eEvGyaTR

You'll work on antibody sequence/structure design, antibody-antigen co-folding, antibody-antigen binding prediction, physics-based methodologies, and more!

DMs welcome!

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Geometric Intelligence Lab @geometric-intel.bsky.social · Aug 25

Diving into topological deep learning🌀? Check out TopoBench — a unified framework for rigorous benchmarking of TDL models.

Pleased to share it has been accepted to DMLR!

Code & paper: geometric-intelligence.github.io/TopoBench/

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UniReps @unireps.bsky.social · Aug 26

Happening tmr at 16:00 CEST! Join us at ethz.zoom.us/j/66426188160

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Lev Telyatnikov @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social · Aug 25

We can’t wait to see what the community builds with TopoBench! Star our repo, read the paper, and bring reproducibility to your TDL research. Contributions and feedback are welcome! #OpenSource #Python #AcademicTwitter

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Lev Telyatnikov @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social · Aug 25

This was a massive team effort!
Developed & led by @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social , @gbg141.bsky.social , Theodore Papamarkou. With major contributions from @Marco Montagna, Mustafa Hajij, Ghada Zamzmi, Michael T. Schaub, @ninamiolane.bsky.social , & @sscardapane.bsky.social , and many others!

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Lev Telyatnikov @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social · Aug 25

For a deep dive into our framework for reproducible benchmarking, our methodology, and key findings, check out the full paper. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/246.06642 #MachineLearning #GNN #DataScience

arxiv.org

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Lev Telyatnikov @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social · Aug 25

Curious about topological liftings? TopoBench lets you experiment with them on your own data! We’ve included 20+ liftings from last year’s TDL Challenge @TAGinDS, @PyT_Team_. Explore them all in our Wiki: github.com/geometric-in... #TDA

Structural Liftings

TopoBench is a Python library designed to standardize benchmarking and accelerate research in Topological Deep Learning - geometric-intelligence/TopoBench

github.com

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Lev Telyatnikov @levtelyatnikov.bsky.social · Aug 25

Struggling with reproducible benchmarks in TDL? We’ve got you covered.

12+ models tested on 22+ diverse, cross-domain datasets. Tutorials to get you started with topology & higher-order homophily Webpage/Docs: geometric-intelligence.github.io/TopoBench/

TopoBench

TopoBench: A comprehensive benchmarking framework for Topological Deep Learning models and datasets.

geometric-intelligence.github.io

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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · Aug 25

Interested in #topological deep learning (TDL) but not sure where to start? 🍩🤖

Check out #TopoBench, a comprehensive, modular library that benchmarks a wide variety of TDL models across diverse datasets.

Thrilled to see it accepted at DMLR!

Code+Papers:
geometric-intelligence.github.io/TopoBench/

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Melanie Weber @mweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚀 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Non-Euclidean Foundation Models & Geometric Learning Workshop @ NeurIPS 2025 🚀

⏰ DEADLINE: Sep 2, 2025

📥 SUBMIT HERE: bit.ly/3UDTvEX

Join our reviewer pool: bit.ly/3JvvI7K

🔗 Full details: bit.ly/41PDyiM

NeurIPS 2025 Workshop NEGEL

Welcome to the OpenReview homepage for NeurIPS 2025 Workshop NEGEL

bit.ly

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Geometric Intelligence Lab @geometric-intel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Cutting-edge AI4Science research with the ocean at your doorstep? I'm interested👓🥼

At UCSB, we build AI methods that accelerate discovery – from neuroscience to physics to healthcare. Join @ai-ucsb.bsky.social and help shape the future of AI4Science!

Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · Aug 22

We are recruiting postdocs @ai-ucsb.bsky.social !
With @haewonjeong.bsky.social Yao Qin

You want to lead the future of AI4Science?

Apply to UCSB Real AI For Science Initiative 🌟
Deadline: Sept 15, 2025.

This is the view you'll have from... your desk!
By @adelemyers.bsky.social

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