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Richard Gao

@rdgao.bsky.social

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AI x neuroscience. 🌊 www.rdgao.com

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JoCNForum @jocnforum.bsky.social · 1d

New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"

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Principles for proper peer review

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 5d

yes please!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 6d

🤜🏼🤛🏼

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 8d

thanks man!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 8d

I could absolutely use a collaborator, especially after that whole week, AND someone that can take me sailing 🐟🐠🐟

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 8d

Wednesday

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 8d

oh huh...well there you go!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

Manuel Brenner and I managed to organize this workshop not knowing we were gonna end up being new neighbors this month. The lineup speaks for itself.

There were some last minute cancellations so we jumped in to fill their big shoes and will talk about the future directions of the new labs too!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

thanks Jan!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

before you run away again

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

thanks! glad you resonate :)

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks man! Hope things are going well with you, Adam just dropped by and we reminisced about the Earthpigs (among other cogsci horrors...)

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

I will literally pay you out of my own pocket

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

I actually tried to be a management consultant before grad school, I guess the skills transferred over...and thanks!!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

but actually though where do we go for the afterparty @mariusschneider.bsky.social ?

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

a woman is sitting in front of a filing cabinet and making a funny face .

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Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks man! Christos passed on your regards a couple weeks ago, hope to see you soon and come by Frankfurt any time :D

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

thanks, will do!

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Marcus, glad you liked this!

But I absolutely cannot take credit for this law, it's a truism as old as computational neuroscience itself :p

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 15d

Luckily goodbye is temporary and many are coming to Bernstein in a week.

If you’re also at Bernstein and are interested, or just want to chat about science, life, or whatever, send me a message!

p.s. Frankfurt is probably the easiest place to leave whether you need to fly or take the train. FYI.

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 15d

Lastly, on that note about people:

4 years in Tübingen flew by, and I truly had to adjust to "the village" when I first came.

But now I really, really cannot imagine leaving.

I’m thankful for so many people’s support, guidance, love, and sheer buffoonery.

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 15d

If you know me, you can probably gather what my values are and what kind of advisor I aim to be (for better or worse).

If not, just read the blog, or scroll back on my Twitter feed lol.

My motto that I stole and modified:

work hard, have fun, don’t be a dick.

www.rdgao.com/year-3-and-a...

Year 3 (and a half): TIL my PhD is Flappy Bird.

Year 3 is done! Here’s to half a PhD.

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 15d

If you are (or know) a hardworking student with a background in machine learning or computational neuroscience (loosely defined),

and want to do a PhD while learning more about methods and problems in the respective other fields,

don’t hesitate to reach out.

kermit the frog and darth vader are standing next to each other with the words give yourself to the dark side below them

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Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 15d

In short, #AI4Neuro. Of course, there are many opportunities going the other way, i.e., #NeuroAI.

But I’m pretty adamant on making a strong distinction between these two things.

(my actual job title—I shit you not—is “Professor für Machine Learning of World Models”)

www.rdgao.com/blog/2024/08...

Beyond #NeuroAI, we need #AI4Neuro—and we’re going to suck at it (at first). [Part 2]

For starters, I sort of assumed NeuroAI was, well, the intersection of neuroscience and AI. I think that’s pretty reasonable? And while that’s technically true, you will see in a bit that it’s a rathe...

Richard Gao @rdgao.bsky.social · 15d

For the next little while, a big focus will be on developing and applying ML methods,

both for assisting “white-box” mechanistic & biophysical models (e.g., simulation-based inference)

and to serve as “blackbox” generative models that can subsequently be dissected and interpreted.