Eric Schulz
@ericschulz.bsky.social
Director of Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
Cognitive science, machine learning, large models.
https://hcai-munich.com
Cognitive science, machine learning, large models.
https://hcai-munich.com
Honored to have been interviewed about Claude's "soul document" as part of an article for this week's @spiegel.de.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
(S+) Künstliche Intelligenz: Wie Chatbots eine Seele bekommen – und von wem
KI-Firmen trainieren ihren Chatbots eine Art Charakter an, nun sind erstmals Informationen aus einem »Soul Document« öffentlich geworden. Es stellt sich die Frage: Wer bestimmt über die Wesenszüge von...
www.spiegel.de
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Honored to have been interviewed about Claude's "soul document" as part of an article for this week's @spiegel.de.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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🔬 We're hiring a Junior Group Leader for Data-Driven Digital Twins/System Models in medicine/life sciences at @uni_goettingen! Perfect opportunity for early-career researchers who want to:
- Lead their own research group
- Work at the intersection of AI, simulation, and biomedicine
- Lead their own research group
- Work at the intersection of AI, simulation, and biomedicine
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔬 We're hiring a Junior Group Leader for Data-Driven Digital Twins/System Models in medicine/life sciences at @uni_goettingen! Perfect opportunity for early-career researchers who want to:
- Lead their own research group
- Work at the intersection of AI, simulation, and biomedicine
- Lead their own research group
- Work at the intersection of AI, simulation, and biomedicine
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📆 updated for 2026!
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
various computational neuroscience / MEEG / LFP short courses and summer schools
docs.google.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📆 updated for 2026!
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: 🔗 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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🚨 New preprint 🚨
We present the decisions-from-experience database (DfE-DB), including data from 168 studies.
The data are currently shared with the original authors and made public upon publication.
🔗 Database: github.com/dwulff/dfe-db
🔗 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We present the decisions-from-experience database (DfE-DB), including data from 168 studies.
The data are currently shared with the original authors and made public upon publication.
🔗 Database: github.com/dwulff/dfe-db
🔗 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚨 New preprint 🚨
We present the decisions-from-experience database (DfE-DB), including data from 168 studies.
The data are currently shared with the original authors and made public upon publication.
🔗 Database: github.com/dwulff/dfe-db
🔗 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We present the decisions-from-experience database (DfE-DB), including data from 168 studies.
The data are currently shared with the original authors and made public upon publication.
🔗 Database: github.com/dwulff/dfe-db
🔗 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social.
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social.
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
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🧵 If you're looking for a fully funded PhD or Postdoc in Computational Psychiatry, please reach out!
We are expanding the lab and tackling some big questions. Here is a thread on what we are currently up to: 👇
We are expanding the lab and tackling some big questions. Here is a thread on what we are currently up to: 👇
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🧵 If you're looking for a fully funded PhD or Postdoc in Computational Psychiatry, please reach out!
We are expanding the lab and tackling some big questions. Here is a thread on what we are currently up to: 👇
We are expanding the lab and tackling some big questions. Here is a thread on what we are currently up to: 👇
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🚀🎓We have exciting opportunities at the PhD and Postdoc level, including in the new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience, a 10-year initiative spanning a powerful international network of labs working across species and disciplines - please reach out if interested
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚀🎓We have exciting opportunities at the PhD and Postdoc level, including in the new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience, a 10-year initiative spanning a powerful international network of labs working across species and disciplines - please reach out if interested
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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We are hiring a new Ph. D. student on neuroimaging and/or computational modeling on motivation and emotion. Tübingen is a great place to pursue work on these topics!!
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
PhD Position on computational modelling and neuroscience (m/f/d)
uni-tuebingen.de
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are hiring a new Ph. D. student on neuroimaging and/or computational modeling on motivation and emotion. Tübingen is a great place to pursue work on these topics!!
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
⚠️ Warning: Joining our team as a postdoc has a known side effect of receiving multiple job offers shortly after. We currently have 3 such cases.
If you are willing to take that risk, applications close in 1 week. The upside is you'll be in a supportive and stimulating environment in munich.
If you are willing to take that risk, applications close in 1 week. The upside is you'll be in a supportive and stimulating environment in munich.
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
⚠️ Warning: Joining our team as a postdoc has a known side effect of receiving multiple job offers shortly after. We currently have 3 such cases.
If you are willing to take that risk, applications close in 1 week. The upside is you'll be in a supportive and stimulating environment in munich.
If you are willing to take that risk, applications close in 1 week. The upside is you'll be in a supportive and stimulating environment in munich.
Two weeks left to apply. Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Two weeks left to apply. Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
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Join us for an insightful discussion with @elifakata.bsky.social, a PhD researcher at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social. She will discuss her recent paper, “Playing Repeated Games with Large Language Models.”
📅 17 November
⏲️ 2-3 PM CET
📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social
👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...
📅 17 November
⏲️ 2-3 PM CET
📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social
👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Join us for an insightful discussion with @elifakata.bsky.social, a PhD researcher at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social. She will discuss her recent paper, “Playing Repeated Games with Large Language Models.”
📅 17 November
⏲️ 2-3 PM CET
📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social
👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...
📅 17 November
⏲️ 2-3 PM CET
📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social
👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...
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Join us in beautiful Munich! If you have any questions about the city, the group or your application, feel free to reach out! ✨
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join us in beautiful Munich! If you have any questions about the city, the group or your application, feel free to reach out! ✨
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🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
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Looking for a #postdoc position? 🧠🔬🤖
Join our amazing lab in Munich! 🇩🇪👩🔬
We have a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive environment, where scientific rigour and curiosity are truly valued and celebrated. 🎉
#Jobs #ScienceJobs #cogsci #neuroskyence
Join our amazing lab in Munich! 🇩🇪👩🔬
We have a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive environment, where scientific rigour and curiosity are truly valued and celebrated. 🎉
#Jobs #ScienceJobs #cogsci #neuroskyence
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Looking for a #postdoc position? 🧠🔬🤖
Join our amazing lab in Munich! 🇩🇪👩🔬
We have a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive environment, where scientific rigour and curiosity are truly valued and celebrated. 🎉
#Jobs #ScienceJobs #cogsci #neuroskyence
Join our amazing lab in Munich! 🇩🇪👩🔬
We have a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive environment, where scientific rigour and curiosity are truly valued and celebrated. 🎉
#Jobs #ScienceJobs #cogsci #neuroskyence
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join us!
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
join us!
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A great opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI and cognitive science!
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A great opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI and cognitive science!
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
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Concept-Guided Interpretability via Neural Chunking
Shuchen Wu , Stephan Alaniz, @shyamgopal.bsky.social , Peter Dayan, @ericschulz.bsky.social , @zeynepakata.bsky.social
[Paper]: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.11576
[Code]: github.com/swu32/Chunk-...
Concept-Guided Interpretability via Neural Chunking
Shuchen Wu , Stephan Alaniz, @shyamgopal.bsky.social , Peter Dayan, @ericschulz.bsky.social , @zeynepakata.bsky.social
[Paper]: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.11576
[Code]: github.com/swu32/Chunk-...
arxiv.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Concept-Guided Interpretability via Neural Chunking
Shuchen Wu , Stephan Alaniz, @shyamgopal.bsky.social , Peter Dayan, @ericschulz.bsky.social , @zeynepakata.bsky.social
[Paper]: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.11576
[Code]: github.com/swu32/Chunk-...
Concept-Guided Interpretability via Neural Chunking
Shuchen Wu , Stephan Alaniz, @shyamgopal.bsky.social , Peter Dayan, @ericschulz.bsky.social , @zeynepakata.bsky.social
[Paper]: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.11576
[Code]: github.com/swu32/Chunk-...
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What influences whether people have fun with a task?
Our paper “Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations and success influence enjoyment in video games” with @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @ericschulz.bsky.social now in Scientific Reports!
rdcu.be/eI069
Paper summary below 1/4
Our paper “Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations and success influence enjoyment in video games” with @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @ericschulz.bsky.social now in Scientific Reports!
rdcu.be/eI069
Paper summary below 1/4
Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games
Scientific Reports - Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games
rdcu.be
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What influences whether people have fun with a task?
Our paper “Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations and success influence enjoyment in video games” with @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @ericschulz.bsky.social now in Scientific Reports!
rdcu.be/eI069
Paper summary below 1/4
Our paper “Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations and success influence enjoyment in video games” with @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @ericschulz.bsky.social now in Scientific Reports!
rdcu.be/eI069
Paper summary below 1/4
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I am hiring PhD students and/or Postdocs, to work on the theory of explainable machine learning. Please apply through Ellis or IMPRS, deadlines end october/mid november. In particular: Women, where are you? Our community needs you!!!
imprs.is.mpg.de/application
ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
imprs.is.mpg.de/application
ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
September 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I am hiring PhD students and/or Postdocs, to work on the theory of explainable machine learning. Please apply through Ellis or IMPRS, deadlines end october/mid november. In particular: Women, where are you? Our community needs you!!!
imprs.is.mpg.de/application
ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
imprs.is.mpg.de/application
ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
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🤖 AI that thinks like us
Researchers at @www.helmholtz-munich.de have developed Centaur, an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human decision-making with remarkable accuracy.
@bethgelab.bsky.social @modirshanechi.bsky.social
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4kCi280
Researchers at @www.helmholtz-munich.de have developed Centaur, an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human decision-making with remarkable accuracy.
@bethgelab.bsky.social @modirshanechi.bsky.social
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4kCi280
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🤖 AI that thinks like us
Researchers at @www.helmholtz-munich.de have developed Centaur, an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human decision-making with remarkable accuracy.
@bethgelab.bsky.social @modirshanechi.bsky.social
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4kCi280
Researchers at @www.helmholtz-munich.de have developed Centaur, an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human decision-making with remarkable accuracy.
@bethgelab.bsky.social @modirshanechi.bsky.social
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4kCi280
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An AI model (Llama 3.1 70B) fine-tuned on the results of 60,000 people in psychology experiments shows some real promise in using LLMs for studying and predicting human behavior.
It predicts actual human behavior in held-out data & it generalizes to out-of-distribution tasks and experiments.
It predicts actual human behavior in held-out data & it generalizes to out-of-distribution tasks and experiments.
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An AI model (Llama 3.1 70B) fine-tuned on the results of 60,000 people in psychology experiments shows some real promise in using LLMs for studying and predicting human behavior.
It predicts actual human behavior in held-out data & it generalizes to out-of-distribution tasks and experiments.
It predicts actual human behavior in held-out data & it generalizes to out-of-distribution tasks and experiments.
Reposted by Eric Schulz
What an exciting day for cognitive science with a double feature @nature.com including tiny models (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and less tiny ones (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
July 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What an exciting day for cognitive science with a double feature @nature.com including tiny models (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and less tiny ones (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
What a day. Our foundation model of cognitive science is out in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What a day. Our foundation model of cognitive science is out in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...