Jonathan Pillow
@jpillowtime.bsky.social
comp neuro prof @ Princeton
brains, machine learning, & postmodern angst
pillowlab.princeton.edu
brains, machine learning, & postmodern angst
pillowlab.princeton.edu
Great opportunity to learn to use fancy neural data analysis tools developed at the @flatironinstitute.org. Sign up for this workshop at SFN 2025!
🎉 Deadline is *tomorrow*!
Join the @flatironinstitute.org workshop on pynapple & NeMos @sfn.org this November to analyze and model neural data
pynapple: analyze neural time series
NeMoS: model neural population dynamics
Meals + accommodation included
👉 neurorse.flatironinstitute.org/events/2025/...
Join the @flatironinstitute.org workshop on pynapple & NeMos @sfn.org this November to analyze and model neural data
pynapple: analyze neural time series
NeMoS: model neural population dynamics
Meals + accommodation included
👉 neurorse.flatironinstitute.org/events/2025/...
SfN 2025
neurorse.flatironinstitute.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Great opportunity to learn to use fancy neural data analysis tools developed at the @flatironinstitute.org. Sign up for this workshop at SFN 2025!
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Now out in @natcomms.nature.com: Mice and monkeys spontaneously shift through comparable cognitive states - and it's written all over their faces! (1/7)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Inferring internal states across mice and monkeys using facial features - Nature Communications
Here, the authors created a virtual reality task for monkeys and mice to explore if internal states like attention are similar across species. Their facial expressions during the task were similar, su...
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Now out in @natcomms.nature.com: Mice and monkeys spontaneously shift through comparable cognitive states - and it's written all over their faces! (1/7)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Diffusion modeling folks: many sources (including Wikipedia) cite Robbins 1956 as the original source for Tweedie's formula (E[z | x] = x + sig^2 \grad log p(x)). But as far as I can tell — the formula appears nowhere in that paper. Did I miss it? Can anyone explain what's going on here?
May 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Diffusion modeling folks: many sources (including Wikipedia) cite Robbins 1956 as the original source for Tweedie's formula (E[z | x] = x + sig^2 \grad log p(x)). But as far as I can tell — the formula appears nowhere in that paper. Did I miss it? Can anyone explain what's going on here?
Reposted by Jonathan Pillow
"to run a contest that you end up not funding as a private organization at this time is… both extremely wasteful of these people’s time, and just devastating in terms of morale."
I spoke with @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT today about HHMI's decision not to fund this round of Hanna Gray applicants.
I spoke with @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT today about HHMI's decision not to fund this round of Hanna Gray applicants.
Private funder HHMI pauses postdoc fellowship
As HHMI pauses Hanna Gray fellowship applications, opportunities for young scientists shrink further, making them look overseas.
www.statnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"to run a contest that you end up not funding as a private organization at this time is… both extremely wasteful of these people’s time, and just devastating in terms of morale."
I spoke with @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT today about HHMI's decision not to fund this round of Hanna Gray applicants.
I spoke with @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT today about HHMI's decision not to fund this round of Hanna Gray applicants.
We are writing a tutorial paper on reduced rank regression (RRR), aimed primarily at neuroscientists.
Q: Does anyone have suggestions for where to publish such a paper?
Q: Does anyone have suggestions for where to publish such a paper?
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We are writing a tutorial paper on reduced rank regression (RRR), aimed primarily at neuroscientists.
Q: Does anyone have suggestions for where to publish such a paper?
Q: Does anyone have suggestions for where to publish such a paper?
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"We are passionate about science and its benefits to society, but we fear more what will happen if we do not help defend everyone’s fundamental rights." Op-ed I co-wrote w/ @samwang.bsky.social @jpillowtime.bsky.social @ilanawitten.bsky.social & David Tank www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
To stop intimidation, Eisgruber needs your help
When targeting one institution is a bald attempt to divide and conquer, as is the case with Columbia, it is essential for a coalition or group of institutions and individuals to stand up together.&nbs...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"We are passionate about science and its benefits to society, but we fear more what will happen if we do not help defend everyone’s fundamental rights." Op-ed I co-wrote w/ @samwang.bsky.social @jpillowtime.bsky.social @ilanawitten.bsky.social & David Tank www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Jonathan Pillow
Pynapple is a Python-based neural analysis package designed to streamline your research. It integrates seamlessly with your projects, offering tools for processing, analyzing, and visualizing neural data. Follow us for updates, tutorials, and community insights!
#Pynapple #NeuralAnalysis #OpenSource
#Pynapple #NeuralAnalysis #OpenSource
January 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pynapple is a Python-based neural analysis package designed to streamline your research. It integrates seamlessly with your projects, offering tools for processing, analyzing, and visualizing neural data. Follow us for updates, tutorials, and community insights!
#Pynapple #NeuralAnalysis #OpenSource
#Pynapple #NeuralAnalysis #OpenSource
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This drone situation in NJ is bonkers! Patch has had the best coverage so far. patch.com/new-jersey/p...
Enhanced Drone Detection Equipment To Take Flight Wednesday: NJ Mayor
Thousands of tips have come in to the FBI about the drone sightings, which have been reported in at least 13 New Jersey counties.
patch.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:31 PM
This drone situation in NJ is bonkers! Patch has had the best coverage so far. patch.com/new-jersey/p...
Reposted by Jonathan Pillow
(recycled form X @ 2021)
Are you interested in the dimensionality of neural data, but missed our #BernsteinConference workshop?
Worry not!
Instead, join me in this long thread (1/37) attempting to summarise it and (my view of) the field more broadly.
Are you interested in the dimensionality of neural data, but missed our #BernsteinConference workshop?
Worry not!
Instead, join me in this long thread (1/37) attempting to summarise it and (my view of) the field more broadly.
an aerial view of a large body of water surrounded by rocky shoreline
ALT: an aerial view of a large body of water surrounded by rocky shoreline
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:00 PM
(recycled form X @ 2021)
Are you interested in the dimensionality of neural data, but missed our #BernsteinConference workshop?
Worry not!
Instead, join me in this long thread (1/37) attempting to summarise it and (my view of) the field more broadly.
Are you interested in the dimensionality of neural data, but missed our #BernsteinConference workshop?
Worry not!
Instead, join me in this long thread (1/37) attempting to summarise it and (my view of) the field more broadly.
Princeton folks — check out this story from Carolyn Jones about safety on our local roads! Interesting stats even if you're not a safety geek... 🧐
How much do we know about the safety of our local roads? At TAPinto Princeton, we summarized all 61 vehicle crashes that happened in Princeton, NJ (pop: 30,000) in November. This new 'traffic blotter' tells a story about what goes wrong when drivers, cyclists and pedestrians share the road.
November Crash Data: Princeton Police Report 2 Pedestrians and 2 Bicyclists Struck by Cars; 20 Parked Cars Hit by Other Cars
Princeton, NJ -- Do you ever wonder where those police sirens in the distance are headed? Chances are, they are headed toward a traffic incident. Every year the Princeton Police Department responds...
www.tapinto.net
December 11, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Princeton folks — check out this story from Carolyn Jones about safety on our local roads! Interesting stats even if you're not a safety geek... 🧐
V. proud of this paper on "cell type dynamical systems", to appear at NeurIPS 2024 — led by the fearless @aditijh.bsky.social !!
Excited to share our NeurIPS spotlight paper that develops cell-type dynamical systems to understand the effects of neural perturbations, and roles of distinct cell classes in a neural circuit!
Joint work w/ @dikshagup.bsky.social , Carlos Brody, @jpillowtime.bsky.social .
(Details below)
Joint work w/ @dikshagup.bsky.social , Carlos Brody, @jpillowtime.bsky.social .
(Details below)
December 7, 2024 at 4:59 AM
V. proud of this paper on "cell type dynamical systems", to appear at NeurIPS 2024 — led by the fearless @aditijh.bsky.social !!
If you've used @intlbrainlab.bsky.social data or tools in some way, could you spare 1 minute to tell us how?
short survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thanks in advance! 🙏
short survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thanks in advance! 🙏
IBL data and tools feedback
If you have used (or tried to use) IBL data or tools, we want to hear about it!
docs.google.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:40 PM
If you've used @intlbrainlab.bsky.social data or tools in some way, could you spare 1 minute to tell us how?
short survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thanks in advance! 🙏
short survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thanks in advance! 🙏
Reposted by Jonathan Pillow
😂
November 17, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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