Lisa Schmors
@lisaschmors.bsky.social
Postdoc @hertie-ai.bsky.social | PhD @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social & unituebingen.bsky.social | Interested in Computational Neuroscience, Data Science & AI 🧠🤖 | Science Podcast https://linktr.ee/i_am_scientist 🎙️🧬
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Lisa Schmors
@lisaschmors.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Hello, Bluesky! 🦋
Excited to join and share that I just finished my PhD 🎓
Grateful for all I’ve learned, the support I’ve received, and the 825 coffees that fueled me ☕️
Special thanks to my supervisors, especially @celltypist.bsky.social, for their guidance 🧠🤖
Looking forward to connecting! 🤝
Excited to join and share that I just finished my PhD 🎓
Grateful for all I’ve learned, the support I’ve received, and the 825 coffees that fueled me ☕️
Special thanks to my supervisors, especially @celltypist.bsky.social, for their guidance 🧠🤖
Looking forward to connecting! 🤝
“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
🌍 This motto shaped the past 3 days at the “Forum Connect & Exchange“ in Bonn.
Our South African–German project on AI for epilepsy diagnosis is among the 9 international initiatives funded by the @dfg.de 🇿🇦🇩🇪
🌍 This motto shaped the past 3 days at the “Forum Connect & Exchange“ in Bonn.
Our South African–German project on AI for epilepsy diagnosis is among the 9 international initiatives funded by the @dfg.de 🇿🇦🇩🇪
September 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
🌍 This motto shaped the past 3 days at the “Forum Connect & Exchange“ in Bonn.
Our South African–German project on AI for epilepsy diagnosis is among the 9 international initiatives funded by the @dfg.de 🇿🇦🇩🇪
🌍 This motto shaped the past 3 days at the “Forum Connect & Exchange“ in Bonn.
Our South African–German project on AI for epilepsy diagnosis is among the 9 international initiatives funded by the @dfg.de 🇿🇦🇩🇪
The Deep Learning Indaba in Kigali, Rwanda has been a great experience!
I feel honored that I was invited to give a talk at the NeuroAI workshop and join the panel discussion🧠🤖
I’m leaving with new ideas, new perspectives, and new colleagues and friends 🌍
@deeplearningindaba.bsky.social
I feel honored that I was invited to give a talk at the NeuroAI workshop and join the panel discussion🧠🤖
I’m leaving with new ideas, new perspectives, and new colleagues and friends 🌍
@deeplearningindaba.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Deep Learning Indaba in Kigali, Rwanda has been a great experience!
I feel honored that I was invited to give a talk at the NeuroAI workshop and join the panel discussion🧠🤖
I’m leaving with new ideas, new perspectives, and new colleagues and friends 🌍
@deeplearningindaba.bsky.social
I feel honored that I was invited to give a talk at the NeuroAI workshop and join the panel discussion🧠🤖
I’m leaving with new ideas, new perspectives, and new colleagues and friends 🌍
@deeplearningindaba.bsky.social
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
Meet Mila at Deep Learning Indaba 2025! Our team is excited to connect with you at this year’s event! Drop by our booth to meet our students, exchange ideas, and dive into the groundbreaking projects we’re bringing to life.
August 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Meet Mila at Deep Learning Indaba 2025! Our team is excited to connect with you at this year’s event! Drop by our booth to meet our students, exchange ideas, and dive into the groundbreaking projects we’re bringing to life.
🤔 Did you know that LLMs charge per token?
🌍 And that non-English text get separated into more tokens?
💸 This creates higher costs for LLM input for non-English text! How can we change this???
🎓 I learned that at the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social tutorial on LLMs
🌍 And that non-English text get separated into more tokens?
💸 This creates higher costs for LLM input for non-English text! How can we change this???
🎓 I learned that at the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social tutorial on LLMs
August 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🤔 Did you know that LLMs charge per token?
🌍 And that non-English text get separated into more tokens?
💸 This creates higher costs for LLM input for non-English text! How can we change this???
🎓 I learned that at the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social tutorial on LLMs
🌍 And that non-English text get separated into more tokens?
💸 This creates higher costs for LLM input for non-English text! How can we change this???
🎓 I learned that at the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social tutorial on LLMs
Deeply impressed by the first keynote lecture at the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social in Rwanda 🇷🇼
Verena Rieser from Google DeepMind talked about aligning AI with diverse views on what’s safe to build AI systems that benefit all and focus on long-term wellbeing 🤖🫂
#DLI2025
Verena Rieser from Google DeepMind talked about aligning AI with diverse views on what’s safe to build AI systems that benefit all and focus on long-term wellbeing 🤖🫂
#DLI2025
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Deeply impressed by the first keynote lecture at the @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social in Rwanda 🇷🇼
Verena Rieser from Google DeepMind talked about aligning AI with diverse views on what’s safe to build AI systems that benefit all and focus on long-term wellbeing 🤖🫂
#DLI2025
Verena Rieser from Google DeepMind talked about aligning AI with diverse views on what’s safe to build AI systems that benefit all and focus on long-term wellbeing 🤖🫂
#DLI2025
🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
May 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty
📈Apply until July 1st!
🔗https://imbizo.africa/
🎙️ New episode for “I am scientist” podcast
🗣️ First *English* episode with @philipphubert.bsky.social & me
💻 We talk about the right mindset for a successful PhD & about things that helped us mentally along the way
➡️ The kind of resource I wish I had when I started
Thanks for sharing Patrik!
🗣️ First *English* episode with @philipphubert.bsky.social & me
💻 We talk about the right mindset for a successful PhD & about things that helped us mentally along the way
➡️ The kind of resource I wish I had when I started
Thanks for sharing Patrik!
I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the @i-am-scientist.bsky.social podcast by @lisaschmors.bsky.social and @philipphubert.bsky.social . I talk about how I ended up writing my newsletter (path2phd.substack.com) and the people who supported me all along. Enjoy!
The path to PhD - Advice from a young scientist
I am Scientist · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🎙️ New episode for “I am scientist” podcast
🗣️ First *English* episode with @philipphubert.bsky.social & me
💻 We talk about the right mindset for a successful PhD & about things that helped us mentally along the way
➡️ The kind of resource I wish I had when I started
Thanks for sharing Patrik!
🗣️ First *English* episode with @philipphubert.bsky.social & me
💻 We talk about the right mindset for a successful PhD & about things that helped us mentally along the way
➡️ The kind of resource I wish I had when I started
Thanks for sharing Patrik!
🎧 New podcast episode out!
💌 Writing emails to people that you don't know - but you would like to work with - can open unexpected doors for young scientists!
👩👦👦 Julia shares how she conducted research at prestigious institutions world wide, while being a mum of two kids!
Very inspiring story ✨
💌 Writing emails to people that you don't know - but you would like to work with - can open unexpected doors for young scientists!
👩👦👦 Julia shares how she conducted research at prestigious institutions world wide, while being a mum of two kids!
Very inspiring story ✨
March 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🎧 New podcast episode out!
💌 Writing emails to people that you don't know - but you would like to work with - can open unexpected doors for young scientists!
👩👦👦 Julia shares how she conducted research at prestigious institutions world wide, while being a mum of two kids!
Very inspiring story ✨
💌 Writing emails to people that you don't know - but you would like to work with - can open unexpected doors for young scientists!
👩👦👦 Julia shares how she conducted research at prestigious institutions world wide, while being a mum of two kids!
Very inspiring story ✨
Team appreciation Tuesday @hertie-ai.bsky.social! 🥳
Congrats to both of us Dr. Jan @janlause.bsky.social 🥰
hertie.ai/team-appreci...
Congrats to both of us Dr. Jan @janlause.bsky.social 🥰
hertie.ai/team-appreci...
a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands with the words congratulations behind him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands with the words congratulations behind him
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February 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Team appreciation Tuesday @hertie-ai.bsky.social! 🥳
Congrats to both of us Dr. Jan @janlause.bsky.social 🥰
hertie.ai/team-appreci...
Congrats to both of us Dr. Jan @janlause.bsky.social 🥰
hertie.ai/team-appreci...
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
Diesmal saßen wir auf der anderen Seite! 🎙️🤯
Letzte Woche hat Christine Vallbracht uns für Forschung & Lehre interviewt – eine spannende Erfahrung, selbst die Fragen zu beantworten! 🎤👀
Neugierig auf Einblicke hinter die Kulissen? Hier geht’s zum Artikel: www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
Letzte Woche hat Christine Vallbracht uns für Forschung & Lehre interviewt – eine spannende Erfahrung, selbst die Fragen zu beantworten! 🎤👀
Neugierig auf Einblicke hinter die Kulissen? Hier geht’s zum Artikel: www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
February 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Diesmal saßen wir auf der anderen Seite! 🎙️🤯
Letzte Woche hat Christine Vallbracht uns für Forschung & Lehre interviewt – eine spannende Erfahrung, selbst die Fragen zu beantworten! 🎤👀
Neugierig auf Einblicke hinter die Kulissen? Hier geht’s zum Artikel: www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
Letzte Woche hat Christine Vallbracht uns für Forschung & Lehre interviewt – eine spannende Erfahrung, selbst die Fragen zu beantworten! 🎤👀
Neugierig auf Einblicke hinter die Kulissen? Hier geht’s zum Artikel: www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
Did you ever think about starting your own #podcast? 🎙️
Read about our story here www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
We're also sharing
📱 Our favorite free tools + software
📈 How we grew a listener base
🔥 Tips for getting started
Our podcast: @i-am-scientist.bsky.social
#sciencepodcast
Read about our story here www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
We're also sharing
📱 Our favorite free tools + software
📈 How we grew a listener base
🔥 Tips for getting started
Our podcast: @i-am-scientist.bsky.social
#sciencepodcast
Interview-Podcast mit Tipps für die Promotion
Drei Menschen, drei Promotionen, ein Podcast. Mit "I am Scientist" begleiten Daniel Hölle, Philipp Hubert und Lisa Schmors Promovierende – nicht nur.
www.forschung-und-lehre.de
February 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Did you ever think about starting your own #podcast? 🎙️
Read about our story here www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
We're also sharing
📱 Our favorite free tools + software
📈 How we grew a listener base
🔥 Tips for getting started
Our podcast: @i-am-scientist.bsky.social
#sciencepodcast
Read about our story here www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/pro...
We're also sharing
📱 Our favorite free tools + software
📈 How we grew a listener base
🔥 Tips for getting started
Our podcast: @i-am-scientist.bsky.social
#sciencepodcast
If you sometimes feel lost or burned out during your PhD, you are not alone 🫂
Listen to our latest episode to get advice and honest insights 🎧
(stoked for our first episode in English - long overdue 😁)
Listen to our latest episode to get advice and honest insights 🎧
(stoked for our first episode in English - long overdue 😁)
In our latest episode we talked to Dr. Hanna Krynska about burnout, self-criticism & mental health during the Ph.D. 🧠
🎧 Listen now for practical advice & honest insights.
⚠️ Content warning: Mental health & suicidal thoughts.
🔗 linktr.ee/i_am_scientist
#MentalHealth #Academia
🎧 Listen now for practical advice & honest insights.
⚠️ Content warning: Mental health & suicidal thoughts.
🔗 linktr.ee/i_am_scientist
#MentalHealth #Academia
February 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you sometimes feel lost or burned out during your PhD, you are not alone 🫂
Listen to our latest episode to get advice and honest insights 🎧
(stoked for our first episode in English - long overdue 😁)
Listen to our latest episode to get advice and honest insights 🎧
(stoked for our first episode in English - long overdue 😁)
Our science podcast is on Bluesky now 👏
I’ll be managing this account, so please leave a like, leave a follow 🙂↕️
Thanks - and enjoy your Sunday🫡
I’ll be managing this account, so please leave a like, leave a follow 🙂↕️
Thanks - and enjoy your Sunday🫡
Wusstet ihr, dass Enten und Schmetterlinge Freunde sind? 🦆🦋
Ab jetzt flattern wir auch auf Bluesky!
🎧 Im Wissenschaftspodcast I AM SCIENTIST geht es um den Forschungsalltag von Promovierenden - mit allen Höhen 📈, Tiefen 📉 und "Aha!"-Momenten 💡
Zum Podcast geht's hier: linktr.ee/i_am_scientist
Ab jetzt flattern wir auch auf Bluesky!
🎧 Im Wissenschaftspodcast I AM SCIENTIST geht es um den Forschungsalltag von Promovierenden - mit allen Höhen 📈, Tiefen 📉 und "Aha!"-Momenten 💡
Zum Podcast geht's hier: linktr.ee/i_am_scientist
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Our science podcast is on Bluesky now 👏
I’ll be managing this account, so please leave a like, leave a follow 🙂↕️
Thanks - and enjoy your Sunday🫡
I’ll be managing this account, so please leave a like, leave a follow 🙂↕️
Thanks - and enjoy your Sunday🫡
Bluesky is great and all, but who else misses the bookmark function? It’s the one thing I used religiously used to save papers and threads, and now I’m lost without it 🥲
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
December 17, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Bluesky is great and all, but who else misses the bookmark function? It’s the one thing I used religiously used to save papers and threads, and now I’m lost without it 🥲
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
Spotlight on: Hertie AI Postdoc @lisaschmors.bsky.social who recently successfully defended her PhD in the Department of Data Science.Besides her research Lisa is active in the "I am Scientist" tr.ee/bN17W5qW53 Podcast and wrote several bloposts about her experiences as an PhD student on hertie.ai
December 13, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Spotlight on: Hertie AI Postdoc @lisaschmors.bsky.social who recently successfully defended her PhD in the Department of Data Science.Besides her research Lisa is active in the "I am Scientist" tr.ee/bN17W5qW53 Podcast and wrote several bloposts about her experiences as an PhD student on hertie.ai
What did I actually do in my PhD? 📊
Excited to share that @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social published a blog post about my work at the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience 🤖🧠
➕snapshot from one of my favorite moments: presenting my research during sunset 🌅 at on a beautiful Greek island
Excited to share that @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social published a blog post about my work at the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience 🤖🧠
➕snapshot from one of my favorite moments: presenting my research during sunset 🌅 at on a beautiful Greek island
Scholar Spotlight: Lisa Schmors
Lisa integrates machine learning and neuroscience to study how brain states and neural mechanisms process sensory information. A key achievement in her journey is developing a data-efficient vision mo...
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December 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM
What did I actually do in my PhD? 📊
Excited to share that @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social published a blog post about my work at the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience 🤖🧠
➕snapshot from one of my favorite moments: presenting my research during sunset 🌅 at on a beautiful Greek island
Excited to share that @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social published a blog post about my work at the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience 🤖🧠
➕snapshot from one of my favorite moments: presenting my research during sunset 🌅 at on a beautiful Greek island
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
1) With our @neuripsconf.bsky.social poster happening tomorrow, it's about time to introduce our Spotlight paper 🔦, co-lead with @jkapoor.bsky.social:
Latent Diffusion for Neural Spiking data (LDNS), a latent variable model (LVM) which addresses 3 goals simultaneously:
Latent Diffusion for Neural Spiking data (LDNS), a latent variable model (LVM) which addresses 3 goals simultaneously:
December 11, 2024 at 7:43 AM
1) With our @neuripsconf.bsky.social poster happening tomorrow, it's about time to introduce our Spotlight paper 🔦, co-lead with @jkapoor.bsky.social:
Latent Diffusion for Neural Spiking data (LDNS), a latent variable model (LVM) which addresses 3 goals simultaneously:
Latent Diffusion for Neural Spiking data (LDNS), a latent variable model (LVM) which addresses 3 goals simultaneously:
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
**The ultimate systems #neuroscience paper!**
Recording every spike, every stimulus, every action during person's first half of life to predict second half?
The future of papers and neuro, are we almost there yet? That would great discussion to have online.
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Recording every spike, every stimulus, every action during person's first half of life to predict second half?
The future of papers and neuro, are we almost there yet? That would great discussion to have online.
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Imagining the ultimate systems neuroscience paper
A growing body of papers on systems neuroscience and on giant simulations of neural circuits involves data beyond the point that anyone can reasonably understand end to end. Looking ahead, “paper-bots...
www.thetransmitter.org
December 7, 2024 at 5:36 PM
**The ultimate systems #neuroscience paper!**
Recording every spike, every stimulus, every action during person's first half of life to predict second half?
The future of papers and neuro, are we almost there yet? That would great discussion to have online.
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Recording every spike, every stimulus, every action during person's first half of life to predict second half?
The future of papers and neuro, are we almost there yet? That would great discussion to have online.
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
This.
There should be an open repository - like bioRxiv, but much more casual - where people can document their failed projects that aren't worth the trouble of trying to publish. A massive graveyard of hypotheses with rich indexing, focusing on methodological choices. #neuroskyence #psychscisky #science
December 5, 2024 at 3:24 PM
This.
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
hi everyone!! let's try this optimal transport again 🙃
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
hi everyone!! let's try this optimal transport again 🙃
"If neuroscience is to meaningfully contribute to AI safety, we need to dramatically accelerate our ability to record, analyze, simulate, and understand neural systems." 💯
I wrote a TL;DR on our NeuroAI Safety roadmap. Get the gist of our 92-page roadmap in a 7-minute read. Featuring Marvin the adversarial chihuahua. www.neuroai.science/p/neuroai-fo...
NeuroAI for AI safety
A differential path toward safe AI
www.neuroai.science
December 4, 2024 at 9:30 AM
"If neuroscience is to meaningfully contribute to AI safety, we need to dramatically accelerate our ability to record, analyze, simulate, and understand neural systems." 💯
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
Will simply scaling up LLMs get us to AGI? My feature for Nature, w/ inputs from @fchollet.bsky.social @rao2z.bsky.social @yoshuabengio.bsky.social @melaniemitchell.bsky.social @dileeplearning.bsky.social @andrewgwils.bsky.social, Raia Hadsell, Keyon Vafa, Karl Friston www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How close is AI to human-level intelligence?
Large language models such as OpenAI’s o1 have electrified the debate over achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI. But they are unlikely to reach this milestone on their own.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Will simply scaling up LLMs get us to AGI? My feature for Nature, w/ inputs from @fchollet.bsky.social @rao2z.bsky.social @yoshuabengio.bsky.social @melaniemitchell.bsky.social @dileeplearning.bsky.social @andrewgwils.bsky.social, Raia Hadsell, Keyon Vafa, Karl Friston www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🦋 Can we start calling posts "flaps" instead of "tweets"?
That way, we can "re-flap" and call replies "flapbacks"! 🐦
Lunch brainstorming w/ @janlause.bsky.social @ritagonmar.bsky.social @seelio.bsky.social
That way, we can "re-flap" and call replies "flapbacks"! 🐦
Lunch brainstorming w/ @janlause.bsky.social @ritagonmar.bsky.social @seelio.bsky.social
a blue and yellow butterfly is flying in the air
ALT: a blue and yellow butterfly is flying in the air
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM
🦋 Can we start calling posts "flaps" instead of "tweets"?
That way, we can "re-flap" and call replies "flapbacks"! 🐦
Lunch brainstorming w/ @janlause.bsky.social @ritagonmar.bsky.social @seelio.bsky.social
That way, we can "re-flap" and call replies "flapbacks"! 🐦
Lunch brainstorming w/ @janlause.bsky.social @ritagonmar.bsky.social @seelio.bsky.social
Reposted by Lisa Schmors
Our new work “Temporal encoding in deep reinforcement learning agents” is now published!
We zoomed in on the representation of time in brains and machines, and asked how it linked to behavior.
w/ Ann Zixiang Huang, @tyrellturing.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵(0/10)
We zoomed in on the representation of time in brains and machines, and asked how it linked to behavior.
w/ Ann Zixiang Huang, @tyrellturing.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵(0/10)
Temporal encoding in deep reinforcement learning agents - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Temporal encoding in deep reinforcement learning agents
nature.com
December 18, 2023 at 9:17 PM
Our new work “Temporal encoding in deep reinforcement learning agents” is now published!
We zoomed in on the representation of time in brains and machines, and asked how it linked to behavior.
w/ Ann Zixiang Huang, @tyrellturing.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵(0/10)
We zoomed in on the representation of time in brains and machines, and asked how it linked to behavior.
w/ Ann Zixiang Huang, @tyrellturing.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵(0/10)
Hello, Bluesky! 🦋
Excited to join and share that I just finished my PhD 🎓
Grateful for all I’ve learned, the support I’ve received, and the 825 coffees that fueled me ☕️
Special thanks to my supervisors, especially @celltypist.bsky.social, for their guidance 🧠🤖
Looking forward to connecting! 🤝
Excited to join and share that I just finished my PhD 🎓
Grateful for all I’ve learned, the support I’ve received, and the 825 coffees that fueled me ☕️
Special thanks to my supervisors, especially @celltypist.bsky.social, for their guidance 🧠🤖
Looking forward to connecting! 🤝
November 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Hello, Bluesky! 🦋
Excited to join and share that I just finished my PhD 🎓
Grateful for all I’ve learned, the support I’ve received, and the 825 coffees that fueled me ☕️
Special thanks to my supervisors, especially @celltypist.bsky.social, for their guidance 🧠🤖
Looking forward to connecting! 🤝
Excited to join and share that I just finished my PhD 🎓
Grateful for all I’ve learned, the support I’ve received, and the 825 coffees that fueled me ☕️
Special thanks to my supervisors, especially @celltypist.bsky.social, for their guidance 🧠🤖
Looking forward to connecting! 🤝