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Interested in #neuroscience + #AI and looking for a PhD position?
I can support your application @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
✅ Check your eligibility (below)
✅ Contact me (DM or email)
UK nationals: www.imperial.ac.uk/life-science...
Otherwise: www.imperial.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
I can support your application @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
✅ Check your eligibility (below)
✅ Contact me (DM or email)
UK nationals: www.imperial.ac.uk/life-science...
Otherwise: www.imperial.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Interested in #neuroscience + #AI and looking for a PhD position?
I can support your application @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
✅ Check your eligibility (below)
✅ Contact me (DM or email)
UK nationals: www.imperial.ac.uk/life-science...
Otherwise: www.imperial.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
I can support your application @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
✅ Check your eligibility (below)
✅ Contact me (DM or email)
UK nationals: www.imperial.ac.uk/life-science...
Otherwise: www.imperial.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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If you're interested in doing a PhD at Sussex, lots of exciting PhD project ideas at www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... including several Spiking Neural Network projects with myself and @drtnowotny.bsky.social . Funding available via www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f... or www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Project suggestions : Sussex AI PhD Programme : ... : AI Research Group : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you're interested in doing a PhD at Sussex, lots of exciting PhD project ideas at www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... including several Spiking Neural Network projects with myself and @drtnowotny.bsky.social . Funding available via www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f... or www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Happy to share that I'll be talking about neuron position learning on the second day!
Spiking NN fans - the #SNUFA workshop (Nov 5-6) agenda is finalised and online now. Make sure to register (free) soon. (Note you can register for either day and come to both.)
Agenda: snufa.net/2025/
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snufa-2025...
Thanks to all who voted on abstracts!
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Agenda: snufa.net/2025/
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snufa-2025...
Thanks to all who voted on abstracts!
🤖🧠🧪
SNUFA 2025
Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators
snufa.net
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Happy to share that I'll be talking about neuron position learning on the second day!
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My 1st PhD student Anindya Ghosh has a great new paper out in PLOS comp bio. We combine hoverfly recordings with modelling to show how target motion and optic-flow sensitive neuron outputs are combined together to generate behaviourally relevant sensorimotor responses.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Understanding the mechanism of facilitation in hoverfly TSDNs
Author summary Many human sports, including tennis, football, and basketball, rely on the ability to visually detect and respond to the motion of a small, rapidly moving object. Indeed, some sports st...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My 1st PhD student Anindya Ghosh has a great new paper out in PLOS comp bio. We combine hoverfly recordings with modelling to show how target motion and optic-flow sensitive neuron outputs are combined together to generate behaviourally relevant sensorimotor responses.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Submissions (short!) due for SNUFA spiking neural networks conference in <2 weeks! 🤖🧠🧪
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XkZLavhaJe
More info at snufa.net/2025/
Note that we normally get around 700 participants and recordings go on YouTube and get 100s-1000s views.
Please repost.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XkZLavhaJe
More info at snufa.net/2025/
Note that we normally get around 700 participants and recordings go on YouTube and get 100s-1000s views.
Please repost.
SNUFA 2025
Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators
snufa.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Submissions (short!) due for SNUFA spiking neural networks conference in <2 weeks! 🤖🧠🧪
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XkZLavhaJe
More info at snufa.net/2025/
Note that we normally get around 700 participants and recordings go on YouTube and get 100s-1000s views.
Please repost.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XkZLavhaJe
More info at snufa.net/2025/
Note that we normally get around 700 participants and recordings go on YouTube and get 100s-1000s views.
Please repost.
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Is anarchist science possible? As an experiment, we got together a large group of computational neuroscientists from around the world to work on a single project without top down direction. Read on to find out what happened. 🤖🧠🧪
September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Is anarchist science possible? As an experiment, we got together a large group of computational neuroscientists from around the world to work on a single project without top down direction. Read on to find out what happened. 🤖🧠🧪
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Spiking neural networks people, this message is for you!
The annual SNUFA workshop is now open for abstract submission (deadline Sept 26) and (free) registration. This year's speakers include Elisabetta Chicca, Jason Eshraghian, Tomoki Fukai, Chengcheng Huang, and... you?
snufa.net/2025/
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The annual SNUFA workshop is now open for abstract submission (deadline Sept 26) and (free) registration. This year's speakers include Elisabetta Chicca, Jason Eshraghian, Tomoki Fukai, Chengcheng Huang, and... you?
snufa.net/2025/
🤖🧠🧪
SNUFA 2025
Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators
snufa.net
August 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Spiking neural networks people, this message is for you!
The annual SNUFA workshop is now open for abstract submission (deadline Sept 26) and (free) registration. This year's speakers include Elisabetta Chicca, Jason Eshraghian, Tomoki Fukai, Chengcheng Huang, and... you?
snufa.net/2025/
🤖🧠🧪
The annual SNUFA workshop is now open for abstract submission (deadline Sept 26) and (free) registration. This year's speakers include Elisabetta Chicca, Jason Eshraghian, Tomoki Fukai, Chengcheng Huang, and... you?
snufa.net/2025/
🤖🧠🧪
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How does the structure of a neural circuit shape its function?
@neuralreckoning.bsky.social & I explore this in our new preprint:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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🧵1/9
@neuralreckoning.bsky.social & I explore this in our new preprint:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🤖🧠🧪
🧵1/9
August 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
How does the structure of a neural circuit shape its function?
@neuralreckoning.bsky.social & I explore this in our new preprint:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🤖🧠🧪
🧵1/9
@neuralreckoning.bsky.social & I explore this in our new preprint:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🤖🧠🧪
🧵1/9
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Computational sciences can offer a unique opportunity for democratized access and participation, but we are currently falling far short of that goal, writes @neuromatch.bsky.social's @meganakpeters.bsky.social and Bradley Roberts.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/education/ho...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/education/ho...
How to build a truly global computational neuroscience community
Computational sciences offer an opportunity to increase global access to, and participation in, neuroscience. Neuromatch’s inclusive, scalable model for community building shows how to realize this…
www.thetransmitter.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Computational sciences can offer a unique opportunity for democratized access and participation, but we are currently falling far short of that goal, writes @neuromatch.bsky.social's @meganakpeters.bsky.social and Bradley Roberts.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/education/ho...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/education/ho...
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Hiring a post-doc at Imperial in EEE. Broad in scope + flexible on topics: neural networks & new AI accelerators from a HW/SW co-design perspective!
w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.
Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.
Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Description
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
www.imperial.ac.uk
July 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hiring a post-doc at Imperial in EEE. Broad in scope + flexible on topics: neural networks & new AI accelerators from a HW/SW co-design perspective!
w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.
Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.
Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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We had an incredible gathering at UK Neural Computation 2025 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social last week 🇬🇧 Macron missed out...
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
July 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We had an incredible gathering at UK Neural Computation 2025 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social last week 🇬🇧 Macron missed out...
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
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Take our short 5-min anonymous survey on the Neuromorphic field’s current state & future:
📋 tinyurl.com/3jkszrnr
🗓️ Open until May 12, 2025
Results will be shared openly and submitted for publication. Your input will help us understand how interdisciplinary trends are shaping the field.
📋 tinyurl.com/3jkszrnr
🗓️ Open until May 12, 2025
Results will be shared openly and submitted for publication. Your input will help us understand how interdisciplinary trends are shaping the field.
Neuromorphic Questionnaire
This form collects valuable information from the Neuromorphic Community as part of a project led by Matteo Saponati, Laura Kriener, Sebastian Billaudelle, Filippo Moro, and Melika Payvand. The goal is...
tinyurl.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Take our short 5-min anonymous survey on the Neuromorphic field’s current state & future:
📋 tinyurl.com/3jkszrnr
🗓️ Open until May 12, 2025
Results will be shared openly and submitted for publication. Your input will help us understand how interdisciplinary trends are shaping the field.
📋 tinyurl.com/3jkszrnr
🗓️ Open until May 12, 2025
Results will be shared openly and submitted for publication. Your input will help us understand how interdisciplinary trends are shaping the field.
My talk on event-based delay learning at #NICE2025 is now available at:
flagship.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/jss/HBPm?mI=...
flagship.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/jss/HBPm?mI=...
flagship.kip.uni-heidelberg.de
April 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My talk on event-based delay learning at #NICE2025 is now available at:
flagship.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/jss/HBPm?mI=...
flagship.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/jss/HBPm?mI=...
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Really great preprint by my (first!) PhD student Anindya Ghosh www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... . Also, if you happen to be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social, you can talk to the man himself about it at a late night poster session!
March 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Really great preprint by my (first!) PhD student Anindya Ghosh www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... . Also, if you happen to be @cosynemeeting.bsky.social, you can talk to the man himself about it at a late night poster session!
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Abstract submission is open for the 34th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2025 in Florence, Italy, July 5-9, 2025!
Submit your abstract latest March 15th: www.cnsorg.org/cns-2...
Submit your abstract latest March 15th: www.cnsorg.org/cns-2...
March 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Abstract submission is open for the 34th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2025 in Florence, Italy, July 5-9, 2025!
Submit your abstract latest March 15th: www.cnsorg.org/cns-2...
Submit your abstract latest March 15th: www.cnsorg.org/cns-2...
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@drtnowotny.bsky.social and I are again participating in Google Summer of Code under the @incforg.bsky.social. We have 3 paid projects involving GeNN for contributors with a range of skills and experience levels. If you're interested, please get in touch via the forums linked from the thread:
March 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@drtnowotny.bsky.social and I are again participating in Google Summer of Code under the @incforg.bsky.social. We have 3 paid projects involving GeNN for contributors with a range of skills and experience levels. If you're interested, please get in touch via the forums linked from the thread:
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🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨
Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!
Applications are due Sunday, March 23.
Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪
Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!
Applications are due Sunday, March 23.
Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪
February 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨
Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!
Applications are due Sunday, March 23.
Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪
Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!
Applications are due Sunday, March 23.
Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪
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Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
forms.gle
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
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Hot off the press!💥
arxiv.org/abs/2502.00407
arxiv.org/abs/2502.00407
February 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hot off the press!💥
arxiv.org/abs/2502.00407
arxiv.org/abs/2502.00407
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We are hosting UKNC 2025 @ imperial! 💥
Fantastic set of speakers, see at neuralcomputation.uk
Super exciting time to be working at the intersection of comp neuro/AI & applications.
Save the dates:
9th July - ECR day
10th & 11th July - Main event
Any questions get in touch! Plz share!
Fantastic set of speakers, see at neuralcomputation.uk
Super exciting time to be working at the intersection of comp neuro/AI & applications.
Save the dates:
9th July - ECR day
10th & 11th July - Main event
Any questions get in touch! Plz share!
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We are hosting UKNC 2025 @ imperial! 💥
Fantastic set of speakers, see at neuralcomputation.uk
Super exciting time to be working at the intersection of comp neuro/AI & applications.
Save the dates:
9th July - ECR day
10th & 11th July - Main event
Any questions get in touch! Plz share!
Fantastic set of speakers, see at neuralcomputation.uk
Super exciting time to be working at the intersection of comp neuro/AI & applications.
Save the dates:
9th July - ECR day
10th & 11th July - Main event
Any questions get in touch! Plz share!
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What's the right way to think about modularity in the brain? This devilish 😈 question is a big part of my research now, and it started with this paper with @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social, finally published after the first preprint in 2021! 🤖🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamics of specialization in neural modules under resource constraints - Nature Communications
The extent to which structural modularity in neural networks ensures functional specialization remains unclear. Here the authors show that specialization can emerge in neural modules placed under reso...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What's the right way to think about modularity in the brain? This devilish 😈 question is a big part of my research now, and it started with this paper with @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social, finally published after the first preprint in 2021! 🤖🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New preprint out with @drtnowotny.bsky.social and @neworderofjamie.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2501.07331
Efficient Event-based Delay Learning in Spiking Neural Networks
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are attracting increased attention as a more energy-efficient alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks. Spiking neurons are stateful and intrinsically recur...
arxiv.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New preprint out with @drtnowotny.bsky.social and @neworderofjamie.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2501.07331
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Just out in J Neuromorph Comput & Eng: Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in Spiking Neural Networks doi.org/10.1088/2634.... With @neworderofjamie.bsky.social.
We report how Eventprop scales to harder learning tasks.
TL;DR: It works great but not without extra effort. 🧪🧵
We report how Eventprop scales to harder learning tasks.
TL;DR: It works great but not without extra effort. 🧪🧵
Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in spiking neural networks - IOPscienceSearch
Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in spiking neural networks, Nowotny, Thomas, Turner, James P, Knight, James C
doi.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just out in J Neuromorph Comput & Eng: Loss shaping enhances exact gradient learning with Eventprop in Spiking Neural Networks doi.org/10.1088/2634.... With @neworderofjamie.bsky.social.
We report how Eventprop scales to harder learning tasks.
TL;DR: It works great but not without extra effort. 🧪🧵
We report how Eventprop scales to harder learning tasks.
TL;DR: It works great but not without extra effort. 🧪🧵
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More exciting opportunities for fully-funded PhDs with @sussexai.bsky.social on topics including Event-based machine learning and neuromorphic computing with me and @drtnowotny.bsky.social. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
EPSRC Science and Engineering studentships : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
More exciting opportunities for fully-funded PhDs with @sussexai.bsky.social on topics including Event-based machine learning and neuromorphic computing with me and @drtnowotny.bsky.social. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...