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Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
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We study the mathematical principles of learning, perception & action in brains & machines. Funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Based at UCL. www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby
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🙋Are you interested in bridging theory & experiments?

Applications are now open for 2026 entry to the Gatsby Unit & SWC joint PhD programme.

Join us and be part of a vibrant research community!

💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

@sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Interested in a #PhD in machine learning & theoretical neuroscience?

Applications for 2026 entry to the Gatsby Unit PhD programme are open!

💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme
🤝 Close links to @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-unit-phd-programme
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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🥳 Congratulations to Rodrigo Carrasco-Davison on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections! 🎉

📜 Principles of Optimal Learning Control in Biological and Artificial Agents.
July 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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👋 Attending #ICML2025 next week?
Don't forget to check out work involving our researchers!
List of posters by/involving Gatsby Unit researchers
July 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🎊 Congratulations to Kevin Huang (@kevhhuang.bsky.social‬) on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections! 🥳

🔖 Universality beyond the classical asymptotic regime
July 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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🥳 Congratulations to Clementine Domine (@clementinedomine.bsky.social) on passing her PhD viva with minor corrections! 🎉

🔖 Balancing Learning Regimes: The Impact of Prior Knowledge on the Dynamics of Neural Representations
June 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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At #ICLR2025 main conference! (With updated information)
April 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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👋 At #COSYNE2025? Don't forget to check out work involving our researchers!
List of works with Gatsby Unit researchers at COSYNE 2025
March 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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🥳 Congratulations to Hugo Soulat on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections! 🎉

🔖 Probabilistic Modeling and Sensory Representations
March 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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📢 Applications are open for 2025 Analytical Connectionism!

Topical focus: bias in learning
Learn key connectionist models & analytical tools for neural-network analysis, and work on novel projects with faculty & postdoc mentors

⏰ Apply by 18 April

ℹ️ www.analytical-connectionism.net/school/2025
2025 School on Analytical Connectionism (25 Aug - 5 Sep, London). Apply by April 18, 2025. Learn about techniques to analyse neural networks and to develop connectionist theories of higher-level cognition; interact with leading researchers in neuroscience, psychology and machine learning. Supported by the Gatsby Unit and SWC.
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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📢 Apply now for the 7-week #Mathematics #SummerSchool in London!

You will develop mathematics skills and intuition necessary to enter the #TheoreticalNeuroscience or #MachineLearning field.

ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-bridging-programme

Please help spread the word!
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January 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM