Iban Dlank (b↔︎d)
@ibandlank.bsky.social
Cognitive (neuro)scientist studying language @ UCLA Psych (http://BlankLangLab.com). Views are my own. He/Him. RT ≠ endorsement. 🏳️🌈
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Looking forward to #CogSci2025 ! Find us throughout the conference
July 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Looking forward to #CogSci2025 ! Find us throughout the conference
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📣 I'm looking for a postdoc to join my lab at NYU! Come work with me on a principled, theory-driven approach to studying language, learning, and reasoning, in humans and AI agents.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
July 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
📣 I'm looking for a postdoc to join my lab at NYU! Come work with me on a principled, theory-driven approach to studying language, learning, and reasoning, in humans and AI agents.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170656
And come chat with me at #CogSci2025 if interested!
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Thrilled to announce our symposium, Cognitively Inspired Interpretability inn Large Neural Networks, at #CogSci2025 featuring @taylorwwebb.bsky.social, Ellie Pavlick, Jiahai Feng, Gustaw Opielka, @claires012345.bsky.social, and Idan Blank!
July 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Thrilled to announce our symposium, Cognitively Inspired Interpretability inn Large Neural Networks, at #CogSci2025 featuring @taylorwwebb.bsky.social, Ellie Pavlick, Jiahai Feng, Gustaw Opielka, @claires012345.bsky.social, and Idan Blank!
Explaining “viewpoint diversity”, a senior faculty told me—a gay person—that if we don’t hire people who oppose living near gay people, we’ll never hire from countries where most people oppose gay rights, and that’s discrimination. How am I supposed to handle that?
April 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Explaining “viewpoint diversity”, a senior faculty told me—a gay person—that if we don’t hire people who oppose living near gay people, we’ll never hire from countries where most people oppose gay rights, and that’s discrimination. How am I supposed to handle that?
Does training LLMs on word prediction result in human-like representation of thematic roles?
Work by @josephdenning.bsky.social, Hannah Guo, and Bryor Snefjella who is no longer with us
Work by @josephdenning.bsky.social, Hannah Guo, and Bryor Snefjella who is no longer with us
Do Large Language Models know who did what to whom?
Large Language Models (LLMs) are commonly criticized for not understanding language. However, many critiques focus on cognitive abilities that, in humans, are distinct from language processing. Here, ...
arxiv.org
April 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Does training LLMs on word prediction result in human-like representation of thematic roles?
Work by @josephdenning.bsky.social, Hannah Guo, and Bryor Snefjella who is no longer with us
Work by @josephdenning.bsky.social, Hannah Guo, and Bryor Snefjella who is no longer with us
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1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
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Excited to introduce funROI: A Python package for functional ROI analyses of fMRI data!
funroi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
#fMRI #Neuroimaging #Python #OpenScience
Work w @neuranna.bsky.social
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funroi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
#fMRI #Neuroimaging #Python #OpenScience
Work w @neuranna.bsky.social
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March 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excited to introduce funROI: A Python package for functional ROI analyses of fMRI data!
funroi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
#fMRI #Neuroimaging #Python #OpenScience
Work w @neuranna.bsky.social
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funroi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
#fMRI #Neuroimaging #Python #OpenScience
Work w @neuranna.bsky.social
🧵👇
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New preprint “Monkey See, Model Knew: LLMs accurately predict visual responses in humans AND NHPs”
Led by Colin Conwell with @emaliemcmahon.bsky.social Akshay Jagadeesh, Kasper Vinken @amrahs-inolas.bsky.social @jacob-prince.bsky.social George Alvarez @taliakonkle.bsky.social & Marge Livingstone 1/n
Led by Colin Conwell with @emaliemcmahon.bsky.social Akshay Jagadeesh, Kasper Vinken @amrahs-inolas.bsky.social @jacob-prince.bsky.social George Alvarez @taliakonkle.bsky.social & Marge Livingstone 1/n
March 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New preprint “Monkey See, Model Knew: LLMs accurately predict visual responses in humans AND NHPs”
Led by Colin Conwell with @emaliemcmahon.bsky.social Akshay Jagadeesh, Kasper Vinken @amrahs-inolas.bsky.social @jacob-prince.bsky.social George Alvarez @taliakonkle.bsky.social & Marge Livingstone 1/n
Led by Colin Conwell with @emaliemcmahon.bsky.social Akshay Jagadeesh, Kasper Vinken @amrahs-inolas.bsky.social @jacob-prince.bsky.social George Alvarez @taliakonkle.bsky.social & Marge Livingstone 1/n
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People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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It's the *anti-DEI* drive now that has outsiders acting "like many faculty members' direct supervisor and telling them how and what to teach."
DEI officials never reviewed syllabi or challenged course titles or targeted entire fields of scholarship. That's what the anti-DEI forces do.
DEI officials never reviewed syllabi or challenged course titles or targeted entire fields of scholarship. That's what the anti-DEI forces do.
February 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's the *anti-DEI* drive now that has outsiders acting "like many faculty members' direct supervisor and telling them how and what to teach."
DEI officials never reviewed syllabi or challenged course titles or targeted entire fields of scholarship. That's what the anti-DEI forces do.
DEI officials never reviewed syllabi or challenged course titles or targeted entire fields of scholarship. That's what the anti-DEI forces do.
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Submit your discourse studies to this SI of Cortex. I’m co-editing with the fabulous @briellestark.bsky.social and @andreaeyleen.bsky.social. May 1 deadline.
Call for papers: extended until May 2025! *#Neurocognitive perspectives on #discourse & connected #language*. This special issue will highlight advances from cog & clinical #neuroscience in modeling discourse that spans from multi-word utterances to naturalistic stories. #aphasia bit.ly/4hdKbBb
Call for papers - Cortex | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Cortex at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Submit your discourse studies to this SI of Cortex. I’m co-editing with the fabulous @briellestark.bsky.social and @andreaeyleen.bsky.social. May 1 deadline.
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Come work with me! We're hiring a 3-year Visiting Assistant Prof in Semantics, bonus if you can teach courses in other areas too. We're a small liberal arts college just outside Philly with a robust undergrad Ling dept. Full info at
apply.interfolio.com/160957
Feel free to ping me with any Qs!
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apply.interfolio.com/160957
Feel free to ping me with any Qs!
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Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Come work with me! We're hiring a 3-year Visiting Assistant Prof in Semantics, bonus if you can teach courses in other areas too. We're a small liberal arts college just outside Philly with a robust undergrad Ling dept. Full info at
apply.interfolio.com/160957
Feel free to ping me with any Qs!
🐦🐦
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apply.interfolio.com/160957
Feel free to ping me with any Qs!
🐦🐦
🧪
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Interested in a researcher position studying the neural and computational bases of adaptive and maladaptive decision-making, and their relationship to mental health? Our colleague Silvia Lopez-Guzman is hiring a Data Scientist/Data Analyst, read more at cdn-lab.github.io .
February 11, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Interested in a researcher position studying the neural and computational bases of adaptive and maladaptive decision-making, and their relationship to mental health? Our colleague Silvia Lopez-Guzman is hiring a Data Scientist/Data Analyst, read more at cdn-lab.github.io .
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Registration for #Evolang2024 is now open! And in addition to a great regular program, we have 7 amazing workshops! evolang2024.github.io
December 22, 2023 at 6:08 PM
Registration for #Evolang2024 is now open! And in addition to a great regular program, we have 7 amazing workshops! evolang2024.github.io
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We are now accepting submissions for HSP2024 at UMich! Deadline: Jan 8th. See the CfP for details.
HSP 2024 - Call for Papers
hsp2024.github.io
December 21, 2023 at 5:55 PM
We are now accepting submissions for HSP2024 at UMich! Deadline: Jan 8th. See the CfP for details.
My first post-doc, Bryor Snefjella, unexpectedly passed away last year. Before leaving the lab, he drew some punny sketches on the whiteboard. To commemorate him, I asked undergrad Faustine Wang to turn them into a poster, which we hung in the lab today.
Rest in peace, friend.
Rest in peace, friend.
December 20, 2023 at 6:18 PM
My first post-doc, Bryor Snefjella, unexpectedly passed away last year. Before leaving the lab, he drew some punny sketches on the whiteboard. To commemorate him, I asked undergrad Faustine Wang to turn them into a poster, which we hung in the lab today.
Rest in peace, friend.
Rest in peace, friend.
Me applying for grants.
@travellifes_ on Instagram: "Unbelievable 😱"
8,028 likes, 428 comments - travellifes_ on December 5, 2023: "Unbelievable 😱"
www.instagram.com
December 6, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Me applying for grants.
A video shows UCLA pro-Palestenian protestors hitting and punching a piñata of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. I despise that man, and yet... this is unacceptable.
November 9, 2023 at 10:53 PM
A video shows UCLA pro-Palestenian protestors hitting and punching a piñata of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. I despise that man, and yet... this is unacceptable.
Mac email search is the WORST system I've encountered. Can't even do simple string match.
November 8, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Mac email search is the WORST system I've encountered. Can't even do simple string match.
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First post and big news - I am starting as an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Georgia Tech in Jan 2024!
www.language-intelligence-thought.net
www.language-intelligence-thought.net
LIT Lab
Our goal is to understand the relationship between language and human thought.
How does the language network in the brain interact with other systems to interpret meaning in the world?
Can models...
www.language-intelligence-thought.net
November 6, 2023 at 4:52 PM
First post and big news - I am starting as an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Georgia Tech in Jan 2024!
www.language-intelligence-thought.net
www.language-intelligence-thought.net
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Tenure/tenure-track faculty positions in NLP in CS. Looking for people in science of science! Super interdisciplinary dept, great place to work and grow, amazing location. Learn more jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Feel free to reach out and ask about the position and details.
Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Search in Natural Language Processing
jobs.colorado.edu
October 25, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Tenure/tenure-track faculty positions in NLP in CS. Looking for people in science of science! Super interdisciplinary dept, great place to work and grow, amazing location. Learn more jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Feel free to reach out and ask about the position and details.
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The Department of Neuroscience at brown is looking to hire tenure track assistant professors in any field of neuroscience! Come join our inclusive community of scholars and educators! For details check out:
apply.interfolio.com/132440
apply.interfolio.com/132440
October 25, 2023 at 8:04 PM
The Department of Neuroscience at brown is looking to hire tenure track assistant professors in any field of neuroscience! Come join our inclusive community of scholars and educators! For details check out:
apply.interfolio.com/132440
apply.interfolio.com/132440
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We have a job opening in AI and Education as part of an AI cluster hire at Boston University. If you're doing work at the intersection of AI and Education--very broadly defined--please apply! www.bu.edu/cds-faculty/...
October 25, 2023 at 4:12 PM
We have a job opening in AI and Education as part of an AI cluster hire at Boston University. If you're doing work at the intersection of AI and Education--very broadly defined--please apply! www.bu.edu/cds-faculty/...
Graduate programs: when you send faculty a link to upload rec letters please state the deadline in the email. Why do I even have to say this.
October 25, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Graduate programs: when you send faculty a link to upload rec letters please state the deadline in the email. Why do I even have to say this.
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I will probably hire one PhD student for science of science and one to fit big models to neural data/ neuroAI. Relevant prior experience and love for nerding out/ building algorithms and math will be needed.
October 4, 2023 at 12:00 PM
I will probably hire one PhD student for science of science and one to fit big models to neural data/ neuroAI. Relevant prior experience and love for nerding out/ building algorithms and math will be needed.