John Butler
@jslbutler.bsky.social
TU Dublin Maths/Stats/Comp/Neuro Lecturer | Multisensory Researcher | FENS Communication Committee | He/Him
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John Butler
@jslbutler.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Bluesky intro, you might know me from:
1 Lecturing Maths and Stats at TU Dublin
2 My research, especially visual-vestibular processing
3 my work with @neuromatch.bsky.social
4 my #scicomm work
5 the FENS Comms com.
6 or just being a human
but if you don't that's grand as well. Hi
1 Lecturing Maths and Stats at TU Dublin
2 My research, especially visual-vestibular processing
3 my work with @neuromatch.bsky.social
4 my #scicomm work
5 the FENS Comms com.
6 or just being a human
but if you don't that's grand as well. Hi
I’ve created five one-hour workshops for primary & secondary students, all free to use, showing how maths helps us understand the world
Each workshop includes:
📊 Slides
📝 Worksheets (short for primary, detailed for secondary)
✅ Full solutions
I’ll share one workshop each #MathsWeek2025 day!
Each workshop includes:
📊 Slides
📝 Worksheets (short for primary, detailed for secondary)
✅ Full solutions
I’ll share one workshop each #MathsWeek2025 day!
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’ve created five one-hour workshops for primary & secondary students, all free to use, showing how maths helps us understand the world
Each workshop includes:
📊 Slides
📝 Worksheets (short for primary, detailed for secondary)
✅ Full solutions
I’ll share one workshop each #MathsWeek2025 day!
Each workshop includes:
📊 Slides
📝 Worksheets (short for primary, detailed for secondary)
✅ Full solutions
I’ll share one workshop each #MathsWeek2025 day!
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Each year, #mathsweek is a few weeks after the equinox. So, this year some mathematicians were given the job of studying time. They started out by counting seconds. However, they quickly got bored and after 24 hours they called it a day. @diasdunsink.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Each year, #mathsweek is a few weeks after the equinox. So, this year some mathematicians were given the job of studying time. They started out by counting seconds. However, they quickly got bored and after 24 hours they called it a day. @diasdunsink.bsky.social
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As part of #mathsweek, there is a special Lá na Mata organised in Galway, including @davidstifter.bsky.social, @cathal.bsky.social and others. So, I have a few as Gaeilge maths jokes...
October 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
As part of #mathsweek, there is a special Lá na Mata organised in Galway, including @davidstifter.bsky.social, @cathal.bsky.social and others. So, I have a few as Gaeilge maths jokes...
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Studying for a geometry exam during #mathsweek? My top tip? Make sure to cover all the angles.
October 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Studying for a geometry exam during #mathsweek? My top tip? Make sure to cover all the angles.
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I've been waiting some years to make this joke and now it’s real:
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
ALT: a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I've been waiting some years to make this joke and now it’s real:
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
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#ComputationalScience should be open to everyone. At Neuromatch, we run global courses with team activities, TAs, learning pods, and projects…but we also share all the learning materials to everyone.
🤓 #OpenSource #OpenAccess & #Free
➡️ neuromatch.io/open-educati...
#OpenScience #OpenEducation
🤓 #OpenSource #OpenAccess & #Free
➡️ neuromatch.io/open-educati...
#OpenScience #OpenEducation
September 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#ComputationalScience should be open to everyone. At Neuromatch, we run global courses with team activities, TAs, learning pods, and projects…but we also share all the learning materials to everyone.
🤓 #OpenSource #OpenAccess & #Free
➡️ neuromatch.io/open-educati...
#OpenScience #OpenEducation
🤓 #OpenSource #OpenAccess & #Free
➡️ neuromatch.io/open-educati...
#OpenScience #OpenEducation
My 11-year-old and I ran a table at @dublinmaker.bsky.social this weekend, mixing maths, art, neuroscience, and machine learning.
Over 100 people joined us to sketch emotions, act them out, and see their faces transformed into Eigenfaces using maths and computing.
Over 100 people joined us to sketch emotions, act them out, and see their faces transformed into Eigenfaces using maths and computing.
September 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My 11-year-old and I ran a table at @dublinmaker.bsky.social this weekend, mixing maths, art, neuroscience, and machine learning.
Over 100 people joined us to sketch emotions, act them out, and see their faces transformed into Eigenfaces using maths and computing.
Over 100 people joined us to sketch emotions, act them out, and see their faces transformed into Eigenfaces using maths and computing.
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incredible Ada Lovelace quote highlighted in a talk by Steve Furber. She spells out the dream of computational neuroscience, 2 centuries ago. The sheer ambition 🤩
August 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
incredible Ada Lovelace quote highlighted in a talk by Steve Furber. She spells out the dream of computational neuroscience, 2 centuries ago. The sheer ambition 🤩
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Two full days of hands-on workshops at #DublinMaker? From superhero flyers to smart cities and origami wonders - there’s something for every curious mind.
Check the full schedule & plan your maker adventure: www.DublinMaker.ie
Check the full schedule & plan your maker adventure: www.DublinMaker.ie
August 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Two full days of hands-on workshops at #DublinMaker? From superhero flyers to smart cities and origami wonders - there’s something for every curious mind.
Check the full schedule & plan your maker adventure: www.DublinMaker.ie
Check the full schedule & plan your maker adventure: www.DublinMaker.ie
@dublinmaker.bsky.social is a phenomenal free family event. Where else can you meet knitters, weavers, zine makers, robots and a middle aged mathematician (me) showing face recognition algorithms.
I’ve all my regalia ready come along so some sketching, lean some maths get your own eigenface.
I’ve all my regalia ready come along so some sketching, lean some maths get your own eigenface.
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
@dublinmaker.bsky.social is a phenomenal free family event. Where else can you meet knitters, weavers, zine makers, robots and a middle aged mathematician (me) showing face recognition algorithms.
I’ve all my regalia ready come along so some sketching, lean some maths get your own eigenface.
I’ve all my regalia ready come along so some sketching, lean some maths get your own eigenface.
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Dublin Maker is happening this weekend - 30th & 31st of August in Leopardstown Racecourse.
In this video, organiser Amy Hassett shares everything you need to know before you go – from getting here & accessibility to top tips on getting involved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m991...
In this video, organiser Amy Hassett shares everything you need to know before you go – from getting here & accessibility to top tips on getting involved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m991...
Dublin Maker - Know Before You Go
YouTube video by Dublin Maker
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Dublin Maker is happening this weekend - 30th & 31st of August in Leopardstown Racecourse.
In this video, organiser Amy Hassett shares everything you need to know before you go – from getting here & accessibility to top tips on getting involved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m991...
In this video, organiser Amy Hassett shares everything you need to know before you go – from getting here & accessibility to top tips on getting involved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m991...
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Check out our new multisensory decision study!
We tackle a decades-old Q: does faster detection of bimodal targets come from a race or co-activation between modalities? And also a vital, orthogonal Q: is it one decision process or two?
A1: co-activation
A2: two!
Read here: rdcu.be/eASYd
We tackle a decades-old Q: does faster detection of bimodal targets come from a race or co-activation between modalities? And also a vital, orthogonal Q: is it one decision process or two?
A1: co-activation
A2: two!
Read here: rdcu.be/eASYd
August 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Check out our new multisensory decision study!
We tackle a decades-old Q: does faster detection of bimodal targets come from a race or co-activation between modalities? And also a vital, orthogonal Q: is it one decision process or two?
A1: co-activation
A2: two!
Read here: rdcu.be/eASYd
We tackle a decades-old Q: does faster detection of bimodal targets come from a race or co-activation between modalities? And also a vital, orthogonal Q: is it one decision process or two?
A1: co-activation
A2: two!
Read here: rdcu.be/eASYd
I'm delighted to be back at @dublinmaker.bsky.social with the Digital Mirror workshop which shows the links between maths, portraiture, neuroscience and machine learning.
August 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm delighted to be back at @dublinmaker.bsky.social with the Digital Mirror workshop which shows the links between maths, portraiture, neuroscience and machine learning.
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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/
🤖🧠🧪
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...
🤖🧠🧪
🧵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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Delighted to share this paper, now published in @arvoinfo.bsky.social. With @spk3lly.bsky.social and Anna Geuzebroek we explored differences in visual cortical responses for pattern pulses and pattern reversals. Here's the link:
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
Pattern-pulses and pattern-reversals evoke different cascades of cortical sources in the multifocal visual evoked potential | JOV | ARVO Journals
jov.arvojournals.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Delighted to share this paper, now published in @arvoinfo.bsky.social. With @spk3lly.bsky.social and Anna Geuzebroek we explored differences in visual cortical responses for pattern pulses and pattern reversals. Here's the link:
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
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Are you an ECR in the US? Thinking about moving to Europe? If you work on computational psychiatry, neuroscience, metacognition, or brain-body interaction, I’d love to support your application for a Lundbeck Fellowship to join our group this fall.
Key details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Key details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lundbeck Foundation Postdoc Grant – Type 2 Overview (2025 Call)
Lundbeck Foundation Postdoc Grant – Type 2 Overview (2025 Call) Who: Researchers currently based outside Denmark who wish to move and conduct postdoctoral research at a Danish institution. Applicants ...
docs.google.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Are you an ECR in the US? Thinking about moving to Europe? If you work on computational psychiatry, neuroscience, metacognition, or brain-body interaction, I’d love to support your application for a Lundbeck Fellowship to join our group this fall.
Key details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Key details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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📍MIVE Lab at @durham-university.bsky.social for #IMRF2025!
1️⃣ @jennycampos.bsky.social shared Anthony Moncada’s work on multisensory illusions & cognitive performance
2️⃣ Dr. Saryazdi on scent & memory
3️⃣ @jslbutler.bsky.social on modelling visual-vestibular self-motion
[Repost w/ correct posters]
1️⃣ @jennycampos.bsky.social shared Anthony Moncada’s work on multisensory illusions & cognitive performance
2️⃣ Dr. Saryazdi on scent & memory
3️⃣ @jslbutler.bsky.social on modelling visual-vestibular self-motion
[Repost w/ correct posters]
July 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
📍MIVE Lab at @durham-university.bsky.social for #IMRF2025!
1️⃣ @jennycampos.bsky.social shared Anthony Moncada’s work on multisensory illusions & cognitive performance
2️⃣ Dr. Saryazdi on scent & memory
3️⃣ @jslbutler.bsky.social on modelling visual-vestibular self-motion
[Repost w/ correct posters]
1️⃣ @jennycampos.bsky.social shared Anthony Moncada’s work on multisensory illusions & cognitive performance
2️⃣ Dr. Saryazdi on scent & memory
3️⃣ @jslbutler.bsky.social on modelling visual-vestibular self-motion
[Repost w/ correct posters]
Thanks so much to @imrf.bsky.social organising committee @dorothycowie.bsky.social @markonardini.bsky.social @meike-scheller.bsky.social and Ulrik Beierholm and everyone else involved.
It was a great forum.
It was a great forum.
It's a wrap!
We are happy to bring IMRF 2025 to a close, but also sad to say goodbye to so many lovely, smart people! (or at least "until next year").
We are happy to bring IMRF 2025 to a close, but also sad to say goodbye to so many lovely, smart people! (or at least "until next year").
July 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thanks so much to @imrf.bsky.social organising committee @dorothycowie.bsky.social @markonardini.bsky.social @meike-scheller.bsky.social and Ulrik Beierholm and everyone else involved.
It was a great forum.
It was a great forum.
It’s been a minute (11 years) since my last @imrf.bsky.social
I’m excited to seeing all the great research.
And I’m delighted to give a talk on Friday about Rebecca Brady’s PhD new modelling studies in collab w @bizleylab.bsky.social and @jennycampos.bsky.social
1/2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I’m excited to seeing all the great research.
And I’m delighted to give a talk on Friday about Rebecca Brady’s PhD new modelling studies in collab w @bizleylab.bsky.social and @jennycampos.bsky.social
1/2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Modelling Audio-Visual Reaction Time with Recurrent Mean-Field Networks
Understanding how the brain integrates multisensory information during detection and decision-making remains an active area of research. While many inferences have been drawn about behavioural outcome...
www.biorxiv.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It’s been a minute (11 years) since my last @imrf.bsky.social
I’m excited to seeing all the great research.
And I’m delighted to give a talk on Friday about Rebecca Brady’s PhD new modelling studies in collab w @bizleylab.bsky.social and @jennycampos.bsky.social
1/2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I’m excited to seeing all the great research.
And I’m delighted to give a talk on Friday about Rebecca Brady’s PhD new modelling studies in collab w @bizleylab.bsky.social and @jennycampos.bsky.social
1/2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Off to my first @imrf.bsky.social conference!
I'll be giving a talk on Friday (talk session 9) on multisensory network architectures - new work from me & @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
But say hello or DM me before then!
I'll be giving a talk on Friday (talk session 9) on multisensory network architectures - new work from me & @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
But say hello or DM me before then!
July 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Off to my first @imrf.bsky.social conference!
I'll be giving a talk on Friday (talk session 9) on multisensory network architectures - new work from me & @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
But say hello or DM me before then!
I'll be giving a talk on Friday (talk session 9) on multisensory network architectures - new work from me & @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
But say hello or DM me before then!
Last week, myself, Michele Marini and Rebecca Ellis hosted our second Funny Brains workshop–Science Communication via Comedy at the @fens.org Regional Meeting (FRM) in Oslo.
This event is a joy to run and a great way of learning about different areas of neuroscience.
The event spanned two days. 1/3
This event is a joy to run and a great way of learning about different areas of neuroscience.
The event spanned two days. 1/3
June 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last week, myself, Michele Marini and Rebecca Ellis hosted our second Funny Brains workshop–Science Communication via Comedy at the @fens.org Regional Meeting (FRM) in Oslo.
This event is a joy to run and a great way of learning about different areas of neuroscience.
The event spanned two days. 1/3
This event is a joy to run and a great way of learning about different areas of neuroscience.
The event spanned two days. 1/3
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That's a wrap on #FRM2025! 🎉
🇳🇴 From 16-19 June, Oslo welcomed researchers from around the world for 4️⃣ days of presentations, plenary speeches, poster sessions, networking events, and more. 🧠
@network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social
#FENS #FENSRegionalMeeting #NeuroscienceConference
🇳🇴 From 16-19 June, Oslo welcomed researchers from around the world for 4️⃣ days of presentations, plenary speeches, poster sessions, networking events, and more. 🧠
@network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social
#FENS #FENSRegionalMeeting #NeuroscienceConference
June 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
That's a wrap on #FRM2025! 🎉
🇳🇴 From 16-19 June, Oslo welcomed researchers from around the world for 4️⃣ days of presentations, plenary speeches, poster sessions, networking events, and more. 🧠
@network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social
#FENS #FENSRegionalMeeting #NeuroscienceConference
🇳🇴 From 16-19 June, Oslo welcomed researchers from around the world for 4️⃣ days of presentations, plenary speeches, poster sessions, networking events, and more. 🧠
@network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social
#FENS #FENSRegionalMeeting #NeuroscienceConference
I’m co-hosting the @fens.org funny brains workshop tomorrow at #FRM in Oslo.
It’s a really enjoyable and welcoming way to get into science communication so if your at the conference come along.
And there will be some science comedy at the young researchers social on Tuesday.
It’s a really enjoyable and welcoming way to get into science communication so if your at the conference come along.
And there will be some science comedy at the young researchers social on Tuesday.
1️⃣ week until #FRM2025! 🌟
From 16–19 June 2025, #FENS will be in Oslo, Norway for the 2025 FENS Regional Meeting (#FRM). 🇳🇴
🔔 If you're planning to attend, don't miss our sessions!👇
🔗 Full overview here: https://loom.ly/DSvtDac
@network-alba.bsky.social
From 16–19 June 2025, #FENS will be in Oslo, Norway for the 2025 FENS Regional Meeting (#FRM). 🇳🇴
🔔 If you're planning to attend, don't miss our sessions!👇
🔗 Full overview here: https://loom.ly/DSvtDac
@network-alba.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM