Raj Magesh
raj-magesh.org
Raj Magesh
@raj-magesh.org
Cognitive computational neuroscience | Postdoc at Pitt advised by Marlene Behrmann; PhD at JHU advised by Mick Bonner

https://raj-magesh.org
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Prediction: task-based optimization will ultimately prove to have a relatively minor role in DNN models of the ventral stream. Although tasks (including self-supervised ones) are currently crucial, there are signs that a simpler approach is possible. A thread:
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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speaker series is back! Come join us in our next appointment 18th December 4 pm CET with @meenakshikhosla.bsky.social
and Raj Magesh Gauthaman🔵🔴
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Hopkins Cog Sci is hiring! We have two open faculty positions: one in vision, and one language. Please repost!
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Dimensionality reduction may be the wrong approach to understanding neural representations. Our new paper shows that across human visual cortex, dimensionality is unbounded and scales with dataset size—we show this across nearly four orders of magnitude. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM