SueYeon Chung
@sueyeonchung.bsky.social
comp neuro, neural manifolds, neuroAI, physics of learning
assistant professor @ harvard (physics, center for brain science, kempner institute)
proj leader @ Flatiron Institute
https://sites.google.com/site/sueyeonchung/
assistant professor @ harvard (physics, center for brain science, kempner institute)
proj leader @ Flatiron Institute
https://sites.google.com/site/sueyeonchung/
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#Cosyne2026 deadline is just around the corner:
🧠📜 **16 October 2025! 📜🧠
See below for more on key dates and abstract submission:
www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
🧠📜 **16 October 2025! 📜🧠
See below for more on key dates and abstract submission:
www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
Abstract Submission — COSYNE
Submit your COSYNE 2026 abstract; double‑blind, 2-page PDF. Opens Sept 5, 2025. Deadline and guidelines inside.
www.cosyne.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#Cosyne2026 deadline is just around the corner:
🧠📜 **16 October 2025! 📜🧠
See below for more on key dates and abstract submission:
www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
🧠📜 **16 October 2025! 📜🧠
See below for more on key dates and abstract submission:
www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su...
Also those interested in comp neuro and deep learning/AI are encouraged to apply 👇🏻👇🏻
Applications are now open for our #KempnerInstitute Research Fellowships!
Postdocs studying the foundations of #intelligence or applications of #AI are encouraged to apply.
Learn more and apply by Oct. 1:
bit.ly/3UvpSpe
#LLMs #NeuroAI #ML @shamkakade.bsky.social
Postdocs studying the foundations of #intelligence or applications of #AI are encouraged to apply.
Learn more and apply by Oct. 1:
bit.ly/3UvpSpe
#LLMs #NeuroAI #ML @shamkakade.bsky.social
Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute
The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Also those interested in comp neuro and deep learning/AI are encouraged to apply 👇🏻👇🏻
Ever wondered what gives rise to efficient neural population geometry? Our lab’s new work, led by Sonica Saraf (w/ Tony Movshon), shows how diversity in single-neuron tuning shapes population-level representation geometries to improve perceptual efficiency. Congrats
@sonicasaraf.bsky.social!
@sonicasaraf.bsky.social!
In many brain areas, neuronal tuning is heterogeneous. But how does this diversity help behavior? We show how tuning diversity shapes representational geometry and boosts coding efficiency for perception in our new preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(w/ @sueyeonchung.bsky.social&Tony Movshon)
(w/ @sueyeonchung.bsky.social&Tony Movshon)
Variations in neuronal selectivity create efficient representational geometries for perception
Our visual capabilities depend on neural response properties in visual areas of our brains. Neurons exhibit a wide variety of selective response properties, but the reasons for this diversity are unkn...
www.biorxiv.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ever wondered what gives rise to efficient neural population geometry? Our lab’s new work, led by Sonica Saraf (w/ Tony Movshon), shows how diversity in single-neuron tuning shapes population-level representation geometries to improve perceptual efficiency. Congrats
@sonicasaraf.bsky.social!
@sonicasaraf.bsky.social!
Enjoyed speaking at Frontiers in NeuroAI Symposium @harvard.edu's @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social
Key papers from the talk:
*Manifold capacity theory:
- original: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- correlated: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- data-driven (latest theory): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
1/3
Key papers from the talk:
*Manifold capacity theory:
- original: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- correlated: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- data-driven (latest theory): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
1/3
NEW: @sueyeonchung.bsky.social from @flatironinstitute.org and NYU & incoming #KempnerInstitute faculty explains how physics & geometry can illuminate how the brain computes with neural manifolds.
Watch the talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oyc...
#NeuroAI2025 #ML #neuroscience #NeuroAI
Watch the talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oyc...
#NeuroAI2025 #ML #neuroscience #NeuroAI
Computing with Neural Manifolds with SueYeon Chung
YouTube video by Kempner Institute at Harvard University
www.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Enjoyed speaking at Frontiers in NeuroAI Symposium @harvard.edu's @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social
Key papers from the talk:
*Manifold capacity theory:
- original: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- correlated: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- data-driven (latest theory): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
1/3
Key papers from the talk:
*Manifold capacity theory:
- original: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- correlated: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
- data-driven (latest theory): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
1/3
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Folks at Princeton have put together an aggregator to highlight example of how federally funded research has directly impacted people's lives. They are looking for more studies to highlight, so send along suggestions and help make the benefits of science more visible!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Folks at Princeton have put together an aggregator to highlight example of how federally funded research has directly impacted people's lives. They are looking for more studies to highlight, so send along suggestions and help make the benefits of science more visible!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
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You may not have thought about geometry since middle school. But the mathematician Yang-Hui He argues that it’s intrinsic to being human. Tune in to "The Joy of Why" from @prx.org and @quantamagazine.bsky.social: www.quantamagazine.org/how-did-geom...
How Did Geometry Create Modern Physics? | Quanta Magazine
Geometry may have its origins thousands of years ago in ancient land surveying, but it has also had a surprising impact on modern physics. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Yang-Hui He explores...
www.quantamagazine.org
May 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You may not have thought about geometry since middle school. But the mathematician Yang-Hui He argues that it’s intrinsic to being human. Tune in to "The Joy of Why" from @prx.org and @quantamagazine.bsky.social: www.quantamagazine.org/how-did-geom...
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30 days to the launch of Elusive Cures! I learned so much writing it, and I want to share it.
For the next 30 days, I'll post brain & mind research breakthroughs on odd days, and highlight unmet needs on even ones. #ElusiveCures30
First breakthrough: /1
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
For the next 30 days, I'll post brain & mind research breakthroughs on odd days, and highlight unmet needs on even ones. #ElusiveCures30
First breakthrough: /1
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Elusive Cures
A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time—brain and mental illnesses
press.princeton.edu
May 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
30 days to the launch of Elusive Cures! I learned so much writing it, and I want to share it.
For the next 30 days, I'll post brain & mind research breakthroughs on odd days, and highlight unmet needs on even ones. #ElusiveCures30
First breakthrough: /1
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
For the next 30 days, I'll post brain & mind research breakthroughs on odd days, and highlight unmet needs on even ones. #ElusiveCures30
First breakthrough: /1
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
Reposted by SueYeon Chung
Our short film about our co-founder Jim Simons was nominated for the @Telly Awards. Help amplify the story of his incredible life and contributions to math and basic science by voting for our film here: peoples.tellyawards.com/PublicVoting... #science #philanthropy
April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our short film about our co-founder Jim Simons was nominated for the @Telly Awards. Help amplify the story of his incredible life and contributions to math and basic science by voting for our film here: peoples.tellyawards.com/PublicVoting... #science #philanthropy
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Teddy's project is one of the only clear examples we know of (so far) where modifying the *objective function* used for training a deep neural network systematically improves neural prediction of IT responses. Come chat at his poster this afternoon at #cosyne2025! (Poster 2-036)
If you are at #cosyne2025 come check out my poster this afternoon! We demonstrate a case where objective function design can systematically improve neural predictivity in deep networks.
[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Teddy's project is one of the only clear examples we know of (so far) where modifying the *objective function* used for training a deep neural network systematically improves neural prediction of IT responses. Come chat at his poster this afternoon at #cosyne2025! (Poster 2-036)
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We are presenting two exciting projects tonight at #Cosyne2025! 🧠🧑🔬
[1-032] Changes in tuning curves, not neural population covariance, improve category separability in the primate ventral visual pathway
[1-112] Comparing image representations in terms of sensitivities to local distortions
[1-032] Changes in tuning curves, not neural population covariance, improve category separability in the primate ventral visual pathway
[1-112] Comparing image representations in terms of sensitivities to local distortions
March 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We are presenting two exciting projects tonight at #Cosyne2025! 🧠🧑🔬
[1-032] Changes in tuning curves, not neural population covariance, improve category separability in the primate ventral visual pathway
[1-112] Comparing image representations in terms of sensitivities to local distortions
[1-032] Changes in tuning curves, not neural population covariance, improve category separability in the primate ventral visual pathway
[1-112] Comparing image representations in terms of sensitivities to local distortions
Reposted by SueYeon Chung
If you are at #cosyne2025 come check out my poster this afternoon! We demonstrate a case where objective function design can systematically improve neural predictivity in deep networks.
[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
March 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you are at #cosyne2025 come check out my poster this afternoon! We demonstrate a case where objective function design can systematically improve neural predictivity in deep networks.
[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
[2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
Heading to Anaheim for #APSSummit25! I'll be giving a talk at GSNP's MAR-G54 session.
summit.aps.org/events/MAR-G54
Looking forward to connecting with old and new colleagues #APS2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social
summit.aps.org/events/MAR-G54
Looking forward to connecting with old and new colleagues #APS2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Heading to Anaheim for #APSSummit25! I'll be giving a talk at GSNP's MAR-G54 session.
summit.aps.org/events/MAR-G54
Looking forward to connecting with old and new colleagues #APS2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social
summit.aps.org/events/MAR-G54
Looking forward to connecting with old and new colleagues #APS2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social
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We’re organizing a #CoSyNe2025 workshop on what agent models can teach us about neuroscience! See Sat’s thread for more info 😊
📣 Excited to announce our workshop "Agent-Based Models in Neuroscience: Complex Planning, Embodiment, and Beyond" at the upcoming @cosynemeeting.bsky.social #CoSyNe2025! 🧠🤖 🪱🪰🐟🐝🐭💪
Schedule: neuro-agent-models.github.io
🗓️ Join us in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, on March 31!
Schedule: neuro-agent-models.github.io
🗓️ Join us in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, on March 31!
Workshop Title
neuro-agent-models.github.io
February 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We’re organizing a #CoSyNe2025 workshop on what agent models can teach us about neuroscience! See Sat’s thread for more info 😊
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@cosynemeeting.bsky.social workshops are posted and they’re 🔥🔥🔥, as always.
www.cosyne.org/workshops-pr...
#cosyne #cosyne2025 #neuroskyence
www.cosyne.org/workshops-pr...
#cosyne #cosyne2025 #neuroskyence
Program — COSYNE
www.cosyne.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
@cosynemeeting.bsky.social workshops are posted and they’re 🔥🔥🔥, as always.
www.cosyne.org/workshops-pr...
#cosyne #cosyne2025 #neuroskyence
www.cosyne.org/workshops-pr...
#cosyne #cosyne2025 #neuroskyence
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Join us at this #COSYNE2025 workshop to discuss foundation models for neuroscience!!!
#neuroscience #NeuroAI #MLSky 🧪
#neuroscience #NeuroAI #MLSky 🧪
How can large-scale models + datasets revolutionize neuroscience 🧠🤖🌐? We are excited to announce our workshop: “Building a foundation model for the brain: datasets, theory, and models” at @cosynemeeting.bsky.social #COSYNE2025. Join us in Mont-Tremblant, Canada from March 31 – April 1!
March 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join us at this #COSYNE2025 workshop to discuss foundation models for neuroscience!!!
#neuroscience #NeuroAI #MLSky 🧪
#neuroscience #NeuroAI #MLSky 🧪
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Horace Barlow, by all accounts, was thinking about 30 years ahead of his time. Here is a transcript of the opening keynote I gave at a symposium honoring Horace's scientific legacy: markusmeister.com/2024/12/14/h....
December 14, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Horace Barlow, by all accounts, was thinking about 30 years ahead of his time. Here is a transcript of the opening keynote I gave at a symposium honoring Horace's scientific legacy: markusmeister.com/2024/12/14/h....
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The UniReps Workshop is happening THIS SATURDAY at #NeurIPS 🤖🧠
Join us for a day of insightful talks and discussions with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social, @eringrant.bsky.social, @leavittron.bsky.social, @itsneuronal.bsky.social, @marcocuturi.bsky.social, Philip Isola, Neel Nanda and Stefanie Jegelka! 🎤
Join us for a day of insightful talks and discussions with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social, @eringrant.bsky.social, @leavittron.bsky.social, @itsneuronal.bsky.social, @marcocuturi.bsky.social, Philip Isola, Neel Nanda and Stefanie Jegelka! 🎤
December 12, 2024 at 11:41 PM
The UniReps Workshop is happening THIS SATURDAY at #NeurIPS 🤖🧠
Join us for a day of insightful talks and discussions with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social, @eringrant.bsky.social, @leavittron.bsky.social, @itsneuronal.bsky.social, @marcocuturi.bsky.social, Philip Isola, Neel Nanda and Stefanie Jegelka! 🎤
Join us for a day of insightful talks and discussions with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social, @eringrant.bsky.social, @leavittron.bsky.social, @itsneuronal.bsky.social, @marcocuturi.bsky.social, Philip Isola, Neel Nanda and Stefanie Jegelka! 🎤
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TL;DR: Encouraging transformation equivariance in an otherwise standard self-supervised learning setup systematically improves your ability to predict neural responses in area IT.
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=AiMs8...
Poster: Poster Session 3 #2204, East Exhibit Hall
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=AiMs8...
Poster: Poster Session 3 #2204, East Exhibit Hall
openreview.net
December 12, 2024 at 4:13 PM
TL;DR: Encouraging transformation equivariance in an otherwise standard self-supervised learning setup systematically improves your ability to predict neural responses in area IT.
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=AiMs8...
Poster: Poster Session 3 #2204, East Exhibit Hall
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=AiMs8...
Poster: Poster Session 3 #2204, East Exhibit Hall
If you are at #NeurIPS2024, check out Teddy’s poster today!
Contrastive-equivariant SSL improves alignment with primate IT 🤖🐵
Contrastive-equivariant SSL improves alignment with primate IT 🤖🐵
Excited to present work with @jfeather.bsky.social @eerosim.bsky.social and @sueyeonchung.bsky.social today at Neurips!
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below
December 12, 2024 at 5:08 PM
If you are at #NeurIPS2024, check out Teddy’s poster today!
Contrastive-equivariant SSL improves alignment with primate IT 🤖🐵
Contrastive-equivariant SSL improves alignment with primate IT 🤖🐵
Reposted by SueYeon Chung
The Undergrad Travel Grant Program (deadline: Dec 6th) provides an opportunity for undergrads to learn more about comp systems neuro. It’s especially suited for students considering neuro graduate study!
Apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info:
www.cosyne.org/travel-grants
Apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info:
www.cosyne.org/travel-grants
Cosyne 2025 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program
docs.google.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:14 PM
The Undergrad Travel Grant Program (deadline: Dec 6th) provides an opportunity for undergrads to learn more about comp systems neuro. It’s especially suited for students considering neuro graduate study!
Apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info:
www.cosyne.org/travel-grants
Apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info:
www.cosyne.org/travel-grants
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Terrific piece summarizing a recent report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Terrific piece summarizing a recent report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
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📣 My department at NYU is hiring a theoretical neuroscientist!
apply.interfolio.com/157767
This is *open rank* tenure / tenure-track position. Application deadline is Dec 31.
NYU is a great place to work, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/157767
This is *open rank* tenure / tenure-track position. Application deadline is Dec 31.
NYU is a great place to work, please apply!
November 15, 2024 at 9:30 PM
📣 My department at NYU is hiring a theoretical neuroscientist!
apply.interfolio.com/157767
This is *open rank* tenure / tenure-track position. Application deadline is Dec 31.
NYU is a great place to work, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/157767
This is *open rank* tenure / tenure-track position. Application deadline is Dec 31.
NYU is a great place to work, please apply!
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Last year I taught a graduate seminar, "Computational neuroscience in practice", which invited experimental neuroscientists to think computationally about their data. Reflecting on it, the class helped me better appreciate the inherent challenges of this enterprise.
November 12, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Last year I taught a graduate seminar, "Computational neuroscience in practice", which invited experimental neuroscientists to think computationally about their data. Reflecting on it, the class helped me better appreciate the inherent challenges of this enterprise.