Wilhelm
@wilhelmbraun.bsky.social
Applied Mathematician and Theoretical Neuroscientist
Junior Research Group Leader, CAU Kiel, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering ⛵️
I mainly post about papers that I read or write.
Homepage: wilhelmbraun.github.io
Junior Research Group Leader, CAU Kiel, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering ⛵️
I mainly post about papers that I read or write.
Homepage: wilhelmbraun.github.io
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If you're interested in dynamical systems analysis for neuroscience, definitely check out @oliviercodol.bsky.social 's revised version of our RL paper! Very cool results in the new Fig 6, worth it regardless of if you saw our previous version or if it's all new.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you're interested in dynamical systems analysis for neuroscience, definitely check out @oliviercodol.bsky.social 's revised version of our RL paper! Very cool results in the new Fig 6, worth it regardless of if you saw our previous version or if it's all new.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
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“The bad review will come from your list of suggested reviewers”
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“The bad review will come from your list of suggested reviewers”
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Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
Talk announcement (on site/ hybrid): Tuesday, October 28 at 10:00 am.
The talk will be given by our guest from Zurich, Prof. Dr. Melika Payvand.
The title of the talk is:
Physical Computation: From Neural Morphology to Silicon
(and beyond) Substrates
More details in the attached PDF.
The talk will be given by our guest from Zurich, Prof. Dr. Melika Payvand.
The title of the talk is:
Physical Computation: From Neural Morphology to Silicon
(and beyond) Substrates
More details in the attached PDF.
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Talk announcement (on site/ hybrid): Tuesday, October 28 at 10:00 am.
The talk will be given by our guest from Zurich, Prof. Dr. Melika Payvand.
The title of the talk is:
Physical Computation: From Neural Morphology to Silicon
(and beyond) Substrates
More details in the attached PDF.
The talk will be given by our guest from Zurich, Prof. Dr. Melika Payvand.
The title of the talk is:
Physical Computation: From Neural Morphology to Silicon
(and beyond) Substrates
More details in the attached PDF.
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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The true academic method: overthink, underdeliver, cite yourself.
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The true academic method: overthink, underdeliver, cite yourself.
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In academia, the pinnacle of achievement is a pdf no one can access and I think that's beautiful
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In academia, the pinnacle of achievement is a pdf no one can access and I think that's beautiful
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October 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Takashi Ikegami and Hiroki Iizuka open the Generative Artificial Life satellite
#ALIFE2025
#ALIFE2025
October 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Takashi Ikegami and Hiroki Iizuka open the Generative Artificial Life satellite
#ALIFE2025
#ALIFE2025
October 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Distributed neural computation and the evolution of the first brains https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680388v1
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Distributed neural computation and the evolution of the first brains https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680388v1
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Can a single cell learn? Even without a brain, some microbes show simple forms of cognition. Can this basal cognition be engineered? Check our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social on the minimal synthetic circuits & their cognitive limits. @drmichaellevin.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Can a single cell learn? Even without a brain, some microbes show simple forms of cognition. Can this basal cognition be engineered? Check our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social on the minimal synthetic circuits & their cognitive limits. @drmichaellevin.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Selfishly, I’ll plug our tool LLM agent in system #AmadeusGPT - which lets you vibe code your behavioral analysis ;) and even gives you interpretable and verifiable outputs!
www.mackenziemathislab.org/amadeusgpt
www.mackenziemathislab.org/amadeusgpt
August 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Selfishly, I’ll plug our tool LLM agent in system #AmadeusGPT - which lets you vibe code your behavioral analysis ;) and even gives you interpretable and verifiable outputs!
www.mackenziemathislab.org/amadeusgpt
www.mackenziemathislab.org/amadeusgpt
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One hundred years ago, a 23-year-old postdoc named Werner Heisenberg completed a calculation that would become the heart of quantum mechanics, a radical yet stunningly accurate theory of the atomic and subatomic world.
www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
August 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One hundred years ago, a 23-year-old postdoc named Werner Heisenberg completed a calculation that would become the heart of quantum mechanics, a radical yet stunningly accurate theory of the atomic and subatomic world.
www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
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We were asked to write a commentary on NeuroAI for Nat. Rev. Neuro. with Sadra Sadeh, so here it is: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We were asked to write a commentary on NeuroAI for Nat. Rev. Neuro. with Sadra Sadeh, so here it is: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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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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Do memories need embodiment, but not necessarily neurons? Some hints ⬇️
www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-c...
www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-c...
What Can a Cell Remember? | Quanta Magazine
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is...
www.quantamagazine.org
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Do memories need embodiment, but not necessarily neurons? Some hints ⬇️
www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-c...
www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-c...
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I finally had time to update PyCX to ver. 1.2! Many new models and bug fixes. Enjoy!!
github.com/hsayama/PyCX
github.com/hsayama/PyCX
GitHub - hsayama/PyCX: PyCX is a Python-based sample code repository for complex systems research and education.
PyCX is a Python-based sample code repository for complex systems research and education. - hsayama/PyCX
github.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I finally had time to update PyCX to ver. 1.2! Many new models and bug fixes. Enjoy!!
github.com/hsayama/PyCX
github.com/hsayama/PyCX
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We're hiring,, of interest to people in spiking neural networks and neuromorphic particularly. See below. 👇
Note the deadline for applications is very soon! Apologies for this but various admin necessities made it unavoidable.
Note the deadline for applications is very soon! Apologies for this but various admin necessities made it unavoidable.
Hiring a post-doc at Imperial in EEE. Broad in scope + flexible on topics: neural networks & new AI accelerators from a HW/SW co-design perspective!
w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.
Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
w/ @neuralreckoning.bsky.social @achterbrain.bsky.social in Intelligent Systems and Networks group.
Plz share! 🚀: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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www.imperial.ac.uk
July 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We're hiring,, of interest to people in spiking neural networks and neuromorphic particularly. See below. 👇
Note the deadline for applications is very soon! Apologies for this but various admin necessities made it unavoidable.
Note the deadline for applications is very soon! Apologies for this but various admin necessities made it unavoidable.
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🧠 Gewebestrukturen aus dem Labor:
#Hirnorganoide sind ein Modellsystem des Gehirns und imitieren Teile der Hirnfunktion. Damit ermöglichen sie einen experimentellen Zugang zu Forschung am Organ. Ein Digitales Dossier gibt einen Überblick: interaktiv.leopoldina.org/hirnorganoide/
#Hirnorganoide sind ein Modellsystem des Gehirns und imitieren Teile der Hirnfunktion. Damit ermöglichen sie einen experimentellen Zugang zu Forschung am Organ. Ein Digitales Dossier gibt einen Überblick: interaktiv.leopoldina.org/hirnorganoide/
Hirnorganoide
Die Forschung an Hirnorganoiden verspricht neue Erkenntnisse über das menschliche Gehirn. Wir geben den Überblick über Möglichkeiten und Grenzen.
interaktiv.leopoldina.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧠 Gewebestrukturen aus dem Labor:
#Hirnorganoide sind ein Modellsystem des Gehirns und imitieren Teile der Hirnfunktion. Damit ermöglichen sie einen experimentellen Zugang zu Forschung am Organ. Ein Digitales Dossier gibt einen Überblick: interaktiv.leopoldina.org/hirnorganoide/
#Hirnorganoide sind ein Modellsystem des Gehirns und imitieren Teile der Hirnfunktion. Damit ermöglichen sie einen experimentellen Zugang zu Forschung am Organ. Ein Digitales Dossier gibt einen Überblick: interaktiv.leopoldina.org/hirnorganoide/
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Finally published:
“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Looking for ways to better understand different neuroscientific perspectives and enable productive collaborations
“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Looking for ways to better understand different neuroscientific perspectives and enable productive collaborations
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
As scientists, we want solid answers, but we also want to answer questions that matter. Yet, the brain’s complexity forces trade-offs between these desiderata, bringing about two distinct research app...
www.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Finally published:
“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Looking for ways to better understand different neuroscientific perspectives and enable productive collaborations
“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Looking for ways to better understand different neuroscientific perspectives and enable productive collaborations