In addition to the 7 jobs in brain/language at University of South Carolina, we also have a philosophy job on issues related to AI philjobs.org/job/show/29754

Seven faculty positions in language/brain health at University of South Carolina! sc.edu/study/colleg...

New version of SCOPE is out! It is the largest metabase of psycholinguistic properties of words. sc.edu/study/colleg...

3d printing your own brain has never been easier, thanks to this fantastic tool by my colleague Chris Rorden. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Had an exciting day at the IMB conference on AI meets the Brain. With Jack Gallant, Leila Wehbe, Khalid Malik, and our local speakers.

Looking forward to our conference today with outstanding speakers Wehbe, Gallant, and Malik! sc.edu/study/colleg...

Happy Holi!

Finally it's here, in the flesh!!!

At the Stand Up For Science protests today

Happening today! For those in Columbia, SC, the event is 12-4 at the State Capitol. See you there.

In the mid-20th century, it wasn't unusual for universities to turn down research grants. Grants would pay for equipment and supplies to do the research. But the university would be on the hook for providing physical facilities, utilities, support staff, etc. Taking a grant could be a net -ve. 1/4

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...

Meanwhile, the largest government biomedical research enterprise in the world is still shut down.

Game Day in the lab to celebrate start of new year!

Dommaraju unseated China's Ding Liren to become the new world chess champion. "Every chess player wants to experience this moment, and very few get the chance," Dommaraju said after the match.

The Rosette Nebula yesterday through my small telescope. It is 5200 light years away and 130 light years wide. It is a nursery of stars, with about 2500 young stars in the central region.

sc.edu/study/colleg... Postdoc position in my lab. FMRI, language, LLM expertise would fit well.

New paper on a novel test for LLMs and their limitations

Australia was great as well. Thoroughly enjoyed Brisbane and Melbourne. I don't know why they put such a nice country so far away from everyone. Or maybe it is nice *because* it is far away from everyone. Had my Vegemite, got packs of Tim Tam, and already play cricket. So I am half Australian now.

SNL in Brisbane was very nice. Invited speakers were refreshing and many good posters as well.

All right, here we go. My first social media account. I have no Facebook, twitter, or Instagram. (Had Google+ but I am sure that doesn't count.)