Next Wednesday (June 3rd) is our second last seminar of the term. We are excited to have Dr @mariaeckstein.bsky.social from Google DeepMind join us to talk about overcoming issues of generalisability in using RL in cognitive tasks (full details tinyurl.com/ucl-ljdm). All are welcome in person!

New work from the Google DeepMind neurolab, led by @neurokim.bsky.social and @kevinjmiller.bsky.social. We use an LLM-based approach to discover new cognitive models of animal reward learning. More info in the 🧵.

Can LLMs be used to discover interpretable models of human and animal behavior?🤔 Turns out: yes! Thrilled to share our latest preprint where we used FunSearch to automatically discover symbolic cognitive models of behavior. 1/12

Very pleased to share our recent work, in which we use LLMs for automated discovery of interpretable models of animal behavior 🪰🐀🕵️‍♀️ that take the form of Python programs 🐍 See below for a summary of key results by @pcastr.bsky.social!

I am super excited that I'll be teaching at a summer course on the intersection of #AI and #Neuroscience / #CogSci! My session will explore #ReinforcementLearning and #NeuralNetworks, diving into how these tools help us understand biological intelligence.

CCN is taking place in Amsterdam this year! The 8-page paper deadline is on *Feb 17th*, and the 2-page paper deadline is in *April*. Consider submitting your work!

Very cool summer school! Consider applying!

💥 Some POST DOC JOB news 👀... I'm very happy to say that @melgaby.bsky.social, @mattnour.bsky.social, @mariaeckstein.bsky.social and I have been awarded funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social to look at how planning 📝and mental models of the world 🌍 are affected by psychosis...

Interested in doing a PhD in comp neuro in Edinburgh? I will co-advise a project at the UKRI Artificial Intelligence Centre for Biomedical Innovation, starting Sept 2025: AI-driven investigation of the neural circuit dynamics supporting online motor adaptation www.ai4biomed.io/research/pro...

To help find people at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Of course let me know if I missed someone or you’d like to be added 🧪 🧠 #neuroskyence go.bsky.app/CAfmKQs

A starter pack! Some of my favorite women in neuroscience (sorry if I forgot you, I will add!) go.bsky.app/SCFmKoC

RLDM will be held next year in Dublin! A reminder that the call for workshops is out: rldm.org/call-for-wor... The workshops are one of my favourite parts of the conference :) please get in touch if you have any questions!

Okay the people requested one so here is an attempt at a Computational Cognitive Science starter pack -- with apologies to everyone I've missed! LMK if there's anyone I should add! go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv

Here's a somewhat sparse Dopamine / Basal Ganglia starter pack. Please self-nominate to add! go.bsky.app/B2kViZY

By popular demand, Cognitive Psychology starter pack, part 2! If you are a professional conducting research in cognitive psych: Comment here if you would like to be added. If you are just interested in the topic: Open the starter pack and click "follow all" to join the convo! go.bsky.app/RgVxacV

Just a heads up to everyone: @deep-mind.bsky.social is unfortunately a fake account and has been reported. Please do not follow it nor repost anything from it.

APS student affiliates: The APS Student Grant Competition is OPEN and provides small “seed grant” #funding to support research in its initial development stages. The Deadline to submit is December 16 - apply today!

For the Blueskyers interested in #NeuroAI 🧠🤖, I created a starter pack! Please comment on this if you are not on the list and working in this field 🙂 go.bsky.app/CscFTAr

I can't find African Scientists and researchers easily on here. As the second largest continent with 1.3 billion inhabitants our perspectives matter. I'm creating a starterpack to find folks, follow them and amplify them. If you are an African Scientist let me know below so I can add you. Thanks.