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Shervin Safavi

@neuroprinciples

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searching for principles, empirical approach, integration | doing comp neuro & psych | PI @ CMC lab, @tudresden_de | ex- @MPICybernetics (Dayan & Logothetis lab)

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Shervin Safavi
8 years
" ... but to understand and advance the *collective understanding*"; How to Criticize with Kindness via @brainpicker
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Shervin Safavi
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Thrilled to share, I'm starting my lab, Computational Machinery of Cognition (CMC) lab in autumn in TU Dresden! Till I set up the lab website etc, I create CMC lab interest Google form (), that I can connect to interested people (to join or collaborate)
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Happy to share my first post-doc paper with Peter Dayan just published at @NeuroCellPress "Multistability, Perceptual Value, and Internal Foraging" Paper (free access before Oct 18th): No access? Email me at neuron2022 @shervinsafavi .org 🧵👇
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RT is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab (at @tudresden_de ). You can find more information about the position here: Please email me if you have questions. Deadline is November 30 Find more about CMC lab:
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1/6 Sadly I missed @SfNtweets due to visa :( I missed my talk at nanosymposium "computational models of decision-making" (by @daeyeol_lee ) and also lost my Trainee Professional Development Award (2.5k$). So, let me use Twitter to do a portion of what I could do at SfN in a 🧵
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1/12 Happy to share our brief and sweet results on signatures of criticality in efficient coding networks! Preprint: Talk: #tweeprint 👇
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Shervin Safavi
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If you are in Oxford for @CogCompNeuro , come by my poster P-3A.41 A to know more about a decision-theoretic model of perceptual multistability #CCN2023 (main ideas also in the thread below)
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
Happy to share my first post-doc paper with Peter Dayan just published at @NeuroCellPress "Multistability, Perceptual Value, and Internal Foraging" Paper (free access before Oct 18th): No access? Email me at neuron2022 @shervinsafavi .org 🧵👇
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Shervin Safavi
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Being excluded and discriminated in science due to nationality is not unfamiliar to Iranian people. Getting single-entrance visa (or no visa at all), missing conferences, issues w using GitHub, Coursera etc! At least I should try to bring more awareness about it in the community
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Athena Akrami
4 years
I am profoundly devastated. Yesterday, we at @neuromatch found out the organization cannot support participation of Iranian students, due to US sanctions against Iran. This has left us heartbroken. This is the ugly reality of existing sanctions: online learning is not equal 1/
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Shervin Safavi
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Our paper on multivariate coupling is out in Neural Computation :) Paper: Code: Also check out our related work () demonstrating an application for significance assessment of multivariate spike-LFP coupling
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
#tweeprints for "From univariate to multivariate coupling between continuous signals and point processes: a mathematical framework" (link to preprint: )
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Shervin Safavi
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Join our @BernsteinNeuro workshop (co-organized with @roxana_zeraati ) on Multi-modal understanding of brain and behavior With a great line-up of speakers. On Sep. 26: @DaniSBassett @JustineYHansen @sofievalk @neuroprinciples @MaryamShanechi @marius10p
@BernsteinNeuro
Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience
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Did you already check out the Satellite Workshops at the #BernsteinConference ? All information here👉 Register here👉 @bccn_berlin @HumboldtUni @ChariteBerlin #BernsteinNetwork
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I'm thrilled (and also anxious) to get selected for #LINO23 , and have the chance of meeting 40 Nobel laureates! Thanks to @lindaunobel for organizing this unique meeting and @maxplanckpress and @MPICybernetics for the nomination!
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Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
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Today, we invite 635 Young Scientists from all over the world to meet around 40 Nobel Laureates at the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (25-30 June 2023 | #Physiology #Medicine | #LINO23 ) We can't wait to welcome you all to Lindau!
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It was a unique experience! Thanks to @lindaunobel for creating it and @maxplanckpress and @MPICybernetics for supporting us! #LINO23
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Max Planck Society
1 year
It was beautiful! The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting ended today. All Max Planck participants - young scientists as well as Nobel laureates - thank you for the hospitality and the lively exchange. @lindaunobel #LINO23
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Shervin Safavi
10 months
My talk on "methods for cross-scale analysis of neural data" in @BernsteinNeuro workshop is based on the two following papers, join us if you are interested! and also attend many other great talks there:
@roxana_zeraati
Roxana Zeraati
11 months
Can’t wait for our workshop (co-organized with @neuroprinciples ) next week at @BernsteinNeuro with an amazing lineup of speakers who will discuss how different scales of neural dynamics from the level of genes to the whole brain relate to each other and behavior!
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Shervin Safavi
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6/6 I hope @SfNtweets change their policy for TPD award for people who need Visa. It's not fair that TPD awardees who cannot make it should pay visa application fee, the abstract submission & membership fees out of pocket (it's just a  portion of 2.5k$ they were supposed to get).
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Shervin Safavi
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If you are interested in knowing about "Signatures of criticality in efficient coding networks" and you are around for @BernsteinNeuro come by my poster today (I-102). A brief summary thread is also below👇
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Shervin Safavi
1 year
1/12 Happy to share our brief and sweet results on signatures of criticality in efficient coding networks! Preprint: Talk: #tweeprint 👇
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Shervin Safavi
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I'm very happy that @nature highlights @neuromatch 's historical commitment to bring "truly" inclusive education to be visible outside neuro. I hope others ( @coursera , @github , @MITxonedX , @SfNtweets ) who [presumably] value inclusive education at least try it
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This paper: that suggests we can estimate the entropy of some neural data by saving its raster plot as PNG file and measure the file size, reminded me a piece from @wbialek 's book "Biophysics, searching for principles":
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Shervin Safavi
1 year
Come by my poster F001 in #cpconf2023 to hear about a decision-theoretic model of perceptual multistability (you can also check the thread below for the key ideas).
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
Happy to share my first post-doc paper with Peter Dayan just published at @NeuroCellPress "Multistability, Perceptual Value, and Internal Foraging" Paper (free access before Oct 18th): No access? Email me at neuron2022 @shervinsafavi .org 🧵👇
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Shervin Safavi
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Representational geometry of perceptual decisions in the monkey parietal cortex
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Shervin Safavi
3 years
"Leonardo da Vinci and the search for order in neuroscience" in @CurrentBiology by Gustavo Deco, Martin Kemp, and Morten Kringelbach
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Shervin Safavi
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If you are around for @CNSorg , come by my poster P036 (17:20-1920) to hear about a decision-theoretic model of perceptual multistability (you can also check the thread below for the key ideas).
@neuroprinciples
Shervin Safavi
2 years
Happy to share my first post-doc paper with Peter Dayan just published at @NeuroCellPress "Multistability, Perceptual Value, and Internal Foraging" Paper (free access before Oct 18th): No access? Email me at neuron2022 @shervinsafavi .org 🧵👇
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Shervin Safavi
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I was not mentioned, but that shouldn't stop me from joining this awesome initiative. Here are 10 more female scientists in/related to brain research @DaniSBassett @C4COMPUTATION @Li_Zhaoping @Mengsen @kv_wellstein @lilwebian @aliceschwarze @o_guest @ptheodoni @TrackingActions
@c_perrodin
Catherine Perrodin
4 years
Thank you @ZeroNoiseLab for the shoutout!😊Here are 10 more awesome neuroscientists to follow: @ZitaPatai @ElDuvelle @synapticlee @bailey_shanicen @neimarkgeffen @tararaam_ @bizifer @MollyJHenry @Sonja_Vernes @meganinlisbon . What an inspiring community - can you suggest 10 more?
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Shervin Safavi
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“Bridging neuronal correlations and dimensionality reduction”
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Shervin Safavi
1 year
Great preview for our paper by @neuosc and @ferrante_oscar . Thank you! In another @NeuroCellPress (), we provide a speculative answer to one of the Qs they posed: "What drives the PFC fluctuations & how they might serve a behavioral or perceptual goal?"
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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social
1 year
Happy to share our Preview with @ferrante_oscar on the new exciting Dwarakanath et al Neuron paper on prefrontal oscillations updating and stabilizing consciousness during binocular rivalry
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Shervin Safavi
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Happy to be part of "Bistability of prefrontal states gates access to consciousness" just out in @NeuroCellPress Free access link for 50 days: Also resonates with our other proposal on bistability: see or
@neuroprinciples
Shervin Safavi
2 years
Happy to share my first post-doc paper with Peter Dayan just published at @NeuroCellPress "Multistability, Perceptual Value, and Internal Foraging" Paper (free access before Oct 18th): No access? Email me at neuron2022 @shervinsafavi .org 🧵👇
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Shervin Safavi
3 years
“Single neurons can learn network-level computations simply by tuning synaptic weights” A synaptic learning rule for exploiting nonlinear dendritic computation: Neuron
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
Discrimination again for Iranian people! @gitlab in case you care about inclusivity, @neuromatch overcome these sanctions (see ) and they are willing to share their experience. You should get in touch with them if you don’t like discriminating people.
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a scientific developer (he/him)
4 years
#gitlab restricted #Irannain access with out any previous warning! #github had already restricted some their services for us.
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Shervin Safavi
1 year
Excited about presenting our work about "signatures of criticality in efficient coding networks" at @WWNeuRise seminar tomorrow, 5pm CET ()! You can also check our @biorxivpreprint or #tweeprint here ;-)
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WWNeuRise
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Next Wednesday @worldwideneuro : Shervin Safavi ( @neuroprinciples ) and Leandro Fosque on criticality in the brain! ♨️🧠
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Shervin Safavi
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3/6 I recently started the CMC lab at @tudresden_de , and just launched its website (). It's still work in progress but you can have a look at the research section. Let me know if you'd like to brainstorm ideas, collaborate or join.
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
A novel method for estimating the timescales of auto-correlations! BTW, for those who think girls are not good at math, here is a technical paper with female-only authors (including 2 computational neuroscience PIs)! #WomenInSTEM
@roxana_zeraati
Roxana Zeraati
4 years
Excited to share my first #tweeprint , a work together with @EngelTatiana and @SelfOrgAnna : Are you interested in timescales but you estimate them by fitting exponential functions on data autocorrelations? you might need to reconsider.
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"the most beautiful aspect of science is that it is a collaborative enterprise" by Freeman J. Dyson
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
#tweeprints for "From univariate to multivariate coupling between continuous signals and point processes: a mathematical framework" (link to preprint: )
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Shervin Safavi
3 years
New in TiCS: Neuromodulatory Influences on Integration and Segregation in the Brain
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
Attending @CompPsychiatry was one of the best courses I've attended during my PhD. One of its unique experiences was interaction and discussion with clinicians (they managed to bring people from both side). Thanks all the organizers @kv_wellstein , @rikepetzschner @stefan_fraessle
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Shervin Safavi
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I’ve been collecting a list of "computational psychiatry"-related twitters. During #CPCZurich2020 I realized that some people found it helpful. So I thought to share it here as well: . If you notice someone is missing please let me know to add them.
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Shervin Safavi
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With all sorts of disasters that are happening all around the world, I cannot say happy (but less down in mood) that finally, the universe allows me to finalize this manuscript! This is my first tweeprints (so feedback on writing tweeprints is welcomed).
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Shervin Safavi
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I'll be around for @CogCompNeuro (now, Oxford), @BernsteinNeuro (September, Berlin) & most likely for @SfNtweets (November, Washington, D.C.). If you happen to be in Oxford, Berlin or Chicago and like to chat, give #newPI advice, collaborate, join the lab, etc please let me know.
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Shervin Safavi
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2/6 For the talk I wanted to give an update on our previous line of research with Peter Dayan () on the decision-theoretic model of binocular rivalry. Drop me a line if you'd like to chat or are interested in me presenting it in your lab/seminar.
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
Happy to share my first post-doc paper with Peter Dayan just published at @NeuroCellPress "Multistability, Perceptual Value, and Internal Foraging" Paper (free access before Oct 18th): No access? Email me at neuron2022 @shervinsafavi .org 🧵👇
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Shervin Safavi
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Not only their cool research is admiring, but also their openess (I would also add their experiment-theory team-work)
@marius10p
Marius Pachitariu @[email protected]
6 years
"High-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortex" paper: data: code: with @computingnature @SteinmetzNeuro @MatteoCarandini
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
Join us in @TueNeuroCampus + @worldwideneuro talk this Thursday, January 28 at 5pm CEST with brilliant Sean Hill ( @wake_sleep ) telling us about "A multiscale approach to brain disorders". You can find the abstract and get the Zoom link from here:
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Shervin Safavi
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2016 was a life event fr me. Beyond wat I lernd abt Open X, I recognize the power of collective actions by ppl whose fuel is pure motivation
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OpenCon
7 years
Just announced! @Open_Con 2017 will be November 11-13 in Berlin, Germany. Learn more about #OpenCon 2017:
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"Joint encoding of facial identity, orientation, gaze, and expression in the middle dorsal face area"
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Shervin Safavi
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If you are still around for @CNSorg , and want to chat about another poster (work w/ @SelfOrgAnna & @MatthewChalk24 and Nikos Logothetis) come to P236: "Signatures of criticality in efficient coding networks" #cns2023 ! Also tweeprint
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Shervin Safavi
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1/12 Happy to share our brief and sweet results on signatures of criticality in efficient coding networks! Preprint: Talk: #tweeprint 👇
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Shervin Safavi
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I need your help to make a thread to acknowledge healthcare people, for the sacrifices they made for us during #pandemic Words can't express it, but our collective acts might a bit! I start with myself, with dedication of my PhD thesis! Please help to make a large thread!
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Shervin Safavi
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Join us for the first virtual talk of @TueNeuroCampus this Thursday, June 18 at 4pm CEST with @johndmurray telling us abt "Geometry of Neural Computation Unifies Working Memory and Planning". We will try to keep the @worldwideneuro link () updated for Zoom.
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
If you are interested in multivariate methods for investigating spike-LFP couplings, check our poster at #Cosyne19 (poster III-3)
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
Many of us (if not all) are hopping to have a vaccine or/and treatment for #COVID19 soon, and even a little progress triggers a lot of happiness. I think we should remind ourselves that #animalResearch is a significant part of this endeavor.
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Daniel Zaldivar
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when people realize about the importance of science
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Shervin Safavi
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I've seen some [scinetisit] colleagues who believe mathy stuff is not for girls. This list of awesome speakers is particularly made for them I guess ;) BTW, just curious, if speaker section was intentionally like this or just happen to be all female?
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Shervin Safavi
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Impact of Correlated Synaptic Input on Output Firing Rate and Variability in Simple Neuronal Models
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Shervin Safavi
6 years
Today I’m going to present a poster at #FromCellsToConsciousness satellite in #ccs18gr about signatures of criticality we observe in a network implementing efficient coding. Come by if you are interested ;)
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
In case you didn't have the chance to attend, (thanks to @marius10p ) here you can find some resources from the course:
@cshlcourses
CSHL Courses
5 years
Our Neural Data Science course wrapped up today. Big thank you to instructors @marius10p , Mark Reimers, and @Pascallisch and to course supporter @HelmsleyTrust for training another cohort and allowing us to welcome new members into the #cshlalumni family!
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Shervin Safavi
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Thanks @NNCN_Germany for promoting science with no borders and for raising your voice against discrimination and exclusion in science.
@BernsteinNeuro
Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience
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The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience stands by scientists of all nationalities who are discriminated against because of their nationality. We firmly believe that scientific discourse knows no borders but thrives through international exchange.
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Shervin Safavi
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A fascinating study highlighting the importance of interaction between brain, metabolism, and immune system! They showed lasting changes in a sensory system in aging are triggered by the gut and realized through the immune system (glia cells).
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
14/14 To conclude, we think, the brain has substantial, although unconscious, agency in choosing what to perceive, and doing so using internal actions that occasion dominance and switching.
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
Have you been bothered by crap going around on the internet? A group of competent people ( @btabibian @musically_ut @autreche @bschoelkopf ) start tackling this problem by developing tools to asses the reliability of the news on the internet and here is their first products:
@btabibian
Behzad Tabibian
4 years
I am excited to share with you the new website of Reasonal, as well as sharing a new set of services we have been building in the past several months to make the internet more reliable and trusted.
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Shervin Safavi
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4/6 In particular we have an open PhD position at the moment (see ), and if someone likes to join as a postdoc, I'd be happy to support fellowship applications ( @dfg_public , @MSCActions , @AvHStiftung , @DAAD_Germany , etc).
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Shervin Safavi
9 months
RT is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab (at @tudresden_de ). You can find more information about the position here: Please email me if you have questions. Deadline is November 30 Find more about CMC lab:
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Shervin Safavi
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Tübingen is a great place for doing interdisciplinary research between neuroscience and ML and @sinzlab is a great place for that!
@sinzlab
sinzlab
4 years
We are looking for a motivated PhD student for machine learning in clinical neurology and behavior in a collaboration with the startup and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (). Please retweet and email me if interested
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Shervin Safavi
3 years
If you'd like to chat abt the details of our recent preprints on spike-LFP coupling (& more generally coupling between point-processes and continuous signals), stop by poster 109 at #BernsteinConference today (Thur, 14:30 CEST, 8:30 EDT) Abstract:
@neuroprinciples
Shervin Safavi
3 years
Our paper on multivariate coupling is out in Neural Computation :) Paper: Code: Also check out our related work () demonstrating an application for significance assessment of multivariate spike-LFP coupling
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Shervin Safavi
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Another paper on the interaction between the brain and the immune system! (by @lab_schaefer )
@leafs_s
CLaE
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Nature Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia
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Shervin Safavi
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5/14 But Helmholtzian view cannot fully explain, e.g., why perceptual dominance periods and switches are modulated by reward, the aesthetic and emotional content of images (e.g., see many great works of @PhilippSterzer 's group)
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Shervin Safavi
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@neubadah @SfNtweets @bjmarlin @mfwells5 I think @SfNtweets needs an updated policy for TPD awardees who need visa. It's not fair that TPD awardees who cannot make it due to visa pay visa application fees, the abstract submission & membership fees out of pocket (also see )
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Shervin Safavi
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1/6 Sadly I missed @SfNtweets due to visa :( I missed my talk at nanosymposium "computational models of decision-making" (by @daeyeol_lee ) and also lost my Trainee Professional Development Award (2.5k$). So, let me use Twitter to do a portion of what I could do at SfN in a 🧵
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Shervin Safavi
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I think @Elnaz_AK expresses the best what many Iranians want to say to @neuromatch organizers (see ). Honestly, I don't know the words to express my admiration and appreciation!
@Elnaz_AK
Elnaz Alikarami
4 years
Well, I know everyone is sick of Iran exclusion/re-inclusion in @neuromatch but there is something special I want to bring up. We, Iranians are kinda used to #sanctions after all these years being under this much of pressure. It even won’t leave us alone after immigration 1/n
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
Ten quick tips for effective dimensionality reduction #PLOSCompBio :
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Shervin Safavi
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We -community- had to do this way before #COVID19 crisis, to save the earth (and money) and I also want to add that, people miss great conferences like this frequent enough, simply because of visa issues (and meeting like this give them the opportunity back).
@MarcusGhosh
Marcus Ghosh
4 years
Inspiring to see the #neuroscience community (🧠) come together for #neuromatch2020 The format saves: Cash (💸) + C02 (✈️) And voting (👍) means popular questions get answered! Thanks to the organisers! @KordingLab @neuralreckoning
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Shervin Safavi
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First of all, I really appreciate that @gitlab replied. Earlier, in a similar tweet (see ) I mention @coursera @github @MITxonedX @SfNtweets to suggest the same thing, but they even didn’t bother to reply! 1/n
@gitlab
🦊 GitLab
4 years
@neuroprinciples @neuromatch This is a result of moving to a new vendor. In accordance with the guidance provided by the U.S. government, and not determined by GitLab, there are some countries that cannot access our platform. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused users.
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Shervin Safavi
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American citizens, please consider it if you want to react to #StudentBan and #NeuromatchBan (see )!
@NIACouncil
NIAC
4 years
ICE plans to deport intern'l students if classes go online in the fall. For Iranian students, this is painful bc sanctions already prohibit online classes in many fields. Public health & education shouldn't be restricted. Take Action👇🏽 #ScienceNotSanctions
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Shervin Safavi
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A brilliant work, “A map of object space in primate inferotemporal cortex”:
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Wow! Studying conscious processing even *before birth*! A lot is happening in the toy town Tübingen that I'm not aware of! Apparently, there are only 2 fetal MEG in the world!
@_JuliaMoser
Julia Moser
4 years
Is there conscious processing before birth? As part of the @LuminousEU consortium, we were able to address this exciting question using fetal MEG: Thanks so much to all the mothers who participated in this research over the past years!
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Alcohol reduces muscle fatigue through atomistic interactions with nicotinic receptors
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Shervin Safavi
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I guess Neuromatch organizers (e.g. @meganakpeters , @seanescola , @KordingLab , @bradpwyble , @GunnarBlohm , @AthenaAkrami ) are willing to share their experience with you if you (e.g. @coursera , @github , @MITxonedX , @SfNtweets ) approach them. I hope you at least try and let the world know
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Shervin Safavi
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(1/3) RIP Maryam Mirzakhani ... It's terrible! I don't want to believe it! It's not sad only because of her contribution in math
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Shervin Safavi
9 months
5/6 We also have an interest Google Form, please feel free to sign up, if you'd like to get updates about open positions:
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Shervin Safavi
11 months
Thrilled to share, I'm starting my lab, Computational Machinery of Cognition (CMC) lab in autumn in TU Dresden! Till I set up the lab website etc, I create CMC lab interest Google form (), that I can connect to interested people (to join or collaborate)
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
@roxana_zeraati I’ve seen this blog by @patrickmineault that might be helpful.
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
@hannahc_wfu @AcademicChatter Are you choosing Matlab, or are you obliged to learn it? If you are choosing, did you consider learning Python instead?
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Shervin Safavi
4 years
Neuroimmunologists: What introductory textbook, review paper, etc you'd recommend to neuroscientists to learn about neuroimmunology? CC: @BrainBodyInter1 , @AshleighSRawls , @golam_khandaker , @lab_schaefer , @BaharehAjami , @JulieLasselin , @rolls_asya , @stevens1lab , @sj_marzi , @edbullmore
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
8/14 People actually considered perceptual multistability as a decision process decades ago, see e.g., @shadlen 's review in @NeuroCellPress 1998 or Leopold's review in @TrendsCognSci 1999
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
This physicist is trying to make sense of the brain’s tangled networks
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
1/14 Twee-abstract: We propose a new framework for understanding perceptual multistability based on value-based decision-making instead of the passive Helmholtzian inference
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
9/14 On the computational and algorithmic levels, we can think about perceptual multistability as a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) -- come to my poster at the @BernsteinNeuro conference to hear about this part (poster III - 71).
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Shervin Safavi
1 year
If you are around for @CNSorg , come by my poster P036: A decision-theoretic approach to binocular rivalry at CNS*2023 Leipzig @CNSorg #cns2023 @sched
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Shervin Safavi
2 years
12/14 and other regions that are *both* involved in perceptual multistability, and value-based processes:
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
In Her Absence, Her Teammate Wins the “Oscar of Science” for the Proof of “Magic Wand Theorem” that Had Far-reaching Consequences in the Field of Mathematics
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Shervin Safavi
5 years
@MPICybernetics and @uni_tue invite students from all over the world to apply for their interdisciplinary 5-year PhD program leading to a PhD in Neuroscience. For further information, please see: The application deadline is December 15, 2019.
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