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Bahareh Tolooshams

@btolooshams.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor @ualberta.bsky.social | Postdoc @caltech.edu | PhD from @harvard.edu | btolooshams.github.io

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Venki Murthy @neurovenki.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Our paper on olfactory evidence accumulation is now officially published with the final clean version! With @luxorboero.bsky.social, Hao Wu, @josephdzak.bsky.social, @paulmasset.bsky.social, Farhad Pashakhanloo, @siddjakes.bsky.social, @btolooshams.bsky.social & Demba Ba.
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Perception and neural representation of intermittent odor stimuli in mice - Nature Communications
Animals navigate odor plumes by exploiting dynamic and intermittent cues. Here, the authors show that mice can discriminate among different fluctuating odor signals, and characterize their neural enco...
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Venki Murthy @neurovenki.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Our work on the perception of intermittent odor stimuli out in @natcomms.nature.com! Led by @luxorboero.bsky.social & former grad student Hao Wu; key contributions from @btolooshams.bsky.social, @siddjakes.bsky.social, @paulmasset.bsky.social, @josephdzak.bsky.social, Farhad Pashakhanloo, Demba Ba.
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Perception and neural representation of intermittent odor stimuli in mice - Nature Communications
Animals navigate odor plumes by exploiting dynamic and intermittent cues. Here, the authors show that mice can discriminate among different fluctuating odor signals, and characterize their neural enco...
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🚨We propose EquiReg, a generalized regularization framework that uses symmetry in generative diffusion models to improve solutions to inverse problems. arxiv.org/abs/2505.22973 @aditijc.bsky.social, Rayhan Zirvi, Abbas Mammadov, @jiacheny.bsky.social, Chuwei Wang, @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social 1/
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I am joining @ualberta.bsky.social as a faculty member and @amiithinks.bsky.social! My research group is recruiting MSc and PhD students at the University of Alberta in Canada. Research topics include generative modeling, representation learning, interpretability, inverse problems, and neuroAI.
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We have released VARS-fUSI: Variable sampling for fast and efficient functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) using neural operators. The first deep learning fUSI method to allow for different sampling durations and rates during training and inference. biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Rayhan Zirvi is presenting our paper "Diffusion State-Guided Projected Gradient for Inverse Problems" at #ICLR2025! Joint work with @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social 1/ paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=kRBQw... code: github.com/Anima-Lab/Di... website: diffstategrad.github.io
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Paul Masset @paulmasset.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Blog post by Demba Ba, @saramatias.bsky.social and @btolooshams.bsky.social on our recent @cp-neuron.bsky.social paper proposing a new deconvolutional method based on algorithm unrolling to anlayze neural data across recording modalities
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
How does the brain integrate prior knowledge with sensory data to perceive the world? Come check out our poster [1-090] at #cosyne2025: "A feedback mechanism in generative networks to remove visual degradation," joint work with Yuelin Shi, @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social, and Doris Tsao. 1/2
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
How can we design human-interpretable AI models to explain why neurons behave as they do? Excited to share our work in collaboration with @saramatias.bsky.social, Hao Wu, Simona Temereanca, @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social, @neurovenki.bsky.social, @paulmasset.bsky.social, and Demba Ba @harvard.edu 1/21
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Harvard_MCB @harvardmcb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New Deep Learning Framework Reveals Hidden Structure in Neural Activity 🧠 #neuro #science www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @saramatias.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @btolooshams.bsky.social @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social
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New Deep Learning Framework Reveals Hidden Structure in Neural Activity - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Understanding how neurons encode information is one of the most pressing challenges in neuroscience. A new study from a multidisciplinary team including MCB researchers and those from the […]
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Join us remotely or in person to hear from @ninamiolane.bsky.social and @louisacornelis.bsky.social on Geometric Intelligence in Minds and Mahcines. Thanks, @mathildepapillon.bsky.social, for hosting!
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Rayhan and I are presenting today our work on "Diffusion-State Guided Projected Gradient for Inverse Problems." at the D3S3 Workshop. Joint work with Dr. Anima Anandkumar #AInScience #NeurIPS2024 [1/6] Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2410.03463
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
We welcome our next Keynote speaker, Ilker Yildirim, who is discussing "Reverse-engineering cognitive and neural representations with multilevel computational theories"! Find us at the West Ballroom C!
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Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations @neurreps.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Join us for our next Keynote invited talk from Stefanie Jegelka on "In-context Symmetries via Contextual World Models"!
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Our first contributed talk is from @ccrommel.bsky.social on "ManiPose: Manifold-Constrained Multi-Hypothesis 3D Human Pose Estimation".
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Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations @neurreps.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Eero Simoncelli on the geometry of the distribution of natural images
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Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations @neurreps.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Ready for #NeurReps2024? Our schedule at @neuripsconf.bsky.social is out 📅 neurips.cc/virtual/2024... Join us this Saturday! 🧠 With @eerosim.bsky.social @taliakonkle.bsky.social Stefanie Jegelka, Srinivas Turaga, Ilker Yildirim and Savannah Thais
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Bahareh Tolooshams @btolooshams.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I am giving a talk on "Sparse autoencoders for gaining mechanistic interpretability of neural signals" this Friday at the Catelch Chen Institute for Neuroscience. This is part of the workshop on AI for Neuro: How modern AI technologies enable advances in Neuroscience.
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