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Teddy Yerxa

@tedyerxa.bsky.social

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Neuroscience PhD candidate in the Simoncelli and Chung labs at NYU. Trying to force computers to see the way people do.

Teddy Yerxa @tedyerxa.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This was a very fun project with my inimitable collaborators @jfeather.bsky.social @sueyeonchung.bsky.social and @eerosim.bsky.social Paper link: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...

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Teddy Yerxa @tedyerxa.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

If you are at #cosyne2025 come check out my poster this afternoon! We demonstrate a case where objective function design can systematically improve neural predictivity in deep networks. [2-036] Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT

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Jenelle Feather @jfeather.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Applications are open for the 2025 Flatiron Institute Junior Theoretical Neuroscience Workshop! A two-day workshop 7/10-7/11 in NYC for PhD students and postdocs. All travel paid. Apply by April 14th.🧠🗽🧑‍🔬http://jtnworkshop2025.flatironinstitute.org/ @flatironinstitute.org @simonsfoundation.org

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Teddy Yerxa @tedyerxa.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

TL;DR: Encouraging transformation equivariance in an otherwise standard self-supervised learning setup systematically improves your ability to predict neural responses in area IT. Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=AiMs8... Poster: Poster Session 3 #2204, East Exhibit Hall

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Teddy Yerxa @tedyerxa.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Excited to present work with @jfeather.bsky.social @eerosim.bsky.social and @sueyeonchung.bsky.social today at Neurips! May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :) Brief details in post below

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