From gustavo.santana at yale.edu Tue Mar 15 16:35:29 2022 From: gustavo.santana at yale.edu (Madeira Santana, Gustavo) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 20:35:29 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] [TODAY] WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, Just a final reminder about our meeting today. If you didn?t sign up but still want attend, we will have an open zoom session. If you signed up, please join the zoom session only if you absolutely cannot make it in person. Thanks! WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Meeting Tuesday March 15, 6:30pm https://yale.zoom.us/my/gumadeiras Best, Gustavo Madeira Santana Emonet Lab, Yale University @gumadeiras On Mar 8, 2022, 9:39 AM -0500, Madeira Santana, Gustavo , wrote: Hi all, The Wu Tsai Institute is committed to supporting the training and professional development of graduate students and postdocs. One of the initiatives supporting this mission is the establishment of the WTI Student & Postdoc Committee (WTI SPC). This is your opportunity to directly shape many of the future WTI activities and community. We are now forming the Committee Governing Body and planning activities for the wider WTI community. If you want to become involved with the Committee, please join us next Tuesday, March 15, at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be in person, location TBA. Please fill out this form by Thursday (March 10) at midnight if you want to join. We will have food and WTI swag for those that attend. We expect to have nominations for all WTI SPC positions at the meeting. To have an idea of how we plan to structure the WTI SPC, please see the draft Bylaws. The tentative agenda for our next meeting: ? Welcome & Introductions (All) ? WTI Updates (Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Assistant Director for DEI, Wu Tsai Institute) ? Discussion of suggested Bylaws, roles, subcommittees (Gustavo, Sara, Qian) ? Discussion of social events (Tristan, Evyn, Erica) ? Next steps & Closing If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out! On behalf of the WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Sara Sanchez-Alonso sara.sanchez.alonso at yale.edu Gustavo Santana gustavo.santana at yale.edu Best, Gustavo Madeira Santana Emonet Lab, Yale University @gumadeiras -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Wed Mar 16 17:22:29 2022 From: giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu (Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:22:29 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] Volunteer grad student/postdoc hosts for WTI faculty candidates Message-ID: Hi everyone, As you might have heard the Wu Tsai Institute is in the process of interviewing several candidates for WTI-affiliated faculty positions. We will be hosting two outstanding faculty candidates for an in-person visit next week, March 24-25?Drs. Emilia Favuzzi (microglial role in circuit development) and Brandon Weissbourd (evolutionary neuroscience using jellyfish). I?ve attached the abstracts of their recent online presentations. We are in the process of recruiting 1-2 graduate students or postdocs to serve as hosts for the candidates. The role involves accompanying the candidates to their meetings at Yale, sharing info about life in New Haven and programs at Yale, potentially participating in a lunch/meal, and in general making them feel welcome. Volunteers will receive a WTI tshirt. We are specifically looking for volunteers for the following dates/times: * Dr. Favuzzi ? March 25 * Dr. Weissbourd ? March 24, all day or at least from 2-6:00 pm If you are interested, please send me an email with your preferred candidate and date/time, and include your current stage (i.e. grad student or postdoc), program/department, and cell phone number. If you are unavailable, don?t worry, there will be two more candidates visiting Yale at the beginning of April. Thank you, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WTI Special Seminar - Favuzzi.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 128920 bytes Desc: WTI Special Seminar - Favuzzi.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Giovanna From: Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 5:22 PM To: wti-trainee at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Volunteer grad student/postdoc hosts for WTI faculty candidates Hi everyone, As you might have heard the Wu Tsai Institute is in the process of interviewing several candidates for WTI-affiliated faculty positions. We will be hosting two outstanding faculty candidates for an in-person visit next week, March 24-25?Drs. Emilia Favuzzi (microglial role in circuit development) and Brandon Weissbourd (evolutionary neuroscience using jellyfish). I?ve attached the abstracts of their recent online presentations. We are in the process of recruiting 1-2 graduate students or postdocs to serve as hosts for the candidates. The role involves accompanying the candidates to their meetings at Yale, sharing info about life in New Haven and programs at Yale, potentially participating in a lunch/meal, and in general making them feel welcome. Volunteers will receive a WTI tshirt. We are specifically looking for volunteers for the following dates/times: * Dr. Favuzzi ? March 25 * Dr. Weissbourd ? March 24, all day or at least from 2-6:00 pm If you are interested, please send me an email with your preferred candidate and date/time, and include your current stage (i.e. grad student or postdoc), program/department, and cell phone number. If you are unavailable, don?t worry, there will be two more candidates visiting Yale at the beginning of April. Thank you, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please, email us if you would like to join this role or meet with us to know more about the position. * We also need two subcommittee leaders for each subcommittee. We will open nominations at our next meeting. * If anyone is interested in joining the social subcommittee, join the #subcom-social channel and come to their meeting on Thursday March 24 at 6pm over zoom (https://yale.zoom.us/j/5346602044) where they will be discussing details for the first event of the year. * Finally, the WTI is still looking for additional volunteers to serve as student/postdoc hosts for two faculty candidates who are visiting Thursday & Friday of this week. The candidates will be interviewing in MCDB on March 24 and at the Med School in March 25. Your role would be to help to take the faculty members through their meetings at Yale, participating in a student/postdoc lunch, and making them feel welcome by sharing insights about life and the science at Yale. If interested, please Slack or write Giovanna at giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu, with your availability, cell phone, T-shirt size, and program/department info. Please, mark your calendars! Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 4/12 at 6:30pm. We will send a follow-up email with details about the location, but we will probably meet at the same location @ Phelps Hall, Room 207, 344 College St. Best, Sara Sanchez-Alonso On behalf of the WTI Student & Postdoc Committee -- Sara Sanchez-Alonso, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist Language Learning and Multisensory Brain Lab Haskins Laboratories 300 George Street, Suite 900 New Haven CT, 06511 Pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu From: WTI-Staff on behalf of Altschuler, Diane Date: Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:32 PM To: WTI-Steeringcommittee at mailman.yale.edu , WTI-Members at mailman.yale.edu , WTI-Staff at mailman.yale.edu , wti-trainee at yale.edu Cc: Turk-Browne, Nick , Clark, Damon , Lafferty, John Subject: Special seminar by Hari Shroff (NIH) on March 30 at 2:00 pm Dear All, The Wu Tsai Institute?s Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity in collaboration with the Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering invites the Yale community to a special seminar. ?Multiscale Biological Imaging at High Spatiotemporal Resolution? Hari Shroff, NIH Wednesday, March 30th from 2:00 ? 3:00 pm. Link to join: https://yale.zoom.us/j/93104546738 Flyer attached. 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Christian is recognized as a leading authority on artificial intelligence and the ethical challenges associated with emerging technologies. His latest book, "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values," is a blend of history and on-the-ground reporting, tracing the explosive growth of machine learning and the wide range of resulting risks, opportunities, and unintended consequences. The book is a Los Angeles Times Finalist for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has named it one of the five books that inspired him in 2021. Christian is the author of the acclaimed bestsellers "The Most Human Human" and "Algorithms to Live By." His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as peer-reviewed journals. He holds degrees in computer science, philosophy, and poetry from Brown University and the University of Washington. The talk will be moderated by John Lafferty, John C. 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Vella-Angelastro, PhD Senior Project Manager, Science & Research Initiatives Yale University, Office of the Provost From: WTI-Staff > on behalf of Altschuler, Diane > Date: Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:32 PM To: WTI-Steeringcommittee at mailman.yale.edu >, WTI-Members at mailman.yale.edu >, WTI-Staff at mailman.yale.edu >, wti-trainee at yale.edu > Cc: Turk-Browne, Nick >, Clark, Damon >, Lafferty, John > Subject: Special seminar by Hari Shroff (NIH) on March 30 at 2:00 pm Dear All, The Wu Tsai Institute?s Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity in collaboration with the Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering invites the Yale community to a special seminar. ?Multiscale Biological Imaging at High Spatiotemporal Resolution? Hari Shroff, NIH Wednesday, March 30th from 2:00 ? 3:00 pm. Link to join: https://yale.zoom.us/j/93104546738 Flyer attached. Please contact wti at yale.edu with questions. 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The Wu Tsai Institute and the Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and National Power invite you to: The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values Featuring author Brian Christian [cid:image001.jpg at 01D84349.B77918F0] Thursday, March 31 | 4:30 pm Watson Center, Room A51 60 Sachem Street, New Haven Please register Yale University's Wu Tsai Institute and the Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and National Power will co-host the talk, "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values," by Brian Christian, an award-winning author and Science Communicator in Residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at University of California - Berkeley. Christian is recognized as a leading authority on artificial intelligence and the ethical challenges associated with emerging technologies. His latest book, "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values," is a blend of history and on-the-ground reporting, tracing the explosive growth of machine learning and the wide range of resulting risks, opportunities, and unintended consequences. The book is a Los Angeles Times Finalist for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has named it one of the five books that inspired him in 2021. Christian is the author of the acclaimed bestsellers "The Most Human Human" and "Algorithms to Live By." His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as peer-reviewed journals. He holds degrees in computer science, philosophy, and poetry from Brown University and the University of Washington. The talk will be moderated by John Lafferty, John C. Malone Professor of Statistics & Data Science, and Director of the Wu Tsai Institute's Center for Neurocomputation and Machine Intelligence at Yale. 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On behalf of the WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Sara Sanchez-Alonso sara.sanchez.alonso at yale.edu Gustavo Santana gustavo.santana at yale.edu -- Sara Sanchez-Alonso, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist Language Learning and Multisensory Brain Lab Haskins Laboratories 300 George Street, Suite 900 New Haven CT, 06511 Pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gustavo.santana at yale.edu Fri Apr 8 15:38:12 2022 From: gustavo.santana at yale.edu (Madeira Santana, Gustavo) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 19:38:12 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] Reminder: Next WTI Student & Postdoc Committee meeting References: Message-ID: Hi all, The next WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Meeting will take place next Tuesday 4/12 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be in person at Phelps Hall, Room 207, 344 College St. Please fill out this form by Friday (April 8; today) if you want to join. We will have food for those that attend. Please join our slack if you are interested in participating in the Committee. Here is the tentative agenda for our next meeting: * WTI Social @ Gryphon?s * Nominations for elected positions * Discussion: Subcommittees mission and goals / bylaws * Code of Conduct If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out! Best, Gustavo Madeira Santana Emonet Lab, Yale University @gumadeiras -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kelley.remole at yale.edu Thu Apr 21 16:08:13 2022 From: kelley.remole at yale.edu (Remole, Kelley) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:08:13 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] FW: Stuart Russell: Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence, April 26 (hybrid) Message-ID: Below is a talk of potential interest to the WTI community From: International Security Studies > Reply-To: International Security Studies > Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 9:44 AM To: "Wittenstein, Ted" > Subject: Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence [https://mcusercontent.com/75e0dca42cc6b177d2c2b5683/images/32acde12-3b4e-91dc-f779-dda6588b3637.png] Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence A Conversation with Stuart Russell April 26, 2022 [https://mcusercontent.com/75e0dca42cc6b177d2c2b5683/images/991a6476-a02e-5382-6568-054e265392b9.jpg] As artificial intelligence (AI) advances in capabilities and moves into the real world, its potential to benefit humanity seems limitless. Yet we see serious problems including racial and gender bias, manipulation by social media, and an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons. Looking further ahead, Alan Turing once predicted the eventual loss of human control over machines that exceed human capabilities. Was Turing right to express concern or wrong to think that doom is inevitable? How do we develop a new kind of AI that is provably beneficial to humans? Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley and Founding Director of the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), is one of the world's leading AI scholars. His book, "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach," (with Peter Norvig) is the standard text in AI; it has been translated into 13 languages and is used in over 1300 universities in 118 countries. Professor Russell's research covers a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence including machine learning, probabilistic reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, real-time decision making, multi-target tracking, computer vision, computational physiology, and philosophical foundations. His current concerns include the threat of autonomous weapons and the long-term future of artificial intelligence and its relation to humanity. The discussion, which will moderated by Joan Feigenbaum, Grace Murray Hopper Professor of Computer Science at Yale, is co-sponsored by the Jackson Institute's Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and National Power and the Department of Computer Science. 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Harkness Hall, Room 119 100 Wall Street Note: Directions are attached to assist anyone who is unfamiliar with this location Title :Turning attention inside out: Focusing in working memory. Abstract: Flexible behaviour requires guidance not only by sensations that are available immediately but also by relevant mental contents carried forward through working memory. Therefore, selective-attention functions that modulate the contents of working memory to guide behaviour are just as important as those operating on sensory signals to generate internal contents. I will discuss some of our work highlighting the functional, flexible, and future-facing nature of internal selective attention. The findings pave the way for a richer and more integrated understanding concerning how selective attention and working memory come together to serve behaviour. 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URL: From giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Thu May 5 09:29:19 2022 From: giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu (Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna) Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 13:29:19 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_REMINDER=3A_Yale_Cell_Biolo?= =?windows-1252?q?gy_=93Beyond-the-Bench=94_Seminar_with_Dr=2E_Karlina_Kau?= =?windows-1252?q?ffman=2C_Senior_Medical_Writer_at_Envision_Pharma_Group_?= =?windows-1252?q?Wednesday=2C_May_11th_at_1pm?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, Daniel Col?n-Ramos, Director for the WTI Center on Neurodevelopment and Plasticity, asked that we pass along this notice to WTI-interested students and postdocs. His lab will be hosting Dr. Kauffman. If anyone is interested in meeting her but unable to attend her talk you can contact Mayra Blakey (mayra.blakey at yale.edu) for her contact information. FYI, the WTI Student and Postdoc Committee (SPC) has recently established a Professional Development Committee, which is considering hosting career-exploration events like these, among other ideas. If you are interested in these topics or have opinions about which professional development events might be of need and special interest to the WTI student/postdoc community, please consider joining us for our next SPC meeting, May 10, or reaching out to Gustavo Madeira or Sara Sanchez Alonso, SPC Co-Chairs (cc?ed here), directly. Best, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu From: Col?n-Ramos, Daniel Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 9:56 AM To: Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna , Remole, Kelley Subject: FW: REMINDER: Yale Cell Biology ?Beyond-the-Bench? Seminar with Dr. Karlina Kauffman, Senior Medical Writer at Envision Pharma Group Wednesday, May 11th at 1pm FYI, the idea below could also be a WTI-sponsored event if the students/postdocs are interested. From: DeBenedetto, Wendy Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 3:41 PM To: Subject: REMINDER: Yale Cell Biology ?Beyond-the-Bench? Seminar with Dr. Karlina Kauffman, Senior Medical Writer at Envision Pharma Group Wednesday, May 11th at 1pm Dear Cell Biology Community, Please join us for another ?Beyond-the-Bench? seminar on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 1:00pm in SHM C-428 or via Zoom (link below). Dr. Karlina Kauffman will share her journey from a PhD in Cell Biology at Yale to a Senior Medical Writer at Envision Pharma Group and can answer questions you may have about her career path. Please submit pre-seminar questions to https://forms.gle/59KWekBcC97Xxrqo7. We hope to see you there! Seminar Title ?From Yale Cell Biology to a Medical Writing Career? 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Please vote by May 31st midnight (EST) at https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6lpJpvOzE4WOfsi Thank you to everyone that has helped us form and kickstart the committee. If you are interested in being an active member of the committee, join our slack. You can also read the draft bylaws and meeting notes. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to anyone in the committee. On behalf of the WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Sara Sanchez-Alonso sara.sanchez.alonso at yale.edu Gustavo Santana gustavo.santana at yale.edu Best, Gustavo Madeira Santana Emonet Lab, Yale University @gumadeiras -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For food, please fill this survey out so that Sheri can order them prior to the meeting: https://forms.gle/UTRkQqjTpcNBqzXA9 Lam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Tue Jul 26 11:14:41 2022 From: giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu (Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:14:41 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] FW: Panel Presentation on NIH Diversity Supplements In-Reply-To: References: <537c3e0b-bc44-4765-bfc4-6f47b5efac6e@dfw1s10mta121.xt.local> Message-ID: Dear WTI members and trainees, Please see below for a great upcoming informational session (Aug 2, 12pm via Zoom) and accompanying website on the NIH Diversity Supplement program, which provides funds to support researchers (from high school students through faculty) that may increase the diversity of research teams. We encourage everyone to attend! In addition, I would like to make you aware that NINDS is accepting nominations for the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship. This award provides $100,000, recognition and visibility to faculty members who have demonstrated a dedication to outstanding mentorship and training. Current or former mentees are able to nominate faculty members who have served as their mentors (self-nominations are not accepted). Please see here for more details and consider recognizing members of our community who impact and advance understanding of the mind through their outstanding mentoring as well as their research: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/about-funding/ninds-landis-award-outstanding-mentorship-ninds-investigator Sincerely, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Director, Yale Ciencia Initiative Yale School of Medicine, Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion ciencia.yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Student Office Hours: https://calendly.com/giovanna-guerrero-medina/30min From: Nii Addy, PhD Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 2:09 PM To: Licht, Nicholas Subject: Panel Presentation on NIH Diversity Supplements Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Office of Physician-Scientist and Scientist Development July 25, 2022 Dear Faculty and Trainees, I am excited to share with you that on Tuesday August 2nd at 12:00 pm, we will host a panel on NIH Diversity Supplements. NIH Diversity Supplements provide additional funding to NIH awardees to support and recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds who are currently high school, undergraduate or graduate/clinical students, postdoctorates (including health professionals), or eligible investigators/faculty. NIH Diversity Supplements are an opportunity for Faculty to secure funding for their diverse trainees and to increase the diversity of their research program. Trainees benefit by gaining additional research experience, and getting an opportunity to both contribute to a grant application and to build relationships with NIH program staff. The panel will start with presentations on diversity supplements by Desir?e L. Salazar, PhD, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator for Extramural Programs at NHLBI and Angela Holmes, PhD, Diversity and Disparities Program Officer at NIDA. The panel will include a discussion by Naftali Kaminski, MD, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Professor of Medicine and Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and Sreeganga Chandra, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience on their personal experience with diversity supplements. Nigel Wade, Postgraduate Associate in Neurology, will also speak about the application process from the candidate perspective and then we will have time for discussion and questions. Additionally we have created a website with diversity supplement information and resources, for those who are considering applying. Diversity Supplement examples are also available in the Office of Physician-Scientist and Scientist Development's grant library. Zoom I hope that you are able to join us to learn more about diversity supplements. Best Regards, Nii Nii A. Addy, PhD Director of Scientist Diversity and Inclusion, Yale School of Medicine Albert E. 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Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/my/gumadeiras tentative agenda: - budget for 2022-2023 - updates from subcommittees - summer/kick-off event - leadership meeting topics For food, please fill this survey out so that Sheri can order them prior to the meeting: https://forms.gle/UTRkQqjTpcNBqzXA9 Lam On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 17:45 Lam Vo wrote: > Happy Saturday and hope you are not sweating too much! > > The next WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Meeting will take place *Wednesday 08/03 > at 6:30pm *at *LUCE Hall room 203 (34 Hillhouse Avenue)*. The meeting will > be offered in a hybrid mode, so that people can attend either in person or > virtually. An agenda and zoom link will be sent out in the next reminder > email! > > For food, please fill this survey out so that Sheri can order them prior > to the meeting: https://forms.gle/UTRkQqjTpcNBqzXA9 > > Lam > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The meeting will be offered in a hybrid mode, so that > people can attend either in person or virtually. > > Zoom link: > https://yale.zoom.us/my/gumadeiras > > tentative agenda: > - budget for 2022-2023 > - updates from subcommittees > - summer/kick-off event > - leadership meeting topics > > For food, please fill this survey out so that Sheri can order them prior > to the meeting: https://forms.gle/UTRkQqjTpcNBqzXA9 > > Lam > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 17:45 Lam Vo wrote: > >> Happy Saturday and hope you are not sweating too much! >> >> The next WTI Student & Postdoc Committee Meeting will take place *Wednesday 08/03 >> at 6:30pm *at *LUCE Hall room 203 (34 Hillhouse Avenue)*. The meeting will >> be offered in a hybrid mode, so that people can attend either in person or >> virtually. 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Please direct any questions to the Symposium organizers. Best, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Paola Figueroa-Delgado > Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 9:31 AM Subject: 2022 YBDIC Research Symposium Registration is Now OPEN! To: Cc: Anton M. Bennett >, Smith, Rochelle >, Gomez, Chelsea >, Elsie Gonzalez-Hurtado >, Ng Akingbesote > Dear Colleagues, We are excited to welcome fifty (50) talented Scholars from institutions across the United States and Connecticut to the Yale School of Medicine from August 10-12, 2022 for our inaugural in-person 2022 Yale Biological and Biomedical Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Collective (YBDIC) Research Symposium! Poster Sessions will take place on Thursday, August 11th at the Harkness Ballroom. Please find attached below the poster titles and scholars for each poster session. Session 1 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 2 - 01:00 - 03:00 PM Our Scholars are community college, undergraduate, and post-graduate/post-baccalaureate students from historically excluded, underserved, low-income and/or marginalized backgrounds. They are interested in pursuing advanced degrees (PhD, MD/PhD, or MD) in the biological and biomedical sciences and are considering Yale as a potential future home institution. The Research Symposium serves as a platform to (1) engage with talented local and national Scholars interested in pursuing doctoral studies; (2) facilitate recruitment of diverse scholars to research opportunities and graduate programs at Yale; (3) providing a space to recruit and network with Scholars; (4) strengthen our partnerships with local institutions and national institutions; and (5) increase Scholar retention. Our registration also includes a call for judges, poster presenters, and volunteers! Registration Link: https://forms.gle/J7bmxwuUthPaHQJX8 We hope you are able to join us next week and meet our Research Scholars! Do let us know if you have any questions. P.S. Feel free to share with your colleagues and affiliated Departments. 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Agenda is in our https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLG9NaPmm3zT6Hbeeja_kmJpcMKFI1_1qbuYoi2z2NU/edit but here is a copy: - Updates from subcommittees: - Outreach (studio tour) - Social and networking (Fall social) - Professional development (career panel) - Fall and Spring plans + Budget - Open forum style meeting next month - https://yaleconnect.yale.edu//GSASOrgToolkitGradGroups/survey?survey_uid=7e747f99-b339-[%E2%80%A6]c368333a&feedback_event_id=&content_type=&content_type_id= - Formal members list - Officialize bylaws - WTI communications, social, web - Leadership meeting On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 19:33 Lam Vo wrote: > Dear all, > This is a reminder to fill out this survey > if you are coming to the meeting! > Lam > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 10:07 AM Lam Vo wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Welcome back to the fall! The next WTI SPC meeting will be on *Wednesday >> 09/07 at 6:30 PM at LUCE Hall room 203*. The meeting will be hybrid. 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, please see this call for volunteers for an upcoming fMRI neurofeedback conference at Yale! Best, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu *** Subject: Volunteer at rtFIN! We are inviting Yale students and postdocs to volunteer to help at rtFIN in exchange for free registration. We need people to staff the registration desk, shepherd visitors on shuttles and walks, put up and take down poster boards, help with AV including running mics during Q&A, and other odd tasks. The meeting lasts 3.5 days and we would try to ensure that nobody is asked to work on more than two of those days so that they are free to fully attend as they like on the other days. Even the working days we expect to allow attendance at much of the program. What is rtFIN? 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Feel free to forward the ad (below and attached) among your networks and contacts. You can also share our tweet. In particular, please personally encourage young scientists who may be interested in this opportunity. And if there are any inspiring scientists to whom you think we should reach out directly to encourage their application, please feel free to submit their information here. Thanks in advance, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu *** The Wu Tsai Institute (WTI), a university-wide interdisciplinary neuroscience initiative at Yale University, has an open posting for multiple endowed faculty positions, at any rank. Applicants from a broad range of disciplines?including (but not limited to) applied math, computer science, data science, engineering, biology, cognitive science, and psychology?are encouraged to apply. Founded by a historic gift, WTI is dedicated to advancing our understanding of human cognition and human potential by sparking interdisciplinary inquiry. We are building a vibrant community where experimentalists and theorists work together to advance basic research and fundamental understanding of how the mind works. Faculty identified through this search will receive an appointment in one or more departments in the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and/or School of Medicine, an attractive start-up package, and will join a growing community of >130 faculty across Yale. They will have access to state-of-the-art lab space and core facilities in our new research building, as well as special funding mechanisms, fellowships for postdocs and students, and other events and programs. We are strongly committed to equity and inclusion. Our student body at the undergraduate and graduate levels is increasingly diverse and we seek to hire scholars who are committed to inclusion in their research, teaching, and service. Women, veterans, people with disabilities, and members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups or the LGBTQ community are especially encouraged to apply. Faculty will also find excellent benefits, mentoring, and support, responsive to professional, dual career, childcare, and housing needs. For more information and to apply, please visit https://apply.interfolio.com/110223. 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Come join us at Amistad park (104 Washington Ave, just down the street from Blue State coffee) on* Sunday, October 2nd from 2-4pm* for music, yard games, apple cider, and free donuts. This event is open to all graduate students, post-docs, and post-bacs from affiliated or related departments, programs, and research. Family and friends are welcome. Cheers, Tristan -- Tristan S. Yates (she/her) Ph.D. Student Department of Psychology Yale University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I hope to see you there. Sincerely, Dan Spielman James A. Attwood Director of the Institute for Foundations of Data Science Sterling Professor of Computer Science, Statistics & Data Science, and Mathematics *1?:00pm Introductory Remarks* - University President Peter Salovey - University Provost Scott Strobel - S?terling Professor and James A. Attwood Director of FDS, Daniel Spielman *1:15pm L?ightning Round 1* - Rohan Khera , ?Healthcare 2.0: AI-Driven Innovation for Accessible and Accountable Care? - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine - Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Section of Health Informatics, Yale School of Public Health - Clinical Director, Data Analytics Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation - Director, Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab - E?lisa Celis , "The ?objectivity? of data" - Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science - Amin Karbasi , ?Human in the loop? - Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics & Data Science - Director, Inference, Information, and Decision Systems Group - Zhou Fan , ?Empirical Bayes PCA in high dimensions? - Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science - Priya Panda , "Exploring Robustness and Energy-Efficiency through Spike-based Machine Intelligence" - Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering - Director, Intelligent Computing Lab at Yale - Casey King , ?Compression is Key: Improving span annotation and classification task performance using parameter-efficient model architectures trained on BERT?s hidden state activations? - Lecturer, Jackson School of Global Affairs and Statistics & Data Science - Director of the Capstone Program at the Jackson School of Global Affairs - Bryan Kelly , "Machine Learning in Finance" - Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management - Mark Gerstein , ?Interpretable machine learning for neurogenomics? - Albert L Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, and Professor of Computer Science and Statistics & Data Science - Jeffrey Park , ?Seismic Data Retrieval and Time-Series Processing for Scattered Waves Using Jupyter Notebooks? - Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences - D?ragomir Radev , "Natural Language Interfaces to Structured Data" - A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science - Director, LILY (Language, Information, and Learning at Yale) Lab - Dirk Bergemann , ?Information Design? - Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics - Professor of Computer Science in the Yale School of Engineering - Professor of Finance in the Yale School of Management. *2?:15pm Coffee Break* *2:45pm L?ightning Round 2* - Karen Seto , ?Satellite remote sensing to understand the human imprint on the planet? - Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale School of the Environment - Fredrik S?vje , ?Social Science Experimentation Under Interference? - Assistant Professor Political Science and Statistics & Data Science - Ilker Yildirim , ?Reverse-engineering the brain's 'world models'? - Assistant Professor of Psychology and Statistics & Data Science - Luke Sanford , ?Using satellite data for environmental measurement and causal inference? - Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance, Yale School of the Environment - Roy Lederman , ?Wiggling molecules and spinning action figures? - Assistant Professor of Statistics & Data Science; Member of the Quantitative Biology Institute (QBio); Member of the Wu Tsai Institute (WTI) - James S. Duncan , "Neuroimage Analysis in Autism: from Model-Based Estimation to Data-driven Learning? - Ebenezer K. 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The meeting will be hybrid on Wednesday, 10/19 at 6:30 PM at Phelps Hall Room 207. The Zoom link will be provided early next week. We will discuss the following things: - Updates from meeting with WTI leadership - Open forum meeting - Format proposal and date - Updates from subcommittees - Budget To RSVP for food if attending in-person, please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/ZTEUZj19PwPufdT88 If you have any questions, please contact gustavo.santana at yale.edu or sara.sanchez.alonso at yale.edu Best, Lam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Mon Oct 17 12:39:31 2022 From: giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu (Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:39:31 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] FW: Kavli Postdoc Series, deadline approaching - The Chalk Talk In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, Please see below and encourage postdoc or ARS colleagues to register. Best, Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu Sent from Mail for Windows From: Charbogne, Pauline Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 12:12 PM Subject: [Neuroscience] Kavli Postdoc Series, deadline approaching - The Chalk Talk Dear colleagues, *Please share with postdocs and ARS?* Postdocs and Associate Research Scientists in the neurosciences (regardless of departmental affiliation) are invited to attend a Kavli Postdoc Series workshop about the Chalk Talk on Friday, October 28th, from 12-6 pm, at the Omni Hotel. Participants will learn about -and practice- the chalk talk (see agenda in flyer attached). Please register before Friday, Oct. 21st at this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within a few days. As a reminder, the Kavli Postdoc Series is a series of professional development events that brings together Yale neuroscience postdoctoral fellows, regardless of their department affiliation, for scientific discussions, career development activities, and community building. The series, through hands-on workshops, aims to foster a sense of community and encourage peer support, accountability, and collaborations. Best, Pauline Pauline Charbogne, PhD She/her/hers Managing Director, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience Director of Scientific Operations, Department of Neuroscience Yale University School of Medicine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Lam On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 9:03 PM Wu Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc Committee wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A friendly reminder that our next General meeting will be held this coming * > Wednesday, 10/19 at 6:30 PM *at* Phelps Hall Room 207.* All affiliated > students and post docs are invited to attend. Please RSVP here > ! > > Looking forward to seeing you at the next meeting! > > WTI SPC organizing committee > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Lam Vo > *Sent:* October 12, 2022 10:57 PM > *To:* wti-trainee at mailman.yale.edu ; Wu > Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc Committee > *Subject:* Invitation to join WTI SPC General Meeting > > Dear WTI members, > > We are kick starting our first general/open-forum meeting in the fall, and > we would love for our members to join and discuss things that can improve > WTI as a whole! *Everyone is welcomed!* > > The meeting will be *hybrid *on *Wednesday, 10/19 at 6:30 PM *at* Phelps > Hall Room 207. *The Zoom link will be provided early next week. > > *We will discuss the following things:* > - Updates from meeting with WTI leadership > - Open forum meeting > - Format proposal and date > - Updates from subcommittees > - Budget > > *To RSVP for food if attending in-person, please fill out the form here*: > https://forms.gle/ZTEUZj19PwPufdT88 > > > If you have any questions, please contact *gustavo.santana at yale.edu* > or *sara.sanchez.alonso at yale.edu > * > > Best, > Lam > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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See you at 6:30! > > Lam > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 9:03 PM Wu Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc > Committee wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> A friendly reminder that our next General meeting will be held this >> coming * Wednesday, 10/19 at 6:30 PM *at* Phelps Hall Room 207.* All >> affiliated students and post docs are invited to attend. Please RSVP here >> ! >> >> Looking forward to seeing you at the next meeting! >> >> WTI SPC organizing committee >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Lam Vo >> *Sent:* October 12, 2022 10:57 PM >> *To:* wti-trainee at mailman.yale.edu ; Wu >> Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc Committee >> *Subject:* Invitation to join WTI SPC General Meeting >> >> Dear WTI members, >> >> We are kick starting our first general/open-forum meeting in the fall, >> and we would love for our members to join and discuss things that can >> improve WTI as a whole! *Everyone is welcomed!* >> >> The meeting will be *hybrid *on *Wednesday, 10/19 at 6:30 PM *at* Phelps >> Hall Room 207. *The Zoom link will be provided early next week. >> >> *We will discuss the following things:* >> - Updates from meeting with WTI leadership >> - Open forum meeting >> - Format proposal and date >> - Updates from subcommittees >> - Budget >> >> *To RSVP for food if attending in-person, please fill out the form here* >> : https://forms.gle/ZTEUZj19PwPufdT88 >> >> >> If you have any questions, please contact *gustavo.santana at yale.edu* >> or *sara.sanchez.alonso at yale.edu >> * >> >> Best, >> Lam >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Events will take place monthly as a moderated panel discussion, followed by a networking social hour with speakers and event attendees. The first panel will take place on* November 1st, 1-3 pm*, at Brady Auditorium. We will have *Dr. Steve Strittmatter and Dr. Todd Constable* as our guest speakers. The panel will be hybrid, from 1-2 pm, RSVP for the Zoom link if you can't make it in person. The networking hour will be 2-3 pm, in the lobby of Brady building. Please RSVP by *October 27th,* via https://forms.gle/D8oeUvhnfFTtyfNy7 Please also *submit your questions* for speakers through the link, we look forward to an interactive discussion. Best, WTI SPC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We interpret behavioral data by assuming an agent behaves rationally --- that is, they take actions that optimize their subjective reward according to their understanding of the task and its relevant causal variables. We apply a new method, Inverse Rational Control (IRC), to learn an agent's internal model and reward function by maximizing the likelihood of its measured sensory observations and actions. Technically, we define an animal's strategy as solving a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP), and we invert this model to find the task and subjective costs that have maximum likelihood. This is a generalization of both Inverse Reinforcement Learning and Inverse Optimal Control. Our mathematical formulation thereby extracts rational and interpretable thoughts of the agent from its behavior. We apply this method to behavioral data from primates catching fireflies in virtual reality and use it to understand properties of the mental model monkeys use to navigate by optic flow. The thoughts imputed to the animal can then serve as latent targets for neural analyses. Using these targets, we provide a framework for interpreting the linked processes of encoding, recoding, and decoding of neural data in light of the rational model for behavior. We first demonstrate the merits of this approach on synthetic neural data during a foraging task. We then analyze real neural activity in primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) to discover computations relevant to foraging tasks. In PFC, we find that reward dynamics are represented in a subspace of the high-dimensional population activity and predict animal?s subsequent choice better than either the true experimental variables or the raw neural responses. In PPC, we find representations of latent navigation-relevant variables, and find that task manipulations alter the coupling between neurons, suggesting that these interactions reflect the mental model used to perform task-relevant computations. Overall, our approach may identify explainable structure in complex neural activity patterns. This framework lays a foundation for discovering how the brain chooses to act using dynamic beliefs about the uncertain world. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The aim of ?WTI Integrated? is to highlight the collaborative research potential and resources that Yale has to offer, fostering an enriching neuroscience community that benefits its members while at Yale and as they transition to the next phase of their careers. Events will take place monthly as a moderated panel discussion, followed by a networking social hour with speakers and event attendees. The first panel will take place on* November 1st, 1-3 pm*, at Brady Auditorium. We will have *Dr. Steve Strittmatter and Dr. Todd Constable* as our guest speakers. The panel will be hybrid, from 1-2 pm, RSVP for the Zoom link if you can't make it in person. The networking hour will be 2-3 pm, in the lobby of Brady building. Please RSVP by *October 27th,* via https://forms.gle/D8oeUvhnfFTtyfNy7 Please also *submit your questions* for speakers through the link, we look forward to an interactive discussion. Best, WTI SPC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Much of her work on complex systems links structure and function across scales, from error correction in DNA transcription, through the emergence of rhythm in heart tissue, to neural control of behavior in invertebrates. Her recent work on the brain organization of C. elegans provides a multiscale framework interpreting a complete connectome. [cid:image001.jpg at 01D8EAD5.A95F2C30] Mayra Blakey Senior Administrative Assistant Yale University School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience ?: mayra.blakey at yale.edu ?: (203) 737-5802 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We interpret behavioral data by assuming an agent behaves rationally --- that is, they take actions that optimize their subjective reward according to their understanding of the task and its relevant causal variables. We apply a new method, Inverse Rational Control (IRC), to learn an agent's internal model and reward function by maximizing the likelihood of its measured sensory observations and actions. Technically, we define an animal's strategy as solving a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP), and we invert this model to find the task and subjective costs that have maximum likelihood. This is a generalization of both Inverse Reinforcement Learning and Inverse Optimal Control. Our mathematical formulation thereby extracts rational and interpretable thoughts of the agent from its behavior. We apply this method to behavioral data from primates catching fireflies in virtual reality and use it to understand properties of the mental model monkeys use to navigate by optic flow. The thoughts imputed to the animal can then serve as latent targets for neural analyses. Using these targets, we provide a framework for interpreting the linked processes of encoding, recoding, and decoding of neural data in light of the rational model for behavior. We first demonstrate the merits of this approach on synthetic neural data during a foraging task. We then analyze real neural activity in primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) to discover computations relevant to foraging tasks. In PFC, we find that reward dynamics are represented in a subspace of the high-dimensional population activity and predict animal?s subsequent choice better than either the true experimental variables or the raw neural responses. In PPC, we find representations of latent navigation-relevant variables, and find that task manipulations alter the coupling between neurons, suggesting that these interactions reflect the mental model used to perform task-relevant computations. Overall, our approach may identify explainable structure in complex neural activity patterns. This framework lays a foundation for discovering how the brain chooses to act using dynamic beliefs about the uncertain world. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To arrange to meet with the speaker, please contact Jennifer Burt (jennifer.burt at yale.edu) [cid:91ad8a46-f809-4a88-a5f4-21ac8dfdedfc] Abstract: In this talk, I will present a novel method that leverages goal-driven optimization to reveal computational principles of biological neural dynamics, and how to exploit these principles to improve artificial systems. Specifically, I will focus on single-neuron dynamics which have rich and adaptive input-output properties. Features such as diverse f-I curves and spike frequency adaptation are known to place single neurons in optimal coding regimes when facing changing stimuli. Yet, it is still unclear how brain circuits exploit single neuron flexibility, and how network-level requirements may have shaped such cellular function. To answer this question, a multi-scaled approach is needed where the computations of single neurons and of neural circuits must be considered as a complete system. In this work, we use artificial neural networks to systematically investigate single neuron input-output adaptive mechanisms, optimized in an end-to-end fashion. Throughout the optimization process, each neuron has the liberty to modify its nonlinear activation function, parametrized to mimic f-I curves of biological neurons, and to learn adaptation strategies to modify activation functions in real time during a task. We find that such networks show much-improved robustness to noise and changes in input statistics. Importantly, we find that this procedure recovers precise coding strategies found in biological neurons, such as gain scaling and fractional order differentiation/integration, even though the optimization process could have converged to any other mechanism. Using tools from dynamical systems theory, we analyze the role of these emergent single-neuron properties and argue that neural diversity and adaptation play an active regularization role that enables neural circuits to optimally propagate information across time. Bio: Dr. Lajoie holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Washington (UW), in Seattle WA, US. Subsequently, he held Bernstein Fellow position at the Max Planck Institue for Dynamics and Self-organization, in Goettingen, Germany, and a Washington Foundation Innovation Fellow position at the UW Center for Neuroengineering, Seattle, WA, US. He is an assistant professor at the mathematics department of the Universit? de Montr?al since 2018, as well as a core academic member of Mila, the Quebec AI institute. Dr. Lajoie holds a Canada CIFAR AI research chair, as well as a Canada Research Chair in Neural Computation and Interfacing. His research group works at the intersection of AI and Neuroscience, or Neuro-AI, developing tools to better understand neural networks (biological or artificial) as well as algorithms for brain-machine interfaces for scientific and clinical use. I am an applied mathematician interested in the interactions and commonalities of biological and artificial neural computations. My research group works at the intersection of AI and Neuroscience, or Neuro-AI, developing tools to better understand neural networks as well as algorithms for brain-machine interfaces for scientific and clinical use. My work is motivated by the remarkable ability of neural networks (biological and artificial) to learn and support complex, emergent computations. 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If you are attending SfN, we would love for you to sign up for a ~1hr time slot to talk with visitors about your work, the range of opportunities available to scientists through the WTI, and the interdisciplinary neuroscience research being done at Yale. Please fill out this Google spreadsheet to let us know of your availability: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xfLb2p85Z20GOQQoB2JqoAIYOzSLXVcnj_WaXj6T_DQ/edit#gid=0 We will have WTI swag for those who sign-up and we can help promote your session onTwitter if you are presenting. Looking forward to saying hi at SfN! Giovanna Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.lafferty at yale.edu Wed Nov 9 20:00:24 2022 From: john.lafferty at yale.edu (Lafferty, John) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:00:24 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] Today: Guillaume Lajoie Message-ID: A reminder that Professor Guillaume Lajoie will be speaking today on ?How end-to-end optimization and deep learning reveal computational roles of biological neurons? diversity and adaptation.?? The talk will be held at 11:30am on Thursday, November 10 in William L. Harkness Hall, Room 117, and streamed on Zoom at https://yale.zoom.us/j/93732689875 [cid:5747ed2a-6329-4c66-8ddc-a252e8710fac] Abstract: In this talk, I will present a novel method that leverages goal-driven optimization to reveal computational principles of biological neural dynamics, and how to exploit these principles to improve artificial systems. Specifically, I will focus on single-neuron dynamics which have rich and adaptive input-output properties. Features such as diverse f-I curves and spike frequency adaptation are known to place single neurons in optimal coding regimes when facing changing stimuli. Yet, it is still unclear how brain circuits exploit single neuron flexibility, and how network-level requirements may have shaped such cellular function. To answer this question, a multi-scaled approach is needed where the computations of single neurons and of neural circuits must be considered as a complete system. In this work, we use artificial neural networks to systematically investigate single neuron input-output adaptive mechanisms, optimized in an end-to-end fashion. Throughout the optimization process, each neuron has the liberty to modify its nonlinear activation function, parametrized to mimic f-I curves of biological neurons, and to learn adaptation strategies to modify activation functions in real time during a task. We find that such networks show much-improved robustness to noise and changes in input statistics. Importantly, we find that this procedure recovers precise coding strategies found in biological neurons, such as gain scaling and fractional order differentiation/integration, even though the optimization process could have converged to any other mechanism. Using tools from dynamical systems theory, we analyze the role of these emergent single-neuron properties and argue that neural diversity and adaptation play an active regularization role that enables neural circuits to optimally propagate information across time. Bio: Dr. Lajoie holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Washington (UW), in Seattle WA, US. Subsequently, he held Bernstein Fellow position at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, in Goettingen, Germany, and a Washington Foundation Innovation Fellow position at the UW Center for Neuroengineering, Seattle, WA, US. He is an assistant professor at the mathematics department of the Universit? de Montr?al since 2018, as well as a core academic member of Mila, the Quebec AI institute. Dr. Lajoie holds a Canada CIFAR AI research chair, as well as a Canada Research Chair in Neural Computation and Interfacing. His research group works at the intersection of AI and Neuroscience, or Neuro-AI, developing tools to better understand neural networks (biological or artificial) as well as algorithms for brain-machine interfaces for scientific and clinical use. I am an applied mathematician interested in the interactions and commonalities of biological and artificial neural computations. My research group works at the intersection of AI and Neuroscience, or Neuro-AI, developing tools to better understand neural networks as well as algorithms for brain-machine interfaces for scientific and clinical use. My work is motivated by the remarkable ability of neural networks (biological and artificial) to learn and support complex, emergent computations. I use tools from dynamical systems, information theory, statistics and machine learning to address a range of problems, in collaboration with experimental neuroscientists and machine intelligence researchers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: lajoie.png Type: image/png Size: 403676 bytes Desc: lajoie.png URL: From giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Fri Nov 11 20:28:38 2022 From: giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu (Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:28:38 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] FW: SfN22 Dana Foundation Satellite Event: Interdisciplinary Training in Neuroscience Message-ID: Please see below in case it?s of interest. Best, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu From: Farron McIntee Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 1:20 PM To: giovanna.guerrero at cienciapr.org Subject: SfN22 Dana Foundation Satellite Event: Interdisciplinary Training in Neuroscience Dear Giovanna, I recently joined the Dana Foundation as a Neuroscience and Society Fellow. I am working closely with Ishan Dasgupta on the Dana NextGen program. The Dana Foundation is hosting a satellite event at SfN22 focused on interdisciplinary training in neuroscience. We would be grateful if you could share the following announcement with your students and trainees, and anyone else you think might be interested. A description of the event is below and a flyer for distribution is attached. We hope to see you there! Best, Farron McIntee, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Society Fellow Dana Foundation office 212.401.1687 www.dana.org [cid:image001.png at 01D8F4ED.FE7979B0] When Monday, November 14, 2022 7:00-8:30PM PT Where Marriott Marquis Rancho Santa Fe Room Description Are you a student or postdoc interested in interdisciplinary training in neuroscience? Come learn about the Dana Foundation?s new focus on Neuroscience & Society, which includes neuroscience interfacing with fields beyond biomedicine, such as ethics, law, humanities, arts, scicomm, and public engagement, with a mission of advancing neuroscience that benefits society and reflects the aspirations of all people. We are interested in your experiences and ideas. Have you explored interdisciplinary training? If not, what would be on your wish list? Dana staff will be on hand to share the Foundation?s vision and meet you! 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RSVP Link: https://bit.ly/3ya9YWw (zoom link provided upon registration) Best, Violet Kimble *Violet M. Kimble (*She/her/hers) Neuroscience Ph.D. Student Yale BBS Diversity and Inclusion Collective (YBDIC) Outreach Fellow 732-789-0907 | violet.kimble at yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Alicia Che, PhD.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 484545 bytes Desc: not available URL: From wti.spc at yale.edu Thu Nov 17 09:53:28 2022 From: wti.spc at yale.edu (Wu Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc Committee) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:53:28 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] [Nov 30] Wu Tsai Institute SPC Fall Open Forum Message-ID: Hello, Could you forward this to your listserv? Thanks! Gustavo Santana Dear Yale Community Members, The Wu Tsai Institute Student & Postdoc Committee (SPC) will be holding our Fall Open Forum on November 30th. We invite all those interested in learning more about the WTI SPC, how you can engage with the Wu Tsai Institute and become a part of the SPC. This will also be an opportunity for you to provide feedback on areas of opportunity to empower students and postdocs at Yale interested in the WTI mission. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 6:30 PM, at Luce Hall Room 203. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Zoom option available: https://yale.zoom.us/my/gumadeiras If you would like to attend the meeting, please RSVP at: tinyurl.com/spc-openforum Please reach out to us if you have any questions or comments. Best, Sara Sanchez-alonso Gustavo Madeira Santana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I'll show how these models can be extended to describe the emergence of functional organization throughout the ventral visual pathway, and better allow us to understand the existence (or lack thereof) of multiple visual streams. I'll also describe recent state-of-the-art approaches to visual scene understanding, which leverage ideas from cognitive science and developmental psychology in building better artificial intelligence. I'll close with some thoughts about the philosophy of computational neuroscience in the age of AI. Bio: Daniel Yamins is a cognitive computational neuroscientist at Stanford University, where he's an assistant professor of Psychology and Computer Science, a faculty scholar at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and an affiliate of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His research group focuses on reverse engineering the algorithms of the human brain, both to learn both about how our minds work and build more effective artificial intelligence systems. He is especially interested in how brain circuits for sensory information processing and decision making arise via the optimization of high-performing cortical algorithms for key behavioral tasks. He received his AB and PhD degrees from Harvard University, was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, and has been a visiting researcher at Princeton University and Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is a recipient of an NSF Career Award, the James S. McDonnell Foundation award in Understanding Human Cognition, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and is a Simons Foundation Investigator. [cid:da4f782c-4c95-4788-be1e-e2b934b9c595] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Drinks and snacks will be provided. Zoom option available: https://yale.zoom.us/my/gumadeiras If you would like to attend the meeting, please RSVP at: tinyurl.com/spc-openforum Please reach out to us if you have any questions or comments. Best, Sara Sanchez-alonso Gustavo Madeira Santana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.lafferty at yale.edu Mon Nov 28 21:11:06 2022 From: john.lafferty at yale.edu (Lafferty, John) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:11:06 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] Today: Daniel Yamins on ``Beyond ConvNets: Deepening our Computational Understanding of Neural Systems" Message-ID: WTI Distinguished Speaker Series: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 ? 11:30 AM William L. Harkness Hall, Room 117 ?Beyond ConvNets: Deepening our Computational Understanding of Neural Systems?? Speaker: Daniel Yamins Department of Computer Science and Department of Psychology Stanford University Abstract: I will begin by discussing advances in unsupervised learning, and how they spur improvements over older categorization-based convnets as models of primate visual system. I'll show how these models can be extended to describe the emergence of functional organization throughout the ventral visual pathway, and better allow us to understand the existence (or lack thereof) of multiple visual streams. I'll also describe recent state-of-the-art approaches to visual scene understanding, which leverage ideas from cognitive science and developmental psychology in building better artificial intelligence. I'll close with some thoughts about the philosophy of computational neuroscience in the age of AI. Bio: Daniel Yamins is a cognitive computational neuroscientist at Stanford University, where he's an assistant professor of Psychology and Computer Science, a faculty scholar at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and an affiliate of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His research group focuses on reverse engineering the algorithms of the human brain, both to learn both about how our minds work and build more effective artificial intelligence systems. He is especially interested in how brain circuits for sensory information processing and decision making arise via the optimization of high-performing cortical algorithms for key behavioral tasks. He received his AB and PhD degrees from Harvard University, was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, and has been a visiting researcher at Princeton University and Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is a recipient of an NSF Career Award, the James S. 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This will also be an opportunity for you to provide feedback on areas of opportunity to empower students and postdocs at Yale interested in the WTI mission. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 6:30 PM, at Luce Hall Room 203. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Zoom option available: https://yale.zoom.us/my/gumadeiras If you would like to attend the meeting, please RSVP at: tinyurl.com/spc-openforum Please reach out to us if you have any questions or comments. Best, Sara Sanchez-alonso Gustavo Madeira Santana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please fill out the survey below, and we will match you based on your answers. https://forms.gle/JfC7r4BDRu3QVAFL8 After matching, we encourage groups to self-organize journal clubs, coffee chats, and other activities. WTI SPC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WTI SPC interests group.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 151890 bytes Desc: not available URL: From giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu Thu Dec 8 12:46:08 2022 From: giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu (Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 17:46:08 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] December 15 Deadline; Wu Tsai Postdoctoral Fellowship Message-ID: Dear WTI members, trainees, and friends, The deadline to apply for a Wu Tsai Postdoctoral Fellowship is December 15, 2022. Please share the program details and the attached flyer with soon-to-be or recent PhDs outside of Yale who are enthusiastic about interdisciplinary research focused on cognition. The program provides a generous stipend for up to three years, funding for training and relocation, cohort-based professional development activities, and access to state-of-the-art facilities at Yale dedicated to integrative studies of the mind. International applicants are welcome. The Wu Tsai Postdoctoral Fellowship features opportunities for experimentalists and computationalists. The Computational Track is designed for scientists with expertise in computer science, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, applied math, or related fields who want to pursue independent research projects with Yale labs and use their skills to further our understanding of human cognition. The Experimental Track is for scientists wishing to work on co-mentored long-term projects in defined and compelling interdisciplinary neuroscience areas. Visit the Institute's website for a complete list of research projects. We encourage applications from scientists interested in contributing to diversity, equity, and inclusion in science. Find more information, past awardees, and application instructions here: https://wti.yale.edu/initiatives/postdoctoral. Best, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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International applicants are welcome. The Wu Tsai Postdoctoral Fellowship features opportunities for experimentalists and computationalists. The Computational Track is designed for scientists with expertise in computer science, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, applied math, or related fields who want to pursue independent research projects with Yale labs and use their skills to further our understanding of human cognition. The Experimental Track is for scientists wishing to work on co-mentored long-term projects in defined and compelling interdisciplinary neuroscience areas. Visit the Institute's website for a complete list of research projects. We encourage applications from scientists interested in contributing to diversity, equity, and inclusion in science. Find more information, past awardees, and application instructions here: https://wti.yale.edu/initiatives/postdoctoral. Best, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Friday, December 9 Speaker: Gautam Reddy - Harvard University and NTT Research Title: Physics of animal learning and decision-making Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Location: YSB 352 "Gautam is an excellent theoretician studying how biological systems learn what actions to perform in order to maximize success. Working at the intersection of statistical mechanics, control theory, information theory and machine learning, he has studied how birds can learn to soar, how olfactory systems can encode the identity of a scent, and various other problems in genetics and neuroscience. He is an independent postdoc who holds a joint appointment in the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University and the Intelligent Systems group at NTT Research Inc., which sponsors basic science research at the interface of physics and computation." Here is his google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QkblqWwAAAAJ&hl=en Best wishes, Peggy _________________________ Peggy Eatherton Sr. Administrative Assistant Yale University PEB / QBio 260 Whitney Avenue / YSB C-166 P.O. Box 208114 New Haven, CT 06520-8114 Tel: 203-432-5619 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wednesday, after our meeting, we will have a little celebration with food & drinks! This has been our first year as a committee and we want to thank everyone for their efforts in making it happen! We are also hosting a board game night on Thursday Dec 15th from 8-10pm in the Dome Room at SHM! Come drink hot chocolate and play games with your old friends and new friends. Everyone is welcome, the more the merrier. Be on the lookout for a follow up email with the flyer and sign up sheet (for head count purposes). Please reach out to us if you have any questions or comments. Best, Sara Sanchez-alonso Gustavo Madeira Santana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD She/Her/Ella Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu 203.785.2915 (office), 616.643.7666 (cell) wti.yale.edu From: YBDIC on behalf of Paola Figueroa-Delgado Date: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11:24 AM To: ybdic at mailman.yale.edu Cc: YBDIC Subject: [YBDIC] [REMINDER] YBDIC Leadership Seed Grant Program (LSGP) Applications Due THIS SATURDAY, December 10th Dear YBDIC, Do you have an idea for an initiative or program that engages, empowers, and/or advances historically excluded, marginalized, and/or disadvantaged individuals in the biological and biomedical sciences? It's your time to see it come into fruition! The Leadership Seed Grant Program (LSGP) aims to support and launch new projects and initiatives, developed by our community, that directly contribute to YBDIC?s core values of engagement, empowerment, advancement and outreach. 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We will also welcome new members interested in being active in the SPC following our Open Forum meeting last week. On Wednesday, after our meeting, we will have a little celebration with food & drinks! This has been our first year as a committee and we want to thank everyone for their efforts in making it happen! We are also hosting a board game night on Thursday Dec 15th from 8-10pm in the Dome Room at SHM! Come drink hot chocolate and play games with your old friends and new friends. Everyone is welcome, the more the merrier. Sign up here for headcount purposes: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FkG7C101z2zHb_GXrj0AYEPF3H_KuogpjyPb21tnMm0/edit Please reach out to us if you have any questions or comments. Best, Sara Sanchez-alonso Gustavo Madeira Santana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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WTI SPC Social Committee On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 2:42 PM Tristan Yates wrote: > Hi all, > > The WTI SPC is hosting a board game night next week, *Thursday December > 15th from 8-10pm in the Dome Room* at Sterling Hall of Medicine! Take a > break from this busy time of year to play games and enjoy some hot > chocolate and treats (bring your own mug!) > > Everyone is welcome, the more the merrier. > > Sign up here for headcount purposes: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FkG7C101z2zHb_GXrj0AYEPF3H_KuogpjyPb21tnMm0/edit > > > Hope to see you there -- and if not, happy holidays! > WTI SPC Social Committee > > -- > Tristan S. Yates (she/her) > Ph.D. Student > Department of Psychology > Yale University > > -- Tristan S. Yates (she/her) Ph.D. Student Department of Psychology Yale University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kelley.remole at yale.edu Wed Dec 21 09:51:18 2022 From: kelley.remole at yale.edu (Remole, Kelley) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:51:18 +0000 Subject: [WTI-trainee] =?windows-1252?q?For_your_network_-_Recruiting_a_m?= =?windows-1252?q?anager_of_student_and_postdoc_programs_at_Yale=92s_Wu_Ts?= =?windows-1252?q?ai_Institute?= Message-ID: Greetings! The Wu Tsai Institute is hiring a Manager of Student and Postdoctoral Programs, and we'd like your help to broadcast the opportunity. Candidates with science PhDs (among other backgrounds!) and a drive for creating and delivering effective, inclusive academic programming are welcome. See description below for emailing or forwarding. For promotion online, you may look for our post @WuTsaiYale or grab text below. We appreciate the boost. We hope to find an ambitious, creative candidate to deliver and design the Institute's programming. Please reach out to me directly with questions - and thank you! Best, Kelley Kelley Remole, PhD, MS Managing Director Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University kelley.remole at yale.edu O: 203-432-8863 C: 917-254-2992 Now hiring! Manager of Student and Postdoctoral Programs, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University The Wu Tsai Institute is hiring a manager to lead its programs for postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates. The Institute is a new interdisciplinary neuroscience initiative at Yale University dedicated to understanding human cognition and exploring human potential. Research spans biology, cognitive science, computer science, data science, engineering, neuroscience, psychology, and many more. The Institute's programs advance integrative and inclusive approaches to science for faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers across Yale. 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