Neuromatch has been denied our Office of Foreign Assets Control "Iran license" renewal. We had renewed successfully before, but now our request is “inconsistent with current U.S. foreign policy.”
I am absolutely gutted by this denial.
trying to play peekaboo with my child but he’s reviewer 2:
me: where’d daddy go?
baby: the disappearance is interesting but I am not convinced it is technically sound
me: peekaboo!
baby: while the reappearance is technically sound, the novelty over prior work remains unclear
Happy to share this wonderful work spearheaded by Luianta about the viscous cycle between avoiding something and believing it is bad for you. See preprint belo and also check out the link to the cute dog island task.
How fast agentic AI has changed our work is head-spinning and there's been a lot of debate in our lab. So we drafted guidelines to help navigate this new reality. Sharing here in the hope it’s useful for others & curious to hear thoughts
schucklab.gitlab.io/ai-policy.html #AcademicSky #compneurosky
this is welcome news! funding decision are too noisy to make them so consequential, especially in a system already under so much strain. i hope there’ll be a different way to adapt to the increase in applications.
NEWS: The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about changes to the re-submission rules, intended to manage the surge in demand for grants.
The Scientific Council will readjust some of the changes: link.europa.eu/TBqRQJ
trying to play peekaboo with my child but he's a European diplomat:
me: where'd daddy go?
baby: we must articulate a post-daddy vision of strategic autonomy
me: peekaboo!
baby: my historic relationship with my father is stable despite recent troubles
