If of interest, please reach out! Questions very welcome.
See recent work: sites.google.com/site/robmokb... /8 /fin
We need this at conference venues.
#philosophy #philtwit #philsky
NEW PAPER. Why do larger networks train better?
"Because they contain more candidate *sub*networks that can learn the task" → lottery tickets
This popular explanation uses an appealing but misleading metaphor🧵
We propose an intuitive alternative grounded in theory: escape dimensions
Other ideas brewing that we would welcome people to work on include:
- AI trust - e.g., how do people perceive AI errors?
- human-like multimodal learning
- transcranial ultrasound stimulation (e.g., hippocampus, inferior temporal cortex) /6
We aim to 1) understand concept learning and representation in the brain, and 2) build brain-inspired models for efficient and safe AI. /4
My group is interested in how the brain and ANNs build and represents concepts, from encoding (early learning, hippocampus) to consolidated semantic knowledge (e.g. ant/lat/inf temp lobe), with a focus on visual and semantic (incl. word) concepts. /3
NOTE: our institute's internal deadline is very early (31/07/2026), so please contact me ASAP if interested (official deadline 28/08/2026).
If your interests align with anything below, please contact me ASAP for incl any Qs! Email: rob[dot]mok[at]nict.go.jp. /2
Projects currently include:
- building hippocampus/cortex-inspired models
- using/modifying DNNs (vision/language, vision-language models) for comp and neural insights
- 3T/7T fMRI, MEG model-human comparisons, behavioral error alignment
- modeling ageing and neurodegeneration using DNNs /5
CiNet is based within the University of Osaka, within a beautiful campus, great neuroimaging resources (few restrictions on 3T, 7T, MEG) and computing resources (CPU/GPU clusters).
cinet.jp/english/ /7
Interested in a Postdoc on how brains/ANNs learn and represent visual/semantic concepts in Osaka, Japan?
Check out the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships (up to 2 yr). I'd be happy to host postdocs to come work in my lab at CiNet, Osaka!
Info🧵👇
Please repost!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠💻 /1
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