ML Research Scientist @ Meta AI Infra. Curious about how things learn 🐯🇧🇷
Joined March 2019
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(1/8) Why do we have such complex language system and not other species?
In my first paper with Prof. Asif Ghazanfar and we provide a theory to explain just that, using factors such as the fact that we cooperate when raising our offspring!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We just published our music transcription benchmarks. Our models came out on top in every category we tested. 🎶
Here's what we found🧵
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I’m thrilled to announce that I will start as a presidential assistant professor in Neuroscience at the City U of Hong Kong in Jan 2026!
I have RA, PhD, and postdoc positions available! Come work with me on neural network models/experiments on human memory!
RT appreciated!
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My latest paper is out! The tl;dr is that non-human animals can also use their vocalization to seek information! (: go check it out
Enough birdsong tweets, let's talk marmosets 🙊
Now in @NatureComms by @ThiagoTVarella (@LifeofBehavior lab), "Active sampling as an information seeking strategy in primate vocal interactions"
nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
Are contact calls somehow like electric fish pulses?
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If you're curious about NYC rats natural behavior tracking :)
a very talented journalist @stahlidarity spent a day with the team ( @e_mackevicius and @ralph_ep ) while we were in NYC tracking and observing NYC rats. She wrote a great piece detailing what we were doing and the aims of our research: hellgatenyc.com/rat-ride-alo…
So excited about this project and can't wait to go back again. To more and more urban ecology in NYC.
Super interesting science communication! One part I particularly like was the argument for the mother and the fetus being a single individual!
Babies are communicating as soon as they are born, and these abilities are developing in the nine months before birth.
My detailed account of how this happens...
aeon.co/essays/how-fetuses-l…
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Our online research study (Princeton University) is looking for participants to try a self-help tool for depression symptoms. Learn more: nivlab.princeton.edu/partici…
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Our paper, Crows ‘count’ the number of self-generated vocalizations, is out! With this amazing team (@KatharinaBrecht, @lena_veit, A_Nieder), we uncovered that crows are able to control the number of vocalizations produced.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
My brother is developing this game! The demo is on steam (:
New trailer for my game Smash and Bash Monsters!
#GodotEngine #indiegames #gamedev
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New trailer for my game Smash and Bash Monsters!
#GodotEngine #indiegames #gamedev
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Join my lab as a postdoc in the Cognitive Science of Values! PhDs in psychology, philosophy, cognitive science invited to apply to pursue collaborative research on the role of values in belief formation & revision, decision making, etc, deadline 1/15/24 uchv.princeton.edu/postdoc-c…
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Are you a grad student who wants to give a talk at Princeton, expenses paid?
Nominate yourself or a colleauge here! forms.gle/EKD88sN4d551yPKZ8
Priority given to non-ivy schools and students from diverse backgrounds
k-medois forces the center of the cluster to be one of the datapoints, and that makes it super useful to visualize what the cluster is about! Very cool method
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Plz RT :We have travel awards available for those who need it . On the application page (exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/app…, you will submit a one page max motivation letter, a CV, a recommedation letter and there is a question whether you want travel support. It is going to be fun.
The first Konstanz school of collective behavior will bring an amazing line up of speakers from our local community and abroad covering a wide range of approaches to collective behaviors #kscb . Check them out here : exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/spe…
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Can moral philosophy change views on controversies like immigration or meat eating? In my new paper at Cognition with @TaniaLombrozo, @MayaMalaviya, & Adam Lerner, philosophy instruction changed views… but not by increasing reliance on deliberation. A🧵: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gnrX…
Come learn more about how wealth affects health differently in a non-western country (rural Kenya!)
Check out the latest episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond hosted by @ThiagoTVarella featuring Princeton University Graduate student Benjamin Muhoya.
insights.princeton.edu/2023/…
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We're so excited to share our rebranded podcast in collab w/ @princetonian: Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond! Check out our 1st ep to learn about the ~out of this world~ research being conducted by Dr. Jamey Szalay and colleagues @Princeton + @NASA, w/ host @ThiagoTVarella 🛰️🚀🪐
NEW: @princetonian's science podcast in collaboration with @pu_insights! The reimagined version of the show will have 3 ep/month + is called Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond! All credit to Assoc. Ed. Senna Aldoubosh, w/o whom this couldn't have happened <33
dailyprincetonian.com/articl…
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An energy-information balance model reproduces an abrupt transition from child to adult in various species, resulting in punctuated equilibria in mammalian vocal development. #PLOSCompBio dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
Evolution doesn't happen only through random DNA mutations. It's not even just about DNA. I'm defending a new look at evolution in this popular science article published in a Brazilian magazine! Here's the google-translated version in English: pp-nexojornal-com-br.transla…
Here's the version in Portuguese: pp.nexojornal.com.br/opiniao…
Front page of the @princetonian! Thanks @pu_insights as well!
Listen to me talking about how humans and marmosets learn how to vocalize to get our caregiver's attention! dailyprincetonian.com/articl… or in your favorite podcast platform in the Princeton Insights: The Highlights page!
