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Is there a cost to apply?

Is there a cost to apply?

🙋 Is there a cost to apply?
➡️ No! No payments are needed to apply.

🤓 Applications for Neuromatch Academy close 15 March! Learn more about our #CompNeuro, #DeepLearning, and #NeuroAI courses and apply now: neuromatch.io/courses/

#SummerSchool #VirtualSummerSchool #ComputationalScience

27.02.2026 23:04 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

no but gaussian processes

28.02.2026 05:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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To echo the sentiments of G.K. Chesterton, fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist — because they know that already. But rather more importantly, fairy tales tell them (and us) that the monster can be killed. And such stories must never ever go out of fashion.

26.02.2026 10:48 👍 1143 🔁 244 💬 35 📌 16
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

12.02.2026 16:31 👍 10354 🔁 3079 💬 162 📌 419
Python for Computational Science Week, 7-15 Feb 2026

Start with what you know, end with what you need. 
Python Week makes it doable.

Python for Computational Science Week, 7-15 Feb 2026 Start with what you know, end with what you need. Python Week makes it doable.

We’ve kicked off #Python for #ComputationalScience Week,...but it’s not too late to join!

Come learn, practice, and build momentum!

Catch up on #PythonWeek here:
www.reddit.com/r/neuromatch...

10.02.2026 23:11 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

why need windows when have science ❤️

08.02.2026 16:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

my lab is in the building on the left.

"windows? who needs windows?"
-- the architects, for some reason.

social science lab building, uc irvine.

08.02.2026 08:36 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

"With gentle hands, we will bring all that is lost back
into the world. Green shoots uncoil from the darkness."

26.01.2026 09:55 👍 123 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 0
comic:

when it happens I hope people ring bells and blow horns.

if I'm asleep I hope to be woken. I won't mind.

if I'm in traffic I hope to see revelers. If it causes a traffic jam I won't mind.

I don't want to exist a moment not knowing that it has happened.

comic: when it happens I hope people ring bells and blow horns. if I'm asleep I hope to be woken. I won't mind. if I'm in traffic I hope to see revelers. If it causes a traffic jam I won't mind. I don't want to exist a moment not knowing that it has happened.

Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗

21.01.2026 06:11 👍 17423 🔁 4659 💬 12 📌 8
Attending #Imbizo? Chat with our Neuromatch Ambassador. Picture of Gideon and meeting details.

Attending #Imbizo? Chat with our Neuromatch Ambassador. Picture of Gideon and meeting details.

We are excited to share that Gideon Alex, a Neuromatch Academy alumnus and Ambassador from Nigeria, is attending the Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo this week.
@imbizo.bsky.social

#imbizo2026 #ComNeuro #ComputationalNeuroscience #Imbizo

12.01.2026 22:47 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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24.12.2025-03.01.2026 New Jersey & New York Explore this photo album by Oğul Can Yurdakul on Flickr!

i did me some #photography again at the east coast during the holidays, check it out!

05.01.2026 06:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2026 better contain bug fixes and improvements

02.01.2026 18:20 👍 923 🔁 130 💬 60 📌 7
A small notebook with a red and pink cover

A small notebook with a red and pink cover

The inside pages of the notebook, made of different coloured paper

The inside pages of the notebook, made of different coloured paper

The edge of the notebook, showing the different colours it's made of and the spine wrapping round the book

The edge of the notebook, showing the different colours it's made of and the spine wrapping round the book

The notebook splayed out

The notebook splayed out

Have needle. Have thread. Have scraps of paper. Have free will. Have made a notebook.

02.01.2026 21:02 👍 367 🔁 13 💬 12 📌 5
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Morning.

01.01.2026 18:03 👍 6551 🔁 1436 💬 32 📌 13

yea no bother paying for 3D the movie falls flat anyways

02.01.2026 23:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Covers of some books I read in 2025, generated by StoryGraph @ogulyurdakul

Covers of some books I read in 2025, generated by StoryGraph @ogulyurdakul

here's to more in 2026!

01.01.2026 07:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hand holding a Climatematch sticker on a purple background. "Where Science Connects Us' is written on the background on the bottom right.

Hand holding a Climatematch sticker on a purple background. "Where Science Connects Us' is written on the background on the bottom right.

Climatematch Academy is at #AGU2025 - the earth and space science conference in New Orleans, USA.

➡️ It's been great to connect with everyone; from past students to potential collaborators! Find us to get a #Climatematch sticker and let's connect!

#ClimateEducation #ComputationalClimateScience

18.12.2025 16:34 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

For the love of God
DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts.
Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter .
A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many
sacrifices.
Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.

11.12.2025 13:03 👍 12030 🔁 2889 💬 20 📌 0
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strangely inspirational

02.12.2025 17:04 👍 2238 🔁 753 💬 27 📌 46

Please help spread the word! All contributions tax deductible!

02.12.2025 14:52 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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sister told me to set up a storygraph account

26.11.2025 05:44 👍 3796 🔁 137 💬 4 📌 2
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Fifteen Years

i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

25.11.2025 01:58 👍 5038 🔁 1347 💬 77 📌 142
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?

ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.

COWEN: What’s stopping that? What’s the ultimate binding constraint?

ALTMAN: We’re working on it really hard.

COWEN: If you could have more of one thing to have more compute, what would the one thing be?

ALTMAN: Electrons.

COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs? ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons. COWEN: What’s stopping that? What’s the ultimate binding constraint? ALTMAN: We’re working on it really hard. COWEN: If you could have more of one thing to have more compute, what would the one thing be? ALTMAN: Electrons.

I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.

COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?

ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.

conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...

19.11.2025 07:27 👍 1332 🔁 348 💬 113 📌 209
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presenting TODAY at #SfN2025 🧠
if you're curious about distinct structure learning & metacognitive dynamics across multiple statistical patterns & stimuli types, come check out my poster w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social 📈
📍PSTR363.17 / UU13
🕐 Tues Nov 18 1-5 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...

18.11.2025 17:41 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Cat haters are, in my experience, a terrifying bunch. People who claim indifference to cats, meanwhile, are simply individuals who've never taken the time to get to know a really great cat.

16.11.2025 17:15 👍 77 🔁 9 💬 6 📌 2
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Meet the Team: @ogulyurdakul.bsky.social is a PhD student at UCI. He's interested in how statistical signal processing methods can be applied in consciousness science and how different theories of consciousness intersect and differentiate. See www.arc-ethos.org/news, ogulyurdakul.github.io for more.

17.11.2025 10:43 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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What an incredible first day at #SfN2025!

Find us in the Nonprofit Area, Booth #3704
If you haven’t yet, come by to:
⭐ Learn about our Computational Neuroscience courses
⭐ Learn about TA and mentoring opportunities
⭐ Chat with the CEO and Academy Program Director
See you at the booth!

17.11.2025 02:56 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

I stopped by the @neuromatch.bsky.social booth today and met some of my fellow neuromatchers for the first time in person! You can too! Come by and make some new friends!

17.11.2025 02:58 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

the neurodivergent urge to wonder if you are performing Friendliness correctly. if your Friendliness has been appropriately calibrated to the situation at hand.😮‍💨

15.11.2025 22:02 👍 1376 🔁 241 💬 0 📌 0