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I did my PhD at the University of Bern with Walter Senn, Mihai A Petrovici and Katharina A Wilmes. Before that, I studied Systems and Computation (MSc) at the Institute of Neuroinformatics in Zürich. My interests lie in understanding computation in canonical neural circuits and multiregion neural networks.
With Alex Cayco Gajic, I study artificial neural networks composed of multiple regions with different architectures and learning rules. In particular, we focus on a cerebello-cortical model for the indexing and adaptation of multiple motor memories, following the thesis of Leonardo Agueci.
Independently, I develop compact parametric encodings of connectivity in neural networks, and advance them as efficient search spaces for neural architecture search through blackbox optimization algorithms (e.g. evolutionary strategies). Central to these encodings are (i) the canonical nature of connectivity between (ia) neuron types and (ib) brain areas, and (ii) the assumption that connectivity is well captured by small gene interaction matrices.
Other interests include thinking about possibilities for societal changes --- especially the historical aspects, cyberpunk and surreal animation cinema, the work of Albert Camus, and the japanese language.
Feel free to send me a mail if you want to meet up or discuss!