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Maneesh Sahani

 

Director and Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience and Machine Learning

Maneesh Sahani
maneesh@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk

Research Interests

My research spans work in both single-neuron and population-level neural data modelling, inferential theories of perception and learning in the brain, and related areas of machine learning. Publications

Arthur Gretton
Professor of Machine Learning 

Arthur Gretton
a.gretton@ucl.ac.uk 

Research Interests

 A key component of AI systems is the capacity to reason about distributions of real-world objects such as images, text or high-dimensional sequences. My research addresses two core aspects of this: the ability to learn structured models that generate faithful samples of such real-world entities; the ability to reason about and test properties of high-dimensional naturalistic distributions. Publications

Peter Latham

                           

Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience

Peter Latham
pel@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding how biologically realistic networks carry out computations. More specifically, my goal is to understand how connectivity and single neuron properties determine the ability of a network to perform computations, and how synaptic learning rules, single neuron properties, and patterns of input determine connectivity. Publications

Orbanz

Professor of Machine Learning 

Peter Orbanz
porbanz@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk

Research interests

I study network and relational data, Bayesian nonparametrics, and exchangeability and symmetry properties. More generally, I am interested in all mathematical aspects of machine learning and pattern recognition. Publications

Agostina Palmigiano
Lecturer

Agostina Palmigiano
a.palmigiano@ucl.ac.uk

Research Interests

Agostina’s group will leverage tools from statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics to build interpretable models with biological fidelity and explanatory power that facilitate a closed-loop interaction with experimental data at SWC. Her group will investigate i) the computational principles underlying sensory/motor processing and learning ii) how behavioural information (as choice, reward) across the cortex shapes area-specific computations, and iii) how interspecies differences in circuit architecture and dynamical regimes limit/facilitate learning. Publications

andrew_Saxe
Group Leader in Machine Learning applied to Neuroscience (Jointly with SWC)

Andrew Saxe 
a.saxe@ucl.ac.uk

Research Interests 

We aim to develop a mathematical toolkit suitable for analyzing and describing learning in the brain and mind. Publications

Postdoctoral Fellows
Anna Sadnicka
Senior Clinical Research Fellow

Anna Sadnicka
a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk

Jaweria Amjad
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

Jaweria Amjad
jaweria.amjad@ucl.ac.uk

Naoki Hiratani
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

Brendan Bicknell
b.bicknell@ucl.ac.uk

Dario Campagner
GCNU-SWC Research Fellow

Dario Campagner 
d.campagner@ucl.ac.uk

Basile Confavreux
Research Fellow

Basile Confavreux
b.confavreux@ucl.ac.uk

 
George Dimitriadis
GCNU-SWC Research Fellow

George Dimitriadis
g.dimitriadis@ucl.ac.uk

Lior Fox
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

Lior Fox 
lior.fox@ucl.ac.uk

Aniruddh Galgali
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

Aniruddh Galgali 
a.galgali@ucl.ac.uk

Erin Grant
Research Fellow (Jointly with SWC)

Erin Grant
erin.grant@ucl.ac.uk

Naoki Hiratani
Research Fellow in Machine Learning

Lee Gunderson 
l.gunderson@ucl.ac.uk

James Heald
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

James Heald
james.heald@ucl.ac.uk

Zhu (Michael) Li
Research Fellow in Machine Learning

Zhu (Michael) Li 
zhu.li@ucl.ac.uk

Ryan Low
GCNU-SWC Research Fellow

Ryan Low
ucqfrlo@ucl.ac.uk

Naoki Hiratani
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

Marcel Nonnenmacher 
m.nonnenmacher@ucl.ac.uk

Alberto Pezzotta
Research Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience

Alberto Pezzotta
a.pezzotta@ucl.ac.uk

 

 

stefano_mannellii
Research Fellow

Stefano Sarao Mannelli
s.saraomannelli@ucl.ac.uk

PhD Students
Virginia Ruetten

Virginia Ruetten
virginie.rutten.17@ucl.ac.uk

Sahani Group / Janelia
Liang Zhou

Liang Zhou
liang.zhou.18@ucl.ac.uk

Latham Group
Theodore Moskovitz

Theodore Moskovitz
theodore.moskovitz.19@ucl.ac.uk

Sahani Group
Hugo Soulat

Hugo Soulat
hugo.soulat.19@ucl.ac.uk

Sahani Group
Liyuan Xu

Liyuan Xu
liyuan.jo.19@ucl.ac.uk

Gretton Group
Rodrigo Carrasco

Rodrigo Carrasco-Davis
rodrigo.cd.20@ucl.ac.uk

Saxe Group
Clementine Domine

Clementine Domine
clementine.domine.20@ucl.ac.uk

Saxe Group
will_round

William Dorrell
william.dorrell.20@ucl.ac.uk

Latham Group
Kevin_Huang

Kevin Huang
han.huang.20@ucl.ac.uk

Orbanz Group
Pierre Glaser

Pierre Glaser
pierre.glaser.20@ucl.ac.uk

Gretton Group
Kira Dusterwald

Kira Dusterwald
kira.dusterwald.21@ucl.ac.uk

Sahani Group
Samo Hromadka

Samo Hromadka
samo.hromadka.21@ucl.ac.uk

Sahani Group
dimitri meunier

Dimitri Meunier
dimitri.meunier.21@ucl.ac.uk

Gretton Group
Aaditya

Aaditya Singh
aaditya.singh.21@ucl.ac.uk

Saxe Group
Hugh Dance

Hugh Dance
hugh.dance.15@ucl.ac.uk

Orbanz Group
Mohadeseh Shafiei Kafraj

Mohadeseh Shafiei Kafraj
mohadeseh.kafraj.22@ucl.ac.uk

Latham Group
Cameron Stewart

Cameron Stewart
cameron.stewart.22@ucl.ac.uk

Sahani/Gretton Group
Loek van Rossem

Loek van Rossem
loek.rossem.22@ucl.ac.uk

Saxe Group
Yedi Zhang

Yedi Zhang
yedi.zhang.22@ucl.ac.uk

Latham Group
Barışcan Bozkurt

Barışcan Bozkurt
bariscan.bozkurt.23@ucl.ac.uk

First year
Valentina Njaradi

Valentina Njaradi

First year
Nishil Patel

Nishil Patel
nishil.patel.21@ucl.ac.uk

First year
Vasco Portilheiro

Vasco Portilheiro
vasco.portilheiro.23@ucl.ac.uk

First year
Marta Sartori

Marta Sartori

First year
Vince Velkey

Vince Velkey
vince.velkey.23@ucl.ac.uk

First year
 
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PhD Students:
UCL-DeepMind

Alexandre Galashov
Yahze Li

UKRI CDT in Foundational AI

Antonin Schrab

UCL MSc Project Student

Zikai Shen

Project Research Intern

Ana Kapros

SURFiN Fellow

Zimo Li

 

Professional Services and Scientific Support Staff
I-Chun
Scientific Programme Manager

I-Chun Lin
i.lin@ucl.ac.uk

Contact for queries related to the Gatsby PhD programme, research collaborations and opportunities, proposals for joint workshops, outreach and public engagement activities, and anything related to scientific affairs.

Mike Sainsbury

Administrative Manager

Mike Sainsbury
m.sainsbury@ucl.ac.uk

Contact for queries related to managerial support, including HR, finance, and research management. 

Naoki Hiratani

Administrative Assistant

Barry Fong
b.fong@ucl.ac.uk

Contact for general administration queries, including room bookings, mailing lists, events and external seminars, and alumni information update.  

 

Joaquin Rapela
Research Engineer Fellow

Joaquin Rapela
j.rapela@ucl.ac.uk

Nick Guilbeault
Research Software Engineer

Nick Guilbeault
n.guilbeault@ucl.ac.uk

Naoki Hiratani
Head of Scientific Computing (Jointly with SWC)

John Pelan
j.pelan@ucl.ac.uk

 

Richard Mumba

IT Relationship Manager (Jointly with SWC)

Richard Mumba
r.mumba@ucl.ac.uk

 

 

Tom Hampson

Computer Officer (Jointly with SWC)

Tom Hampson
t.hampson@ucl.ac.uk

 

 

Naoki Hiratani
Senior Systems Administrator (Jointly with SWC)

Alex Martin
alex.martin@ucl.ac.uk

Adam Tyson

Head Research Engineer (Jointly with SWC)

Adam Tyson
adam.tyson@ucl.ac.uk

 

 

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