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Summer 2025 Reading Topics

Topic Presenter Presenting Date reading materials Slides Zoom recordings
Macroscopic Models for Neural Populations Licheng Zou 07/04/2025 [**Materials Macroscopic Models of Neural Networks**](https://peppered-rudbeckia-37d.notion.site/Materials-Macroscopic-Models-of-Neural-Networks-231949af911a807b9bc8c8afcbc2b1e6) Slides Licheng
Principle of primate vision Yufei Meng 07/11/2025 [Materials Principles of primate vision ](https://peppered-rudbeckia-37d.notion.site/Materials-Principles-of-primate-vision-22d949af911a802c966bdf094c610858) Slides Yufei
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Data Dimensionality Reduction (PCA, t-SNE, UMAP) Frank Chen 07/18/2025 [Materials Dimensionality of (Neural) Data](https://peppered-rudbeckia-37d.notion.site/Materials-Dimensionality-Reduction-of-Neural-Data-237949af911a80cf869fc155a3a1faf2) Slides Frank
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Convolutional Neural Networks Jizheng Dong 07/25/2025 Computer Vision & Brain Vision Slide Jizheng Video
Neuromorphic Computing Zhongyi Wang 08/01/2025 [Materials Neuromorphic computing](https://peppered-rudbeckia-37d.notion.site/Materials-Neuromorphic-computing-24a949af911a80558686dc428479c880) Slides Zhongyi
Attention in LLM and Neuroscience Xu’an Dou 08/08/2025 [Materials Attention](https://peppered-rudbeckia-37d.notion.site/Materials-Attention-24a949af911a80e393a7ddbc7da2e822) Slides Xu’an
Missions for Theorists: From Marr’s Theory Jintao Gu 08/15/2025 [Materials Marr’s Theory](https://peppered-rudbeckia-37d.notion.site/Materials-Marr-s-Theory-253949af911a804d80cdf153757c240e) Slides Jintao

Materials | Macroscopic Models of Neural Networks

Materials | Principles of primate vision

Materials | Dimensionality Reduction of (Neural) Data

Materials | Neuromorphic computing

Materials | Attention

Materials | Marr’s Theory

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