2025
Journal Articles
Heterogeneous and higher-order cortical connectivity undergirds efficient, robust, and reliable neural codes
iScience. 2025. Vol. 28, num. 1, p. 111585. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111585.Emergent Rate-Based Dynamics in Duplicate-Free Populations of Spiking Neurons
Physical Review Letters. 2025. Vol. 134, num. 1. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.018401.2024
Journal Articles
High-performance deep spiking neural networks with 0.3 spikes per neuron
Nature Communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-51110-5.Fast learning without synaptic plasticity in spiking neural networks
Scientific Reports. 2024. Vol. 14, num. 1, p. 8557. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-55769-0.Computational models of intrinsic motivation for curiosity and creativity
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2024. Vol. 47. DOI : 10.1017/S0140525X23003424.Learning what matters: Synaptic plasticity with invariance to second-order input correlations
PLOS Computational Biology. 2024. Vol. 20, num. 2, p. e1011844. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011844.Auditory stimuli suppress contextual fear responses in safety learning independent of a possible safety meaning
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2024. Vol. 18, p. 1415047. DOI : 10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1415047.Fast adaptation to rule switching using neuronal surprise
PLOS Computational Biology. 2024. Vol. 20, num. 2, p. e1011839. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011839.Conference Papers
Expand-and-Cluster: Parameter Recovery of Neural Networks
2024. 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2024), Vienna, Austria, 2024-07-21 – 2024-07-27. DOI : 10.48550/arXiv.2304.12794.Theses
Seeking the new, learning from the unexpected: Computational models of surprise and novelty in the brain
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Book Chapters
A Computational Framework for Memory Engrams
Engrams: A Window into the Memory Trace; Springer Cham, 2024. p. 237 – 257.2023
Journal Articles
Automated neuron tracking inside moving and deforming C. elegans using deep learning and targeted augmentation
Nature Methods. 2023. Vol. 21, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41592-023-02096-3.A dynamic attractor network model of memory formation, reinforcement and forgetting
Plos Computational Biology. 2023. Vol. 19, num. 12, p. e1011727. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011727.An exact mapping from ReLU networks to spiking neural networks’ [Neural Networks(vol168, pg 74, 2023)
Neural Networks. 2023. Vol. 169, p. 622 – 622. DOI : 10.1016/j.neunet.2023.10.057.Surprise and novelty in the brain
Current Opinion In Neurobiology. 2023. Vol. 82, p. 102758. DOI : 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102758.NMDA-driven dendritic modulation enables multitask representation learning in hierarchical sensory processing pathways
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2023. Vol. 120, num. 32, p. e2300558120. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2300558120.Computational models of episodic-like memory in food-caching birds
Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-38570-x.On a Finite-Size Neuronal Population Equation
Siam Journal On Applied Dynamical Systems. 2023. Vol. 22, num. 2, p. 996 – 1029. DOI : 10.1137/21M1445041.An exact mapping from ReLU networks to spiking neural networks
Neural Networks. 2023. Vol. 168, p. 74 – 88. DOI : 10.1016/j.neunet.2023.09.011.Conference Papers
Speaker Embeddings as Individuality Proxy for Voice Stress Detection
2023. Interspeech Conference, Dublin, IRELAND, 2023-08-20 – 2023-08-24. p. 1838 – 1842. DOI : 10.21437/Interspeech.2023-2070.Reviews
Curiosity-driven exploration: foundations in neuroscience and computational modeling
Trends In Neurosciences. 2023. Vol. 46, num. 12, p. 1054 – 1066. DOI : 10.1016/j.tins.2023.10.002.A systematic review of empirical studies using log data from open-ended learning environments to measure science and engineering practices
British Journal Of Educational Technology. 2023. Vol. 54, num. 1, p. 192 – 221. DOI : 10.1111/bjet.13289.Theses
From event-based surprise to lifelong learning. A journey in the timescales of adaptation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.Supervised learning and inference of spiking neural networks with temporal coding
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.2022
Journal Articles
Mesoscopic description of hippocampal replay and metastability in spiking neural networks with short-term plasticity
Plos Computational Biology. 2022. Vol. 18, num. 12, p. e1010809. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010809.Modulation of working memory duration by synaptic and astrocytic mechanisms
Plos Computational Biology. 2022. Vol. 18, num. 10, p. e1010543. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010543.A taxonomy of surprise definitions
Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 2022. Vol. 110, p. 102712. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmp.2022.102712.Mean-field limit of age and leaky memory dependent Hawkes processes
Stochastic Processes And Their Applications. 2022. Vol. 149, p. 39 – 59. DOI : 10.1016/j.spa.2022.03.006.Brain signals of a Surprise-Actor-Critic model: Evidence for multiple learning modules in human decision making
Neuroimage. 2022. Vol. 246, p. 118780. DOI : 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118780.Long Time Behavior of an Age- and Leaky Memory-Structured Neuronal Population Equation
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. 2022. Vol. 54, num. 4, p. 4721 – 4756. DOI : 10.1137/21M1428571.When shared concept cells support associations: Theory of overlapping memory engrams
PLOS Computational Biology. 2022. Vol. 17, num. 12, p. e1009691. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009691.Conference Papers
Kernel Memory Networks: A Unifying Framework for Memory Modeling
2022. The Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, New Orleans, Lousiana, US, 2022-11-28 – 2022-12-09. p. 35326 – 35338. DOI : 10.48550/arxiv.2208.09416.Approximating Relu Networks By Single-Spike Computation
2022. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Bordeaux, FRANCE, Oct 16-19, 2022. p. 1901 – 1905. DOI : 10.1109/ICIP46576.2022.9897692.Theses
Taming neuronal noise with large networks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Working Papers
Mesoscopic modeling of hidden spiking neurons
2022
2021
Journal Articles
Spike frequency adaptation supports network computations on temporally dispersed information
Elife. 2021. Vol. 10, p. e65459. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.65459.Rapid suppression and sustained activation of distinct cortical regions for a delayed sensory-triggered motor response
Neuron. 2021. Vol. 109, num. 13, p. 2183 – 2201. DOI : 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.05.005.A functional model of adult dentate gyrus neurogenesis
eLife. 2021. Vol. 10, p. e66463. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.66463.Novelty is not surprise: Human exploratory and adaptive behavior in sequential decision-making
PLoS Computational Biology. 2021. Vol. 17, num. 6, p. 1 – 32,e1009070. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009070.Learning in Volatile Environments With the Bayes Factor Surprise
Neural Computation. 2021. Vol. 33, num. 2, p. 269 – 340. DOI : 10.1162/neco_a_01352.Testing two competing hypotheses for Eurasian jays’ caching for the future
Scientific Reports. 2021. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 835. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-80515-7.Conference Papers
Geometry of the Loss Landscape in Overparameterized Neural Networks: Symmetries and Invariances
2021. 38 th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2021), Virtual, July 18-24, 2021. p. 9722 – 9732.Theses
Surprise-based model estimation in reinforcement learning: algorithms and brain signatures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.A dynamical systems approach to synaptic consolidation and associations of concepts in hippocampus
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Biologically plausible unsupervised learning in shallow and deep neural networks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Learning music composition with recurrent neural networks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Posters
Local plasticity rules can learn deep representations using self-supervised contrastive predictions
35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2021), Online, December 6-14, 2021.Fitting summary statistics of neural data with a differentiable spiking network simulator
35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2021), Online, December 6-14, 2021.Student Projects
CauseOccam: Learning Interpretable Abstract Representations in Reinforcement Learning Environments via Model Sparsity
2021.2020
Journal Articles
Dendritic Voltage Recordings Explain Paradoxical Synaptic Plasticity: A Modeling Study
Frontiers In Synaptic Neuroscience. 2020. Vol. 12, p. 585539. DOI : 10.3389/fnsyn.2020.585539.Low-dimensional firing-rate dynamics for populations of renewal-type spiking neurons
Physical Review E. 2020. Vol. 102, num. 2, p. 022407. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.022407.Data-driven integration of hippocampal CA1 synaptic physiology in silico
Hippocampus. 2020. Vol. 30, num. 11, p. 1129 – 1145. DOI : 10.1002/hipo.23220.Mesoscopic population equations for spiking neural networks with synaptic short-term plasticity
Journal Of Mathematical Neuroscience. 2020. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 5. DOI : 10.1186/s13408-020-00082-z.On the choice of metric in gradient-based theories of brain function
Plos Computational Biology. 2020. Vol. 16, num. 4, p. e1007640. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007640.Conference Papers
Spiking Neural Networks Trained With Backpropagation For Low Power Neuromorphic Implementation Of Voice Activity Detection
2020. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Barcelona, SPAIN, May 04-08, 2020. p. 8544 – 8548. DOI : 10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9053412.A Bin Encoding Training Of A Spiking Neural Network Based Voice Activity Detection
2020. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Barcelona, SPAIN, May 04-08, 2020. p. 3207 – 3211. DOI : 10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9054761.2019
Journal Articles
Optimal Stimulation Protocol in a Bistable Synaptic Consolidation Model
Frontiers In Computational Neuroscience. 2019. Vol. 13, p. 78. DOI : 10.3389/fncom.2019.00078.One-shot learning and behavioral eligibility traces in sequential decision making
eLife. 2019. Vol. 8, p. 1 – 25,e47463. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.47463.Biologically plausible deep learning – but how far can we go with shallow networks?
Neural Networks. 2019. Vol. 118, p. 90 – 101. DOI : 10.1016/j.neunet.2019.06.001.How single neuron properties shape chaotic dynamics and signal transmission in random neural networks
PLoS Computational Biology. 2019. Vol. 15, num. 6, p. e1007122. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007122.Stability of working memory in continuous attractor networks under the control of short-term plasticity
Plos Computational Biology. 2019. Vol. 15, num. 4, p. e1006928. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006928.Theses
From adult dentate gyrus neurogenesis to pattern separation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019.2018
Journal Articles
Specific synaptic input strengths determine the computational properties of excitation-inhibition integration in a sound localization circuit
Journal Of Physiology-London. 2018. Vol. 596, num. 20, p. 4945 – 4967. DOI : 10.1113/JP276012.Multi-Timescale Memory Dynamics Extend Task Repertoire in a Reinforcement Learning Network With Attention-Gated Memory
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 2018. Vol. 12, p. 50. DOI : 10.3389/fncom.2018.00050.Excitable neuronal assemblies with adaptation as a building block of brain circuits for velocity-controlled signal propagation
PLOS Computational Biology. 2018. Vol. 14, num. 7, p. e1006216. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006216.Balancing New against Old Information: The Role of Puzzlement Surprise in Learning
NEURAL COMPUTATION. 2018. Vol. 30, num. 1, p. 34 – 83. DOI : 10.1162/NECO_a_01025.Multicontact Co-operativity in Spike-Timing-Dependent Structural Plasticity Stabilizes Networks
CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2018. Vol. 28, num. 4, p. 1396 – 1415. DOI : 10.1093/cercor/bhx339.Eligibility Traces and Plasticity on Behavioral Time Scales: Experimental Support of NeoHebbian Three-Factor Learning Rules
Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2018. Vol. 12, p. 53. DOI : 10.3389/fncir.2018.00053.In vitro Cortical Network Firing is Homeostatically Regulated: A Model for Sleep Regulation
Scientific Reports. 2018. Vol. 8, p. 6297. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-24339-6.Conference Papers
Efficient Model-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning with Variational State Tabulation
2018. ICML 2018 35th International Conference on Machine Learning, Stockholm, SWEDEN, July 10-15, 2018.Theses
Model-based reinforcement learning and navigation in animals and machines
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018.One-shot learning and eligibility traces in sequential decision making
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018.Slow dynamics in structured neural network models
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018.Patents
Simplification of neural network models
US11983620; US2022230052; US11301750; US2018285716.
2018.2017
Journal Articles
Cortical Dynamics in Presence of Assemblies of Densely Connected Weight-Hub Neurons
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 2017. Vol. 11, p. 52. DOI : 10.3389/fncom.2017.00052.Exponentially long orbits in Hopfield neural networks
Neural Computation. 2017. Vol. 29, num. 2, p. 458 – 484. DOI : 10.1162/NECO_a_00919.On the stability and dynamics of stochastic spiking neuron models: Nonlinear Hawkes process and point process GLMs
Plos Computational Biology. 2017. Vol. 13, num. 2, p. e1005390. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005390.Towards a theory of cortical columns: From spiking neurons to interacting neural populations of finite size
PLoS Computational Biology. 2017. Vol. 13, num. 4, p. e1005507. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005507.Predicting non-linear dynamics by stable local learning in a recurrent spiking neural network
Elife. 2017. Vol. 6, p. e28295. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.28295.Mapping the function of neuronal ion channels in model and experiment
Elife. 2017. Vol. 6, p. e22152. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.22152.Reviews
The temporal paradox of Hebbian learning and homeostatic plasticity
Current Opinion In Neurobiology. 2017. Vol. 43, p. 166 – 176. DOI : 10.1016/j.conb.2017.03.015.Hebbian plasticity requires compensatory processes on multiple timescales
Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2017. Vol. 372, num. 1715, p. 20160259. DOI : 10.1098/rstb.2016.0259.Integrating Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity: the current state of the field and future research directions
Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2017. Vol. 372, num. 1715, p. 20160158. DOI : 10.1098/rstb.2016.0158.Synaptic patterning and the timescales of cortical dynamics
Current Opinion In Neurobiology. 2017. Vol. 43, p. 156 – 165. DOI : 10.1016/j.conb.2017.02.007.Theses
Neural assemblies as core elements for modeling neural networks in the brain
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017.Continuous attractor working memory and provenance of channel models
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017.Working Papers
Evidence for eligibility traces in human learning
2017
2016
Journal Articles
Contribution of next-to-leading order and Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal corrections to thermal dilepton emission in heavy-ion collisions
Physical Review C. 2016. Vol. 93, num. 4, p. 044902. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044902.Enhanced Sensitivity to Rapid Input Fluctuations by Nonlinear Threshold Dynamics in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons
Plos Computational Biology. 2016. Vol. 12, p. e1004761. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004761.Prospective Coding by Spiking Neurons
Plos Computational Biology. 2016. Vol. 12, num. 6, p. e1005003. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005003.Neuromodulated-Spike-Timing-Dependent Pasticity, and Theory of Three-Factor Learning Rules
Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2016. Vol. 9, p. 85. DOI : 10.3389/fncir.2015.00085.Does computational neuroscience need new synaptic learning paradigms?
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2016. Vol. 11, p. 61 – 66. DOI : 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.05.012.Nonlinear Hebbian Learning as a Unifying Principle in Receptive Field Formation
PLoS Computational Biology. 2016. Vol. 12, num. 9, p. e1005070. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005070.A Multiscale Pyramid Transform for Graph Signals
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 2016. Vol. 64, num. 8, p. 2119 – 2134. DOI : 10.1109/TSP.2015.2512529.A Model of Synaptic Reconsolidation
Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2016. Vol. 10, p. 206. DOI : 10.3389/fnins.2016.00206.Conference Papers
Algorithmic Composition of Melodies with Deep Recurrent Neural Networks
2016. 1st Conference on Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity, University of Huddersfield, UK, 17 – 19 June 2016. DOI : 10.13140/RG.2.1.2436.5683.Theses
Learning with Surprise : Theory and Applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016.Theory of representation learning in cortical neural networks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016.Working Papers
Balancing New Against Old Information: The Role of Surprise
2016