Federico D’Agostino
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PhD Student | Computational Neuroscience and ML

I am a second year PhD student in the fields of Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning in the Bethge lab and Euler lab at the University of Tübingen, as part of the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems.


I’m passionate about applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to advance scientific discovery. My research currently focuses on the visual system, with a primary emphasis on the retina as a model system to understand neural computation. Part of the Bethge lab, I work on computational modeling in the Euler lab, analyzing two-photon imaging data to understand retinal circuits. I’m also excited to be collaborating with the Tolias lab at Stanford on the Enigma Project, a large-scale effort in modeling the visual system, contributing to the modeling team’s efforts to advance our understanding of the brain.

Prior to my PhD, I completed my MSc in Machine Learning at University College London (working in the Häusser lab) and my BSc in Neuroscience with Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex.

I’m passionate about open science and have contributed to several open-source projects, including open-retina, which you should definitely check out if you’re interested in retinal data analysis :) .

Lately …

openretina: Collaborative Retina Modelling Across Datasets and Species
Studying the retina plays a crucial role in understanding how the visual world is translated into the brain’s language. As a stand-alone neural circuit with easily…
Tuesday, the 11th of March, 2025

A deep-learning strategy to identify cell types across species from high-density extracellular recordings
High-density probes allow electrophysiological recordings from many neurons simultaneously across entire brain circuits but fail to reveal cell type. Here, we develop a…
Thursday, the 30th of January, 2025

Could machines be conscious?

With growing interest in AI and rapid developments in consciousness science, tackling the question of machine consciousness is now unavoidable.

Thursday, the 6th of May, 2021

Are numbers innate?

The answer, unsurprisingly, depends on what you mean by number.

Friday, the 18th of December, 2020
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