Publications

Research publications, software contributions, and academic work.
Each linked with accompanying materials and resources.

What Moves the Eyes: Doubling Mechanistic Model Performance Using Deep Networks to Discover and Test Cognitive Hypotheses

A systematic fixation-level comparison of a performance-optimized DNN scanpath model and a mechanistic cognitive model reveals behaviourally relevant mechanisms that can be added to the mechanistic model to substantially improve performance.
research
vision science
deep learning
Sunday, the 9th of November, 2025
Federico D’Agostino, Lisa Schwetlick, Matthias Bethge , Matthias Kümmerer

openretina: Collaborative Retina Modelling Across Datasets and Species

An open-source retina modelling platform providing a unified data and modelling framework across species, recording techniques, and stimulus conditions
research
software
neuroscience
deep learning
Tuesday, the 11th of March, 2025
Federico D’Agostino , Thomas Zenkel , Dominic Gonschorek, Larissa Höfling, Thomas Euler, Matthias Bethge

A deep-learning strategy to identify cell types across species from high-density extracellular recordings

A novel deep learning approach for identifying neural cell types across different species using high-density extracellular recordings
research
deep learning
neuroscience
Thursday, the 30th of January, 2025
Maxime Beau , Federico D’Agostino , David J. Herzfeld , Francisco Naveros , Marie E. Hemelt , Marlies Oostland , Alvaro Sánchez-López *, Young Yoon Chung, Michael Maibach, Stephen Kyranakis, Hannah N. Stabb, M. Gabriela Martínez Lopera, Agoston Lajko, Marie Zedler, Shogo Ohmae, Nathan J. Hall, Beverley A. Clark, Dana Cohen, Stephen G. Lisberger, Dimitar Kostadinov, Court Hull, Michael Häusser, Javier F. Medina

NeuroPyxels (npyx)

Python library for electrophysiologists using Neuropixels electrodes with core utilities for data processing and visualization
software
neuroscience
python
Sunday, the 1st of January, 2023
Maxime Beau, Federico D’Agostino, Agoston Lajko, Gabriela Martínez, Dimitar Kostadinov
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