I first heard about Neuromatch Academy through a neuroscience podcast, and I'm definitely planning to apply for one of the courses this summer (although I haven't decided which yet!).
I have two questions for the panel: 1) Are there common critiques you get from reviewers regarding the computational modeling of more abstract concepts, such as action, perception, agency, learning, etc.? My background is in motor control, but I'm deeply interested in how movement is modulated by some of these "fuzzy" variables - like sense of agency, for example. I'm just hesitant that my approach to these topics might get too speculative, so I'd be interested to hear your advice on modeling these "difficult-to-quantify" topics while maintaining a strong mechanistic foundation.
2) Do you have any advice to share for those of us who are junior faculty - specifically, is there anything you wish you could tell your pre-tenure self? I am completing my PhD this August, and I'll be starting a tenure-track faculty position immediately after. This is exciting, but also tremendously terrifying. Any advice is much appreciated!
Thank you to all who are part of this panel, and thank you for the work you've done with increasing global accessibility to computational neuroscience!
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I first heard about Neuromatch Academy through a neuroscience podcast, and I'm definitely planning to apply for one of the courses this summer (although I haven't decided which yet!).
I have two questions for the panel: 1) Are there common critiques you get from reviewers regarding the computational modeling of more abstract concepts, such as action, perception, agency, learning, etc.? My background is in motor control, but I'm deeply interested in how movement is modulated by some of these "fuzzy" variables - like sense of agency, for example. I'm just hesitant that my approach to these topics might get too speculative, so I'd be interested to hear your advice on modeling these "difficult-to-quantify" topics while maintaining a strong mechanistic foundation.
2) Do you have any advice to share for those of us who are junior faculty - specifically, is there anything you wish you could tell your pre-tenure self? I am completing my PhD this August, and I'll be starting a tenure-track faculty position immediately after. This is exciting, but also tremendously terrifying. Any advice is much appreciated!
Thank you to all who are part of this panel, and thank you for the work you've done with increasing global accessibility to computational neuroscience!
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