marloscmachado.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI chair. ML researcher. All things reinforcement learning. Photo by Ampersand Grey. 📍 Edmonton, Canada 🇨🇦 🔗 https://mcmachado.github.io/ 🗓️ Joined November, 2024
👤 Joined on 27 November 2024
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@marloscmachado.bsky.socialA companion piece to @kordinglab.bsky.social provocative "Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor? "
Show PostHow do you build a brain from a genome? We know a lot about the mechanisms and molecules Here we revisit the algorithmic problem: What kinds of programs can specify a brain within the genome’s information budget and the finite time available for development? stankerstjens.github.io/could-a-comp...
Show PostVery excited for this work presented by Dikshant Shehmar! We explore whether Laplacian representations could be a linchpin for planning with learned models. This work could unlock the data efficient future often promised from model-based planning!
Show PostThrilled to start 2026 as faculty in Psych & CS @ualberta.bsky.social + Amii.ca Fellow! 🥳 Recruiting students to develop theories of cognition in natural & artificial systems 🤖💭🧠. Find me at #NeurIPS2025 workshops (speaking coginterp.github.io/neurips2025 & organising @dataonbrainmind.bsky.social)
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