Richard Gao

W1 (Assistant) Professor of CS & Math at Goethe University Frankfurt.

AI x neuroscience.

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

@fatihdin4en that's pretty dope

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

@postlelab oh stop you are making me blush

the non-story with the _ is that I was an edgy angsty grad student when I registered for twitter, a phase I believe you had witnessed first hand 😀

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

Once you get past the first 5 minutes of me bumbling around clearly in need of media training, we settle into a nice groove talking about fitting mechanistic models, ML/AI for neuroscience, degeneracy and its potential benefits for biology (plus some good chuckles).

[Gaute Einevoll @GauteEinevoll]

Episode #38 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On extracting spiking network models from experiments - with Richard Gao @_rdgao

https://t.co/Gmlbch02P4

How to fit spiking network models to experimental data when there is no unique parameter set giving the best fit.

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

I'd have nothing to talk about on this episode if not for my paper co-authors in the @mackelab, as well as Pedro, Jan-Matthis, and Michael paving the way with SBI.

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

I'm extremely grateful for Gaute for having me on the show. All the work from his group advancing our understanding of the LFP has influenced me since day 1 of my PhD. They say never meet your heroes but I think this time it went pretty good.

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

neurips is starting to feel like being on Twitter for too long, but irl

[Erin Grant @ermgrant]

Thrilled to announce I'll start in 2026 as faculty in Psych & CS @UAlberta + @AmiiThinks Fellow!! 🥳 Recruiting students to develop theories of cognition in natural and artificial systems 🤖💭🧠. Find me at #NeurIPS2025 workshops (talk at @CogInterp & organising @DataOnBrainMind)

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

@PsychBoyH Yeah, see you at workshops?

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

How is AI *actually* going to help neuroscience?

[Data On the Brain & Mind Workshop @NeurIPS2025 @DataOnBrainMind]

2️⃣ days until #NeurIPS2025 Data on the Brain & Mind workshop! 🧠💭🤖 Join us on Dec 7 for a full-day interactive session 8am-5pm.

Authors, plz remember to RSVP for mentorship lunch🥙 generously supported by @KavliFoundation and @SimonsFdn (@FlatironInst)

https://t.co/Uch0RSTfBc

[Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience @BernsteinNeuro]

New PhD position alert! #CompNeuro 👇

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

Finally got the job ad—looking for 2 PhD students to start spring next year:

https://t.co/sjImtXUsvK

If comp neuro, ML, and AI4Neuro is your thing, or you just nerd out over brain recordings, apply!

I'm at neurips. DM me here / on the app or email if you want to meet 🏖️🌮

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

Luckily goodbye is temporary and many are coming to Bernstein in a week.

If you’re also at Bernstein and want to chat about science, life, or whatever, send me a message!

p.s. Frankfurt is probably the easiest place to leave whether you need to fly or take the train. FYI.

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

I've been waiting some years to make this joke and now it’s real:

I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!

I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math

and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗

[Richard Gao @_rdgao]

Lastly, on that note about people:

4 years in Tübingen flew by, and I truly had to adjust to "the village" when I first came.

But now I really, really cannot imagine leaving.

I’m thankful for so many people’s support, guidance, love, and sheer buffoonery.