Lucine Oganesian

Neuroengineer, 🇦🇲, and food-lover. PhD candidate w/ @MaryamShanechi @USCMingHsiehEE

[Saba Hashemi @iiwavas]

Excited to be at #NeurIPS2025 this week! 🎉 If you're into neural decoding 🧠, come check out our posters tomorrow:

• Dec 3, 11:00 AM–2:00 PM — #2115
https://t.co/KCsFURixEU

• Dec 3, 4:30–7:30 PM — #2011
https://t.co/I7wsXjJdtS

[Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh]

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @GeorgiaTech in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: https://t.co/9OcmKYrOLe – please share 🦴🩻

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

@GeelingC Congrats!!

[Ruben Vardanyan @RubenVardanyan_]

Statement by Ruben Vardanyan, Armenian Political Prisoner Illegally Incarcerated in Azerbaijan (conveyed to his family during his weekly phone call)
January 16, 2025

I would like to address the global community, to those who care about what is happening in our region, those opposed to religious persecution worldwide and those who wish for a lasting and genuine peace.

I, Ruben Vardanyan, have been detained at the Detention Center of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan since September 27, 2023 – more than 470 days in total, including 340 days in solitary confinement and 23 days in a punishment cell. I would like to make an official statement before the start of the trial. If you are reading these words, it means that I have exhausted all other means to convey the truth about what is happening here.

A court hearing of my case is scheduled for January 17 at 3:00 PM. I have been informed that I am facing 42 charges, some of which carry sentences up to life imprisonment. However, I have not been granted the opportunity to fully review the official indictment. My lawyer and I were merely allowed to skim through 422 volumes of the case files, all written solely in theAzerbaijani language, which I do not understand, within a very short timeframe – from December 9, 2024, to January 8, 2025. I only received the list of charges in Russian on January 8, 2025.

Moreover, pressure has been exerted on me, my lawyer, and my interpreter to force us to backdate and sign documents, including falsified protocols and records of interrogations that never took place.

I officially declare: I have given no testimony since the day of my arrest, except during the first interrogation, where I only stated my name and surname. Let me reiterate: all protocols bearing my signature are falsifications. These documents do not exist in reality. My lawyer and interpreter were coerced into signing these documents.

I once again reiterate and state my complete innocence and the innocence of my Armenian compatriots also being held as political prisoners and demand an immediate end to this politically motivated case against us.

Despite our innocence and the political motivation of this trial, it is most likely that the prosecutor will ignore my plea and pursue a trial against us, in which case I demand and ask for your support in ensuring that I am afforded the following:

1. Allow me and my lawyer adequate time and opportunity to prepare for my defense. In particular, provide us with the opportunity to thoroughly review the case materials in a language I understand.
2. Eliminate all procedural violations and falsifications. Specifically, deem inadmissible all falsified documents and records of interrogations that never took place, as I have not provided any testimony since the day of my arrest.
3. Make my trial, and those of the Armenian political prisoners, public. I insist on the most open trial possible, with the participation of international journalists and representatives of humanitarian organizations.
4. Consolidate my case with the cases of the others accused. More than 400 of the 422 volumes in my case concern episodes from the general case of which only 6 are specifically related to false accusations against me. Separating my case into a separate proceeding is an artificial and unfounded decision.

I bear no anger or hatred. On the contrary, I genuinely empathize with all those who violate laws, moral principles, and the teachings of the Quran and other holy texts.

I am convinced that true peace will only be possible when the leaders of the countries involved in the conflict, with the support of their societies, can come together to lay flowers on the graves of all those who perished in this war.

I promise to do everything possible to ensure this happens during my lifetime. As the great Mahatma Gandhi said, the only way to save the world from self-destruction is to live by the principles of nonviolence, truth, and love. Through compassion for all people, regardless of their skin color, nationality, or religion, we can achieve true peace.

Thank you all for your support! I love and thank you all for your kindness toward me. Know that I am standing strong and believe that the truth will prevail.

Ruben Vardanyan

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

Looking forward to presenting my work with @omidsani and @MaryamShanechi today (Fri Dec 13) at #NeurIPS2024 11-2 East #3808. Stop by to chat about PGLDM

👇🏼

[Maryam Shanechi @MaryamShanechi]

New in @NeurIPSConf, we develop PGLDM, an analytical subspace identification method to jointly model two generalized-linear time-series & dissociate their shared vs private dynamics.

#NeurIPS2024 Poster Sess 5 East #3808, Fri Dec 13 11am
👏@loganesian @omidsani
Paper, Code &🧵⬇️

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

@armanafzadeh 🙏🏼

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

@SergeyStavisky @DrDavidBrandman @Google Congrats!!

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

Reminder that this is happening today at #EMBC2023 - come thru!

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

At #EMBC2023? Join our mini-symposium on "Dynamical modeling for neurotechnology applications" to hear from @doktorBolu, @sergeydoestweet, @neuroamyo, and Dr. Rose Faghih (https://t.co/toqZ2ZPed2).

Tuesday, July 25 from 15-16:30, C4.6.

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

At #EMBC2023? Join our mini-symposium on "Dynamical modeling for neurotechnology applications" to hear from @doktorBolu, @sergeydoestweet, @neuroamyo, and Dr. Rose Faghih (https://t.co/toqZ2ZPed2).

Tuesday, July 25 from 15-16:30, C4.6.

[Blake Richards @tyrell_turing]

Friends, we need your help. An Wu, a postdoc from UCSD is missing post-Cosyne. We're trying to locate her. We're worried she may have been staying at a building that had a bad fire this week. If you have any information about where An was staying or last seen please contact me.

[Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp]

We need the international community to pay attention to Azerbaijani government’s inhumane actions against Armenians. Many have condemned the blockade but action is needed. @MikeLevin @RepAdamSchiff
https://t.co/DkP0ZzqbcM

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

Excited to be at #SfN22. Tomorrow (Mon. 1-5pm) I'll be presenting an analytical method for learning the shared dynamical subspace between Poisson population activity and continuous behavior w/ @omidsani, @MaryamShanechi. Posterboard II14.

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

Inspirational talk by @tomoxl at #SfN22. Great reminder of why we do what we do.

[Alex Williams @ItsNeuronal]

We at @FlatironCCN are hiring a cohort of data scientists to work on neuro data and scientific software

This is a great opportunity for students + postdocs who want to do creative science but aren't sold on a faculty career track! Please apply + retweet!

https://t.co/qgO9tU8Bxl

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

Shout out to my friend @armanafzadeh for completing her PhD. Amazing scientist -- couldn't be more proud of the excellent work she's done. Can't wait to see what comes next Dr. Manafzadeh.

[Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh]

Okay now it feels real 😭 thank you so much to everyone @EEB_Brown and beyond who made this possible!

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

@briandepasquale @brody_lab @jpillowtime Thanks, this is great! Wasn't able to make it -- excited to check it out now.

[Matteo Carandini @MatteoCarandini]

Out today!

Neural correlates of blood flow measured by
ultrasound

https://t.co/fGvL0TT7gw

[Tim Kietzmann @TimKietzmann]

Tweeps, I am hiring (big time) - please spread the word.

I am looking for three postdocs in the space of neuro-inspired ML and cognitive computational neuroscience to join us at the Institute of Cognitive Science (@UniOsnabrueck).

Here is why this is a great opportunity: 🧵

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

🚨👀👇🏼

[Omid Sani @omidsani]

My @neuromatch talk about RNN PSID is now on YouTube. Happy to answer any Qs in the discord channel:
https://t.co/1dUqCGiovw (link works once u join the server, info is on #nmc4 website)
w @bijanpesaran & @MaryamShanechi
📖Preprint:
https://t.co/YNjopJFcJg
https://t.co/Z1VqZdrWqj

[Lucine Oganesian @loganesian]

@sara_poppop 💯 relatable