Yul HR Kang (강형률)

Comp. Neurosci. of navigation, learning, decision-making (he/him)

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Excited to share a new #preprint with @lengyel_m & @DMWolpert that provides a normative account of “deformations” in homing & grid cell activity patterns, based on spatial uncertainty in #navigation! (1/👇) https://t.co/WCLBmKCBFz

[Randy Bruno @TheBrunoCortex]

📣Neurotweops! Oxford will soon advertise *2* positions for Neuroscience group leaders @OxfordDPAG. Due dates for applications will be in the autumn. Details to follow.

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

How does the brain learn probabilistic representation during #navigation, just from egocentric sensory inputs? Come to my lab's first @CosyneMeeting poster 2-019, led by Yeowon: "Uncertainty encoded in a recurrent neural network trained to predict visual input during navigation"

[Rubén Moreno-Bote @MorenoBote]

PhD position in my lab!
Are you interested in both natural and artificial intelligence🐭👩‍🦰🤖, and in learning comp neuro and reinforcement learning?
Then this can be your lab while enjoying Barcelona.
Please, see the post below, and spread the word.

[Anna Kutschireiter @ankutschi]

🚨Out now in PNAS! 🚨 Get it here, fresh off the press: https://t.co/VVsCOKAArP Thanks to my amazing co-authors @jdrugowitsch @MelBasnak @RachelIreneWils !

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

@Sander_vdLinden @CambPsych @mariannaspring @d_spiegel @4thEstateBooks @HarperCollinsUK @HarperReach @heffersbookshop @ChurchillCol @Cambridge_Uni @IRIS_Academic @moran_rani @LucieCharlesCog relevant?

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

@wuzhengherbert @SloanFoundation @SinaiBrain Fantastic. Congrats, Herbert! 🎉 🥳

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

@tomaspueyo South Korea!

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

@LLogiaco @jmricotta @LLogiaco - do you feel difference when you use AZERTY for French vs English? I have no problem switching between QWERTY and Korean, and I think that’s because for each “input” (syllable) there is only one output (key). If this is the case, you might find AZERTY harder w English.

[Máté Lengyel @lengyel_m]

What in the pic below helps navigation? A map, sure. And a compass, of course. A blue dot that shows where you are. Noticed that blue disc around the dot? That's a representation of uncertainty. @YulKang1 explored what this means for human navigation and rodent grid cells.

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Posted again with a summary image at the top! Please check my profile.

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

We developed a Bayesian Image-computable Observer for Navigation (BION), which optimally combines noisy 1st-person view image 👁️, self-motion, and touch inputs to continually update its probabilistic belief about its location in the world (2/):

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Find analytic intuitions & more results in the manuscript. Huge thanks to amazing co-authors @lengyel_m & @DMWolpert, and to everyone who has helped us along the way! (9/9) https://t.co/WCLBmKC3Q1

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Excited to share a new #preprint with @lengyel_m & @DMWolpert that provides a normative account of “deformations” in homing & grid cell activity patterns, based on spatial uncertainty in #navigation! (1/👇) https://t.co/WCLBmKCBFz

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Our results show that uncertainty in inferring one’s location in the world (which is not directly observable) from noisy and ambiguous egocentric sensory input plays a crucial role in spatial navigation behaviour and its neural underpinnings. (8/)

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Find analytic intuitions & more results in the manuscript. Huge thanks to amazing co-authors @lengyel_m & @DMWolpert, and to everyone who has helped us along the way! (9/9) https://t.co/WCLBmKCBFz

[Yul HR Kang (강형률) @YulKang1]

Our results show that uncertainty in inferring one’s location in the world (which is not directly observable) from noisy and ambiguous egocentric sensory input plays a crucial role in spatial navigation behaviour and its neural underpinnings. (8/)