r/compmathneuro

I am genuinely stumped and I don't know how to go about to reach my goal of being a Neural Data Scientist. Should I stay in my Major of Behavioral Neuroscience and minor in Statistics? Or should I just swap to a different major?

I've been pondering and stuck on how to approach it, should I try to find a wet lab to join, or maybe an data analyst role?

I would really appreciate advice on my career path, I'm a Sophomore in college and I'm stressing that I'll run out of time and ill get stuck with a degree that would get me nowhere.

Hey everyone,

I’m launching a collaborative computational neuroscience project and am looking to put together a dedicated 4-person team. The goal is to build and validate a novel machine learning pipeline that identifies exactly which neural oscillations (brain waves) dominate the shifting of executive cycles in the prefrontal cortex.

I currently have the theoretical framework and core pipeline mapped out, but I need to move on to the actual project development and real-world dataset validation and paper submission.

The Target Team:

1 (since I'm one already)Computer Science & Engineering Student: Focus on implementing a unified competitive stacking pipeline, handling robust multi-view feature scaling, and optimizing regularization boundaries without data leakage.

2 Neuroscience Students: Focus on sourcing high-quality public EEG/LFP datasets, validating the biological interpretability of feature selection masks, and aligning model readouts with prefrontal cognitive theories.

This is a serious collaborative project with the ultimate goal of submitting two papers to upcoming tech/neuro conferences. We will be coordinating tasks smoothly and pushing clean code to our repository.

If you are a CSE or Neuro grad looking to apply advanced ML to complex biological signals and want to get a published paper on your resume, drop a comment or send me a DM with your background!

Hello everyone, how are you? As promised in my previous post, I'll be talking about memory.

My theory states that the brain doesn't just remember information; rather, when recalling, it recreates all the biological and vital processes involved in that particular memory. The brain copies all the information, such as visual perception, hearing, and the hormones responsible for emotions.

You'll understand why I mentioned this at the end, as I remember a memory of myself when I was two years old, and now I'm 21. I chose this age because memory is somewhat weak in childhood.

The important thing is that in that memory, I remember what I saw visually at the time, like my face and the surroundings. It's similar to seeing from a third-party perspective, but not because the scene changed, and the angle of vision shifted when I moved my face. I also remember what I heard, but not only that, I remember my thoughts and analyses at that time. Even more strangely, I saw the memories I had at that moment.

These things aren't unique to this memory; they operate on the same principle in all my memories.

This is what leads me to say that the brain doesn't just store information, but also all the vital processes involved. When retrieving them, it retrieves them in the same way. I've read about this theory before, and it explains what It's happening to me. In my next post, I'll talk about my ability to mimic people's personalities.

Genuinely why not applied math, CS, EE, applied physics, or whatever lol just take relevant electives and farm comp neuro research exp or something

Hi everyone!

I have a background in medicine and a master’s degree in neuroscience, but I don’t have any coding experience. I’m planning to pursue a PhD in cognitive and computational neuroscience and would like to start building the necessary skills.

Could anyone recommend good courses, textbooks, or online resources for learning Python for neuroscience, as well as the math/statistics skills that would be useful for computational neuroscience?

I have about a year to prepare before starting my PhD, and I’d like to use this time to build a solid foundation and feel confident with the basics.

I’d especially appreciate recommendations for beginners coming from a neuroscience background rather than a computer science or mathematics background.

Thank you!

Howdy ! I’m from technical/cyber background with a very little biology knowledge, I’m just curious about learning and getting along with tech like BCIs continue to grow.

what foundational concepts should I learn first?

Looking for,

•Fundamentals
•Free resources, webs, books, courses, lectures
•Topics to study after fundamentals
•Beginner mistakes / topics i shouldn’t jump too early

Thanks!