Yudi Xie (谢禹)

MIT building 46

43 Vassar St

Cambridge, MA 02139

My name is Yudi Xie, and I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Prof. James DiCarlo’s lab in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before embarking on this journey at MIT, I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

My main research interest is at the intersection of computational neuroscience, cognitive science, and machine learning. Through the lens of machine learning, I utilize deep learning and probabilistic models to develop a computational framework for understanding the intricacies of the brain and mind. These computational models are then tested against empirical behavioral and neural data.

During my undergraduate years, I had the exceptional opportunity to do research in Prof. Naoshige Uchida’s lab at Harvard University. There, I used computational tools to investigate the influence of dopamine on novelty-seeking behaviors in mice. My interest in computational neuroscience research was initially sparked through my experience in Prof. Quan Wen’s lab at USTC, where I investigated the movement decisions of C. elegans.

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selected publications

COSYNE

Learning only a handful of latent variables produces neural-aligned CNN models of the ventral stream

Yudi Xie, Esther Alter, Jeremy Schwartz, and 1 more author

2024

Bib

@article{xie2024learning,
  title = {Learning only a handful of latent variables produces neural-aligned CNN models of the ventral stream},
  author = {Xie, Yudi and Alter, Esther and Schwartz, Jeremy and DiCarlo, James J},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Computational and Systems Neuroscience},
}

bioRxiv

Natural constraints explain working memory capacity limitations in sensory-cognitive models

Yudi Xie, Yu Duan, Aohua Cheng, and 3 more authors

bioRxiv, 2023

Bib

@article{xie2023natural,
  title = {Natural constraints explain working memory capacity limitations in sensory-cognitive models},
  author = {Xie, Yudi and Duan, Yu and Cheng, Aohua and Jiang, Pengcen and Cueva, Christopher J and Yang, Guangyu Robert},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  pages = {2023--03},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
}

CCN

Human-like capacity limitation in multi-system models of working memory

Yudi Xie, Yu Duan, Aohua Cheng, and 3 more authors

2022

Bib

@article{xie2022human,
  title = {Human-like capacity limitation in multi-system models of working memory},
  author = {Xie, Yudi and Duan, Yu and Cheng, Aohua and Jiang, Pengcen and Cueva, Christopher and Yang, Guangyu Robert},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Cognitive Computational Neuroscience},
}

Neuron

Striatal dopamine explains novelty-induced behavioral dynamics and individual variability in threat prediction

Korleki Akiti, Iku Tsutsui-Kimura, Yudi Xie, and 7 more authors

Neuron, 2022

Bib

@article{akiti2022striatal,
  title = {Striatal dopamine explains novelty-induced behavioral dynamics and individual variability in threat prediction},
  author = {Akiti, Korleki and Tsutsui-Kimura, Iku and Xie, Yudi and Mathis, Alexander and Markowitz, Jeffrey E and Anyoha, Rockwell and Datta, Sandeep Robert and Mathis, Mackenzie Weygandt and Uchida, Naoshige and Watabe-Uchida, Mitsuko},
  journal = {Neuron},
  volume = {110},
  number = {22},
  pages = {3789--3804},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
}

Elife

Flexible motor sequence generation during stereotyped escape responses

Yuan Wang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Qi Xin, and 8 more authors

Elife, 2020

Bib

@article{wang2020flexible,
  title = {Flexible motor sequence generation during stereotyped escape responses},
  author = {Wang, Yuan and Zhang, Xiaoqian and Xin, Qi and Hung, Wesley and Florman, Jeremy and Huo, Jing and Xu, Tianqi and Xie, Yudi and Alkema, Mark J and Zhen, Mei and others},
  journal = {Elife},
  volume = {9},
  pages = {e56942},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd},
}