吉妮,研究員,博士/碩士研究生導(dǎo)師,博士畢業(yè)于麻省理工學(xué)院腦與認(rèn)知科學(xué)系。先后在麻省理工學(xué)院和哈佛大學(xué)生物物理系擔(dān)任博士后和資深科學(xué)家。2022年加入北京協(xié)和醫(yī)學(xué)院腦和類腦學(xué)院。
曾獲美國女性科學(xué)家訪問基金,Charles A. King Trust基金會(huì)博士后科研獎(jiǎng)金等國際榮譽(yù)。獲得國家自然科學(xué)基金優(yōu)秀青年項(xiàng)目、北京高層次留學(xué)人才回國資金基金、醫(yī)科院創(chuàng)新基金項(xiàng)目、科技部腦科學(xué)重大專項(xiàng)及知名互聯(lián)網(wǎng)企業(yè)類腦算法研發(fā)基金等項(xiàng)目資助。
吉妮博士先后在麻省理工學(xué)院腦與認(rèn)知科學(xué)系及哈佛大學(xué)生物物理系完成博士與博士后的訓(xùn)練;長期致力于將計(jì)算建模、統(tǒng)計(jì)物理及復(fù)雜系統(tǒng)理論、人工智能技術(shù)等運(yùn)用在解析大腦感知、決策與運(yùn)動(dòng)控制的計(jì)算神經(jīng)機(jī)制,在Cell, PNAS, eLife, ICLR等國際知名刊物及人工智能會(huì)議發(fā)表論文十余篇。其團(tuán)隊(duì)近期主要聚焦人類與動(dòng)物對未知環(huán)境主動(dòng)探索、高效學(xué)習(xí)的計(jì)算神經(jīng)機(jī)制,進(jìn)而開發(fā)可提升人工智能體學(xué)習(xí)效率的類腦算法。
1. Chen Jiang#, Jiahui An, Yating Liu, Ni Ji*. Brain Bandit: A Biologically Grounded Neural Network for Efficient Control of Exploration. The 13th International Conference on Learning and Representation (ICLR) 2025, Oral Presentation (top 1%).
2. Ni Ji#, Gurrein K Madan, Guadalupe I Fabre, Alyssa Dayan, Casey M Baker, Talya S Kramer, Ijeoma Nwabudike, Steven W Flavell*. A Neural Circuit for the Flexible Control of Persistent States. eLife 2021, 10 (e.62889) (IF = 8.71)
3. Ni Ji#, Vivek Venkatachalam, Hillary Denise Rodgers, Wesley Hung, Taizo Kawano, Christopher M Clark, Maria Lim, Mark J Alkema*, Mei Zhen*, Aravinthan DT Samuel*. Corollary discharge promotes a sustained motor state in a neural circuit for navigation. eLife 2021, 10 (e68848) (IF = 8.71)
4. Ni Ji#, Steven W. Flavell*. Hydra: Imaging Nerve Nets in Action. Current Biololy 2017, 27(8): R294-R295 (IF=9.25)
5. Venkatachalam V#, Ni Ji#, Wang X, Clark C, Mitchell JK, Klein M, Tabone CJ, Florman J, Ji H, Greenwood J, Chisholm AD, Srinivasan J, Alkema M, Zhen M, Samuel AD*. Pan-neuronal imaging in roaming Caenorhabditis elegans. PNAS 2016, 113(8):E1082-E1088(IF = 9.66 , C100)
6. Ni Ji#, Teije C. Middelkoop#, Remco A. Mentink, Marco C. Betist, Satto Tonegawa, Dylan Mooijman, Hendrik C. Korswagen, Alexander van Oudenaarden*. Feedback control of gene expression variability in the Caenorhabditis elegans Wnt pathway. Cell 2013, 155(4):869-880 ( IF=33.12 , C100)