USS is organized every year by volunteer students from UNIQUE. This is the organizing team of USS 2021, in random order.

Charlotte Maschke
she/her
Educational Committee
McGill University
I am a Master’s student in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill University. My research is on the application of machine learning for the prediction of recovery of consciousness after traumatic brain injury. I am fascinated about the philosophy and neuroscience of (human) consciousness.
Charlotte.Maschke@mail.mcgill.ca Twitter
Hugo Jourde
he/him
Program Committee
Concordia University
I'm a PhD student in Emily Coffey's lab. I'm working on understanding how brain state affects sensory representation, exploring the function of sleep spindles, and trying to characterize the role of spindle-slow-oscillation coupling in memory consolidation across the lifespan.
hjourde.clasp@gmail.com Twitter
Annabelle Harvey
she/her/elle
Program Committee
Université de Montréal
I am a master's student at the SIMEXP and Jacquemont labs, working on the impact of rare genetic mutations on functional connectivity and how it can help us understand psychiatric conditions.
annabelle.harvey@umontreal.ca
Ayuno Nakahashi
she/her
Logistics Committee
Université de Montréal
I am a Ph.D. student at Université de Montréal. I am studying how the brain makes action decisions. I am interested in how the brain changes our behaviour based on who is around, and why.
a.nakahashi@umontreal.ca Twitter
Eddy Fortier
he/him
Logistics Committee
Université de Montréal, CRIUGM, Projet Courtois NeuroMod
I am a master student in psychology at Université de Montréal. Having backgrounds in both music composition and cognitive neurosciences, my research interests include auditory perception, music perception and creation, and noise pollution's effects on perception and health (physical and mental). I'm currently part of the auditory perception and protection branch of the Projet Courtois NeuroMod (CRIUGM).
eddy.fortier@umontreal.ca
Nazanin Sepahvand
she/her/elle
Coordinator
Mila, McGill
PhD student at Mila/McGill; interested in probabilistic generative models and their application in real world problems.
nazsepah@cim.mcgill.ca Twitter
Marie-Eve Picard
she/her
Educational Committee
Université de Montréal, CRIUGM
I am a master's student at Université de Montréal. I am interested in the neural correlates of pain, and more broadly, in neuroimaging data analysis techniques.
marie-eve.picard.2@umontreal.ca
Laurence Petitpas
she/her
Chair
LIONlab, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Université de Montréal
I am a Master's student at the University of Montreal, currently doing my research at the CHU Sainte-Justine's research center (LIONlab). At the moment, I am studying the development of the brain via neuroimagery in neurotypical infants as well as in clinical populations such as premature babies and babies born asphyxiated. My research focuses primarily on neuroscience but I am very interested in AI as well and most of all, the intersection between the two.
laurence.petitpas@umontreal.ca
Xiaoxuan Lei
she/her
Communication Committee
McGill University, Mila
I am a Ph.D. student at McGill and Mila. I am fascinated by the fundamental principle of both biological and artificial intelligence. I build computational models of the brain, mainly with neural networks nowadays.
xiaoxuan.lei@mail.mcgill.ca
Alex Hernandez-Garcia
he/him/él
Communication Committee
Mila, Université de Montréal
I am a postdoc at Mila. I am interested in the fundamental aspects of learning, both in brains and machines. I currently work also on applications of machine learning to fight climate change.
alex.hernandez-garcia@mila.quebec Website Twitter