Team

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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Alex Hernandez-Garcia

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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