Lab Members

Marta Kryven

Principal Investigator

Max Mascini

MSc Student

Policy compression in online learning

Ivan Zareski

Undergraduate

Representation learning

Luisa El Amouri

Undergraduate

Representation learning

Jeffrey Qin

Undergraduate (University of Waterloo)

World model discovery, planning

Farzin Ahmadi

Undergraduate

Experiment infrastructure

Zhuangfei Gao

Research Assistant (ICL)

Experiment infrastructure

Robie Gonzales

PhD

Modelling human music perception

Research Collaborators

We collaborate with researchers across cognitive science and artificial intelligence.

• Cole WyethPhD Student, University of Waterloo
• Leonardo Hernández CanoPhD Student, MIT
• Bonan ZhaoAssistant Professor, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
• Emanuele SansonePostdoc, MIT
• Yewen PuAssistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
• Kevin EllisAssistant Professor, Cornell

Joining the Lab

We have a number of projects on standby for talented undergraduate and graduate students. We welcome inquiries from research-oriented students interested in computational cognitive science and AI, incluing students inetrested in working with us remotely. Strong candidates are self-motivated and have quantitative research experience and an interest in developing computational models, running behavioral experiments, or both.

PhD students

I accept PhD students working in topics closely related to the lab's research. Prior research experience is expected; a MSc is not required.

MSc students

The MSc program at Dalhousie has a substantial coursework component, which limits time for research and therefore limits advisor funding that can be offered. I accept applications from Domestic MSc students who can support themselves with an external scholarship, such as CGRS-M (NSERC/CIHR/SSHRC). International MSc students are not eligible for CGRS-M, so I do not generally accept international MSc students.

Undergraduate students do not need prior experience with all of our research methods, but should have a strong interest in research, be mathematically inclined, willing to learn technical skills, and be able to work independently.

If you are interested in joining the lab, please email me with a brief description of your research interests, why you think there is a good fit with the lab, and your CV. We do not respond to AI-generated emails.