Associate Professor @UvA_Amsterdam | Cognitive neuroscience, Visual perception, Deep learning, Brain alignment | www.irisgroen.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3msgsxpjcbs2nYes #CCN2026 has grown again! Onwards and upwards! @cogcompneuro.bsky.social06 Aug 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgsxpjcbs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3msdmmxhxis2xWho would’ve thought that a talk on LLMs would involve a deep plunge into wasp nest building? Great keynote bij @alonaf.bsky.social at #CCN2026!05 Aug 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdmmxhxis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3msc3fislf22bThe GAC on World Models at #CCN2026 was SO good. Clearly very well prepared, clear division in proponents and skeptics, lots of concrete examples, beautiful synthesis at the end (and a poll on how audience opinions moved because of it). I learned a lot!04 Aug 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc3fislf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3msbe62vec22i❤️ #CCN2026 word cloud describing @cogcompneuro.bsky.social !!!04 Aug 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbe62vec22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3ms6xipvj7c2sMind-blowing opening keynote by Doris Tsao at #CCN2026, presenting an ambitious research program to understand ánd engineer consciousness…!03 Aug 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6xipvj7c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3ms4efjjxa22i#CCN2026 make sure to check Luca’s poster - lots of opportunity to contribute to this exciting initiative! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4efjjxa22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3ms3yhajlpk2iA true @cogcompneuro.bsky.social PRO of course brings last years’s cup to #CCN2026 ☕️😎 First coffee in NYC, soooo good to be back! 🤩02 Aug 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3yhajlpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3mrxqucqbuk2dFeeling fortunate and excited to be able to return to #NYC and @nyu.edu to attend #CCN2026! I'll try to justify making a second transatlantic flight this year 🫣 by presenting no less than 3 times in total: 📣👇31 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxqucqbuk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3mm7g2y5oo22aHey video-aficionados #VSS2026, this morning @sargechris.bsky.social presents our recent ICLR paper on benchmarking video ANNs on human EEG, suggesting an extended phase of mid-level video feature processing beyond the feed-forward sweep! (Pavilion 425) (paper here: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=bSsNSfyj8m)19 May 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7g2y5oo22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3mm54wt4o7c2eLooking forward to this! Come and hear how you can participate! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm54wt4o7c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3mlnsdywhic2vEXCITED to travel to #VSS2026 to contribute 2 talks and 2 posters from our lab! Me and @niklasmuller.bsky.social will talk scene encoding models on Fri & Sat, @sargechris.bsky.social and @annewzonneveld.bsky.social will discuss their cool work on video models on Tue (schedule👇for exact times).12 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnsdywhic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3mk3wvsze2c2wCome and see our #ICLR2026 poster on our video model-human brain alignment study, led by two stellar students from the lab! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3wvsze2c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3mck45gwoik2wI have a PhD opening for my #VIDI BrainShorts project 📽️🧠🤖! Are you or do you know an ambitious, recent (or almost) MSc graduate with a background in NeuroAI and interest in large-scale data collection and video perception? Check out our vacancy! (deadline Feb 15). https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/phd-position-in-neuroai-for-video-perception-in-the-human-brain-netherlands-1472316 Jan 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mck45gwoik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3m7zaursqqs2cCheck this out - yesterday I was on Dutch national television to discuss the intersection between #AI and the #brain, how we are addressing the fundamental questions there @uva.nl, and how we plan to tackle video understanding in my #NWO #VIDI project next! 🧠🤖📽️ https://npo.nl/start/afspelen/wnl-op-zondag_45915 Dec 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zaursqqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3m5qzjr4xis24On the train to Brussels, towards the biannual NeuroCog meeting, whose theme this edition is “AI and the brain” neurocog.be Prepping my talk and looking forward to learning about exciting new research and immersing myself in some good discussions in the next two days! https://neurocog.be/16 Nov 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qzjr4xis24https://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3m4iti2w3kc2s📣 New preprint by a stellar team 🤩 I’m most excited by “phase III” in the alignment time course, which is best captured by mid-layers of temporally integrating video models! While we do not directly compare with image-EEG (yet - will do so in the #VIDI) I suspect this is unique to video vision 🎥🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iti2w3kc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/irisgroen.bsky.social/post/3m4buh2ljtk2sHonoured to receive an NWO #VIDI grant to study 'the TikTok Brain': representational alignment of brains and deep nets for #video! I'm hugely thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their enthusiasm and for the opportunity to grow and sustain my lab. Job ads coming soon! https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-vidi-applications-granted-to-talented-researchers28 Oct 2025 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:gphlp23mlxjup5z3bd2evqlj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4buh2ljtk2s