Working to understand how humans and machines hear. Prof at MIT; director of Lab for Computational Audition. https://mcdermottlab.mit.edu/https://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mymwgtb5gc2oFaculty opening in my department at MIT! Please apply if you are on the job market, and circulate to relevant potential candidates. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mymwgtb5gc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mxcrtv63lc2oNew work by @msaddler.bsky.social with a striking finding: a wide range of human perceptual thresholds are replicated in a neural network optimized for real-world auditory tasks. Suggests that thresholds are determined by linear separability in task-optimized representations. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcrtv63lc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mxbqrgfwb22kPostdoc opening in my lab to work on NeuroAI approaches to improve prosthetic devices for human hearing. We offer a great training environment and strong mentorship. Prior expertise in machine learning and signal processing are essential. Apply here: https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=34915&localeCode=en-us07 Oct 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxbqrgfwb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mstdqx6ar22bI'm pleased to belatedly announce the successful thesis defense of Dr. Ian Griffith. His thesis “A Computational Framework for Auditory Selective Attention” is landmark work, and he gave a great defense talk. Stay tuned for some pretty cool additional papers to come.11 Aug 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstdqx6ar22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3msb57okfjk27If at CCN, please check out three posters from our lab today. In the morning session: A62 - Deep Learning Models of Attention Reveal Peripheral Encoding as a Bottleneck for Selective Listening Through Cochlear Implants, by Annesya Banerjee04 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb57okfjk27https://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mmrp3iohjk2vJob opening at MIT for a research methodologist to facilitate open science practices and data management across all areas of neuroscience and cognitive science. PhD and some postdoctoral experience required. Please circulate to your networks. https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=34099&localeCode=en-us26 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrp3iohjk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mgwyfwk2w22eExcited to announce a new paper from our lab, by Ian Griffith @iangriffith.bsky.social with help from Preston Hess @phess2.bsky.social, introducing a model of attentional selection. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02414-7 @mitbcs.bsky.social @mitscience.bsky.social Here is a summary. (1/n)13 Mar 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwyfwk2w22e