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/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/3mgwyfwk2w22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mejfendogk2hTwo more posters from our lab at ARO today: T152 A Model of Speech Recognition Reproduces Signatures of Human Speech Perception and Reveals Mechanisms of Contextual Integration, by Gasser Elbanna T171 Hearing-Impaired Deep Neural Networks Predict Real-World Hearing Difficulties, by Mark Saddler10 Feb 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejfendogk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3megri32q5s2vIf at ARO today, check out the presentations from our lab: talk at 3:15pm: Optimized Models of Uncertainty Explain Human Confidence in Auditory Perception, by Lakshmi Govindarajan poster 28: In-Silico fMRI Experiments Enable Comparisons of Speech Models to Human Auditory Cortex, by Gasser Elbanna09 Feb 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3megri32q5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3mebu4u3yds23If at ARO, please check out four posters from our lab today: SA53 A Deep Learning Framework for Understanding Cochlear Implants, by Annesya Banerjee SA189 Robustness to Noise Reveals Cross-Culturally Consistent Properties of Pitch Perception for Harmonic and Inharmonic Sounds, by Malinda McPherson07 Feb 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebu4u3yds23https://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3m7drbnibfk2qIf you are at NeurIPS I encourage you to check out Gasser's poster showing his ongoing work on models of speech perception. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7drbnibfk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshhmcdermott.bsky.social/post/3m5vzgna7r22wTwo weeks left to apply! MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor, working with nonhuman animals in some way. Application deadline is Dec. 1. Full posting: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30586 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/3058618 Nov 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:qejvygpjfgbnstppbbik2tec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vzgna7r22w