Research Internship
Leipzig, Germany
Jelle Bruineberg
March – September 2013
Max Planck Institute
for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Leipzig, Germany
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How and why I got there?
• Predictive-coding and
the Free Energy
Principle
• Looking for possible
places
• What kind of city and
group?
• Started late
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Finances and practical matters
• Erasmus internship scholarship
200 euro
• Student assistant (professor regretted it) 200 euro
• Leipzig:
- Cheap accommodation
- Very affordable city
- Lots of things happening
• All the rest is very easy within Europe
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Working at the institute
• Shared office
• Regular lab meetings
• Lots of talks to listen to
• Lunch together at cafeteria
• Gave several talks/posters
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My project: computational neuroscience
Generative model:
p(o|z) and p(zt|zt-1)
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Work hard,
Play harder,
Party hardest
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Tips and tricks
• It is not as difficult as you think, be a bit assertive
• Select on topic, but also on research environment: big/small
city, big/small group, university or research institute
• Don’t worry if you start late, a lot is possible (if you don’t
want to go to Australia…)
• You should just do it!
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