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Jamieson Warner

I study how brains build themselves. In my PhD with Risto Miikkulainen, I fit generative models to mouse connectome data. My work explores self-organization, collective behavior, and multi-agent systems — with the goal of building machines that think like people.

My Timeline:
  • 2025-07 đŸ› ī¸đŸ§  â€Ŗ Published a conference paper on developmental brain models to GECCO 2025.
  • 2025-04 🎓📘 â€Ŗ Paper Defended dissertation, "Developmental Generative Models of Brain Connectivity."
  • 2024-05 🤖🧠 â€Ŗ Poster Presented a poster at ICDL, "Reproducing Whole-Brain Connectome Using a Developmental Model."
  • 2024-05 🤖👃 â€Ŗ Paper Presented work at ICDL (and won a best paper award) for "Using Context to Adapt to Sensor Drift."
  • 2018-09 đŸĢ🧠 â€Ŗ Began the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at UT Austin
  • 2017-05 🎓 â€Ŗ Graduated college majoring in Math and Computer Science
  • 2015-06 đŸ¤–đŸ‘ī¸ â€Ŗ Paper Published a conference paper in computer vision
  • 2015-06 đŸ•šī¸đŸŒą â€Ŗ Made a plant growth toy at a hackathon: Link
  • 2015-06 đŸ•šī¸â™Ÿī¸ â€Ŗ Made Banana Chess, a fast-paced 5x6 chess variant: Link
  • 2013-09 đŸĢ â€Ŗ Enrolled in college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 2013-03 đŸ•šī¸đŸ§Š â€Ŗ Made Rollin', a puzzle video game Link