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# Site Settings
title: "Nanda H Krishna"
title_separator: "–"
url: "https://nandahkrishna.com"
locale: "en-IN"
timezone: "America/Montreal"

# Site Author
author:
  name: "Nanda H Krishna"
  tagline: "PhD Candidate at Mila & UdeM"
  avatar: "profile.png"
  og_image: "icon.jpg"
  bio-short: >-
    My research interests lie at the intersection of Computational Neuroscience and Deep Learning. Through my theoretical research, I aim to uncover how learning shapes neural computation. I also work on foundation models for generalisable and real-time decoding in brain-computer interfaces.
  bio: >-
    <p>I am a PhD Candidate supervised by <a href='https://www.guillaumelajoie.com' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Guillaume Lajoie</a> at Mila – Quebec AI Institute and Université de Montréal. My research interests lie at the intersection of Computational Neuroscience and Deep Learning. I am specifically interested in developing a theoretical understanding of how learning shapes computation in brains and artificial neural networks. I also work on building foundation models for neuroscience, with the goal of improving decoding in brain-computer interfaces.</p>

    <p>My current projects include modelling the effects of learning histories and curricula on compositional generalisation, mechanistically unifying reinforcement learning paradigms using local learning rules, and developing generalisable, real-time decoders for brain-computer interfaces using foundation models of neural activity.</p>

    <p>Aside from research, I am passionate about teaching, open science and open source software. Currently, I am an active maintainer of the <a href='https://brew.sh' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Homebrew</a> package manager for macOS (and Linux). Here are some of my other interests: languages, cricket, tennis, comics (manga and manhwa), music (mostly Carnatic, Indian film, and Asian), theatre, and quizzing.</p>

    <p>Feel free to reach out if you are interested in collaborating, discussing research, or even just chatting!</p>
  location: "Montréal & Chennai"
  email: "me@nandahkrishna.com"
  social:
    github: "https://github.com/nandahkrishna"
    google-scholar: "https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=OIdDa5kAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-2789"
    linkedin: "https://linkedin.com/in/nandahkrishna"
    x-twitter: "https://twitter.com/nandahkrishna"
    bluesky: "https://bsky.app/profile/nandahkrishna.bsky.social"

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# Reading Files
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  - vendor/gems/
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  - CNAME
  - LICENSE-MIT.md
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# Blog
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#   title: "Blog"
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# Sass
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