Xinhao Fan

Xinhao Fan

PhD Candidate of Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University

Biography

What are the factors which contribute to a flexible intelligence, and how do they arise? How is information represented, computed, and utilized in the brain? Why is our brain so much better than man-made machines and AI? I’m broadly interested in such topics in theoretical neuroscience where physics, biology and machine learning meet.

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Interests
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence
Education
  • Current Graduate Student in Neuroscience

    Johns Hopkins University

  • BS in Physics, 2020

    Nankai University

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Student
Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
Jul 2020 – Present Baltimore, MD
 
 
 
 
 
Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Undergraduate Researcher
Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 Baltimore, MD
  • Data analysis and model development on human decision-making in complex tasks. Several parameter-efficient models were built which reached high performance on predicting participants’ choices.
  • Simulating neural spiking and finding correlations between criticality in brain and different consciousness states of coma.
 
 
 
 
 
CLPS Department, Brown University
Undergraduate Researcher
CLPS Department, Brown University
Jul 2018 – Oct 2018 Providence, RI
  • Analyzing visual system model with information theory. Different learning pace were found for different parts of the model, which could help further understand and improve existing algorithms.
 
 
 
 
 
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Undergraduate Researcher
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 Beijing, China
  • Exploration on solving k-satisfiability problem with reinforcement learning. Reproduced AlphaGoZero on a small scale.
  • Several learning oriented projects about restricted Boltzmann machines and Bayesian inference.

Contact

  • 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218