My name’s Ali Mahani. I’m a graduate research assistant at the nicola computational neuroscience lab. My MSc thesis topic was on “Reservoir computing using FORCE training” and the underlying algorithms that make it possible.

In my spare time, I work on random personal projects (most of which end up in a graveyard of scrap ideas), and study financial mathematics.

Outside academia, I play squash and occasionally go on photo walks. You can check out my photos at 500px.