XDream: Finding preferred stimuli for visual neurons using generative networks and gradient-free optimization

Will Xiao; Gabriel Kreiman

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007973

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XDream: Finding preferred stimuli for visual neurons using generative networks and gradient-free optimization

Will Xiao ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xiaow@fas.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5555-3217

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Gabriel Kreiman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3505-8475

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XDream: Finding preferred stimuli for visual neurons using generative networks and gradient-free optimization

Will Xiao,
Gabriel Kreiman

Published: June 15, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007973

About the Authors

Will Xiao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xiaow@fas.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5555-3217

Gabriel Kreiman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3505-8475

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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