Emin Orhan

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Research

I’m generally interested in building highly capable machine learning models using generic (requiring minimal domain knowledge or inductive biases) and scalable (data-efficient and compute-efficient) learning algorithms.

Papers

Orhan AE (2024) HVM-1: Large-scale video models pretrained with nearly 5000 hours of human-like video data. arXiv:2407.18067

Orhan AE, Wang W, Wang AN, Ren M, Lake BM (2024) Self-supervised learning of video representations from a child’s perspective. CogSci 2024 (oral)

Vong WK, Wang W, Orhan AE, Lake BM (2024) Grounded language acquisition through the eyes and ears of a single child. Science, 383, 504-511. [pdf] [supp]

Orhan AE, Lake BM (2024) Learning high-level visual representations from a child’s perspective without strong inductive biases. Nature Machine Intelligence. [preprint]

Davidson G, Orhan AE, Lake BM (2024) Spatial relation categorization in infants and deep neural networks. Cognition, 245, 105690. [preprint]

Orhan AE (2023) Scaling may be all you need for achieving human-level object recognition capacity with human-like visual experience. SSL Workshop @ NeurIPS 2023

Orhan AE (2023) Recognition, recall, and retention of few-shot memories in large language models. arXiv:2303.17557

Orhan AE (2022) Can deep learning match the efficiency of human visual long-term memory in storing object details? arXiv:2204.13061

Orhan AE (2021) How much human-like visual experience do current SSL algorithms need to achieve human-level object recognition? SVRHM Workshop @ NeurIPS 2022

Orhan AE (2021) Compositional generalization in semantic parsing with pretrained transformers. arXiv:2109.15101

Yoon K, Orhan AE, Kim J, Pitkow X (2021) Two-argument activation functions learn soft XOR operations like cortical neurons. arXiv:2110.06871

Orhan AE, Gupta VV, Lake BM (2020) Self-supervised learning through the eyes of a child. NeurIPS 2020 [Press 1] [Press 2] [3-minute summary] [1-hour talk]

Orhan AE, Pitkow X (2020) Improved memory in recurrent neural networks with sequential non-normal dynamics. ICLR 2020 [5-minute summary]

Orhan AE (2019) Robustness properties of Facebook’s ResNeXt WSL models. arXiv:1907.07640

Orhan AE, Lake BM (2019) Improving the robustness of ImageNet classifiers using elements of human visual cognition. arXiv:1906.08416

Orhan AE, Ma WJ (2019) A diverse range of factors affect the nature of neural representations underlying short-term memory. Nature Neuroscience, 22, 275–283.

Orhan AE, Pitkow X (2018) Degeneracy, trainability, and generalization in deep neural networks. NeurIPS 2018 Workshop on Integration of Deep Learning Theories

Orhan AE (2018) A simple cache model for image recognition. NeurIPS 2018

Orhan AE, Pitkow X (2018) Skip connections eliminate singularities. ICLR 2018

Orhan AE, Ma WJ (2017) Efficient probabilistic inference in generic neural networks trained with non-probabilistic feedback. Nature Communications, 8, 138.

Orhan AE, Ma WJ (2015) Neural population coding of multiple stimuli. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(9), 3825-41.

Orhan AE, Jacobs RA (2014) Are performance limitations in visual short-term memory tasks due to capacity limitations or model mismatch? arXiv:1407.0644

Orhan AE, Jacobs RA (2014) Toward ecologically realistic theories in visual short-term memory research. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76, 2158-70.

Orhan* AE, Sims* CR, Jacobs RA, Knill DC (2014) The adaptive nature of visual working memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(3), 164-70.

Orhan AE, Jacobs RA (2013) A probabilistic clustering theory of the organization of visual short-term memory. Psychological Review, 120(2), 297-328.

Orhan AE, Jacobs RA (2011) Probabilistic modeling of dependencies among visual short-term memory representations. NIPS 2011

Orhan AE, Michel MM, Jacobs RA (2010) Visual learning with reliable and unreliable features. Journal of Vision, 10(2):2, 1-15.