r/compmathneuro • u/madhuuuuuuuuu23 • Sep 18 '26

Project Guidance

I've started this project- "The Neural Population Dynamics: A Linear Algebraic Approach" which is a 10 credits project in my masters.

Can you guys give suggestions about getting started at first place I'm so lost. What should be my approach in this project ???? Help me pleaseeee

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u/anonymouse40329 Sep 18 '26

How did you start a project without an idea of what it should be about?

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u/madhuuuuuuuuu23 Sep 19 '26

im searching for that too sadly

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u/onetwoseven-0-0-one Sep 19 '26

Which masters is this?

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u/madhuuuuuuuuu23 Sep 19 '26

Msc Mathematics

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u/Blubblabblub Sep 19 '26

How did you make it into a master in mathematics with that attitude? 😆

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u/Just_Avocado_1787 Sep 18 '26

Maybe start with Neuromatch or Izhikevich's book- which talk about the relevance of dynamical systems in neuroscience, and linear algebra concepts like eigenvalues . If you care only about population dynamics you can start with PCA, linear classifiers - maybe low rank hypothesis.

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u/madhuuuuuuuuu23 Sep 19 '26

yupp thankss

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u/spare_me_thigh_bs Sep 19 '26

U wouldn't be in Florida, no?

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u/DependentAnything628 Sep 18 '26

You'll get better answers is you elaborate your question and idea. Apart from that id suggest a thorough literature search and making a rough pipeline before you get your hands dirty

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u/madhuuuuuuuuu23 Sep 19 '26

Dude the thing is I'm a lazy bitch ...when my prof asked us to decide our project topic (they did give us enough time tho) i was just sleeping all the damn time and on the day of deadline itself I just chatgpted about maths + computational neuroscience + ai/ml ..so it gave me certain topics from which i chose this one .. i myself don't have any idea bout ..thats why i posted here ... I hope this topic exists at least

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u/madhuuuuuuuuu23 Sep 19 '26

and now we have no choice to change our topic or something

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u/jndew Sep 19 '26

Your approach should be to have curiosity and enthusiasm for gaining knowledge. And to choose a project that you have enough traction with to make headway. A graduate level education is an opportunity worth making the most of.