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Benjamin Adric Dunn

Benjamin Adric Dunn

Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences

benjamin.dunn@ntnu.no
+4773412837 Sentralbygg 2, Gløshaugen
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About

Associate Professor in (Neural) Data Science at the Department of Mathematical Sciences

Former positions:
PhD and Postdoc at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU
MS in Computational Engineering, Purdue University
BS in Applied Mathematics, University of Connecticut
Computational Methods Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, UTC

Publications

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2022

  • Gardner, Richard James; Hermansen, Erik; Pachitariu, Marius; Burak, Yoram; Baas, Nils A.; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2022) Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells. Nature. volum 602 (7895).
    Academic article
  • Myers, Adele; Utpala, Saiteja; Talbar, Shubham; Sanborn, Sophia; Shewmake, Christian; Donnat, Claire; Mathe, Johan; Lupo, Umberto; Sonthalia, Rishi; Cui, Xinyue; Szwagier, Tom; Pignet, Arthur; Bergsson, Andri; Hauberg, Søren; Nielsen, Dmitriy; Sommer, Stefan; Klindt, David; Hermansen, Erik; Vaupel, Melvin; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Xiong, Jeffrey; Aharony, Noga; Noga, Aharony; Pe’er, Itsik; Ambellan, Felix; Hanik, Martin; Nava-Yazdani, Esfandiar; von Tycowicz, Christoph; Miolane, Nina. (2022) ICLR 2022 Challenge for Computational Geometry & Topology: Design and Results. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR).
    Academic article
  • Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Andersen, Christoffer Wold; Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle; Battistin, Claudia; Bulso, Nicola; Christensen, Hannah M.; Cretois, Benjamin; Cubero, Ryan John Abat; Davidovich, Ivan Andres; Dickel, Lisa; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Dunn-Sigouin, Etienne; Dyrstad, Karin; Einum, Sigurd; Giglio, Donata; Gjerløw, Haakon; Godefroidt, Amélie; González-Gil, Ricardo; Gonzalo Cogno, Soledad; Große, Fabian; Halloran, Paul; Jensen, Mari Fjalstad; Kennedy, John James; Langsæther, Peter Egge; Laverick, Jack H; Lederberger, Debora; Li, Camille; Mandeville, Elizabeth G; Mandeville, Caitlin; Moe, Espen; Navarro Schröder, Tobias; Nunan, David; Sicachá Parada, Jorge Armando; Simpson, Melanie Rae; Skarstein, Emma Sofie; Spensberger, Clemens; Stevens, Richard; Subramanian, Aneesh C.; Svendsen, Lea; Theisen, Ole Magnus; Watret, Connor; O'Hara, Robert Brian. (2022) Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines. iScience. volum 25.
    Academic article

2021

  • Gonschorek, Dominic; Höfling, Larissa; Szatko, Klaudia; Franke, Katrin; Schubert, Timm; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Berens, Phillipp; Klindt, David; Euler, Thomas. (2021) Removing Inter-Experimental Variability from Functional Data in Systems Neuroscience. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. volum 34.
    Academic article

2020

  • Tombaz, Tuce; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Hovde, Karoline; Cubero, Ryan John Abat; Mimica, Bartul; Mamidanna, Pranav; Roudi, Yasser; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2020) Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network. Scientific Reports. volum 10 (1).
    Academic article

2019

  • Rybakken, Erik; Baas, Nils A.; Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2019) Decoding of neural data using cohomological feature extraction. Neural Computation. volum 31 (1).
    Academic article

2018

  • Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. Science. volum 362 (6414).
    Academic article
  • Spreemann, Gard; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Botnan, Magnus; Baas, Nils A.. (2018) Using persistent homology to reveal hidden covariates in systems governed by the kinetic Ising model. Physical review. E. volum 97 (3).
    Academic article

2017

  • Battistin, Claudia; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Roudi, Yasser. (2017) Learning with unknowns: analyzing biological data in the presence of hidden variables. Current Opinion in Systems Biology.
    Academic literature review
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Battistin, Claudia. (2017) The appropriateness of ignorance in the inverse kinetic Ising model. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. volum 50 (12).
    Academic article
  • Kanter, Benjamin Richard; Lykken, Christine Marie; Avesar, Daniel; Weible, Aldis; Dickinson, Jasmine; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Zuiderveen Borgesius, Cornelis Herman; Roudi, Yasser; Kentros, Clifford. (2017) A Novel Mechanism for the Grid-to-Place Cell Transformation Revealed by Transgenic Depolarization of Medial Entorhinal Cortex Layer II. Neuron. volum 93 (6).
    Academic article

2015

  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Mørreaunet, Maria; Roudi, Yasser. (2015) Correlations and functional connections in a population of grid cells. PLoS Computational Biology. volum 11 (2).
    Academic article
  • Roudi, Yasser; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Hertz, John. (2015) Multi-neuronal activity and functional connectivity in cell assemblies. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. volum 32.
    Academic literature review

2013

  • Bonnevie, Tora; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Kubie, J. L.; Roudi, Yasser; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2013) Grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus. Nature Neuroscience. volum 16 (3).
    Academic article
  • Couey, Jonathan Jay; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Zheng, Kang; Ye, Jing; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Czajkowski, Rafal; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Roudi, Yasser; Witter, Menno. (2013) Recurrent inhibitory circuitry as a mechanism for grid formation. Nature Neuroscience. volum 16 (3).
    Academic article
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Roudi, Yasser. (2013) Learning and inference in a nonequilibrium Ising model with hidden nodes. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. volum 87 (2).
    Academic article

2012

  • Couey, Jonathan Jay; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Czajkowski, Rafal; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Ye, Jing; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Roudi, Yasser; Witter, Menno. (2012) 702.06/DDD22 - Medial entorhinal cortex layer ii stellate cells are embedded within a recurrent inhibitory network. SFN Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.
    Abstract
  • Bonnevie, Tora; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Kubie, J. L.; Roudi, Yasser; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2012) 702.12/DDD28 - Entorhinal grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus. SFN Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.
    Abstract
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Bonnevie, Tora; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno; Roudi, Yasser. (2012) 702.08/DDD24 - An inhibitory network of grid cells. SFN Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.
    Abstract
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno; Roudi, Yasser. (2012) 3899. Grid Cells Emerge From A Competitive Network. FENS.
    Abstract

Journal publications

  • Gardner, Richard James; Hermansen, Erik; Pachitariu, Marius; Burak, Yoram; Baas, Nils A.; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2022) Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells. Nature. volum 602 (7895).
    Academic article
  • Myers, Adele; Utpala, Saiteja; Talbar, Shubham; Sanborn, Sophia; Shewmake, Christian; Donnat, Claire; Mathe, Johan; Lupo, Umberto; Sonthalia, Rishi; Cui, Xinyue; Szwagier, Tom; Pignet, Arthur; Bergsson, Andri; Hauberg, Søren; Nielsen, Dmitriy; Sommer, Stefan; Klindt, David; Hermansen, Erik; Vaupel, Melvin; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Xiong, Jeffrey; Aharony, Noga; Noga, Aharony; Pe’er, Itsik; Ambellan, Felix; Hanik, Martin; Nava-Yazdani, Esfandiar; von Tycowicz, Christoph; Miolane, Nina. (2022) ICLR 2022 Challenge for Computational Geometry & Topology: Design and Results. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR).
    Academic article
  • Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Andersen, Christoffer Wold; Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle; Battistin, Claudia; Bulso, Nicola; Christensen, Hannah M.; Cretois, Benjamin; Cubero, Ryan John Abat; Davidovich, Ivan Andres; Dickel, Lisa; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Dunn-Sigouin, Etienne; Dyrstad, Karin; Einum, Sigurd; Giglio, Donata; Gjerløw, Haakon; Godefroidt, Amélie; González-Gil, Ricardo; Gonzalo Cogno, Soledad; Große, Fabian; Halloran, Paul; Jensen, Mari Fjalstad; Kennedy, John James; Langsæther, Peter Egge; Laverick, Jack H; Lederberger, Debora; Li, Camille; Mandeville, Elizabeth G; Mandeville, Caitlin; Moe, Espen; Navarro Schröder, Tobias; Nunan, David; Sicachá Parada, Jorge Armando; Simpson, Melanie Rae; Skarstein, Emma Sofie; Spensberger, Clemens; Stevens, Richard; Subramanian, Aneesh C.; Svendsen, Lea; Theisen, Ole Magnus; Watret, Connor; O'Hara, Robert Brian. (2022) Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines. iScience. volum 25.
    Academic article
  • Gonschorek, Dominic; Höfling, Larissa; Szatko, Klaudia; Franke, Katrin; Schubert, Timm; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Berens, Phillipp; Klindt, David; Euler, Thomas. (2021) Removing Inter-Experimental Variability from Functional Data in Systems Neuroscience. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. volum 34.
    Academic article
  • Tombaz, Tuce; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Hovde, Karoline; Cubero, Ryan John Abat; Mimica, Bartul; Mamidanna, Pranav; Roudi, Yasser; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2020) Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network. Scientific Reports. volum 10 (1).
    Academic article
  • Rybakken, Erik; Baas, Nils A.; Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2019) Decoding of neural data using cohomological feature extraction. Neural Computation. volum 31 (1).
    Academic article
  • Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. Science. volum 362 (6414).
    Academic article
  • Spreemann, Gard; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Botnan, Magnus; Baas, Nils A.. (2018) Using persistent homology to reveal hidden covariates in systems governed by the kinetic Ising model. Physical review. E. volum 97 (3).
    Academic article
  • Battistin, Claudia; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Roudi, Yasser. (2017) Learning with unknowns: analyzing biological data in the presence of hidden variables. Current Opinion in Systems Biology.
    Academic literature review
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Battistin, Claudia. (2017) The appropriateness of ignorance in the inverse kinetic Ising model. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. volum 50 (12).
    Academic article
  • Kanter, Benjamin Richard; Lykken, Christine Marie; Avesar, Daniel; Weible, Aldis; Dickinson, Jasmine; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Zuiderveen Borgesius, Cornelis Herman; Roudi, Yasser; Kentros, Clifford. (2017) A Novel Mechanism for the Grid-to-Place Cell Transformation Revealed by Transgenic Depolarization of Medial Entorhinal Cortex Layer II. Neuron. volum 93 (6).
    Academic article
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Mørreaunet, Maria; Roudi, Yasser. (2015) Correlations and functional connections in a population of grid cells. PLoS Computational Biology. volum 11 (2).
    Academic article
  • Roudi, Yasser; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Hertz, John. (2015) Multi-neuronal activity and functional connectivity in cell assemblies. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. volum 32.
    Academic literature review
  • Bonnevie, Tora; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Kubie, J. L.; Roudi, Yasser; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2013) Grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus. Nature Neuroscience. volum 16 (3).
    Academic article
  • Couey, Jonathan Jay; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Zheng, Kang; Ye, Jing; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Czajkowski, Rafal; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Roudi, Yasser; Witter, Menno. (2013) Recurrent inhibitory circuitry as a mechanism for grid formation. Nature Neuroscience. volum 16 (3).
    Academic article
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Roudi, Yasser. (2013) Learning and inference in a nonequilibrium Ising model with hidden nodes. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. volum 87 (2).
    Academic article
  • Couey, Jonathan Jay; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Czajkowski, Rafal; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Ye, Jing; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Roudi, Yasser; Witter, Menno. (2012) 702.06/DDD22 - Medial entorhinal cortex layer ii stellate cells are embedded within a recurrent inhibitory network. SFN Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.
    Abstract
  • Bonnevie, Tora; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Kubie, J. L.; Roudi, Yasser; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2012) 702.12/DDD28 - Entorhinal grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus. SFN Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.
    Abstract
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Bonnevie, Tora; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno; Roudi, Yasser. (2012) 702.08/DDD24 - An inhibitory network of grid cells. SFN Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.
    Abstract
  • Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno; Roudi, Yasser. (2012) 3899. Grid Cells Emerge From A Competitive Network. FENS.
    Abstract

Teaching

Courses

  • TMA4255 - Applied Statistics
  • TMA4285 - Time Series

Media

2022

  • Poster
    Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Nevjen, Fredrik; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2022) General and context-specific tuning in the rat medial prefrontal cortex. SfN . Society for Neuroscience; San Diego. 2022-11-12 - 2022-11-16.
  • Poster
    Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Nevjen, Fredrik; Klindt, David; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2022) Task-dependent ensemble coding in rat medial prefrontal cortex. FENS . The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies; Paris. 2022-07-09 - 2022-07-13.

2019

  • Poster
    Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Cortical Substrates of Observational Learning in Rodents. Summer School Tromsø . NRSN; Tromsø. 2019-08-11 - 2019-08-18.

2018

  • Interview
    Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Scientists Find Brain Cells That Could Explain How We Control Posture. USA [Internett]. 2018-11-02.
  • Poster
    Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Bojja, Srikanth; Tombaz, Tuce; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Cortical representation of egocentric head space and body posture in freely moving rats. Cosyne 2018 ; Denver. 2018-03-01 - 2018-03-04.
  • Poster
    Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Cortical representation of posture in freely moving rats. 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience 2018 . FENS; Berlin. 2018-07-07 - 2018-07-11.
  • Poster
    Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. SfN 2018 . SfN; San Diego. 2018-11-03 - 2018-11-07.
  • Poster
    Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. NRSN PhD conference 2018 . NRNS; Trondheim. 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-21.
  • Interview
    Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Researchers find neural cells in rat brain that are tuned to posture. USA [Internett]. 2018-11-02.
  • Interview
    Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Scientists record posture-coding neurons in the cortex. Norway [Internett]. 2018-11-02.
  • Poster
    Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Cortical Substrates of Observational Learning in Rodents. NRSN PhD conference 2018 . NRSN; Jægtvolden Fjordhotell, Inderøy. 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-21.

2014

  • Interview
    Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2014) Fra flymotor til Moser. adresseavisen [Avis]. 2014-11-19.
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