List: Medium Originals | Curated by Gabriel A. Silva

Dec 30, 2023
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Medium OriginalsOriginal articles published in Medium and its associated publications
Gabriel A. Silva
Questions About the Brain and Neural Dynamics Should be a Priority for Quantum ComputingImage credit: Getty
Dec 30, 2023
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Dec 30, 2023
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Gabriel A. Silva
Dear Startups: The power of AI is not in the technology, but in its use to well-defined problemsWhile my day job in academia is to understand the physiology and algorithms that the brain uses in its computations, some of the work I do…
Dec 2, 2023
Dec 2, 2023
Gabriel A. Silva
Very well written and informative article. I greatly enjoyed it. Congratulations.Here's another (not so) future direction that while nascent I would argue we are starting to see some real connections: The relevant…
Jul 10, 2023
Jul 10, 2023
Gabriel A. Silva
Phototransduction: How the Brain Converts Light into Neural SignalsAs you read these words, photons of light are being absorbed, reflected, and in some cases emitted (if you are reading this on a computer…
Jan 14, 2020
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Jan 14, 2020
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Gabriel A. Silva
Beyond Phototransduction: What Happens after the RetinaIn the first part of this series of three articles we reviewed in some detail how photons are ‘converted’ or transduced into a…
Jan 16, 2020
Jan 16, 2020
Gabriel A. Silva
Beyond Phototransduction: Where is the Information in what we See?In the first part of this series of three articles we introduced and reviewed how photons are ‘converted’ or transduced into a…
Jan 17, 2020
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Jan 17, 2020
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Gabriel A. Silva
A Beginner’s Guide: How to Write About Science for Non-ExpertsThere’s no sugar coating it. Writing is hard. Writing about science for a lay audience and the general public is really hard. You may have…
Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020
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Elemental
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Gabriel A. Silva
No Two Brains Are the Same: How Neuroscience Is Advancing to Account for ThisA researcher explains the significance of brain organoids
Aug 7, 2020
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Aug 7, 2020
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Gabriel A. Silva
The Problem with Understanding the Mind by Studying the BrainWhen I was a kid I sometimes imagined that everyone I knew were actually alien beings that would put on human looking masks whenever they…
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
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Cantor’s Paradise
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Gabriel A. Silva
Why We Need Mathematics to Understand the BrainWhen I tell people that I use mathematics and engineering to study and understand how the brain works, the reaction I get is oftentimes…
Sep 24, 2020
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Sep 24, 2020
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The Startup
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Gabriel A. Silva
‘Smart’ Brain-Machine Interfaces That Adapt to Your Needs and IntentMachine Learning meets Neural Engineering
Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
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Cantor’s Paradise
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Gabriel A. Silva
How Geometry and Combinatorics Tame the Networks in your BrainPhysical Constraints Regulate Information Dynamics
Nov 1, 2020
Nov 1, 2020
Gabriel A. Silva
Finding Heaven in NumbersIn Pursuit of the Transcendental Reality of Mathematics
Nov 30, 2020
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Nov 30, 2020
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BeingWell
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Gabriel A. Silva
The Other Brain You Didn’t Know You HadAstrocyte Glial Cells in the Brain
Dec 31, 2020
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Dec 31, 2020
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Cantor’s Paradise
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Gabriel A. Silva
How Mathematical Proofs can Help Unlock the Secrets of the BrainComputational neuroscience, broadly defined, is the mathematical and physical modeling of neural processes at a chosen scale, from…
Mar 3, 2021
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Mar 3, 2021
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Gabriel A. Silva
Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence Really Should Help Each Other OutDespite their names, artificial intelligence and their component systems, such as machine learning and artificial neural networks, don’t…
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021