Neil Shah
@neilhshah15
cs + math @harvard. leading tech, formerly news @thecrimson. researching RL and high-dim’l stats.
super cool stuff from a super cool person!!!
Three weeks ago, we started building an AI game engine. But some models kept making things look... sloppy. So we turned finding the best one into a game. In three weeks, that game grew to 35K+ users across 135 countries. Introducing @designarena_ai, the fastest-growing…
Excited to share a new project spanning cognitive science and AI where we develop a novel deep reinforcement learning model---Multitask Preplay---that explains how people generalize to new tasks that were previously accessible but unpursued.
77 years ago this week Claude Shannon ushered in the field of information theory with his paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," which has been cited over 100,000 times: bit.ly/44rfByX
preprint on research direction we're calling "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science" below is a summary of our argument. if you disagree with us, please let me know! feedback very welcome arxiv.org/abs/2502.20349
Excited to share project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior! We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
looks really cool! cognitive scientists should especially pay attention to this we can now procedurally generate environments. will be key for scaling up complexity of experimental designs while maintaining experimental control! see arxiv.org/abs/2502.20349 for discussion!
Exciting to announce that the second edition of the PCGML textbook by Sam Snodgrass, Adam Summerville and myself is online! This version is a major update of the first, with a new chapter on GenAI and updates on the last two years of research. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
My dispatch from @Harvard Commencement today in @NewYorker daily newsletter: newyorker.com/newsletter/the…
Scoop from @GBH: Harvard — in a historic move — has revoked HBS professor Francesca Gino's tenure. Gino was investigated for research misconduct after data sleuths alleged that data in at least four of her studies had been manipulated. wgbh.org/news/education…
Everyone's caught up with the fact that he's American but the more important fact is that, as far as I can tell, Robert Francis Prevost is the first math major to be Pope.
Noteworthy: Harvard President Alan Garber has now done interviews with the NYT, WSJ, Boston Globe, and NBC but has repeatedly declined requests from the school's paper @thecrimson. (Harvard pres usually does regular interviews with The Crimson. Garber has broken that precedent.)
Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale A must-read investigation from @williamcmao and @VeronicaHPaulus as this week's @thecrimson cover story: thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…
Since George Andreou became director of Harvard University Press in 2017, he's presided over falling acquisitions and high staff turnover. Press employees say that isn't a coincidence. Investigation by @williamcmao and @VeronicaHPaulus in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…
Important analysis from @dhruvtkpatel, @graceunkyoon in @thecrimson today. Must-read for anyone closely following what's happening at Harvard. thecrimson.com/article/2025/4…
HLS's Dean of Students condemned emails sent to students that accused Harvard Law Review of discriminating against white authors and urged applicants to falsify their racial and gender identities on applications. @cghennigan & Bradford D. Kimball report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/4…
NEW: Amid Feud With Trump, Harvard Pushed Back Release of Antisemitism, Anti-Muslim Bias Task Force Reports From Early April More in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/4…
