Group — Human × Machine

We are an interdisciplinary group interested in probing the boundaries between human and machine intelligence.

Jiaqiu Vince Sun*

PhD Candidate, NYU Center for Neuroscience. Former professional architect turned neuroscientist; integrates spatial design, cognitive neuroscience, and philosophy of mind to study how memory emerges and diverges in brains and artificial systems; focuses on higher‑level functions such as self‑monitoring and control.

📫 vince.sun@nyu.edu

Chupei Wang*

Bachelor, University of Virginia, Physics Department. Physics + philosophy background; UChicago Divinity School (Eastern philosophy of religion, gap during college). Explores failure modes at the intersection of cognitive architectures and algorithms.

📫 cw4bb@virginia.edu

Sam Zheyang Zheng

Guest researcher at the Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN); currently obtaining his Ph.D. at New York University (NYU), co‑advised by Alex Williams and Gyorgy Buzsaki (NYU Langone). Previously earned a B.A. in Mathematics (minor in Philosophy) at the University of Chicago. Works closely with experimentalists to develop statistical tools for neuroscientific questions, focusing on the multi‑scale and flexible nature of the hippocampal neural code.