Ziqi Shen

I am pursuing Sc.B. degrees in Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Science at Brown University. My professional goal is to develop robust brain–computer interface systems that decode and preserve declarative memory. I am building the methodological foundations for that goal in systems neuroscience and in machine learning practices for high-dimensional neural signals.

Occasionally people call me Odysseus or Ody, which are my other names.

As a double life, I’m working toward playing badminton at the professional level. My other extracurricular interest include classical music, classical literature, science fiction, philosophy, and enjoying fine arts and museums.

Currently

May 2025 —
BrainGate
Research Assistant · PI Leigh Hochberg · Brown University

Intracortical decoding for people with tetraplegia. Honors thesis on bimanual cooperative context in motor cortex.

Jan 2025 —
Favila Memory Lab
Research Assistant · PI Serra E. Favila · Brown University

Representational geometry of human visual cortex, and how it compares to deep network embeddings.

Education

2023 – 2027
Brown University
Sc.B. Cognitive Neuroscience · Sc.B. Computer Science · GPA 3.83

Coursework in algorithms, systems, NeuroAI, computer vision, computational neuroscience, information theory, abstract algebra, and memory and the hippocampus.

2020 – 2023
Shanghai Pinghe School
International Baccalaureate Diploma · 44 / 45

Higher Level in Chinese A Language and Literature, English A Literature, Economics, Physics, Biology and Mathematics AA.