Expand neurons, not parameters
Kong, L.*, Subramanian, I.*, Shavit, Y., Adler, M., Alistarh, D., & Shavit, N. N. (2025, October). Expand neurons, not parameters. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04500
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- GitHub University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
Negative pre-activations differentiate syntax
Kong, L., Ning, A., Adler, M., & Shavit, N. N. (2025, September). Negative pre-activations differentiate syntax. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24198
Input differentiation via negative computation
Kong, L.*, Ning, A.*, & Shavit, N. N. (2025, June). Input differentiation via negative computation [Poster presentation]. The 3rd Workshop on High-dimensional Learning Dynamics at the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025 Workshop HiLD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.
A connectomics-driven analysis reveals novel characterization of border regions in mouse visual cortex
Tumma, N.*, Kong, L.*†, Sawmya, S., Wang, T. T., & Shavit, N. N.† (2024). A connectomics-driven analysis reveals novel characterization of border regions in mouse visual cortex. Neural Networks, 190, 107688 (Neural Netw). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2025.107688
Wasserstein distances, neuronal entanglement, and sparsity
Sawmya, S.*, Kong, L.*, Markov, I., Alistarh, D., & Shavit, N. N. (2025). Wasserstein distances, neuronal entanglement, and sparsity. The 13th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2025, Spotlight Presentation). https://openreview.net/pdf?id=cnKhHxN3xj
Presynaptic input synchrony at scale
Kong, L.*, Durresi, H.*, Mi, L., & Shavit, N. N. (2025, March). Presynaptic input synchrony at scale [Poster presentation]. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE 2025), Montreal, QC, Canada.
Neuronal disentanglement and Sparse Expansion
Sawmya, S.*, Kong, L.*, Markov, I., Alistarh, D., & Shavit, N. N. (2024, August). Neuronal disentanglement and Sparse Expansion [Poster presentation]. New England Mechanistic Interpretability Workshop Series (NEMI 2024), Boston, MA, United States.
Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons
Hobson, B. D., Kong, L., Angelo, M. F., Lieberman, O. J., Mosharov, E. V., Herzog, E., Sulzer, D., & Sims, P. A. (2022). Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons. Cell Reports, 38(2) (Cell Rep). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110208
Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons
Hobson, B. D., Kong, L., Angelo, M. F., Lieberman, O. J., Mosharov, E. V., Herzog, E., Sulzer, D., & Sims, P. A. (2021, October). Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons [Poster presentation]. 2021 Columbia University Undergraduate Research Symposium, New York, NY, United States.
Elongation inhibitors do not prevent the release of puromycylated nascent polypeptide chains from ribosomes
Hobson, B. D., Kong, L., Hartwick, E. W., Gonzalez, R. L., Jr., & Sims, P. A. (2020, October). Elongation inhibitors do not prevent the release of puromycylated nascent polypeptide chains from ribosomes [Poster presentation]. 2020 Columbia University Undergraduate Research Symposium, New York, NY, United States.
Elongation inhibitors do not prevent the release of puromycylated nascent polypeptide chains from ribosomes
Hobson, B. D., Kong, L., Hartwick, E. W., Gonzalez, R. L., Jr., & Sims, P. A. (2020). Elongation inhibitors do not prevent the release of puromycylated nascent polypeptide chains from ribosomes. eLife 9, e60048 (eLife). https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60048
Toward visualization of active translation in dopaminergic neurons
Kong, L., Hobson, B. D., & Sims, P. A. (2019, October). Toward visualization of active translation in dopaminergic neurons [Poster presentation]. 2019 Columbia University Undergraduate Research Symposium, New York, NY, United States.
Absence of REV3L promotes p53-regulated cancer cell metabolism in cisplatin-treated lung carcinoma cells
Kong, L.*, Murata, M. M.*, & Digman, M. A. (2018). Absence of REV3L promotes p53-regulated cancer cell metabolism in cisplatin-treated lung carcinoma cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 496(1), 199-204 (BBRC). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.026
Fighting the (chemotherapeutic) resistance: restoring p53 function and silencing REV3L suppresses the cancerous metabolic phenotype in cisplatin treated human non-small lung carcinoma cells
Kong, L.*, Murata, M. M.*, & Digman, M. A. (2017, October). Fighting the (chemotherapeutic) resistance: restoring p53 function and silencing REV3L suppresses the cancerous metabolic phenotype in cisplatin treated human non-small lung carcinoma cells [Poster presentation]. 2nd World Congress on Cancer Research and Therapy (WCCRT 2017), San Diego, CA, United States.
Talks
Talk on Wasserstein Distances, Neuronal Entanglement, and Sparsity
Talk at Red Hat, Boston, MA, USA
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams