CV

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Education

• M.S.-Ph.D in Neuroscience, IMPRS-MMFD, GTC, Tübingen, 2021-present
• B.S.-M.S. in Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, 2016-2021

Work experience

• 2023: PhD candidate
  • Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
  • Building computational models of delay, self-control and procrastination. Analyzing real-world student data
  • Supervisor: Prof. Peter Dayan
• 2020-2021: Research Assistant
  • Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
  • Analysed rat behavioral data and constucted computational models to understand the computational role of phasic Acetylcholine
  • Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Lloyd and Prof. Peter Dayan
• Summer 2019: Research Intern
  • Australian National University, Canberra
  • Used Recurrent Neural Networks to model decision making strategies in rats
  • Supervisor: Prof. Ehsan Arabzadeh

Publications and pre-prints

• Chebolu, S., Dayan, P. (2025). Weighting waiting: A decision-theoretic taxonomy of delay, pacing and procrastination. Psyarxiv.
• Chebolu, S., Dayan, P., and Lloyd, K. (2022). Vigilance, arousal, and acetylcholine: Optimal control of attention in a simple detection task. PLOS Computational Biology.

Posters and proceedings

• Chebolu, S., Dayan, P. (2024). Optimal and sub-optimal intertemporal decisions explain procrastination in a real-world task. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 46.
• Chebolu, S., Dayan, P., and Lloyd, K. (2022). Fast ACh signals and the optimal control of attention in a detection task. Poster presented at Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting (COSYNE 2022).

Invited talks

• Systems neurosicence symposium, Tübingen, 2024
• Murayama Lab, Motivation Science Lab, 2024
• Wu Lab, HUman and Machine Cognition Lab, 2023

Skills

• Proficient in Python and MATLAB

Awards

• COSYNE travel grant 2022
• IMPRS-MMFD scholarship from Max Planck Insitute for Biological Cybernetics 2021-2023
• Australian National University’s Future Research Talent Fellowship 2019
• KVPY Scholarship, from Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt Of India 2016-2021

Service and leadership

• Helped in the founding of and served as a buddy for the CaCTüS internship in Tübingen for young scientists from underserved communities
• Teacher Volunteer: At Disha (IISER- Pune’s social outreach programme)
• Part of co-ordinating team for Karavaan (IISER Pune cultural fest)