I am a PhD student at MIT EECS advised by Nancy Lynch. My research interests are in understanding systems level neural circuit computations and how these computations are disrupted in neurological disorders. My recent research efforts have ben focused on two more specific problems. The first in developing an understanding of the differences between artificial neural networks and biological intelligence. The second in developing an updated theory for the role of the basal ganglia (and more specifically the striatum) in aiding cortical ciruit computations. You can reach me at sdrammis@mit.edu.

Selected publications and preprints

Parallel Algorithms for Exact Enumeration of Deep Neural Network Activation Regions
Sabrina Drammis, Bowen Zheng, Karthik Srinivasan, Robert C. Berwick, Nancy A. Lynch, Robert Ajemian
arXiv 2024
Modulation of prefrontal couplings by prior belief-related responses in ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Bin A. Wang, Sabrina Drammis, Ali Hummos, Michael M Halassa, Burkhard Pleger
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2023
Thalamic regulation of frontal interactions in human cognitive flexibility
Ali Hummos*, Bin A. Wang*, Sabrina Drammis*, Michael M. Halassa, Burkhard Pledger
PLOS Computational Biology 2022
Striosomes Mediate Value-Based Learning Vulnerable in Age and a Huntington’s Disease Model
Alexander Friedman*, Emily Hueske*, Sabrina M Drammis**, Sebastian E Toro Arana**, Erik D Nelson**, Cody W Carter**, Sebastien Delcasso**, Raimundo X Rodriguez**, Hope Lutwak**, Kaden S DiMarco**, Qingyang Zhang, Lara I Rakocevic, Dan Hu, Joshua K Xiong, Jiajia Zhao, Leif G Gibb, Tomoko Yoshida, Cody A Siciliano, Thomas J Diefenbach, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Ann M Graybiel
Cell 2020

Selected talks and presentations

The functional role of the striatum as an action evaluation circuit: a network-level theory
Sabrina Drammis, Nancy Lynch, and Alexander Friedman
BDA (PODC workshop) 2024
Thalamic role in human cognitive flexibility and frontal region regulation
Ali Hummos*, Bin A. Wang*, Sabrina Drammis*, Michael M. Halassa, and Burkhard Pledger
COSYNE 2022