Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2025 — now
PhD · Machine Learning
University of Tübingen · IMPRS-IS
2025 Distinction
MSc · Mind, Brain and Behavior
University of Giessen
Final grade: 0.7
Thesis: A quantitative evaluation of representational similarity analysis in image classification networks
2021 Distinction
MSc · Mathematics
University of Marburg
Final grade: 0.7
Thesis: Invariant connections on principal fiber bundles over homogeneous spaces
Advisor: Ilka Agricola
2018 Distinction
BSc · Mathematics
University of Marburg
Final grade: 0.9
Thesis: Estimating the roughness of stochastic processes by increment ratios
Advisor: Markus Bibinger

Experience

Nov 2024 –
Feb 2025
Project Research Intern
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL · London, UK
Supervisor: Erin Grant

Publications

Workshop Proceedings
2026 Award
Parameter symmetries determine representational geometry in overparameterized nonlinear networks
ICML 2026 Workshop on Weight-Space Symmetries: From Foundations to Practical Applications

Conference Contributions

Talks
2026
Parameter symmetries determine representational geometry in overparameterized nonlinear networks
ICML 2026 Workshop on Weight-Space Symmetries: From Foundations to Practical Applications · Seoul, South Korea · July 10, 2026
Posters
2026
Parameter symmetries determine representational geometry in overparameterized nonlinear networks
9th Annual Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN 2026) · New York, NY, USA · August 3–6, 2026
2026
Representation can dissociate from function and behaviour in task-optimised vision networks
9th Annual Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN 2026) · New York, NY, USA · August 3–6, 2026
2026
Parameter symmetries determine representational geometry in overparameterized nonlinear networks
ICML 2026 Workshop on Weight-Space Symmetries: From Foundations to Practical Applications · Seoul, South Korea · July 10, 2026
Tutorials
2026
Adaptive, degenerate, and yet comparable? Rethinking representational comparisons
9th Annual Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN 2026) · New York, NY, USA · August 3, 2026

Invited Presentations

Colloquia
2026
Same function, different geometry: Rethinking representational similarity
NIP Colloquium, Summer Term 2026 · Tübingen, Germany · July 14, 2026

Awards & Honors

2026
Best Paper Award
Awarded for the paper Parameter symmetries determine representational geometry in overparameterized nonlinear networks.
2025
PhD Scholarship
Competitive scholarship providing co-funding for three years.
2023
TAM Master Scholarship
University of Giessen
Merit-based scholarship awarded by The Adaptive Mind, a cluster project funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts.
2019
Deutschlandstipendium
University of Marburg
Merit-based scholarship co-funded by the German federal government and private sponsors, awarded for one year at a time through an annual selection.
2018
Deutschlandstipendium
University of Marburg
Merit-based scholarship co-funded by the German federal government and private sponsors, awarded for one year at a time through an annual selection.
2016
Deutschlandstipendium
University of Marburg
Merit-based scholarship co-funded by the German federal government and private sponsors, awarded for one year at a time through an annual selection.
2015
Deutschlandstipendium
University of Marburg
Merit-based scholarship co-funded by the German federal government and private sponsors, awarded for one year at a time through an annual selection.
2014
Deutschlandstipendium
University of Marburg
Merit-based scholarship co-funded by the German federal government and private sponsors, awarded for one year at a time through an annual selection.
2013
DMV-Abiturpreis in Mathematics
German Mathematical Society (DMV)
Awarded by the German Mathematical Society (DMV) for outstanding achievements in mathematics in the German university entrance exams (Abitur).
2013
Fellow of the Direktor Hüthwohl Stiftung
City of Grünberg
Awarded for outstanding achievements in the German university entrance exams (Abitur).

Teaching

Summer 2026
Cognitive Modeling · MSc
Teaching Assistant (shared role) · University of Tübingen
Summer 2025
Cognitive Modeling · MSc
Teaching Assistant (shared role) · University of Tübingen
Summer 2018
Introductory Courses for Freshmen · BSc
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · University of Marburg
Winter 2017
Introduction to Probability · BSc
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · University of Marburg
Summer 2017
Measure Theory and Integration · BSc
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · University of Marburg
Winter 2016
Probability Theory · MSc
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · University of Marburg
Summer 2016
Analysis I · BSc
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · University of Marburg
© 2026 Marvin Theiss Last updated on July 23, 2026