CV
Current Position
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, Helen Will Neuroscience Institute
2022 -
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Neuroscience
2010 - 2016
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Major: Psychology
2004 - 2007
Research Experience
Post-Doctoral Fellow
The University of Rochester
2016 - present
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
2010 - 2016
Research Assistant
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2009 - 2010
Publications
Brain-like variational inference
H Vafaii
D Galor
JL Yates
arXiv preprint (accepted at NeurIPS) 2025
Event2audio: Event-based optical vibration sensing
M Cai
D Galor
APS Kohli
JL Yates
L Waller
2025 IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP) 2025
OpenIrisDPI: An Open-Source Digital Dual Purkinje Image Eye Tracker for Visual Neuroscience
RA Ressmeyer
J Otero-Millan
GD Horwitz
JL Yates
bioRxiv 2025
Noise2Image: noise-enabled static scene recovery for event cameras
R Cao
D Galor
A Kohli
JL Yates
L Waller
Optica 2025
Is the impact of spontaneous movements on early visual cortex species specific?
I Kang
BC Talluri
JL Yates
CM Niell
H Nienborg
Trends in Neurosciences 2025
Poisson variational autoencoders
H Vafaii
D Galor
JL Yates
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 2024
Running modulates primate and rodent visual cortex differently
JP Liska
DP Rowley
TTK Nguyen
JO Muthmann
DA Butts
JL Yates
AC Huk
Elife 2024
Open Iris-an open source framework for video-based eye-tracking research and development
R Sadeghi
R Ressmeyer
JL Yates
J Otero-Millan
Proceedings of the 2024 symposium on eye tracking research and applications 2024
Pre-saccadic neural enhancements in marmoset area MT
SH Coop
JL Yates
JF Mitchell
Journal of Neuroscience 2024
Efficient decoding of large-scale neural population responses with Gaussian-process multiclass regression
CD Greenidge
B Scholl
JL Yates
JW Pillow
Neural computation 2024
Hierarchical VAEs provide a normative account of motion processing in the primate brain
H Vafaii
JL Yates
D Butts
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 2023
A dynamic sequence of visual processing initiated by gaze shifts
PRL Parker
DM Martins
ESP Leonard
NM Casey
SL Sharp
ETT Abe
EC Smear
JL Yates
JF Mitchell
CM Niell
Nature neuroscience 2023
Activity in primate visual cortex is minimally driven by spontaneous movements
BC Talluri
I Kang
A Lazere
KR Quinn
N Kaliss
JL Yates
DA Butts
H Nienborg
Nature Neuroscience 2023
Detailed characterization of neural selectivity in free viewing primates
JL Yates
SH Coop
GH Sarch
RJ Wu
DA Butts
M Rucci
JF Mitchell
Nature Communications 2023
Unraveling Functional Diversity of Cortical Synaptic Architecture Through the Lens of Population Coding
JL Yates
B Scholl
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 2022
Motion perception in the common marmoset
SL Cloherty*
JL Yates*
D Graf
GC DeAngelis
JF Mitchell
Cerebral Cortex 2020
Discrete stepping and nonlinear ramping dynamics underlie spiking responses of LIP neurons during decision-making
DM Zoltowski
KW Latimer
JL Yates
AC Huk
JW Pillow
Neuron 2019
Gaze and the control of foot placement when walking in natural terrain
JS Matthis
JL Yates
MM Hayhoe
Current Biology 2018
Functional dissection of signal and noise in MT and LIP during decision-making
JL Yates
IM Park
LN Katz
JW Pillow
AC Huk
Nature Neuroscience 2017
The role of the lateral intraparietal area in (the study of) decision making
AC Huk
LN Katz
JL Yates
Annual review of neuroscience 2017
Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream
LN Katz*
JL Yates*
JW Pillow
& AC Huk
Nature 2016
Spotlight in
Trends in Neurosciences
Bijan Pesaran & David Freedman
Spotlight in
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Sashank Pisupati, Lital Chartarifsky, & Anne K. Churchland
Faculty of 1000 (F1000Prime) entry
Daeyeol Lee
Relevant review article in
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Carlos Brody & Tim Hanks
Response to comment on “single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making”
KW Latimer
JL Yates
MM Meister
AC Huk
and JW Pillow
Science 2016
Single-trial spike trains in parietal cortex reveal discrete steps during decision-making
KW Latimer
JL Yates
MM Meister
AC Huk
and JW Pillow
Science 2015
Continuous Psychophysics: Target-tracking to Measure Visual Sensitivity
K Bonnen
J Burge
JL Yates
JW Pillow
LK Cormack
Journal of Vision 2015
V1 is not uniquely identified by polarity reversals of responses to upper and lower visual field stimuli
JM Ales
JL Yates
AM Norcia
Neuroimage 2010
Talks
Choice probabilities and correlations in simultaneously recorded MT and LIP neurons
Yates, J.L, Katz, L. N., Park, I. M., Pillow, J. W., & Huk, A. C.
SFN
2014
Dissociated functional significance of choice-related activity across the primate dorsal stream
Yates, J. L., Katz L. K., Park, I. M., Pillow J. W., Huk A.
Cosyne
2014
Decision-related activity in neurons does not imply a causal effect on behavior
Yates, J. L., Katz L. K., Park, I. M., Pillow J. W., Huk A.
Institute for Neuroscience Symposium
invited
2014
Posters
A behavioral tracking paradigm for estimating visual sensitivity with dynamic internal models
Bonnen K., Burge J., Yates J. L., Pillow J. W., Cormack L. K.
Cosyne
2014
Precise characterization of dorsal stream neural activity during decision making
Yates J. L., Park I. M., Cormack L. K., Pillow J. W., Huk, A. C.
SFN
2013
A. C. Neuromuscular recruitment during oculomotor decision-making in human
Katz. L. N., Yates J. L., Cormack L. K., Huk
SFN
2013
A. C. Precise characterization of multiple LIP neurons in relation to stimulus and behavior
Yates J. L., Park I. M., Cormack L. K., Pillow J. W., Huk
Cosyne
2013
Psychophysical reverse correlation of motion perception
Yates, J. L., Huk A. C., Cormack L. K., Pillow J. W.
VSS
2012
Probing motion perception with spatiotemporal reverse correlation
Yates J. L., Cormack L. K., Huk A. C., Pillow J. W.
Cosyne
2012
An evoked-response polarity reversal from upper and lower visual field stimuli is insufficient to uniquely identify V1
Ales J. M., Yates J. L., Norcia A. M.
SFN
2009
Service
Graduate Student Outreach Program
UT Neuroscience and Psychology
2010 - 2014
Symposium Organizing Committee
UT Institute for Neuroscience
2011 - 2013
Symposium Chair
UT Institute for Neuroscience
2012
Graduate Student Assembly representative
UT Austin College of Natural Sciences
2010 - 2011
Honors & Awards
Professional Development Award
UT Austin College of Natural Sciences
2015
Cold Spring Harbor Labs course attendee
Neuroscience: Computational Vision
2014
Training Grant recipient
Center for Perceptual Neuroscience
2012 - 2014
Training Grant recipient
Institute for Neuroscience
2010 - 2012
Deans’s Excellence Award
UT Austin College of Natural Science
2010
Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship
UT Austin College of Natural Science
2010