Journals
- Akella, S., Ledochowitsch P., ... & Jia X. (2025). Deciphering neuronal variability across states reveals dynamic sensory encoding. Nature Communications.
- Akella, S., Mohebi, A., Principe, J. C., & Oweiss, K. (2021). Marked point process representation of oscillatory dynamics underlying working memory. Journal of Neural Engineering.
- Loza, C. A., Reddy, C. G., Akella, S., & Principe, J. C. (2019). Discrimination of movement-related cortical potentials exploiting unsupervised learned representations from ECoGs. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Conferences
- Akella, S., Pereira-Obilinovic, U., ... & Olsen, S. (2026). Dynamic routing through context-dependent attractor dynamics in frontal cortex. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE).
- Akella, S., Principe, J. C. (2025). Measurable fields-to-spike causality and its dependence on cortical layer and area. IEEE 13th International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface.
- McBride, E.*, Akella, S.*, Gale, S.*, et al. (2024). Distributed context representations in the mouse brain during sensory task switching. Society for Neuroscience (SFN).
- Akella, S., Ledochowitsch, P., Siegle, J. H., et al. (2023). Distinct brain states modulate visual cortical processing in mouse. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE).
- Akella, S., Bastos, A. M., Principe, J. C., et al. (2022). Directed information for point process systems. NeurIPS 2022 Workshop on Information-Theoretic Principles in Cognitive Systems.
Selected Talks
- Deciphering neuronal variability in the brain. International Conference on Intelligence: From Cell to Network, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, August 2023.
- Laminar organization of spike-field connectivity during behavior. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), San Diego, CA, November 2022.
- Laminar specific interactions in the visual cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, April 2022.
Workshops Conducted
- Behavioral state analysis with Hidden Markov Models — Summer workshop on the Dynamic Brain (2023, 2025); UW/Allen Collaboratory (2025)
- Laminar spike-field connectivity — Vanderbilt University (2024)