We congratulate Xiangshuai, who worked together with Sen on project P2, on his successful thesis defense which took place on April 17th. The title of his thesis is "Modeling the function of episodic memory in spatial navigation: A reinforcement learning approach". The models that he envisioned and developed in his work will be used by the group for years to come. Also, congrautlations on his new position in the Adams Lab, UCL. 

Here are a few of Xiangshuai's publications: 

• Vijayabaskaran, S., Zeng, X., Ghazinouri, B., Wiskott, L., & Cheng, S.. (2025). A taxonomy of spatial navigation in mammals: Insights from computational modeling. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 176, 106282. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106282
• Diekmann, N., Vijayabaskaran, S., Zeng, X., Kappel, D., Menezes, M. C., & Cheng, S.. (2023). CoBeL-RL: A neuroscience-oriented simulation framework for complex behavior and learning. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 17. http://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2023.1134405
• Zeng, X., Diekmann, N., Wiskott, L., & Cheng, S.. (2023). Modeling the function of episodic memory in spatial learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1160648
• Zeng, X., Wiskott, L., & Cheng, S.. (2021). The computational benefits of episodic memory in spatial learning. http://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.24.469830