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Dr. Rorry Brenner

Carnegie Mellon - Computer Science BS | USC - Neuroscience PhD | Perforated AI - Founder | Improving NNs with neuroscience inspired dendritic intelligence.

Dr. Rorry Brenner

Oct 8, 2026

I'd add perforation. If you're building your models with PyTorch you should check it out: https://github.com/PerforatedAI/PerforatedAI

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