I am a faculty member in the departments of Computer Science and of Cognitive Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. My fields of interest are Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. Specifically, I conduct research on semantic (meaning) representation from a computational perspective. My research is tightly linked to statistical learning, language technology (such as Machine Translation and Information Extraction), and computational modeling of child language acquisition.

Selected Publications
1. J. Courtin*, Y. Bitterman*, S. Müller, J. Hinz, K.M. Hagihara, C. Müller, A. Lüthi, A neuronal mechanism for
motivational control of behavior, Science (375), 2022.
2. M. S. Fustiñana, T. Eichlisberger, T. Bouwmeester, Y. Bitterman*, A. Lüthi*, State-dependent encoding of
exploratory behaviour in the amygdala, Nature (592) 267-271, 2021.
3. S. Krabbe, E. Paradiso, S. d’Aquin, Y. Bitterman, J. Courtin, C. Xu, K. Yonehara, M. Markovic, C., Müller, T.
Eichlisberger, J. Gründemann, F. Ferraguti, A. Lüthi, Adaptive disinhibitory gating by VIP interneurons
permits associative learning, Nat Neurosci (22) 1834–1843, 2019.
4. J. Grundemann*, Y. Bitterman*, T. Lu, S. Krabbe, B.F. Grewe, M.J. Schnitzer, A. Lüthi, Amygdala
ensembles encode behavioral states, Science (364), 2019.
Featured in: A. C. Huk and E. Hart, Parsing signal and noise in the brain, Science (364) 236-237, 2019.
5. Y. Bitterman, R. Mukamel, R. Malach, I. Fried & I. Nelken, Ultra-fine frequency tuning revealed in single
neurons of human auditory cortex, Nature (451) 197-201, 2008.
Reviewed in: J.W.H Schnupp and A.J. King, Auditory Neuroscience: Neuronal Sensitivity in Humans,
Current Biology (18) R382-R385, 2008.

We use machine-learning to study positive Neuroscience in animals and in humans.

By using theory and friendly experiments to understand personality, behavior, hierarchy, communication, social learning, and much more,
we hope to make the world happier for everybody.

Prof. Grodzinsky is the head of the Neurolinguistics Laboratory at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), and studies the neural bases of linguistic knowledge and processing. Linguistic knowledge (about how phonemes combines into morphemes and words, which in turn combine into complex meanings) is characterized by Linguistic Theory; processing ability stems from the implementation of this knowledge in cognitive structures that are supported by neural mechanisms. The Neurolinguistics Lab studies the intricate relation between these, that results in that rich ability that we humans have - the ability to express ourselves freely, and understand others who do so. We try to get a glimpse of the linguistic brain in health as well as in brain disease.