Embodied Computation Group Website

This is the repository for the Embodied Computation Group webpage. We use Jekyll to run our GitHub page.

Run the page locally using Jekyll

To run locally, follow instruction here to install Jekyll then run jekyll serve to see in localhost:4000. Here is a brief install guideline:

sudo gem install jekyll
sudo gem install rouge
jekyll serve

Editing the lab website

Below, we explain how to edit the lab webpage.

Add posts

All posts are located in _posts folder. Each post can be written in markdown format. You need to include headers before writing: title, description and categories. See the following example:

---
title: New paper on interoception
description: Our latest paper on cardiac interoception is now published
categories: blog
---

How to add posts

• Directly edit on Github: Go to _posts and click New file then create a markdown file e.g. 2026-01-05-post-name.md and start writing.

• Clone the repository: Clone the repo, add new post file, commit and push.

The changes will take approximately 30 seconds to render.

Add yourself

Create a file named <firstname>_<lastname>.md in the _people folder with the following header:

---
name: Your Name
position: postdoc
avatar: your_photo.jpg
twitter: your_handle
joined: 2026
---

Position options: pi, postdoc, gradstudent, researchstaff, visiting, alumni

The avatar should be placed in images/people/ folder.

Add new publications

Publications are listed in publications.md. Add new publications following the existing format.

Add news

News items are in _data/news.yml. Add new items following the YAML format:

- date: 2026-01-05
  details: "Your news item here. You can include <a href='url'>links</a>."

Getting Help

• For technical issues, contact Dr. Micah Allen
• Test locally with jekyll serve before pushing changes

Credits

This website template is adapted from the Kording Lab website.