Computational Neuroscience

Computational neuroscience applies modeling techniques that are biologically plausible formulations of neuronal function. This approach can be used to test specific hypotheses about the full range of brain function from membrane dynamics to large-scale neural systems and combined with a variety of measurement techniques including electrophysiology, 2-photon imaging, optogenetics, and quantitative behavior.

Affiliated Faculty

F. Gregory Ashby

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Dynamical Neuroscience

Cognitive & neural mechanisms of human learning; Cognitive neuroscience; Mathematical psychology.

Brain-computer Interface

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Network & Complexity Analysis

Michael Beyeler

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Computational Vision, Computational Neuroscience, Neuroengineering, Human-Computer Interaction.

Brain-computer Interface

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Computational Vision

Miguel P. Eckstein

Professor

Psychological & Brain Sciences

How biological organisms and artificial intelligent agents visually sense the world and make decisions.

Brain-computer Interface

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Computational Vision

Signal Processing & Machine Learning

Michael Goard

Assistant Professor

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

The Goard lab focuses on how the mammalian neocortex processes and stores incoming sensory information.

Brain-computer Interface

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Emily G. Jacobs

Associate Professor

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Uses brain imaging and endocrinology to determine the impact of sex steroid hormones on brain morphology and function.

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Skirmantas Janusonis

Associate Professor

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Spatial and temporal organization of stochastic axon systems in the brain.

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Ron Keiflin

Assistant Professor

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Neural circuits of associative learning, motivation, and decision-making.

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Sung Soo Kim

Assistant Professor

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Neural circuit dynamics and behavior; navigation; neural mechanisms of stimulus selection and decision-making.

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Kenneth S. Kosik

Distinguished Professor

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Molecular and genetic perspectives on neuro-development, evolution, plasticity and degeneration

Computational Neuroscience

Network & Complexity Analysis

Matthieu Louis

Associate Professor

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Combining theory and experimentation to understand how navigational decisions arise from neural-circuit computation.

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Signal Processing & Machine Learning

Wendy Meiring

Professor

Statistics and Applied Probability

Statistical Methods and Data Analyses, Including For Brain Imaging and Other Neuroscience Data.

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Jeff Moehlis

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Modeling, dynamics, & control of neural populations; application to neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

Computational Neuroscience

Network & Complexity Analysis

Signal Processing & Machine Learning

Julie H. Simpson

Assistant Professor

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Systems neuroscience, neuroethology, genetics. Dissecting neural circuits that control a motor sequence in fruit flies.

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Network & Complexity Analysis

Signal Processing & Machine Learning

Ikuko Smith

Assistant Professor

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Psychological & Brain Sciences

The role of active dendrites in nonlinear modes of synaptic integration.

Computational Neuroscience

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Spencer LaVere Smith

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Exploring neural circuitry and illuminating its function, using new neurotechnology.

Brain-computer Interface

Computational Neuroscience

Computational Vision

Molecular, Cellular & Circuit Mechanisms Controlling Behavior

Network & Complexity Analysis

Signal Processing & Machine Learning