Terry Sejnowski

Terry Sejnowski
Born
Terrence Joseph Sejnowski

(1947-08-13) 13 August 1947 (age 76)
Alma materCase Western Reserve University
Princeton University
University of California, San Diego
California Institute of Technology
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Known forComputational Neuroscience
Independent Component Analysis
Boltzmann machine
NETtalk
AwardsGruber Neuroscience Prize (2022)
Brain Prize (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsComputational Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence
InstitutionsSalk Institute
Princeton University
ThesisA Stochastic Model of Nonlinearly Interacting Neurons (1978)
Doctoral advisorJohn Hopfield
Notable studentsPeter Dayan
Zachary Mainen
P. Read Montague
Websitewww.salk.edu/scientist/terrence-sejnowski

Terrence Joseph Sejnowski (born 13 August 1947) is the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies where he directs the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and is the director of the Crick-Jacobs center for theoretical and computational biology. He has performed pioneering research in neural networks and computational neuroscience.[1][2][3][4]

Sejnowski is also Professor of Biological Sciences and adjunct professor in the departments of neurosciences, psychology, cognitive science, computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego, where he is co-director of the Institute for Neural Computation.

With Barbara Oakley, he co-created and taught Learning How To Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects, the world's most popular online course,[5] available on Coursera.[6]

  1. ^ "Terrence Sejnowski". Salk.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "CNL : The Computational Neurobiology Laboratory". Cnl.salk.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Terrence J. Sejnowski". Biology.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Behavior and Our Brain - Mysteries of the Brain - Terry Sejnowski - Brain, Behavior, Neuroscience, Sejnowski - sciencestage.com Medicine". sciencestage.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ Markoff, John (29 December 2015). "The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2016. The world's most popular online course is a general introduction to the art of learning, taught jointly by an educator and a neuroscientist.
  6. ^ "Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects".

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