carol jefferson yluuincnsbuedu please post graduate training department cognitive neural systems cns boston university boston university department cognitive neural systems offers comprehensive graduate training neural computational principles mechanisms architectures underlie human animal behavior application neural network architectures solution technological problems brochure may also viewed line httpwwwcnsbuedubrochure application forms httpwwwbueducasgraduateapplicationhtml applications fall 2005 admission financial aid accepted phd bama degree programs obtain brochure describing cns programs set application materials write telephone fax department cognitive neural systems boston university 677 beacon street boston 02215 6173539481 phone 6173537755 fax send via email full name mailing address attention mr robin amos obzfcnsbuedu applications admission financial aid received graduate school admissions office later january 15 late applications considered may 1 date applications considered special cases applicants required submit undergraduate applicable graduate transcripts three letters recommendation graduate record examination gre general test scores gre scores may waived candidates exceptional cases phd candidates absence scores decrease applicants chances admission financial aid nondegree students may also enroll cns courses parttime basis description cns department department cognitive neural systems cns provides advanced training research experience graduate students qualified undergraduates interested neural computational principles mechanisms architectures underlie human animal behavior application neural network architectures solution technological problems departments training research focus two broad questions first question brain control behavior modern form mindbody problem second question technology emulate biological intelligence question needs answered develop intelligent technologies well suited human societies goals symbiotic brains unparalleled ability intelligently adapt complex novel environments models brain accomplishes developed systematic empirical mathematical computational analysis department autonomous adaptation changing world also needed solve many outstanding problems technology biological models inspired qualitatively new designs applications cns world leader developing biological models quantitatively simulate dynamics identified brain cells identified neural circuits behaviors control new level understanding producing comparable advances intelligent technology cns graduate department devoted interdisciplinary training graduate students department awards phd bama degrees students trained broad range areas concerning computational neuroscience cognitive science neuromorphic systems biological training includes study brain mechanisms vision visual object recognition audition speech language understanding recognition learning categorization longterm memory cognitive information processing selforganization development navigation planning spatial orientation cooperative competitive network dynamics shortterm memory reinforcement motivation attention adaptive sensorymotor planning control robotics biological rhythms consciousness mental disorders mathematical computational methods needed support advanced modeling research applications technological training includes methods applications image processing multiple types signal processing adaptive pattern recognition prediction information fusion intelligent control robotics foundation broad training unique interdisciplinary curriculum seventeen interdisciplinary graduate courses developed cns courses integrates psychological neurobiological mathematical computational information needed theoretically investigate fundamental issues concerning mind brain processes applications artificial neural networks hybrid systems technology student92s curriculum tailored career goals academic research advisors addition taking interdisciplinary courses within cns students develop important disciplinary expertise also taking courses departments biology computer science engineering mathematics psychology addition formal courses students work individually one research advisors learn carry advanced interdisciplinary research chosen research areas result breadth depth training cns students succeeded finding excellent jobs academic technological areas graduation cns department interacts colleagues several boston university research centers bostonarea scientists collaborating centers units closely linked department center adaptive systems cns technology laboratory cns also part major new nsf center excellence learning education science technology celest see httpwwwcnsbueducelest students interested neural network hardware work researchers cns college engineering particular cns part major onr muri center intelligent biomimetic image processing classification includes colleagues developing neuromorphic vlsi chips research resources include campuswide program neuroscience unites cognitive neuroscience neurophysiology neuroanatomy neuropharmacology neural modeling across charles river campus school medicine sensory robotics biomedical engineering computer systems engineering neuromuscular research within college engineering dynamical systems within department mathematics theoretical computer science within department computer science biophysics computational physics within department physics key colleagues units hold joint appointments cns order expedite training research interactions cns core faculty students addition basic research training program department organizes active colloquium series various research seminar series international conferences symposia bring distinguished scientists experimental theoretical technological disciplines department department housed fourstory building includes ample space faculty student offices laboratories active perception auditory neuroscience computational neuroscience visual psychophysics speech language sensorymotor control neurobotics computer vision technology well auditorium classroom seminar rooms library facultystudent lounge department powerful computer network carrying largescale simulations behavioral brain models applications faculty research staff department cognitive neural systems center adaptive systems jelle atema professor biology director boston university marine program bump phd university michigan sensory physiology behavior helen barbas professor department health sciences sargent college phd physiologyneurophysiology mcgill university organization prefrontal cortex evolution neocortex virginia best research associate department cognitive neural systems phd physiology university sydney australia auditory processing humans focus spatial hearing spatial attention speech perception daniel h bullock associate professor cognitive neural systems psychology phd experimental psychology stanford university sensorymotor performance learning voluntary control action serial order timing cognitive development gail carpenter professor cognitive neural systems mathematics director graduate studies department cognitive neural systems phd mathematics university wisconsin madison learning memory vision synaptic processes pattern recognition remote sensing medical database analysis machine learning differential equations neural network technology transfer michael cohen associate professor cognitive neural systems computer science phd psychology harvard university speech language processing measurement theory neural modeling dynamical systems cardiovascular oscillations physiology time series h steven colburn professor biomedical engineering phd electrical engineering massachusetts institute technology audition binaural interaction auditory virtual environments signal processing models hearing howard eichenbaum professor psychology phd psychology university michigan neurophysiological studies hippocampal system mediates declarative memory william eldred iii professor biology phd university colorado health science center visual neuralbiology john c fiala research assistant professor biology phd cognitive neural systems boston university synaptic plasticity dendrite anatomy pathology motor learning robotics neuroinformatics jean berko gleason professor psychology phd harvard university psycholinguistics sucharita gopal professor geography phd university california santa barbara neural networks computational modeling behavior geographical information systems fuzzy sets spatial cognition stephen grossberg wang professor cognitive neural systems professor mathematics psychology biomedical engineering chairman department cognitive neural systems director center adaptive systems phd mathematics rockefeller university vision audition language learning memory reward motivation cognition development sensorymotor control mental disorders applications frank guenther associate professor cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university mse electrical engineering princeton university speech production speech perception biological sensorymotor control functional brain imaging catherine l harris associate professor psychology phd cognitive science psychology university california san diego visual word recognition psycholinguistics cognitive semantics second language acquisition computational models cognition michael e hasselmo professor psychology director graduate studies department psychology phd experimental psychology oxford university computational modeling experimental testing neuromodulatory mechanisms involved encoding retrieval consolidation allyn hubbard professor electrical computer engineering phd electrical engineering university wisconsin vlsi circuit design digital analog subthreshold analog bicmos cmos information processing neurons neural net chips synthetic aperture radar sar processing chips sonar processing chips auditory models experiments thomas g kincaid professor electrical computer systems engineering college engineering phd electrical engineering massachusetts institute technology signal image processing neural networks nondestructive testing mark kon professor mathematics phd massachusetts institute technology neural network theory complexity theory wavelet theory mathematical physics nancy kopell professor mathematics phd mathematics university california berkeley dynamics networks neurons jacqueline liederman associate professor psychology phd psychology university rochester dynamics interhemispheric cooperation prenatal correlates neurodevelopmental disorders siegfried martens research associate department cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university learning models pattern recognition visualization remote sensing sensor fusion ennio mingolla professor cognitive neural systems psychology phd psychology university connecticut visual perception mathematical modeling visual processes alfonso nieto castanon research associate department cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university speech statistics signal processing computational neuroscience joseph perkell adjunct professor cognitive neural systems senior research scientist research lab electronics department brain cognitive sciences massachusetts institute technology phd massachusetts institute technology motor control speech production marc pomplun adjunct assistant professor cognitive neural systems assistant professor computer science university massachusetts boston phd computer science university bielefeld germany eye movements visual attention modeling cognitive processes humancomputer interaction adam reeves adjunct professor cognitive neural systems professor psychology northeastern university phd psychology city university new york psychophysics cognitive psychology vision kevin reilly research associate department cognitive neural systems phd speech hearing science university washington seattle speech production sensorymotor control learning computational neuroscience michele rucci assistant professor cognitive neural systems phd scuola superiore sanna pisa italy vision sensorymotor control learning computational neuroscience elliot saltzman associate professor physical therapy sargent college senior scientist haskins laboratories new ct phd developmental psychology university minnesota modeling experimental studies human sensorimotor control coordination limbs speech articulators focusing issues timing skilled activities fabrizio santini research associate department cognitive neural systems phd computer science university florence italy neuromorphic robotics vision neuroprocessors large neural system simulations robert savoy adjunct associate professor cognitive neural systems assistant experimental psychology director fmri education instructor department radiology massachusetts general hospital president hypervision incorporated lexington phd experimental psychology harvard university computational neuroscience visual psychophysics color form motion perception teaching functional mri brain mapping methods eric schwartz professor cognitive neural systems electrical computer systems engineering anatomy neurobiology phd high energy physics columbia university computational neuroscience machine vision neuroanatomy neural modeling robert sekuler adjunct professor cognitive neural systems research professor biomedical engineering college engineering biomolecular engineering research center frances louis h salvage professor psychology brandeis university consultant neurosurgery boston childrens hospital phd psychology brown university visual motion brain imaging relation visual perception memory movement barbara shinncunningham associate professor cognitive neural systems biomedical engineering phd electrical engineering computer science massachusetts institute technology psychoacoustics audition auditory localization binaural hearing sensorimotor adaptation mathematical models human performance david somers assistant professor psychology phd cognitive neural systems boston university functional mri psychophysical computational investigations visual perception attention chantal e stern associate professor psychology program neuroscience boston university associate professor radiology harvard medical school assistant neuroscience mghmartinos center massachusetts general hospital phd experimental psychology oxford university functional neuroimaging studies fmri meg learning memory timothy streeter research associate department cognitive neural systems ms physics university new hampshire cognitive neural systems boston university spatial auditory perception perceptual adaptation malvin c teich professor electrical computer engineering biomedical engineering physics phd cornell university quantum optics imaging photonics wavelets fractal stochastic processes biological signal processing information transmission lucia vaina professor biomedical engineering research professor neurology school medicine phd sorbonne france dres science national politechnique institute toulouse france computational visual neuroscience biological computational learning functional structural neuroimaging takeo watanabe associate professor psychology phd behavioral sciences university tokyo perception objects motion effects attention perception using psychophysics brain imaging fmri jeremy wolfe adjunct professor cognitive neural systems associate professor ophthalmology harvard medical school psychophysicist brigham women92s hospital surgery department director psychophysical studies center clinical cataract research phd massachusetts institute technology visual attention preattentive attentive object representation curtis woodcock professor geography director geographic applications center remote sensing phd university california santa barbara biophysical remote sensing particularly forests natural vegetation canopy reflectance models inversion spatial modeling change detection biogeography spatial analysis geographic information systems digital image processing cns department course offerings cas cn500 computational methods cognitive neural systems cas cn510 principles methods cognitive neural modeling cas cn520 principles methods cognitive neural modeling ii cas cn530 neural computational models vision cas cn540 neural computational models adaptive movement planning control cas cn550 neural computational models recognition memory attention cas cn560 neural computational models speech perception production cas cn570 neural computational models conditioning reinforcement motivation rhythm cas cn580 introduction computational neuroscience grs cn700 computational mathematical methods neural modeling grs cn720 neural computational models planning temporal structure behavior grs cn730 models visual perception grs cn740 topics sensorymotor control grs cn750 comparative analysis learning systems new course grs cn760 topics speech perception recognition grs cn780 topics computational neuroscience grs cn810 topics cognitive neural systems visual event perception grs cn811 topics cognitive neural systems visual perception grs cn911912 research neural networks adaptive pattern recognition grs cn915916 research neural networks vision image processing grs cn921922 research neural networks speech language processing grs cn925926 research neural networks adaptive sensorymotor planning control grs cn931932 research neural networks conditioning reinforcement learning grs cn935936 research neural networks cognitive information processing grs cn941942 research nonlinear dynamics neural networks grs cn945946 research technological applications neural networks grs cn951952 research hardware implementations neural networks cns students also take wide variety courses related departments addition students participate weekly colloquium series informal lecture series studentrun special interest groups attend lectures meetings throughout boston area advanced students work small research groups laboratory computer facilities department funded fellowships grants contracts federal agencies private foundations support research life sciences mathematics artificial intelligence engineering facilities include laboratories experimental research computational modeling visual perception audition speech language processing sensorymotor control robotics technology transfer data analysis numerical simulations carried stateoftheart computer network comprised sun workstations silicon graphics workstations macintoshes pcs pc farm running linux operating systems available distributed computational environment students access xterminals unix workstation consoles selection color systems pcs network sgi machines standard modeling mathematical simulation packages mathematica vissim khoros matlab department maintains core collection books journals access boston university libraries many collections boston library consortium addition several specialized facilities software available use include active perception laboratory active perception laboratory dedicated investigation interactions perception behavior research focuses theoretical computational analyses effects motor behavior sensory perception coupling models neuronal systems robotic systems design psychophysical experiments human subjects active perception laboratory includes extensive computational facilities allow execution largescale simulations neural systems additional facilities include instruments psychophysical investigation eye movements visual analysis including accurate noninvasive eye tracker robotic systems simulation different types behavior auditory neuroscience laboratory auditory neuroscience laboratory department cognitive neural systems cns equipped perform traditional psychoacoustic experiments well experiments using interactive auditory virtualreality stimuli laboratory contains approximately eight pcs running windows 98 andor linux used workstations students control laboratory equipment run experiments major equipment laboratory includes specialpurpose signal processing sound generating equipment tuckerdavis technologies electromagnetic head tracking systems twochannel spectrum analyzer miscellaneous equipment producing measuring analyzing monitoring auditory stimuli auditory neuroscience laboratory consists three adjacent rooms basement 677 beacon street home cns department one room houses 8 ft b4 8 ft singlewalled soundtreated booth well space students second room primarily used student workspace developing debugging experiments third space houses robotic arm capable automatically positioning small acoustic speaker anywhere surface sphere adjustable radius allowing automatic measurement signals reaching ears listener sound source different positions space including effects room reverberation computer visioncomputational neuroscience laboratory computer visioncomputational neuroscience laboratory comprised electronics workshop including surfacemount workstation pcd fabrication tools alterra epld design system active vision laboratory including actuators video hardware systems computer aided neuroanatomy application computer graphics image processing brain sections mri images laboratory supports research areas neural modeling computational neuroscience computer vision robotics major question address nature representation visual world brain terms observable neural architectures topographic mapping columnar architecture application novel architectures image processing computer vision robotics also major topic interest recent work area included design patenting novel actuators robotic active vision systems design realtime algorithms use mobile robotic applications design construction miniature autonomous vehicles using spacevariant active vision design principles recently one vehicle successfully driven streets boston sensorymotor control laboratory sensorymotor control laboratory supports experimental computational studies sensorymotor control computer controlled infrared watsmart system allows measurement largescale eg reaching movements pressuresensitive graphics tablet allows studies handwriting finescale movements second major component helmetmounted videobased eyehead tracking system iscan corp 1997 latter92s camera samples eye position 240hz also allows reconstruction subjects attending freely scan scene normal lighting thus system affords wide range visuomotor studies laboratory connected departments extensive network linux windows workstations linux computational servers speech language laboratory speech laboratory includes facilities analogtodigital digitaltoanalog software conversion ariel equipment allows reliable synthesis playback speech waveforms entropic signalprocessing package provides facilities detailed analysis filtering spectral construction formant tracking speech waveform various large databases timit tidigits available testing algorithms speech recognition laboratory also contains network windowsbased pc computers equipped software analysis functional magnetic resonance imaging fmri data including regionofinterest roi based analyses involving software parcellation cortical subcortical brain regions structural mri images technology laboratory technology laboratory fosters development neural network models derived basic scientific research facilitates transition resulting technologies software applications lab established july 2001 grant air force office scientific research information fusion image analysis neural models technology development initial projects focused multilevel fusion data mining geospatial context collaboration boston university center remote sensing research development built models opponentcolor visual processing boundary contour system bcs texture processing adaptive resonance theory art pattern learning recognition well models associative learning prediction projects include collaborations new england medical center boston medical center develop methods analysis largescale medical databases currently predict hiv resistance antiretroviral therapy associated basic research projects conducted within joint context scientific data technological constraints visual psychophysics laboratory visual psychophysics laboratory occupies 800squarefoot suite including three dedicated rooms data collection houses variety computer controlled display platforms including macintosh windows linux workstations ancillary resources visual psychophysics include computercontrolled video camera stereo viewing devices photometer variety displaygeneration datacollection dataanalysis software affiliated laboratories affiliated cascns faculty members additional laboratories ranging visual auditory psychophysics neurophysiology anatomy neuropsychology engineering chip design facilities used context facultystudent collaborations department cognitive neural systems graduate training announcement boston university 677 beacon street boston 02215 phone 6173539481 fax 6173537755 email ejyxrnkqzcnsbuedu web httpcnsbuedu tue 05 aug 2008 184806 0800 uai cns graduate programs announcement