Terry 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.
Terry Sejnowski | |
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| Born | Terrence Joseph Sejnowski 13 August 1947 |
| Alma mater | Case Western Reserve University Princeton University University of California, San Diego California Institute of Technology Harvard Medical School Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Computational Neuroscience Independent Component Analysis Boltzmann machine NETtalk |
| Awards | Gruber Neuroscience Prize (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational Neuroscience Artificial Intelligence |
| Institutions | Salk Institute Princeton University |
| Thesis | A Stochastic Model of Nonlinearly Interacting Neurons (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hopfield |
| Notable students | Peter Dayan Zachary Mainen P. Read Montague |
| Website | www |
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, available on Coursera.