bu cns department ztgcnsbuedu 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 httpwwwbuedugrsacademicsadmissionsindexhtml applications fall 2006 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 students 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 biology chemical signals animal behavior receptor physiology behavioral ecology chemical ecology computational models robotics homepage httpwwwbuedubiologyfaculty_staffatemahtml helen barbas professor department health sciences sargent college phd physiologyneurophysiology mcgill university canada organization prefrontal cortex investigation pathways transmit signals prefrontal cortices structures associated sensory cognitive mnemonic emotional processes homepage httpwwwbuedusargentpeoplefacultybarbas_helenhtml 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 homepage httpcnsbueduprofilesbullockhtml yongqiang cao senior research associate department cognitive neural systems phd applied mathematics york university united kingdom brain modeling biologically inspired computing 3d vision pattern recognition large scale data mining homepage httpwwwmathyorkucawhogradsyqcao 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 homepage httpcnsbuedugail 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 homepage httpcnswebbueduprofilescohenhtml h steven colburn professor biomedical engineering phd electrical engineering massachusetts institute technology audition binaural interaction auditory virtual environments signal processing models hearing homepage httpwwwbuedudbinbmefacultyprofcolburnfaculty12first0 howard eichenbaum professor psychology director center memory brain director cognitive neurobiology laboratory phd psychology university michigan neurophysiological studies hippocampal system mediates declarative memory homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultyeichenbaum william eldred iii professor biology phd university colorado health science center visual neurobiology neurochemical signal transduction retina homepage httpwwwbuedubiologyfaculty_staffeldredhtml john c fiala research assistant professor biology phd cognitive neural systems boston university synaptic plasticity dendrite anatomy pathology motor learning robotics neuroinformatics homepage httpsynapsesbuedulabfialafialahtm daniel franklin celest director curriculum development cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university pending mba statistics organizational design boston university learning memory development education deliver new enhanced curriculum modules use teachers students ages jean berko gleason professor psychology phd harvard university psycholinguistics homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultygleason sucharita gopal professor geography phd university california santa barbara neural networks computational modeling behavior geographical information systems fuzzy sets spatial cognition multiscale modeling information technology homepage httpwwwbuedugeographypeoplefacultygopal anatoly gorshechnikov research associate department cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university theoretical modeling spatial navigation humans animals emphasis hippocampal function create printed educational materials natural artificial learning mechanisms 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 homepage httpcnsbueduprofilesgrossbergcvhtml 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 homepage httpcnsbueduguenther 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 homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultycharris michael e hasselmo professor psychology director graduate studies department psychology director computational neurophysiology laboratory phd experimental psychology oxford university united kingdom computational modeling experimental testing neuromodulatory mechanisms involved encoding retrieval consolidation homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultyhasselmo 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 homepage httpwwwbuedudbinbmefacultyprofaeh 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 functional analysis mathematical physics partial differential equations homepage httpmathbuedupeoplemkons_indexhtml norbert kopco research associate department cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university lecturer department cybernetics ai technical university kosice slovakia spatial auditory perception behavioral studies modeling speech nonspeech perception complex environments auditory localization plasticity attention crossmodal factors spatial hearing homepage httpcnsbuedukopco nancy kopell professor mathematics phd mathematics university california berkeley dynamics networks neurons applied mathematics dynamical systems homepage httpcbdbuedumembersnkopellhtml jacqueline liederman professor psychology director brain behavior cognition program phd psychology university rochester developmental neuropsychology neuropsychology physiological psychology dynamics interhemispheric cooperation prenatal correlates neurodevelopmental disorders homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultyliederman siegfried martens senior research associate department cognitive neural systems phd cognitive neural systems boston university learning models pattern recognition visualization remote sensing sensor fusion homepage httpcnsbuedusig ennio mingolla professor cognitive neural systems psychology phd psychology university connecticut visual perception mathematical modeling visual processes homepage httpcnsbueduennio alfonso nietocastanon 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 mit research lab electronics speech communication group phd massachusetts institute technology motor control speech production homepage httprlewebmitedurlestaffpperkhtm 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 homepage httpwwwcsumbedumarc adam reeves adjunct professor cognitive neural systems professor psychology northeastern university phd psychology city university new york psychophysics cognitive psychology vision homepage httpwwwpsychneuedupeoplefacultyreeveshtml 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 homepage httpwwwcnsbuedurucci 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 homepage httpwwwbuedusargentpeoplefacultysaltzman_elliothtml 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 homepage httpwwwnmrmghharvardedunewfiles_staffsavoy_roberthtml 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 homepage httpwwwcnsbuedupubericlee 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 homepage httppeoplebrandeisedusekuler 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 homepage httpcnsbuedushinn david somers assistant professor psychology phd cognitive neural systems boston university functional mri psychophysical computational investigations visual perception attention homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultysomers chantal e stern associate professor psychology program neuroscience boston university associate professor radiology harvard medical school director cognitive neuroimaging laboratory phd experimental psychology oxford university united kingdom functional neuroimaging studies fmri meg learning memory homepage httpwwwbuedupsychfacultystern 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 homepage httppeoplebueduteich kanako ueno visiting research scholar department cognitive neural systems phd engineering tokyo university japan evaluation understanding designing acoustic fields psychological viewpoint modeling cognitionperception living environment lucia vaina professor biomedical engineering research professor neurology school medicine phd sorbonne dres science national politechnique institute toulouse france computational visual neuroscience theoretical engineering neuroinformatics homepage httpwwwbuedubravipeopleluciahtml takeo watanabe associate professor psychology director vision sciences laboratory phd behavioral sciences university tokyo japan perception objects motion effects attention perception using psychophysics brain imaging fmri homepage httppeoplebuedutakeotakeotakeohtml jeremy wolfe adjunct professor cognitive neural systems professor ophthalmology harvard medical school psychophysicist brigham womens hospital surgery department director psychophysical studies center clinical cataract research phd massachusetts institute technology visual attention preattentive attentive object representation homepage httpwwwbrighamandwomensorgsurgeryresearchfacultypageswolferesearchasp 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 homepage httpwwwbueduceespeoplefacultywoodcock 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 cn911 912 research neural networks adaptive pattern recognition grs cn915 916 research neural networks vision image processing grs cn921 922 research neural networks speech language processing grs cn925 926 research neural networks adaptive sensorymotor planning control grs cn931 932 research neural networks conditioning reinforcement learning grs cn935 936 research neural networks cognitive information processing grs cn941 942 research nonlinear dynamics neural networks grs cn945 946 research technological applications neural networks grs cn951 952 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 network comprised sun workstations macintoshes 32bit 64bit pcs pc farm running bus version linux bu linux v45 based fedora core 3 available distributed computational environment students department supplied pcs desktops running either microsoft windows xp pro bu linux allowing run simulations either locally remotely one departments workstations mathematical simulation modeling carried using standard software packages mathematica matlab well splus vissim department also 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 models visual system often examine steadystate levels neural activity presentations visual stimuli difficult however envision steadystates could occur natural viewing conditions given projection visual scene retina never stationary active perception laboratory dedicated investigation interactions visual perception behavior research focuses theoretical computational analysis influences motor activity sampling representation visual information 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 active perception laboratory hosts mr humanoid robot two 6 degreesoffreedom arms headeye system designed replicate visual input signals human eye auditory neuroscience laboratory auditory neuroscience laboratory department cognitive neural systems cns experimental theoretical laboratory focused auditory perception particular spatial auditory perception plasticity attention laboratory contains numerous pcs used workstations students model analyze data control laboratory equipment run experiments major equipment laboratory includes specialpurpose signal processing sound generating equipment 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 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 fmri imaging major question addressed 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 applications fmri imaging measuring topographic structure human primary extrastriate visual cortex current focus research 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 latters 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 2001 grant air force office scientific research information fusion image analysis neural models technology development current projects focus multilevel fusion data mining geospatial context collaboration boston university center remote sensing national geospatialintelligence agency research development effort builds models opponentcolor visual processing boundaryfeature contour system bcsfcs texture processing adaptive resonance theory art pattern learning recognition well models vision associative learning prediction additional projects include collaborations 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 emerging neural network technologies embedded cns image processing toolkit cns neural classifier toolkit software articles educational materials available celest technology website httpcnsbuedutechlab growing resource nsf center excellence learning education science technology httpcnsbueducelest 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 obzfcnsbuedu web httpcnsbuedu wed 06 aug 2008 140937 0400 uai graduate training department cognitive neural systems cns boston university