This is a list of students I have supervised in a research role (graduate thesis, honours projects, full-time research assistant, etc.). Last update March 2018.
[Undergraduate][Masters][PhD][Postdoc]
Name |
End |
Discipline |
Project Title |
Awards |
Current Position |
Terry Stewart |
in prog |
SYDE |
Cognitive modeling |
ONR Grant |
UW (Postdoc) |
James Bergstra |
2014 |
SYDE |
Machine learning |
NSERC Banting Postdoc |
Senior Scientist, Kindred |
Jean-Frederique Pasquale |
2011 |
Phil |
Neural modeling |
FQRSC Postdoc |
UQAM |
|
Name |
End |
Discipline |
Project Title |
Awards |
Current Position |
Natarajan Vaidyanathan |
in prog |
SYDE |
Motor control |
AFOSR |
UW (PhD) |
Sverrir Thorgeirssen |
in prog |
CS |
Advanced reinforcement learning |
NSERC Polanyi |
UW (PhD) |
Peter Duggins |
in prog |
SYDE |
Inter-agent interactions in large-scale spiking networks |
AFOSR |
UW (PhD) |
Andreas Stoeckel |
in prog |
CS |
Cortical modeling with a functional focus |
AFOSR |
UW (PhD) |
Ivana Kajic |
in prog |
CS |
Semantics and language learning in a spiking neural model |
Cheriton Scholarship, AFOSR |
UW (PhD) |
Brent Komer |
in prog |
SYDE |
Biologically inspired navigation in robots |
NSERC |
UW (PhD) |
Aaron Voelker |
in prog |
CS |
Theoretical foundations of neural dynamics |
Cheriton Scholarship, NSERC CGS |
UW (PhD) |
Jan Gosmann |
2018 |
SYDE |
An Integrated Model of Context, Short-Term, and Long-Term Memory |
AFOSR Grant |
Technology Consultant, TNG Tech |
Youssef Zaky |
2016 (inc) |
SYDE |
Nonlinear adaptive control in cerebellum |
ONR Grant |
Engineer, Osaro |
|
Xuan Choo |
2018 |
SYDE |
Spaun 2.0: Extending the world's largest functional brain model |
Cheriton, OGS |
Senior Scientist, ABR |
Peter Blouw |
2017 |
PHIL |
Inferential Role Semantics for Natural Language |
SSHRC |
Senior Scientist, ABR |
|
Eric Hunsberger |
2017 |
SYDE |
Spiking Deep Neural Networks: Engineered and Biological Approaches to Object Recognition |
NSERC |
UW (PhD) |
|
Trevor Bekolay |
2016 |
CS |
Biologically inspired methods in speech recognition and synthesis: closing the loop |
NSERC, OGS |
Founder, ABR |
Travis Dewolf |
2015 |
SYDE |
Large-scale biologically plausible motor control |
NSERC CGS, OGSST |
Founder, ABR |
Daniel Rassmussen |
2014 |
CS |
Neural models and general intelligence |
NSERC, OGS, NSERC CGS |
Founder, ABR |
Eric Hochstein |
2012 |
PHIL |
Intentionality as methodology: Folk psychology to neuroscience |
SSHRC, SSHRC Postdoc |
Wash U in St. Louis |
|
Bruce Bobier |
2011 |
SYDE |
The attentional routing circuit (ARC): Neural mechanisms of attentional control |
NSERC |
Senior Engineer, X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. |
|
Marc Hurwitz |
2011 |
PSYCH |
Modeling timing deficits in hemineglect patients |
NSERC |
FlipSkills Consulting (Founder) |
|
Bryan Tripp |
2008 |
SYDE |
A large scale model of basal ganglia and its role in motor dysfunction |
NSERC CGS |
McGill (Postdoc) Waterloo (Faculty)
|
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Oscar Tackstrom |
2007 (inc) |
CS |
Integrating structure and meaning: Using HRRs to improve automatic text classification and clustering |
Sweden-Canada Foundation |
Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) |
|
Name |
End |
Discipline |
Project Title |
Awards |
Current Position |
Thomas Lu |
in prog |
CS |
TBD |
UW (MSc) |
|
Ryan Orr |
in prog |
CS |
Multimodal semantics |
AFOSR |
UW (MSc) |
Sugandha Sharma |
2018 |
SYDE |
Neural Plausibility of Bayesian Inference |
NSERC |
MIT (PhD) |
Sean Aubin |
2018 |
SYDE |
Learning and Leveraging Neural Memories |
ONR Grant, OGS, NSERC |
Data Scientist, Emagin |
Peter Suma |
2018 |
SYDE |
Cortical sheet model |
|
Co-CEO, ABR |
Mariah Martin Shein |
2017 |
CS |
A spiking neural model of state transition probabilities in model-based reinforcement learning |
OGS, NSERC |
Developer, ProNavigator |
Brent Komer |
2016 |
SYDE |
Biologically Inspired Adaptive Control of Quadcopter Flight |
ONR Grant, OGS, NSERC |
UW (PhD) |
Oliver Trujillo |
2014 |
CS |
TBD |
AFOSR Grant |
UW (MSc) |
Eric Crawford |
2014 |
CS |
TBD |
AFOSR Grant |
UW (MSc) |
|
Sushant Malhotra |
2013 |
SYDE |
Effects of rewards and reward-predictive cues on gamma oscillations in the ventral striatum |
Discovery RA |
UW (MSc) |
|
Eric Hunsberger |
2013 |
SYDE |
Optimal visual system modeling |
Discovery RA |
UW (MSc) |
|
Carter Kolbeck |
2013 |
SYDE |
A neurocomputational model of the mammalian fear conditioning circuit |
NSERC |
UW (MSc) |
|
Yan Wu |
2012 |
SYDE |
Hippocampus for memory and navigation |
|
Cambridge (PhD) |
|
Aziz Hurzook |
2011 |
SYDE |
Saliency maps and neural decisions (part-time) |
|
UW (MSc) |
|
Jon Gagne |
2011 |
SYDE |
Observational learning for robotic motor control |
NSERC, University Medal |
UW (PhD) |
|
Xuan Choo |
2010 |
CS |
Text classification and cluster |
Cheriton, OGS |
UW (PhD) |
|
Daniel Rassmussen |
2010 |
CS |
Neural models and general intelligence |
NSERC |
UW (PhD) |
|
Charlie Tang |
2010 |
CS |
Invariants and object recognition |
NSERC |
Toronto (PhD) |
|
Travis Dewolf |
2009 |
CS |
NOCH: A neural optimal control hierarchy |
NSERC CGS |
UW (Masters) |
|
Anatoly Zhitnik |
2008 |
Phil |
Explaining the mind: the embodied cognition challenge |
|
Trade Economist |
|
Jon Fishbein |
2008 |
SYDE |
Integrating structure and meaning: Using HRRs to improve automatic text classification and clustering |
|
Engineers without borders |
|
Simon Pollon |
2007 |
Phil |
Naturalizing mental meaning: A role for measure theory |
|
Simon Fraser (Ph.D.) |
|
Ray Singh |
2005 |
SYDE |
Cleanup memory in biologically plausible neural networks |
|
Software Consultant |
Undergraduate (partial list, last updated 2015)
|
Name |
End |
Discipline |
Project Title |
Awards |
Current Position |
Chris Chan |
2015 |
Econ |
Visualization and interaction for lage-scale models |
|
UW (ugrad) |
Sean Aubin |
2014 |
ECE |
Reinforcement learning & real-time visualization |
|
UW (ugrad) |
Brent Komer |
2013 |
MECH |
Physical environments for Nengo |
|
UW (MASc) |
Murphy Berzish |
2013 |
SWEng |
FPGA neural models |
|
UW (MASc) |
Connor Smith |
2012 |
SYDE |
Learning cleanup memories |
|
UW (ugrad) |
Anqi Zhang |
2012 |
BIO |
Action selection in basal ganglia |
NSERC |
McGill (ugrad) |
Jonathan Lai |
2011 |
SWEng |
Biologically plausible learning |
MEXT Scholarship |
U of Tokyo & RIKEN (grad) |
|
Steven Leigh |
2011 |
SYDE |
Hemineglect model |
|
UW (MSc) |
|
Eric Crawford |
2011 |
CS |
GPU integration for Nengo |
|
UW (ugrad) |
|
Matt Gingerich |
2011 |
SYDE |
Conceptual structure in the SPA |
|
UW (ugrad) |
|
Albert Mallia |
2010 |
BIO |
Single cell nonlinearities and population computatino |
|
Med School |
|
David MacNeil |
2009 |
MECH |
Detailed learning in the oculomotor integrator |
|
Med School |
|
Lloyd Elliott |
2008 |
Math/CS |
Hierarchical motor control |
Full funding BCCN |
BCCN (Masters) |
|
Brandon Aubie |
2007 |
C&O |
Conceptual coherence with spiking neurons |
NSERC |
McMaster (Masters) |
|
Abninder Litt |
2007 |
CS |
Understanding brains to enrich behavioral explanations of judgments and decisions AND Emotions shape decisions: A neurocomputational account |
SSHRC, Jaedicke Entrance Award, William E. Taylor Fellowship (SSHRC's most outstanding doctoral fellowship candidate) |
Stanford (PhD) |
|
James Martens |
2007 |
CS/Pure Math/C&O |
Inferring statistical models in a biologically plausible network with variational Bayes |
NSERC CGS |
Toronto (PhD) |
|
Chris Parisien |
2006 |
CS |
Solving the problem of negative synaptic weights in cortical models |
NSERC CGS |
Toronto (PhD) |
|
Mike Lerman |
2006 |
CS |
Modeling prism adaptation in neglect |
|
UW (Masters) |
|
Avery Miller |
2006 |
CS |
Beowulf cluster implementation for large SVD |
NSERC |
Toronto (Masters) |
|
Hsiao-Chien (Chow) Lin |
2006 |
Comp Eng |
Optimal placement of neuron encoding functions |
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John Conklin |
2005 |
SYDE |
An attractor network model of path integration in the rat. AND Biologically plausible HRRs |
NSERC |
Western (Masters) |
|
Dwight Kuo |
2005 |
SYDE |
Integrating behavioral and neural data in a model of zebrafish network interaction |
NSERC |
UMN (Masters); UCSD (PhD ) |
|
Davin Sufer |
2004 |
SYDE |
Biomimetic robot lamprey |
|
CTO, WowWee Ltd. |
Last updated Nov. 2018