Computational & Theoretical Neuroscience
Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky have made pioneering contributions to the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the principles that govern the brain’s structure, dynamics and the emergence of cognition and behaviour.
The Brain Prize Winners 2024
About the research
Theoretical and computational neuroscience permeates neuroscience today and is of increasingly growing importance. Larry Abbott, Haim Sompolinsky and Terrence Sejnowski have applied novel and sophisticated approaches from physics, mathematics, and statistics to the analysis of highly complex datasets acquired by experimental neuroscientists. They have also proposed conceptual frameworks for understanding some of the brain’s most fundamental processes and how these may go awry in some of the most devastating disorders of the nervous system. Their scientific achievements have also paved the way for the development of brain-inspired artificial intelligence, one of the emerging and transformational technologies of our time.
Description of information pack 2024:
The information pack contains the autobiographies of the three winners – their upbringing, scientific mentors, inspirations, and their scientific journeys. The information pack also contains a review article by Tim P. Vogels, Professor of Neurotheory and Computational Neuroscience - Institute of Science and Technology, Austria.
Brain Prize 2024 Announcement film:
Professor Richard Morris Chair, of The Brain Prize selection committee, talks about the process of selecting this year’s winners and their scientific achievements and Lene Skole, CEO of the Lundbeck Foundation introduces the Brain Prize and the goals and purpose of the Lundbeck Foundation. See the winners' reaction to winning the Brain Prize.
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