Terrence Sejnowski

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academic author computational neuroscientist machine learning researcher member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences member of the National Academy of Engineering member of the National Academy of Sciences neuroscientist

Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.

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instanceOf	academic → author → computational neuroscientist → machine learning researcher → member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences → member of the National Academy of Engineering → member of the National Academy of Sciences → neuroscientist →
academicDegree	Bachelor's degree in physics → PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Hebb Award from the International Neural Network Society → IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award → Neural Network Pioneer Award → Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience →
birthDate	1947-08-13 →
birthPlace	Cleveland, Ohio, United States →
citizenship	United States →
coAuthor	Christof Koch → Geoffrey Hinton → Olaf Sporns → Patricia Churchland → Tomaso Poggio →
doctoralAdvisor	John A. Wheeler →
educatedAt	Case Western Reserve University → Princeton University →
employer	Salk Institute for Biological Studies → University of California, San Diego →
familyName	Sejnowski →
field	artificial intelligence → computational neuroscience → machine learning → neural networks → neuroscience →
givenName	Terrence →
hasResearchInterest	brain-inspired computation → cortical circuits → learning rules in neural networks → neural coding → synaptic plasticity →
influenced	development of deep learning →
influencedBy	David Marr → Donald Hebb → John A. Wheeler →
knownFor	Boltzmann machine learning → Helmholtz machine → Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity modeling → computational models of the brain → foundational contributions to neural networks → independent component analysis applications in neuroscience → integrating machine learning with neuroscience → theory of learning algorithms →
language	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences → Society for Neuroscience →
name	Terrence Sejnowski →
nationality	United States →
notableWork	Biological and Artificial Computation → Deep Learning: A Revolutionary Approach to Artificial Intelligence → The Computational Brain →
positionHeld	Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute → Head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute → Professor at UC San Diego →
workInstitution	Salk Institute for Biological Studies → University of California, San Diego →

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