Aurel A. Lazar

Aurel A. Lazar is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, Columbia University. He is affiliated with the Foundations of Data Science, Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science, and Health Analytics centers. His research spans theoretical, computational, and systems neuroscience, integrating methods from communications, machine learning, signal processing, and systems identification.

• Focuses on Neural Computing Engines for neural encoding/decoding and spike processing
• Investigates Massively Parallel Neural Computation algorithms
• Reverse-engineering the Drosophila olfactory system through in vivo studies

His work emphasizes the functional identification of neural circuits and architectures, leveraging genetics, neurophysiology, and nanotechnology in experimental research.

• Affiliated with Columbia University's research centers
• Part of the BioNet Research group