جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
• Aesthetic Experience
• Psychological Approaches to the Arts
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Elaine Auyoung is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, with affiliations in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies and the Center for Cognitive Sciences. Her research bridges 19th-century British literature, psychological approaches to the arts, and feminist epistemology, focusing on how literary works engage readers' embodied knowledge and perceptual learning. She authored When Fiction Feels Real: Representation and the Reading Mind , examining how realist aesthetics creates immersive reading experiences. Current projects include Becoming Sensitive , which critiques disciplinary hierarchies in humanities education, and Permission to Receive Joy , exploring aesthetic experiences of joy and their fragility. She holds a PhD from Harvard University and a BA from Stanford University. Her specialties include aesthetic experience, learning in the humanities, and epistemic injustice. Her work challenges institutional structures that marginalize certain forms of knowledge, advocating for democratizing literary education and revaluing humanistic inquiry. Elaine’s research emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, combining cognitive science, feminist theory, and literary analysis. Her articles explore topics like perceptual transformation in reading, the role of inductive learning in literary criticism, and the intersections of trauma and aesthetic joy. These projects collectively aim to redefine the value and practice of humanities education in contemporary contexts.

Robert Hopkinsمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Aesthetics
• Philosophy of Mind
• Philosophy of Representation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Robert Hopkins is a Professor of Philosophy at New York University, affiliated with the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts & Science. He holds a PhD from Cambridge (1993), an MPhil from University College London (1989), and a BA from Cambridge (1986). His research focuses on aesthetics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of representation, with notable works like The Profile of Imagining exploring sensory imagination and its relation to perception and memory. Dr. Hopkins has led departments at NYU (2016–19) and the University of Sheffield (2008–11), and served as Honorary Secretary of the Mind Association and President of the European Society for Aesthetics. His 2014 Templeton Foundation-funded project examined historical and aesthetic understanding. Awards include the Philip Leverhulme Prize. Research Interests : Aesthetics of visual arts (sculpture, photography, film), philosophy of mind, moral epistemology, and interdisciplinary cognitive science. Publications : Over 50 articles and books, including Picture, Image and Experience (1998) and recent works on episodic memory and artistic style.

Casey O'Callaghanمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Philosophy of Mind
• Perception
• Metaphysics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Casey O'Callaghan is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) Program at Washington University. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and has authored over 50 publications. His research focuses on philosophical questions about perception, particularly auditory perception and multisensory integration. Key themes include the nature of perceptual objects, crossmodal interactions, and how perception shapes understanding of reality. Recent work emphasizes speech perception and multisensory consciousness, culminating in his 2019 monograph A Multisensory Philosophy of Perception . He co-edited Sounds and Perception: New Philosophical Essays (2010) and has published widely in journals like Philosophical Quarterly . His research bridges philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and cognitive science, addressing topics like perceptual constancy, sensory modality taxonomy, and multisensory evidence integration. Education: PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University. Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Perception, Metaphysics, Auditory Perception, Multisensory Integration, Speech Perception, Sensory Modality Taxonomy, Perceptual Justification, and Crossmodal Binding. Professional Activities: Director of PNP Program, Editor of Sounds and Perception , and frequent contributor to interdisciplinary discussions on perception and consciousness.

Anne Simonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Zoopoetics
• Ecopoetics
• Environmental Humanities
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Anne Simon is a Research Director at CNRS and Professor at École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL), where she leads the Department of Literatures and Language. She founded and directs the international PhilOfr team (Centre international d’étude de la philosophie française contemporaine) and contributes to research blogs Animots, Pôle Proust, and Prix Recherche au Présent. Ph.D. in Literature (Paris-Sorbonne, 1999) Habilitation à diriger des recherches (Paris-Sorbonne, 2014) Formerly affiliated with THALIM (2001-2010) and CRAL (2010-2021) Her research intersects literature and philosophy through zoopoetics , exploring how animal studies, environmental humanities, and ethics shape literary creation. She examines bodily mutations, gender representations, and the disruptive influence of Proust on 20th-century thinkers like Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze. Her work also bridges ecopoetics and literature-ethology interactions. Recent articles and edited collections (2017-2025) focus on satirical zoomorphism, cross-disciplinary zoopoetics, and ethical dimensions of human-animal relations in Francophone contexts. She has co-organized international colloquiums and contributed to journals like Revue des Sciences Humaines and Contemporary French and Francophone Studies . Professor Simon has taught in EHESS/ENS Masters programs, directed ANR-funded projects (2010-2014), and serves on editorial boards including Romanic Review and Billebaude . She co-founded the Prix Recherche au Présent for doctoral candidates and evaluates for the Prix Jacques Lacarrière .

Joel Smithمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Philosophy of Mind
• Phenomenology
• Philosophy of Psychology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Joel Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester. He holds a PhD from University College London and has been affiliated with institutions such as the University of Essex. His research focuses on philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and existentialism, with historical interests in Kant, post-Kantian philosophy, and existentialist thought. Current projects include studies on perceptual demonstratives, emotional expression, and the experience of music. Smith supervises numerous PhD and master’s students, covering topics like psychedelics and phenomenology, narrative self-conception, and existential ethics. He has published extensively, including works on self-consciousness, empathy, and temporal experience. His book Existentialism: A Philosophical Inquiry (2022) explores existential themes like authenticity and responsibility. He organizes the Mind Reading Group and contributes to research areas such as the Mind & Language program. Smith’s work intersects with psychology and cognitive science, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding consciousness and emotion.

Kevin Kellyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Ockham's Razor
• Epistemology
• Formal Learning Theory
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Kevin Kelly is a Professor of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University and the Director of the Center for Formal Epistemology. His work bridges formal epistemology, computational learning theory, and philosophy of science, with a focus on Ockham's razor, belief revision, and the topology of inquiry. Key Research Areas: Ockham's Razor, Epistemology, Formal Learning Theory, Modal Epistemic Logic, and Interdisciplinary Applications of Topology. Grants: John Templeton Foundation grant for research on truth-finding efficiency and scientific simplicity. Scientific Awards: John Templeton Foundation grant (2018–2021) Kelly's publications emphasize connections between probabilistic reasoning and qualitative belief, solutions to the lottery paradox, and computational models of knowledge acquisition. His recent work explores lighting design, human-centric ergonomics, and machine learning epistemology, reflecting a deep interdisciplinary engagement with technology and science.

Barbara Shinn-Cunninghamمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Auditory Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Perception
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham is the Glen de Vries Dean of the Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and holds professorships in Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is also the founding director of CMU's Neuroscience Institute. Her research focuses on auditory neuroscience, particularly auditory attention, binaural hearing, and multisensory integration, with applications to hearing disorders and assistive technologies. Shinn-Cunningham earned her B.S. from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from MIT in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Education: B.S., Electrical Engineering, Brown University (1986) M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, MIT (1988) Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, MIT (1994) Research Interests: She investigates how the brain processes sound in complex environments, including spatial hearing, auditory attention deficits in aging and clinical populations, and the neural mechanisms underlying cochlear synaptopathy. Her work integrates behavioral studies, neuroimaging (EEG, fMRI), and computational modeling to bridge basic science and translational research. Awards & Recognition: Fellow, Acoustical Society of America (2009) Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2000) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow (2008) Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal (2019) Advising & Grants: She mentors a diverse team of graduate students and postdocs, focusing on training the next generation of auditory neuroscientists. Her grants include funding from NSF, NIH, and the Department of Defense. She leads the LiMN Lab, which explores neural mechanisms of sensory processing and attention. Labs & Teams: Director of the Lab in Multisensory Neuroscience (LiMN) at CMU, part of the Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute. Collaborates with engineers, clinicians, and marine biologists to advance auditory technology and neuroimaging techniques.

Jonathan Tsayمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Computational Modeling
• Neuropsychology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Jonathan Tsay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. His research focuses on understanding human motor learning through computational modeling, neuropsychology, and psychophysics, with applications to clinical rehabilitation and brain-computer interfaces. Education: B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University; D.P.T. from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine; Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Berkeley. Research Interests: Investigating how humans master complex movements through cognitive and neural mechanisms. Key areas include sensorimotor adaptation, implicit learning processes, and the interplay between perception and action. His work integrates experimental methods with computational models to explore motor control in health and disease. Labs/Teams: Leads the Physical Intelligence Lab (Pi-Lab), studying movement diversity and optimization through interdisciplinary approaches. The lab emphasizes translational research to improve clinical interventions and human performance technologies.

Timothy Verstynenمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Cognitive Science
• Computational Neuroscience
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Timothy Verstynen is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. His research focuses on cognitive neuroscience, cognitive science, computational modeling, and learning science. He investigates how neural pathways regulate action planning, skill learning dynamics, and structure-function relationships in the brain. His work integrates psychophysics, computational models, and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, TMS, diffusion imaging). Key research themes include: 1) Action selection and stopping mechanisms under sensory input; 2) Neurobiological bases of skill acquisition timelines; 3) White matter architecture's role in cognitive functions. Recent studies explore links between brain structure, cardiovascular health, and decision-making processes using multimodal imaging and machine learning. Notable publications address cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic circuits' role in decision policies, stress-brain connectivity, and reward-based learning. His CoAx Lab develops tools like CBGTPy for modeling decision-making systems. Research spans neuroimaging methodological advancements (e.g., local connectome fingerprinting) and translational health neuroscience projects.

Deborah Talmiمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Emotional Cognition
• Memory Mechanisms
• Neurobiology of Emotion
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Deborah Talmi is a University Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the cognitive, computational, and neurobiological mechanisms underlying emotional processes, particularly their intersection with memory, perception, and attention. She leads the Emotional Cognition Lab, which employs behavioral experiments, EEG, fMRI, and computational modeling to explore how emotions influence memory formation and retrieval. Roles: Associate Professor (Department of Psychology), Fellow (Lucy Cavendish College), Principal Investigator (Emotional Cognition Lab) Affiliations: School of Biological Sciences, Cambridge Neuroscience Her research investigates questions such as why emotional experiences feel a certain way, how emotion shapes memory, and the neural basis of similarity perception. A recent study demonstrated that emotionally charged stimuli evoke more similar neural representations than neutral ones, even when controlling for thematic content. This work was published in the Journal of Neuroscience and is part of broader efforts to model emotional memory using frameworks like the Bayesian Brain hypothesis. Dr. Talmi collaborates with institutions like the Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences and employs interdisciplinary methods, including animal models of emotional memory with Prof. Amy Milton. She actively mentors PhD students and welcomes volunteers through the SONA platform. Her lab’s findings have implications for understanding chronic pain, decision-making, and mental health. Her work has been featured in The Conversation and TEDx, emphasizing public engagement. She is also committed to advancing education, as seen in her reflections on remote teaching during the pandemic.

Angela Yaoمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Angela Yao is a Dean's Chair Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Research at the National University of Singapore's School of Computing, Department of Computer Science. She leads the Computer Vision and Machine Learning Group and specializes in visual perception of people, focusing on both high-level semantics of human actions and lower-level physical modeling. Her research interests span Computer Vision , Machine Learning , and Artificial Intelligence , with specific expertise in human action recognition, 3D human modeling, video understanding, and small data AI. Dr. Yao's work bridges theoretical advances with practical applications, particularly in activity anticipation and human-computer interaction. Dr. Yao's publication trends reveal a strong focus on zero-shot learning for activity anticipation, 3D human modeling, and techniques for working with limited training data. Her research has evolved from foundational work in 3D pose estimation to more recent innovations in diffusion models and cross-modal learning, demonstrating consistent contributions to advancing computer vision capabilities. NRF Fellowship for Artificial Intelligence (2019) German Pattern Recognition (DAGM) Award (2018) Dr. Yao has successfully mentored PhD students including Fadime Sener and secured significant research funding including the NRF Fellowship. Her research group focuses on developing AI systems capable of understanding and anticipating human activities with applications in robotics and human-computer interaction. She teaches CS4243 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and leads the Computer Vision and Machine Learning Group at NUS Computing.

Gracen Brilmyerمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Critical Archival Studies
• Disability Studies
• Archival Science
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Gracen Brilmyer is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies , McGill University. Their research bridges critical archival studies and disability studies, examining how disabled individuals engage with archives and how disability histories are obscured. They hold a PhD from UCLA (2020) and an MIMS from UC Berkeley, with a BA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Research Interests focus on: Archival representation of disability Ableism in colonial and natural history archives Accessibility and spatial belonging in archives Critical disability methodologies Publications emphasize disability-centered archival frameworks, such as Crip provenance and crip legibility , while critically analyzing archival erasure and professional ethics. Their work often intersects with social justice, design justice, and anti-colonial praxis. Labs/Teams include the Disability Archives Lab , exploring disability justice through archival innovation. Gracen also advocates for fragrance-free policies and dismantling white supremacy in archives. Grants/Advising details are not explicitly listed, though their website and lab highlight collaborative projects and community engagement.

• Digital Manufacturing
• Sustainability Engineering
• Additive Manufacturing
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Professor Jonathan Corney holds the Chair of Digital Manufacture in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on advanced manufacturing technologies, including digital twin applications, smart factory optimization, sustainability engineering, and additive manufacturing. He leads projects addressing human factors in industrial environments, predictive analytics for production processes, and intellectual property challenges in modern manufacturing systems. His academic background encompasses mechanical engineering with specialization in CAD/CAM systems, hydroforming technology, and patent analysis for design innovation. Corney has pioneered methods like the Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment for Sustainability (EENIAS), and developed decision support frameworks for energy-efficient scheduling and garment reprocessing in circular economies. Key research themes include: Smart factory design through real-time worker movement analysis Cyber-physical systems for supply chain optimization Machine learning applications in manufacturing process control Human-centric automation and safety protocols His recent work emphasizes predictive modeling using spatio-temporal graph networks, digital twin integration in assembly processes, and sustainable manufacturing practices. Over 150 peer-reviewed articles demonstrate his contributions to near-net-shape manufacturing, intellectual property management, and crowdsourced design methodologies.

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Neuroscience
• Memory Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Professor Maria Wimber is a faculty member in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on understanding how the human brain reconstructs memories, with a particular emphasis on neural oscillations (e.g., theta rhythms) and the adaptive nature of memory. She employs techniques such as EEG, MEG, fMRI, and direct hippocampal recordings from epilepsy patients to study memory dynamics, interference, and reconsolidation. Key achievements include receiving an ERC Starting Grant and a British Academy Fellowship. Her work is funded by grants from the ESRC, BBSRC, and Stiftelsen Olle Enkvist. She supervises postgraduate students like Stratos Koukouvinis and Christopher Postzich, and collaborates with researchers on projects involving neuroimaging tools like the Brain Time Toolbox. Her research highlights how memory retrieval can both stabilize and disrupt competing memories, with findings published in journals like Nature Neuroscience and Current Biology. She explores mechanisms like theta phase separation, cortical pattern suppression, and the hippocampus's role as a 'switchboard' between perception and memory. Recent studies include reconstructing visual memory trajectories and investigating how theta oscillations coordinate memory reactivation. Her lab's work bridges cognitive psychology and neuroscience, with implications for understanding memory disorders and cognitive aging.

Chantal Sternمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• fMRI
• Memory Encoding
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Chantal Stern is Professor and Department Chair at Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences, where she directs the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory and Cognitive Neuroimaging Center. Her research uses fMRI to study memory formation, spatial navigation, and neurodegenerative conditions. Research examines neural mechanisms underlying visual/spatial information processing, memory encoding/retrieval dynamics, and cognitive changes in normal aging and dementia pathologies. Current projects investigate navigation systems, attentional networks, and computational models of reasoning. Publications demonstrate consistent methodological innovation in neuroimaging, particularly in mapping temporal aspects of navigation and developing predictive models integrating perceptual and abstract reasoning systems.