The CNBC is a joint venture of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Our center leverages the strengths of the University of Pittsburgh in basic and clinical neuroscience and those of Carnegie Mellon in cognitive and computational science to support a coordinated cross-university research and educational program of international stature. In addition to our Ph.D. program in Neural Computation, we sponsor a graduate certificate program in cooperation with a wide variety of affiliated Ph.D. programs.

Within the CNBC, our over 200 world-class faculty and trainees are investigating the cognitive and neural mechanisms that give rise to biological intelligence and behavior. Research topics include affective, cognitive, linguistic, perceptual, motor and social systems in both normal and disordered populations, as well as computational neuroscience. The CNBC also promotes the translation of findings from basic research into applications for medicine, education, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Highlights of some papers and presentations by CNBC faculty and their students and post-doctoral associates, listed by faculty.

University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg has announced Peter Strick as a recipient of the 2013 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award. Strick is being honored in the senior scholar category, which recognizes “an outstanding and continuing record of research and scholarly activity.”

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