Issue for October 06, 2006
- Science Career Magazine
- An Enterprising Approach to Brain Science
Mobile computing pioneer Jeff Hawkins has had a lifelong fascination with brains. Now he's trying to model the human cerebral cortex--and he’s created a software company based on his ideas. (Courtesy of Science magazine.)
- Science Career Magazine
- Vision's Grand Theorist
Eero Simoncelli has an eye for mathematical truths that explain human vision--and he's adept at translating that knowledge into practical tools such as image-compression techniques. (Courtesy of Science magazine.)
- Science Career Magazine
- Special Feature: Careers in Computational Neuroscience
Career and funding opportunities are growing for researchers who combine neuroscience with informatics and engineering.
- Science Career Magazine
- Who We Are As Scientists
Spurred by the stem-cell scandal, a group of Korean early-career scientists organized an international conference on ethical issues in science.
- Science Career Magazine
- Neural Computing at Waterloo
Established in 2001, the computational neuroscience research group at the University of Waterloo is planning to hire new faculty and getting set to open up its own centre.
