Scholar
Jascha Achterberg
Google Scholar ID: eb_ykOgAAAAJ
Computational Neuroscience & AI, University of Oxford, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
Citations & Impact
Citations
578
H-index
8
i10-index
8
Publications
20
Co-authors
8
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Involved in multiple research projects including Mixture of Pathways, seRNN, Maze, and NeuroAI. Research publications can be found on his Google Scholar profile.
Research Experience
- Career Development Research Fellow (CDRF) at St John's College, University of Oxford, researching the organization of the brain, its specialized submodules, circuit patterns, and communication and coordination between different regions. Developing novel algorithms and designing specialized computing circuits, working from theoretical models to hardware system prototypes.
Education
- PhD from the University of Cambridge, supervised by John Duncan and Matthew Botvinick, in collaboration with Google DeepMind and Intel Labs. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
Background
- Neuroscience and AI Researcher, studying how the brain's system-level architecture enables flexible cognition and how it can be translated into large-scale computing systems.
Miscellany
- Runs a startup with Dan Akarca, translating neuroscience-inspired computing principles into practical technologies. Welcomes contact from researchers, students, and organizations interested in his work or computational neuroscience in general for outreach activities.
