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Virtual Reality (VR) Facility
Equipped with an Immersive VR system, combined with a 256-channel EEG system and an Active Optical tracking system for real time tracking of experimental subjects (Tzyy-Ping Jung's Lab)
The Institute for Neural Computation (INC) is an organized research unit of the University of California San Diego with 44 researchers representing 14 research disciplines, devoted to the research and development of a new generation of massively parallel computers through a coherent and cohesive plan of research spanning the areas of neuroscience, visual science, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, economics and social science, and computer engineering. View the affiliated faculty list.
What's New
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Drs. Wu and Jung were awarded $900,000 from the Toyota Research Institute's Human-Centered AI Kaizen program to study human-AI teaming.
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Drs. Sejnowski and Hinton have been selected as the Laureates of the 2026 World Digital and Frontier Technologies (WDFT) Scientific Breakthrough Award for their foundational development of the Boltzmann Machine—a precursor to modern AI tools. (4/21/26)
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Recent event: INC 35th Anniversary Celebration and Rockwood Lecture - November 10, 2025
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Terrence Sejnowski receives the 2025 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (Salk, 10/13/25)
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UC San Diego Researchers Awarded $5M Grant to Advance Next-Generation Brain Implants - INC's Gert Cauwenberghs is part of the team! (2/25/25)
Join Us!
The Institute for Neural Computation hosts a number of talks, lectures, seminar series and more! See what is coming next!
Terrence Sejnowski selected to the Royal Society and the American Philosophical Society (2025)
Scaling up Neuromorphic Computing for More Efficient and Effective AI Everywhere and Anytime (1/23/25)
Gert Cauwenberghs is part of a team of researchers highlighted
INC YouTube Channel
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