Carney Institute for Brain Science
Center for Computational Brain Science

Center for Computational Brain Science

A world-class center focused on computational approaches to solve the big questions of our time.

Center for Computational Brain Science

A world-class center focused on computational approaches to solve the big questions of our time.

The human brain is a computational organ. 

It stores a lifetime of memories, recognizes faces in the blink of an eye, learns from experience, plans for the future and communicates fluidly. To demystify how the brain accomplishes such complex tasks with precision and speed, the Center for Computational Brain Science (CCBS) fosters collaborations between basic brain science researchers and engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists, and brings computational neuroscience innovations to clinical applications and commercialization. 

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Training AI to see more like humans

Researchers in the Serre lab are teaching AI to see more like humans, opening doors to more accurate AI solutions.
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Our Work

  • CCBS catalyzes new collaborations across campus, engaging mathematicians, computer scientists, biologists, physicists, engineers, behavioral economists and cognitive neuroscientists.
  • The Center allows for integration across levels of computational analysis, which is critical for understanding the brain.
  • CCBS invests in high-risk, high-gain research with the potential for conversion to startups, thereby accelerating the translation of computational approaches to clinical applications and commercialization.
  • Building on Brown’s Open Curriculum, CCBS provides cross-training in computational methods for students, basic scientists and physician-scientists. The Center also enhances community engagement in computational brain science through hackathons, modeling challenges and scientific symposiums.

Research

Housed within Brown's Carney Institute for Brain Science, CCBS promotes rigorous, collaborative research. The center has three focus areas of research: Computational psychiatry/neurology, neurotechnology and neuromodulation; computational vision; and neural computation, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Research Projects