Canadian Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience Public Directory
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| Last Name | First Name | Website/Contact | Affiliation | Position | Interest/Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afshin-Pour | Babak | http://www.babakafshinpour.com | Rotman research institute, Baycrest University of Toronto | Post-doc | Statistical Pattern recognition, and Data mining, Image processing |
| Algumaei | Ali | alihalgumaei@eng1.cu.edu.eg | Biomedical engineer dep., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University | Masters student | Computational neuroscience, Brain Computer Interface (BCI), Medical image processing, Medical imaging, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Pattern recognition, Computer vision, Bioinformatics, Neuroimaging, Data Analysis. I will finish my master on August 2017. |
| Anderson | Britt | http://brittlab4.uwaterloo.ca | Psychology and Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | Associate Professor | Attention, Decision making, Spatial Neglect |
| Ardid | Salva | http://sardid.cognitive-neurobiol.org | Centre for Vision Research, Deparment of Biology, York University | Postdoctoral Fellow | computational neuroscience, neurobiology of cognition, reinforcement learning |
| Atabak | Kheirkhah | www.linkedin.com/in/atabak-kheirkhah-31886b2a | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | PhD student | Big Data and Machine learning algorithm Computation and Logic Computational Biology Gene function prediction Data mining |
| Ather | Syed | http://hussainather.com/ | Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - University of Toronto | PhD student | computational neuroscience, neuroimaging, modelling, connectomics, artificial intelligence |
| Awatramani | Gautam | gautam@uvic.ca | University of Victoria | Faculty Member | Retinal circuitry Synaptic physiology direction coding vision restoration |
| Bekolay | Trevor | http://ctnsrv.uwaterloo.ca/cnrglab/ | Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | PhD student | learning, plasticity, analysis, modeling |
| Bellec | Pierre | http://simexp-lab.org/ | Centre de recherche de l'institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle Université de Montréal | Research Associate | functional magnetic resonance imaging, multivariate analysis, functional connectivity, brain networks, data mining |
| Bergstra | James | james.bergstra@gmail.com | Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | Post-doc | learning, vision, modeling, pattern recognition, optimization |
| Bezgin | Gleb | bezgin_gleb@yahoo.com | Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre | Post-doc | Neuroinformatics, Brain Connectivity, Auditory Processing, Music Perception |
| Blohm | Gunnar | http://www.compneurosci.com/ | Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Departments of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, and Psychology, School of Computing, and Canadian Action and Perception Network (CAPnet) | Faculty member | sensory-motor processes, spiking and rate-based neural networks, noise and uncertainty, Bayesian models, eye-head-hand coordination |
| Brown | Tanya | tanyabrown.io | tbrown@research.baycrest.org | Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Hospital | Program Manager-TVB | Science Management, The Virtual Brain, computational neuroscience, neuroinformatics, neuroimaging |
| Chacron | Maurice | http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/physio/chacronlab/ | McGill University | Faculty member | Neural coding, modeling, information theory, population coding |
| Cheung | Jackie Chi Kit | http://cs.mcgill.ca/~jcheung/ | McGill University | Faculty member | natural language processing, computational semantics, natural language generation |
| Chica | Monica G. | http://www.monicagiraldochica.com | Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto | PhD student | Imaging (MRI), programming, databases |
| Choo | Xuan | fchoo@uwaterloo.ca | Computational Neuroscience Research Lab Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | PhD student | working memory, serial recall, integrated models, spiking neural networks, modelling |
| Corneil | Brian | http://bmi.ssc.uwo.ca/CorneilLab.org/Corneil_Lab/Home.html | Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Department of Psychology University of Western Ontario Robarts Research Institute | Associate Professor | Neurophysiology, Neural control of movement, Systems neuroscience, Animal models |
| Crawford | Eric | e2crawfo@uwaterloo.ca | Computational Neuroscience Research Group, University of Waterloo Auditory Research Group, University of Pennsylvania | Masters Student | GPU, auditory, language, Bayesian, vision |
| Crawford | John Douglas | http://www.yorku.ca/jdc/ | National Coordinator, The Canadian Action and Perception Network CAN-ACT, Centre for Vision Research, York University | Faculty member | Neurosciences, Spatial Vision, Motor Control, Eye Movements, Computational Modelling. |
| Cullen | Kathleen | kathleen.cullen@mcgill.ca | McGill University | Professor | Neurophysiology, Systems Neuroscience, Neural Coding, Sensory Coding, Eye Movements, Multimodal Integration, Vestibular System |
| Daley | Mark | http://daleylab.org/ | University of Western Ontario | Faculty Member | Theory of computation, mathematical modelling |
| DE PITTA | Maurizio | https://physiology.utoronto.ca/faculty/maurizio-de-pitta | Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada | PI, Faculty | Neuron-glial interactions, astrocytes, computational biology, calcium signaling, multiscale modeling, neurodegeneration |
| DeSouza | Joseph | http://www.joeLAB.com | Centre for Vision Research York University | Assistant Professor | sensorimotor neuroscience |
| DeWolf | Travis | http://ctnsrv.uwaterloo.ca/cnrglab/user/21 | University Of Waterloo | PhD student | motor control, optimal control theory, hierarchical systems, motor learning |
| Dong | Fan | fdong@research.baycrest.org | Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest | App. Developer | Scientific Programming, High Performance Computing, System Administration / Integration, Data Mining, and Statistical Modelling. |
| Douglas | Cheyne | http://cheynelab.utoronto.ca | Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto | Associate Professor | Neuroimaging, MEG, motor control, source modelling |
| Du | Yi | http://research.baycrest.org/ydu | Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest | Post-doc | auditory neuroscience, neuroimaging |
| Eliasmith | Chris | http://compneuro.uwaterloo.ca | Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | Professor | Large-scale neural modelling, biological cognition, neural representation, perception-cognition-action loop, learning and adaptation |
| Evans | Ken | www.indocresearch.org | President, Indoc Research Queen's University, Dept of Pathology and Molecular Medicine | Associate Professor | Databases, ontologies, genomics, clinical research, measurement |
| Evans | Alan | mcin-cnim.ca | Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University | Faculty member | Neuroimaging, Big Data, Modeling, Databases, High Performance Computing |
| Fallah | Nader | https://blogs.ubc.ca/naderfallah2/ | Rick Hansen Institute & University of British Columbia | Biostatistician | Statistical models and machine learning |
| Farb | Norman | http://www.normanfarb.com | Rotman Research Institute | Post-doc | Large scale networks supporting emotional expression and regulation, resting state network changes in mood and aging disorders |
| Farbodkia | Saba | saaaba@gmail.com | The Center for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University | student | Reading the population code, temporal coding vs. spike rates, noise correlations in the context of cognitive tasks, especially memory related activities |
| Felsky | Daniel | www.felskylab.com | Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) | Faculty Member | genomics, environment, integration, machine learning, prediction |
| Ferguson | Katie | katie.ferguson@utoronto.ca | Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, and University of Toronto | PhD student | modeling, inhibitory networks, hippocampus, neurological disease |
| French | Leon | leonfrench@gmail.com | Centre For High-Throughput Biology University of British Columbia | Post-doc | natural language processing, information extraction, bioinformatics, neuroinformatics, neurogenomics |
| Gee | Tom | http://research.baycrest.org/neuroinformatics | Rotman Research Institute | Manager | databases, ontologies, pipelines, team work |
| Geraci | Joseph | http://www.path.queensu.ca/faculty/geraci/ | Queen's University/Toronto General Hospital@CANBIND/Open Source Health Corp. | Scientist | Machine Learning and augmented intelligence/ neuroscience+cancer/ real world data |
| Gribble | Paul | http://www.gribblelab.org | University of Western Ontario | Professor | motor control, motor learning, musculoskeletal models, somatosensory plasticity, mirror neurons |
| Griffiths | John | grifflab.com | Krembil Centre For Neuroinformatics, Centre For Addiction and Mental Health & University of Toronto | Assistant Professor | Whole-brain modelling, theoretical neuroscience, neuroimaging, brain stimulation, neurophysiology, neuropsychiatry & neurology, cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics |
| Gruber | Aaron | http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/aaron_gruber | University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta | Assist. Professor | decision-making, reinforcement learning, dopamine, optogenetics, electrophysiology, addiction |
| Hamarneh | Ghassan | http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~hamarneh/ | Simon Fraser University, Medical Image Analysis Lab, School of Computing Science | Faculty member | Medical Image Analysis, Medical Image Segmentation, Medical Image Registration, 3D Image Processing |
| Heisz | Jennifer | http://www.jenniferheisz.ca | Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto | Post-doc | neuroimaging, genomics, neural plasticity, aging, exercise |
| Hettige | Nuwan | nuwan.hettige@mail.utoronto.ca | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto | Graduate Student | Psychiatry, Neurogenetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Neurodevelopment |
| Hoffman | Kari | http://www.yorku.ca/khoffman/ | York University Centre for Vision Research | Associate Professor | electrophysiology, cell assemblies, active vision, learning and memory, object recognition |
| Hunsberger | Eric | ehunsber@uwaterloo.ca | University of Waterloo | Masters student | vision, modelling, spiking neurons, restricted Boltzmann machines, visual attention |
| Hutka | Stefanie | shutka@research.baycrest.org | Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, University of Toronto | PhD Student | music, speech, aging, ERP, perception |
| Iturria Medina | Yasser | http://www.neuropm-lab.com/ | Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada Ludmer Centre for NeuroInformatics and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada | Assistant Professor | integrative mathematical and computational models, brain networks, therapeutic interventions, personalized medicine |
| Jeanson | Francis | http://francis.jeanson.org | Carleton University, Institute of Cognitive Science, Complex Adaptive Systems Group, Ottawa | PhD candidate | Neural Coding, Neural Architecture, Sensorimotor Coordination, Memory, Learning, Decision Making, Robotics, Artificial Life, Evo-Devo. |
| Jog | Mandar | http://www.cnsuwo.ca/faculty/neurologists/mandar-jog | University of Western Ontario | Professor | Electrophysiology, Dynamical systms, Motor control, Movement Disorders, Computational neuroscience |
| Kamali Sarvestani | Iman | https://www.linkedin.com/in/iman-kamali-sarvestani-47703311/ | University of Toronto | Post Doctoral Fellow | Computational models of the basal ganglia and motor infrastructure. Evolutionary and comparative Neuroscience. |
| Khan | Daneyal | daneyalkhan2010@hotmail.com | University of Toronto | Undergraduate | Computer science Neuroscience Psychology Statistics Biology |
| Korkian | Yavar | http://www.timofeeva-stress-feeding-lab.ca/ | Dept. of Psychiatry and Neurosciences,Faculty of Medicine, Laval University | Master Student | Electrophysiology, Neural Plasticity, Neural Coding |
| Kuebler | Eric | https://sites.google.com/site/ericskuebler/ | University of Ottawa | PhD Candidate | Neuronal coding and functional analysis of multi-unit activity. |
| Lankarany | Milad | https://sites.google.com/site/miladlankarani | Peter Gilgan Center for Research & Learning, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON | Postdoctoral Student | Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Biomedical Signal Processing |
| Lenglos | Christophe | http://www.timofeeva-stress-feeding-lab.ca/ | Laval University | PhD student | programming, imaging, modelling |
| Leung | Stan | http://publish.uwo.ca/~sleung/ | University of Western Ontario | Professor | Electrophysiology, oscillation, EEG and field potential analysis, fMRI |
| Longtin | Andre | http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/alongtin/ | University of Ottawa Depts. of Physics, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Mathematics and Statistics | Professor | Theoretical neuroscience, computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamics, stochastic dynamics, neurophysics, nonlinear time series analysis, mathematical physiology, mathematical biology, neurophotonics. |
| Majid | Mohajerani | http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/majid_mohajerani | Canadian Centre for behaviour neuroscience, Dep. of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge | Faculty member | Imaging brain dynamics using in vivo optical imaging, sensory perception and associative learning, exploring brain connectivity using light |
| Mark | Clarisse | clarisse.mark@queensu.ca | Center for Neuroscience Studies, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGILL UNIVERSITY Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science, ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA | Post-Doctoral Fellow | functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| McIntosh | Randy | http://research.baycrest.org/rmcintosh | Rotman Research Institute - Baycrest University of Toronto | Faculty Member | cognition, computational modeling, data analysis, theory |
| Melnik | Roderick | http://m3ai.wlu.ca/ | MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University | Professor, CRC | Mathematical modelling for complex systems, Neurodegenerative diseases, Brain processes and brain models, Human intelligence and human errors, Knowledge creation models. |
| Mohsenzadeh | Yalda | https://sites.google.com/site/dryaldamohsenzadeh/home | Center for Vision Research, York University, Toronto | Postdoctoral Fellow | Computational Neuroscience and Bio-modeling, Machine Learning, Machine Vision and Image Processing |
| Mokhberi | Maryam | mokhberimaryam@gmail.com | PRISM Lab, IBBME, University of Toronto | MASc student | Brain computer interface, Machine Learning |
| Monaco | Simona | https://sites.google.com/site/simonamonaco/ | Centre for Vision Research York University | Post-doc | Neuroimaging |
| Murray | Richard | http://www.yorku.ca/rfm | Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research, York University | Faculty member | human vision, psychophysics, modelling, spatial vision, shape perception |
| Nguyen | Phuc | Phuc_Minh.Nguyen@med.uni-muenchen.de | Systems Neuroscience Group, Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research | ScientificResearcher | EEG, MRI, machine learning, computational neuroscience, neuroimaging |
| Nie | Yimin | yimin.nie@uleth.ca | Canadian centre for behavioral neuroscience Computational lab University of lethbridge | PhD student | Mathematical analysis, neural modeling, python/mat lab/java, neuron/Brian simulator |
| Omrani | Mohsen | http://limb.biomed.queensu.ca/ | Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's university | PhD student | motor electrophysiology, theory of motor control, feedback processing |
| Pavlidis | Paul | https://pavlab.msl.ubc.ca/ | Department of Psychiatry Michael Smith Laboratories University of British Columbia | Faculty member | neurogenetics, neurogenomics, connectome, meta-analysis, data mining |
| Portales-Casamar | Elodie | http://ca.linkedin.com/in/elodieportalescasamar | NeuroDevNet Centre for High-throughput Biology University of British Columbia | Research Associate | Bioinformatics, Genomics, Neurosciences, Databases |
| Prescott | Steven | http://www.prescottlab.ca | Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children Department of Physiology, University of Toronto | Faulcty member | neural coding, information theory, neuronal excitability, somatosensation, pain |
| Ramezan | Reza | www.neuroinformatics.ca | University of Waterloo | Faculty member | Statistical modelling in neuroscience, spike trains, electrophysiology |
| Rasmussen | Daniel | drasmuss@uwaterloo.ca | Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | PhD student | modeling, structural plasticity, general intelligence, development |
| Raul | Valverde | http://www.concordia.ca/jmsb/faculty/raul-valverde.html | Concordia University | Faculty member | NeuroIS, Quantum Physics and Neurocomputing |
| Rauscher | Alexanderq | http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~rauscher/ | University of British Columbia | Assistant Professor | Neuroimaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Reynolds | James | jnr@queensu.ca | Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University | Professor | neurodevelopment, cognition, imaging, eye movements, phenotyping |
| Rotenberg | David | david.rotenberg@camh.ca | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto | Research Informatics | MRI, fMRI, DTI, Medical Imaging, genomics, modelling, high performance computing. |
| Rouat | Jean | http://www.gel.usherbrooke.ca/rouat/ | Université de Sherbrooke, département de génie électrique et génie informatique Université de Montréal, département de sciences biologiques | faculty | Visual & Auditory Processing, Human-Systems interfaces, Sensorial substitution. |
| Salimpoor | Valorie N. | valorie.salimpoor@mail.mcgill.ca | McGill University Montreal Neurological Institute | Reward related learning and decision making, fronto-striatal connectivity | |
| Satel | Jason | jsatel@gmail.com | Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus | Adjunct Professor | Imaging, modeling, behaviour, cognition, attention |
| Skinner | Frances | http://www.skinnerlab.org | Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, and University of Toronto | Faculty | modeling, inhibitory networks, hippocampus, neurological disease |
| Standage | Dominic | http://dominic.standage.net | Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University | Post-doc | Cortex, decision making, working memory, timing, learning and memory |
| Stewart | Terry | http://ctnsrv.uwaterloo.ca/cnrglab/ | Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | Research Associate | modeling, neural engineering framework, architectures, cognition |
| Strother | Stephen | http://research.baycrest.org/sstrother | Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto | Senior Scientist | statistical learning, cognitive/computational neuroscience, databases |
| Swindale | Nicholas | swindale@mail.ubc.ca | University of British Columbia | Professor | Visual Cortex, Development, spike sorting, clustering, extracellular recording |
| Thagard | Paul | http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/%7Epthagard/Biographies/pault.html | University of Waterloo | Professor | theoretical neuroscience, cognitive modelling |
| Thivierge | JP | jthivier@uottawa.ca | School of Psychology and Center for Neural Dynamics, University of Ottawa | Associate Professor | population dynamics, balanced networks, correlations, spiking neuron models |
| Trappenberg | Thomas | http://www.cs.dal.ca/~tt | Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science & Neuroscience Institute | Faculty member | Learning theory, memory & plasticity, dynamic neural field theory, decision theory, cognitive robotics |
| Tripathy | Shreejoy | neuroelectro.org | University of British Columbia Centre for High-Throughput Biology | Post-doc | neuroinformatics, natural language processing, electrophysiology, genomics, data sharing |
| Troje | Niko | http://biomotionlab.ca | Department of Psychology, Department of Biology, School of Computing, Queen's University Centre for Vision Research, York University | Professor | perceptual representations, face recognition, biological motion, sensory-motor control |
| Tropper | Carl | http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~carl | McGill University, School of Computer Science | Faculty member | Parallel discrete event simulation, Multi-level neural modeling, in particular the combination of continuous (differential equation) and discrete event models for neurons, NEURON group: http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron |
| Valverde | Raul | https://www.concordia.ca/jmsb/faculty/raul-valverde.html | Concordia university | Senior Lecturer | Neurotechnologym Neuroeconomics, Neuromarketing, Neurfinance, Neuro Supply Chain |
| van der Meer | Matthijs | http://www.vandermeerlab.org | Department of Biology & Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience University of Waterloo | Assistant Professor | electrophysiology, data analysis, modeling, data sharing |
| Vilis | Tutis | http://www.tutis.ca | The Brain and Mind Institute Dept. Physiology and Pharmacology University of Western Ontario | Professor | Neurophysiology, Motor Control, Modelling, Imaging |
| Wilson | Daryl | http://www.queensu.ca/psychology/attention/Home.html | Department of Psychology and Centre for Neuroscience Studies Queen's University | Faculty member | attention, memory, cognition |
| Wilson | Hugh R. | http://cvr.yorku.ca/webpages/wilson.htm | Centre for Vision Research York University | Professor | Neural modeling, nonlinear dynamics, face perception, brain imaging (fMRI), binocular rivalry |
| Womelsdorf | Thilo | http://www.yorku.ca/thiwom | York University Centre for Vision Research | Faculty member | Attentional control, electrophysiology, decision making, prefrontal cortex |
| Wood | Daniel | https://sites.google.com/site/danielkentwood/ | Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario | PhD student | neuropsychological disorders, machine learning, brain-machine interfaces, electrophysiology |
| Wu | Jianhong | wujh@yorku.ca | Centre for Disease Modelling Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics York University | Faculty Member | nonlinear dynamics in neural networks, delay, memory, pattern recognition |
| Yves Guillaume | A Messy | www.qgs.io | University of Toronto, St George | Researcher/Student | Applying machine vision and deep learning to the study of political science and international political economy. |