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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre building, which hosts the SWC and the Gatsby Unit.

The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (also called simply the Gatsby Unit for short) is an academic research organization within University College London. The unit is located in the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) in Fitzrovia, in central London. It is supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation[1] and is closely associated with the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre[2]. Researchers at the Gatsby Unit study theoretical neuroscience, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). Artificial Intelligence research company DeepMind was founded at the Gatsby Unit[3]

The Gatsby Unit is one of the first centres in the world to bring together the fields of theoretical neuroscience and machine learning. Their researchers have pioneered research into the mathematical underpinnings of learning, perception and action in biological and artificial systems.[4]

History

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The Gatsby Unit was founded in 1998[5] by Peter Dayan[6], Li Zhaoping[7], and Turing Award winner Geoffrey Hinton[8][9].

In 2016 the Gatsby Unit moved from their home in Queen Square to Fitzrovia to create a collaborative partnership with the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour. The unit and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC), both part of the Faculty of Life Sciences at UCL, work closely together, with parallel PhD programmes and one joint PhD programme, common day-to-day activities, and joint appointments and research projects that bring together theoretical/computational and experimental neuroscience. The unit is also part of the cross-faculty Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML), and collaborates with other UCL research groups in neuroscience and machine Learning. In 2020, the unit joined the ELLIS Unit at UCL, part of the wider European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), Europe's leading network for Artificial Intelligence (AI) research. The unit has strong links with two other Gatsby Charitable Foundation-funded research centres: the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University and the Gatsby Programme in Theoretical Neuroscience, Hebrew University.[10]

Research at the Gastby Unit

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Research at the Gatsby Unit encompasses theoretical and computational neuroscience, computational statistics, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. These research threads are drawn together by the unit's focus on the mathematical foundations of adaptive intelligent behaviour.[11]

Education and training at the Gatsby Unit

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The unit runs two innovative, highly competitive four-year PhD programmes: Gatsby Unit PhD programme in Theoretical Neuroscience and Machine Learning and a joint PhD programme with SWC. The unit also offers pre-doctoral research experience and postdoctoral training fellowships. The unit also runs the Gatsby Bridging Programme, a 7-week mathematics summer school. In addition, the unit hosts an external seminar series with talks by experts in the fields, and organises scientific workshops/schools (see, for example, MLSS 2019[12] and Analytical Connectionism 2023[13]) as well as public/outreach events.[14]

Directors

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Current director:

Past directors and co-directors:[15]

Notable alumni

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Notable former associated faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students:[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Neuroscience | Gatsby". www.gatsby.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  2. ^ "About SWC | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre". www.sainsburywellcome.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  3. ^ Rowan, David. "DeepMind: inside Google's super-brain". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  4. ^ "Gatsby Unit webpage". Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  5. ^ UCL (2019-08-30). "Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit Celebrates 21st Anniversary". UCL Division of Biosciences. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  6. ^ "Fellow Detail Page | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  7. ^ "Prof. Dr. Zhaoping Li | Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tübingen". www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  8. ^ "Geoffrey E. Hinton: . Biographical Sketch". www.cs.toronto.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  9. ^ "Geoffrey Hinton | Biography, Education, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  10. ^ "Gatsby Unit webpage". Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  11. ^ "Gatsby Unit webpage". Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  12. ^ "Machine Learning Summer School 2019". Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  13. ^ "Analytical Connectionism 2023". Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  14. ^ "Gatsby Unit webpage". Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  15. ^ UCL (2019-10-17). "About". Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  16. ^ UCL (2020-08-05). "The Greater Gatsby". Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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