Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science

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The Carney Institute for Brain Science is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery about the brain and helping to find treatments and therapies for some of the world’s most devastating diseases.

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Jay Gopal is enrolled in Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education, which combines undergraduate and medical school education. A researcher in the Serre Lab, Gopal is creating human-aligned deep neural networks and leading the design and development of ClickMe, an object recognition game with thousands of online users who are creating a massive AI training set. He is also co-founder of a medical software startup.
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Ellie Pavlick is the associate chair of the Department of Computer Science, and a Carney collaborator on artificial intelligence projects that involve natural language processing - a technology that makes chatbots possible. How language works, in humans and machines, is Pavlick's central scientific fascination.
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Brain Circuits and Behavior

The Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science community is united under the common goal of understanding how brain circuits—networks of interconnected neurons—generate and control complex behavior.

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Carney's community of researchers are pushing the boundaries of brain science.

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Community Spotlight: Jay Gopal

Jay Gopal is enrolled in Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education, which combines undergraduate and medical school education. A researcher in the Serre Lab, Gopal is creating human-aligned deep neural networks and leading the design and development of ClickMe, an object recognition game with thousands of online users who are creating a massive AI training set. He is also co-founder of a medical software startup.
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Community Spotlight: Ellie Pavlick

Ellie Pavlick is the associate chair of the Department of Computer Science, and a Carney collaborator on artificial intelligence projects that involve natural language processing - a technology that makes chatbots possible. How language works, in humans and machines, is Pavlick's central scientific fascination.
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Community Spotlight: Debbie Yee

Yee is a recipient of a competitive NIH Pathway to Independence Award, or K99/R00, which gives postdocs five years of financial support to help them transition into a tenure-track faculty position. Along with postdoc Darcy Diesburg, Yee this fall organized a retreat for Carney postdocs to build community and share resources.