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For this, we build neural network and reinforcement learning models.</p> <p>While keeping a strong interest in computational neuroscience, new endeavors seek to adapt computationally efficient mechanisms of the brain into AI architectures (such as deep neural networks) aiming for more powerful learning algorithms.</p> <p>Before leading the Lab of Natural and Designed Intelligence at UPV, I was an Associate Research Scientist at Yale, where I was part of the Decision Lab (led by my current collaborator Ifat Levy). As a Postdoctoral Research Scientist, I collaborated with Nancy Kopell (Boston University), Thilo Womelsdorf (Vanderbilt University), and Xiao-Jing Wang (New York University). I earned my PhD in Computational Neuroscience at the Neuroscience Institute (UMH-CSIC), under the guidance of Albert Compte (IDIBAPS – Hospital Clinic).</p> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-5"> <h3>Interests</h3> <ul class="ul-interests"> <li>Computational Neuroscience</li> <li>AI</li> <li>Meta-Learning</li> <li>Neural Networks</li> <li>Cognitive Neuroscience</li> <li>Machine Learning</li> <li>Applied Physics</li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <h3>Education</h3> <ul class="ul-edu fa-ul"> <li> <i class="fa-li fas fa-graduation-cap"></i> <div class="description"> <p class="course">Habilitation as Professor Lector (Tenure-Track Assistant Professor), 2019</p> <p class="institution">AQU, Catalonia</p> </div> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fas fa-graduation-cap"></i> <div class="description"> <p class="course">Habilitation in Neuroscience as Maître de Conférences (Tenure-Track Assistant Professor), 2017</p> <p class="institution">Conseil National des Universités, France</p> </div> 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