# Keiland Cooper

> scientist

**Wikidata**: [Q89711409](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89711409)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/keiland-cooper

## Summary
Keiland Cooper is a scientist working at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. He is a co‑founder and board member of ContinualAI (since 2018), a researcher affiliated with the Fortin Lab, and a recipient of a Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.

## Biography
- Known for: Co‑founder and board member of ContinualAI; research at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence
- Employer(s): Fortin Lab (research affiliation); ContinualAI (co‑founder; board member since 2018)
- Field(s): Neuroscience; Artificial intelligence
- Occupation: Scientist
- Member of: Society for Neuroscience; Cognitive Science Society
- Website: https://kwcooper.xyz

## Contributions
Keiland Cooper co‑founded ContinualAI and has served on its board since 2018, helping organize and advance community efforts around continual learning in artificial intelligence. He is affiliated with the Fortin Lab (reference to FortinLab at UCI) where he conducts research connecting neuroscience and computational approaches. Cooper has been recognized through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, indicating competitive support for his graduate research. His scholarly presence is documented by identifiers and author profiles: ResearcherID AAS-5426-2020, Scopus Author ID 57215381248, and Google Scholar author ID nCEUdSoAAAAJ, which point to an active publication record in his fields. He is a member of professional societies including the Society for Neuroscience and the Cognitive Science Society. Cooper maintains a personal website (https://kwcooper.xyz) as a public point of contact and record of his work.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Keiland Cooper?
A: Keiland Cooper is a scientist working in neuroscience and artificial intelligence, a co‑founder and board member of ContinualAI (since 2018), and a researcher affiliated with the Fortin Lab.

### Q: What organization did Keiland Cooper co‑found?
A: He co‑founded ContinualAI and has been a board member since 2018.

### Q: What are Keiland Cooper’s research areas?
A: His stated fields of work are neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

### Q: Where can I find Keiland Cooper’s publications?
A: His publications can be located via his ResearcherID (AAS-5426-2020), Scopus Author ID (57215381248), and Google Scholar author ID (nCEUdSoAAAAJ). He also lists a personal website at https://kwcooper.xyz.

## Why They Matter
Keiland Cooper occupies a role that bridges neuroscience and artificial intelligence, contributing both to community infrastructure and to research. As a co‑founder and board member of ContinualAI since 2018, he helped establish and govern an organization focused on continual learning — an area of AI research that seeks to enable systems to learn continuously across tasks. His affiliation with the Fortin Lab situates his work within an environment that connects neural science and computational modeling. Recognition via the Graduate Research Fellowship Program marks peer‑acknowledged potential and achievement during graduate training. Cooper’s presence in major researcher indexing systems (ResearcherID, Scopus, Google Scholar) and membership in professional societies (Society for Neuroscience; Cognitive Science Society) increase the discoverability and integration of his work into academic discourse. Without contributors who span disciplinary boundaries and build community organizations, efforts to translate insights between neuroscience and AI and to coordinate emerging research areas like continual learning would progress more slowly.

## Notable For
- Co‑founder and board member (co‑founder qualifier) of ContinualAI, serving on the board since 2018.
- Research affiliation with the Fortin Lab (reference: FortinLab).
- Recipient of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.
- Membership in the Society for Neuroscience and the Cognitive Science Society.
- Scholarly identifiers: ResearcherID AAS-5426-2020; Scopus Author ID 57215381248; Google Scholar author ID nCEUdSoAAAAJ.

## Body
### Identity and names
- Primary name: Keiland Cooper.
- Alias: Keiland W. Coooper (alternate spelling listed).
- Instance: Human; occupation listed as scientist.

### Organizational roles
- ContinualAI:
  - Role: Board member.
  - Qualifier: Co‑founder.
  - Start time: 2018.
- Fortin Lab:
  - Role: Research affiliation (reference provided to FortinLab web page).

### Research fields and focus
- Listed fields of work:
  - Neuroscience.
  - Artificial intelligence.
- These fields are supported by referenced materials linking Cooper to work at the intersection of neural science and AI research.

### Awards and recognition
- Award received: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (award listed; no year specified).

### Professional memberships
- Society for Neuroscience.
- Cognitive Science Society.

### Scholarly identifiers and online presence
- ResearcherID: AAS-5426-2020.
- Scopus Author ID: 57215381248.
- Google Scholar author ID: nCEUdSoAAAAJ.
- Personal website: https://kwcooper.xyz.

### Public and editorial context
- Appears on the focus list of WikiProject COVID-19 (listed).
- Described generally as a scientist in structured metadata.

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## References

1. [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/09/ai-weekly-continual-learning-offers-a-path-toward-more-humanlike-ai/)
2. [Source](https://fortinlab.bio.uci.edu/FortinLab/Home.html)
3. [Source](https://www.continualai.org/about_us/)
4. [Source](https://kwcooper.xyz)
5. [ORCID Public Data File 2020](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0_rc1/0000-0002-0358-9645/external-identifiers/1770757)