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Terrence J. Sejnowski

American neuroscientist
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16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[35]
Date of birth
August 13, 1947
Place of birth
Cleveland
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
computer scientist, neuroscientist, university teacher, biologist, information scientist, author[9]
Employer
Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Diego, Salk Institute for Biological Studies[16][17][18]
Field of work
computational neuroscience, biology, neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, computing[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Educated at
Princeton University, Case Western Reserve University[19][20]
Award received
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award, Swartz Prize, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Presidential Young Investigator Award, IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award, The Brain Prize, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Doctoral advisor
John Hopfield[21]
Doctoral student
Zachary Mainen, Christopher Kanan, Tiger Lin, Ning Qian, Aaron Sampson, Anup Das, Jonathan Garcia, Cailey Bromer, Benjamin Michael Regner, Dongsung Huh, Hsi-Ping Wang, Justin P. Kinney, Daniel Keller, Diane J. Whitmer, Jiucang Hao, Shantanu Prafull Jadhav, Vladimir Mitsner, Flavio Fröhlich, Arthur Rudolf Houweling, Kevin M. Franks, Kwokleung Chan, Olivier J.-M. D. Coenen, Katherine Tina Moortgat, Michael Stewart Gray, Michael Stephen Beauchamp, Paul Christopher Bush, Nicol N. Schraudolph, Alexandre Pouget, Robert Kim[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Given name
Terrence, Joseph[50][51]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering[32][33][34]
🏷️ Also known as
en Terrence Sejnowski en Terrence J. Sejnowski en Terrence J Sejnowski en Terrence Joseph Sejnowski en Sejnowski TJ en T J Sejnowski en Terry Sejnowski da Sejnowski TJ da Terrence J Sejnowski da Terrence Sejnowski da Terry Sejnowski da T J Sejnowski de T J Sejnowski de Terry Sejnowski de Terrence Sejnowski de Terrence J Sejnowski de Sejnowski TJ de Sejnowski es Terrence Joseph Sejnowski es Terrence J. Sejnowski
🔖 Identifiers · 51
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0000-0002-0622-7391
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ACM Digital Library author ID
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Academic Tree ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.SR ID
53604617
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11363983
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CiNii Research ID
1140000791624761856
DBLP author ID
26/2197
DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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ELNET ID
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Freebase ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
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KBR person ID
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MR Author ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
236291
NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NIPS Proceedings author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Academy of Engineering member ID
42047
National Academy of Sciences member ID
20002157
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2019G1956
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Open Library ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
295569
Prabook ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
A003819692
SBN author ID
MILV022534
SHARE Catalogue author ID
28255
Semantic Scholar author ID
1714528
The Conversation author ID
531486
UOM ID
73190
University of Barcelona authority ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZbMATH author ID
sejnowski.terrence-j

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Author of 29
A modeling framework for adaptive lifelong learning with transfer and savings through gating in the prefrontal cortex, A Wearable Multi-Modal Bio-Sensing System Towards Real-World Applications, Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines, Causality detection in cortical seizure dynamics using cross-dynamical delay differential analysis, Conservation law for self-paced movements, Decoding imagined speech with delay differential analysis, Delay Differential Analysis of Seizures in Multichannel Electrocorticography Data, Delay Differential Analysis of Time Series +21 more
← Authored by 29
A modeling framework for adaptive lifelong learning with transfer and savings through gating in the prefrontal cortex, A Wearable Multi-Modal Bio-Sensing System Towards Real-World Applications, Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines, Causality detection in cortical seizure dynamics using cross-dynamical delay differential analysis, Conservation law for self-paced movements, Decoding imagined speech with delay differential analysis, Delay Differential Analysis of Seizures in Multichannel Electrocorticography Data, Delay Differential Analysis of Time Series +21 more
Affiliated with 7
University of California, San Diego, University of Western Ontario, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers, Neural Analytics (United States), VA San Diego Healthcare System
Award received 6
The Brain Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Presidential Young Investigator Award, IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award, Swartz Prize, IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award
Field of work 6
biology, psychology, neuroscience, computing, cognitive science, computational neuroscience
Occupation 6
author, biologist, computer scientist, university teacher, neuroscientist, information scientist
Doctoral student 4
Christopher Kanan, Michael Stewart Gray, Nicol N. Schraudolph, Tiger Lin
Doctoral students 4
Christopher Kanan, Michael Stewart Gray, Nicol N. Schraudolph, Tiger Lin
Employer 3
Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Diego, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Member of 3
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering
Educated at 2
Princeton University, Case Western Reserve University
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
John Hopfield
Doctoral advisors 1
John Hopfield
Given name 1
Joseph
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Cleveland
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Terrence J. Sejnowski was born on August 13, 1947[1], in Cleveland[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3], neuroscientist[4], university teacher[5], biologist[6], and information scientist[7].

Why It Matters

Terrence J. Sejnowski's notable doctoral advisees include Tiger Lin[52], a neuroscientist[53]; Michael Stewart Gray[54], a computer scientist[55]; Nicol N. Schraudolph[56], a computer scientist[57]; and Christopher Kanan[58], a researcher[59].

FAQs

Where was Terrence J. Sejnowski born?

Terrence J. Sejnowski's place of birth was Cleveland[2].

What did Terrence J. Sejnowski do for work?

Terrence J. Sejnowski worked as a computer scientist[3], neuroscientist[4], university teacher[5], biologist[6], and information scientist[7].

Where did Terrence J. Sejnowski go to school?

Terrence J. Sejnowski was educated at Princeton University[19] and Case Western Reserve University[20].

What awards did Terrence J. Sejnowski receive?

Honors received include IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award[22], Swartz Prize[23], Fellow of the American Physical Society[24], and Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society[25].

Related Entities

biology Christopher Kanan computational neuroscience computer scientist Howard Hughes Medical Institute John Hopfield Johns Hopkins University Michael Stewart Gray neuroscience Nicol N. Schraudolph psychology Tiger Lin United States

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