Gabriel A. Silva

Professor of Bioengineering and Neurosciences | Founding Director, Center for Engineered Natural Intelligence | Associate Director, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego

I am a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California San Diego, the Founding Director of the Center for Engineered Natural Intelligence, and Associate Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind. I also hold the J. Robert Beyster Endowed Chair in Engineering.

My research is focused on the intersection of mathematics, physics, and engineering in order to understand how the biological brain functions as a system. How it learns, represents, and processes complex information, and what happens when there is a breakdown in neurological disorders. We then use what we learn to develop novel neural-derived models and algorithms for next-generation machine learning and artificial intelligence, beyond the current state of the art.

Experience

–present

Silva, University of California San Diego

Education

2001

Hon.BSc and MSc @ University of Toronto, PhD at University of Illinois Chicago, postdoc at Northwestern University, Hon.BSc double major in human physiology biophysics, MSc in neurophysiology, PhD in theoretical/computational neuroscience, postdoc in nanotechnology and neural engineering

Honours

Various, including IEEE/EMBS Excellence in Neural Engineering award, Wallace Coulter Foundation Early Career award, Faculty of the Year award for undergraduate education from the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society, selection to “Nanoscience: The best of NATURE publications”, and the YC Fung Young Investigator Award and Medal