Risto Miikkulainen
Professor of
Computer Sciences and Neuroscience,
the University of Texas at Austin;
Director of the
UTCS Neural Networks Research Group.
Also with
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
Center for Perceptual Systems,
Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, and
Consortium for Cognition and Computation.
Research
See my research group website
for research projects, publications, demos, and software.
Spotlights:
interactive demo of schizophrenic language model;
the Computational
Maps in the Visual Cortex book;
the NERO machine learning game;
a 2-min soundbite on neuroevolution.
My research focuses on biologically-inspired computation such as
neural networks and genetic algorithms. On the one hand, the goal is
to better understand biological information processing, and on the
other, to develop more intelligent artificial systems that learn and
adapt by observing and interacting with the environment. The three
main focus areas are: (1) Cognitive Science, i.e. models of natural
language processing, concept learning, and schema-based vision; (2)
Computational Neuroscience, i.e. episodic memory and development,
plasticity, and function of the visual cortex; (3) Neuroevolution,
i.e. evolving neural networks with genetic algorithms for sequential
decision tasks such as robotics, games, and artificial life.
Classes
I teach classes in Cognitive Science, Neural Networks, and Artificial
Intelligence. Here are pointers to my current classes:
Fall 2011:
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CS343 Artificial Intelligence
(undergraduate class)
CS394N Neural Networks
(graduate class)
Here is a sampling of my other classes:
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CS342 Neural Networks
(undergraduate class)
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CS378 Computational Intelligence in Game Design I
(undergraduate research class)
CS378 Computational Intelligence in Game Design II
(undergraduate research class)
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CS395T Cognitive Science
(graduate seminar)
Contact Information
- Office: CSA 1.116 (Meeting Schedule)
- Email address: risto@cs.utexas.edu (no Microsoft attachments please)
- iChat ID: risto.miikkulainen@mac.com
- Phone: (512) 471-9571; Fax: (512) 471-8885
- Cell: (512) 293 1168 for voice, SMS, and paging;
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5122931168@tmomail.net for (short) email.
- Postal address: Department of Computer Sciences,
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The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station D9500
Austin, TX 78712-0233 USA
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risto@cs.utexas.edu
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