Risto Miikkulainen
Professor of
Computer Science 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:
Digital Nibbles interview on BotPrize and AI in general;
an interactive demo of schizophrenic language model;
a 2-min soundbite on neuroevolution;
the NERO machine learning game;
the Computational
Maps in the Visual Cortex book.
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 2013:
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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: GDC 3.826 (Meeting Schedule)
- Email address: risto@cs.utexas.edu
- iChat ID: risto.miikkulainen@mac.com
- Phone: (512) 471-9571; Fax: (512) 471-8885; Cell: (512) 293 1168
- Postal address: Department of Computer Science,
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The University of Texas at Austin
2317 Speedway, Stop D9500
Austin, TX 78712 USA
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risto@cs.utexas.edu
Mon Feb 18 12:41:23 CST 2013
