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The Computational Neuroscience Research Group (CNRG) was started in 1992 by Charles H. Anderson when he moved with David Van Essen to Washington University. In 2001, Chris Eliasmith, then a member of the Washington University group moved to the University of Waterloo and began a second CNRG. The two groups are closely affiliated and employ the same approach. The CNRG began by constructing models of the visual system, introducing the cortical shifter circuit. Concurrently, the CNRG pursued work on the probability density function (PDF) framework for neural representation. Although that framework has now been considerably extended and improved, the main goal of providing a unifying framework for understanding complex neurobiological systems remains the same (see research).

Since its inception, the group has been closely affiliated with the Center for Higher Brain Function headed by David Van Essen. Both the Center and the CNRG are located on the second and third floors of the East McDonnell building (right) of the Washington University in St. Louis Medical School. The CNRG also works in close collaboration with a number of other labs at the medical school and has ties to the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) program on the Washington University main campus.

The CNRG organizes the Washington University Computational Neuroscience (WUCNS) colloquium series. Past speakers include Charles Wilson, Christoph von der Malsburg, and Carson Chow. For information on upcoming events, please join the WUCNS mailing list (see contact information).

Funding for the CNRG (WashU) has been provided by the National Science Foundation and the Center for Higher Brain Function. Major funding for the CNRG has been provided by the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation of Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Funding for the CNRG (Waterloo) has been provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Innovation Trust.

 

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