CNRGlab @ UWaterloo

I joined the lab in May 2013 as an intern, and then started my Masters in Computer Science with the lab in September 2013. I received my BASc. (Hons) in Mechatronics Engineering with a minor in Cognitive Science from the University of Waterloo.

I am interested in how the brain creates and uses representations of space, as well as perception and mental imagery. I've been experimenting with the RatSLAM algorithm and have been working on building a similar model with spiking neurons. I'm still working on finding a specific research topic.

Publications

Theses

Brent Komer (2020) Biologically Inspired Spatial Representation. PhD thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. Abstract PDF External link
Brent Komer (2015) Biologically Inspired Adaptive Control of Quadcopter Flight. Master's thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. Abstract PDF External link

Journal Articles

Brent Komer, Chris Eliasmith (2016) A unified theoretical approach for biological cognition and learning. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. Abstract PDF External link
James Bergstra, Brent Komer, Chris Eliasmith, Dan Yamins, David D Cox (2015) Hyperopt: a Python library for model selection and hyperparameter optimization. Computational Science & Discovery, 8(1):014008. Abstract External link

Conference and Workshop Papers

Brent Komer, Pawel Jaworski, Steven Harbour, Chris Eliasmith, Travis DeWolf (2022) BatSLAM: Neuromorphic Spatial Reasoning in 3D Environments. In 41st Digital Avionics Systems Conference. Portsmouth, VA, USA. DASC. Abstract PDF
Brent Komer, Chris Eliasmith (2020) Efficient navigation using a scalable, biologically inspired spatial representation. In 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Toronto, ON. Cognitive Science Society. Abstract PDF
Brent Komer, Terrence C. Stewart, Aaron R. Voelker, Chris Eliasmith (2019) A neural representation of continuous space using fractional binding. In 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Montreal, QC. Cognitive Science Society. Abstract PDF
Thomas Lu, Aaron R. Voelker, Brent Komer, Chris Eliasmith (2019) Representing spatial relations with fractional binding. In 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Montreal, QC. Cognitive Science Society. Abstract PDF
Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Brent Komer, Chris Eliasmith (2018) Incorporating an adaptive learning rate in a neural model of action selection. In Cognitive Computational Neuroscience. Philadelphia, USA. Abstract PDF Poster External link
Ivana Kajić, Jan Gosmann, Brent Komer, Ryan W. Orr, Terrence C. Stewart, Chris Eliasmith (2017) A Biologically Constrained Model of Semantic Memory Search. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. London, UK. Cognitive Science Society. Abstract PDF External link
Sugandha Sharma, Brent J. Komer, Terrence C. Stewart, Chris Eliasmith (2016) A Neural Model of Context Dependent Decision Making in the Prefrontal Cortex. In 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1122–1127. Austin, TX. Cognitive Science Society. Abstract PDF
Brent Komer, James Bergstra, Chris Eliasmith (2014) Hyperopt-Sklearn: Automatic Hyperparameter Configuration for Scikit-Learn. In ICML 2014 AutoML Workshop, 8. Abstract PDF Poster External link
James Bergstra, Brent Komer, Chris Eliasmith, David Warde-Farley (2014) Preliminary Evaluation of Hyperopt Algorithms on HPOLib. In ICML 2014 AutoML Workshop, 7. Abstract PDF Poster External link
Brent Komer, James Bergstra, Chris Eliasmith (2014) Hyperopt-Sklearn: Automatic Hyperparameter Configuration for Scikit-Learn. In Proceedings of the 13th Python in Science Conference, 33-39. Abstract PDF Poster External link

Publications

Theses

Journal Articles

Conference and Workshop Papers

Blog Posts