Our research aim is to uncover the computational and organizational mechanisms in the brain. For example, what function does feedback play in our brains, and how do our expectations influence our perceptions? We study these questions by modelling neural networks. Through computational experiments and mathematical analysis, we try to understand the neurological basis of perception, cognition, and behaviour.

The lab is in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, and affiliated with the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience.


Latest News

Alina starts her MMath degree

After her summer research position, Alina has started her master's degree in the Neurocog Lab.

09-03-2025
Thank you to our summer researchers

Sending out thank-you vibes to those that did research with us this summer.

08-31-2025
Brandon joins as an MMath student

Say hello to Brandon Cheng, who is starting his master's degree.

05-30-2025
Summer researcher, Ben

Ben will be simulating and analyzing synchronization of audience clapping.

05-08-2025
Welcome Nahal

Nahal will be doing research part-time over the summer, designing validation studies for our neural model of the basal ganglia.

05-07-2025
Alina joins us for the summer as a research assistant

She will design neural networks that accurately decode from populations of adapting neurons.

05-05-2025
This is Michelle, undergrad research assistant

She'll be implementing a neural network that mimics a beat pattern.

05-03-2025
Priya joins the lab for the summer

Priya will be working full-time this summer as a researcher, working on computational models of the basal ganglia.

04-27-2025
Papers accepted at Canada AI and CogSci

We have two papers to be presented at upcoming conferences. Well done Ehsan, William, and Jeremy!

04-15-2025
Alicia presents her research at NICE 2025

We had a poster accepted at NICE, which was held in Heidelberg, Germany. Alicia presented the poster, and a 1-minute lightening talk.

03-25-2025
The Neurocognitive Computing Lab heads to Telluride

Two lab members are organizing topic areas for the 2025 Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop.

02-20-2025
Meet Nicolas - Undergrad Researcher

Nicolas will be working on decoding from adapting spiking neurons

01-20-2025
A freshly-minted doctor

Congratulations to Nicole, err... Dr. Dumont for successfully defending her thesis.

01-13-2025
Nicole wins Best New Neuromorph!

She got the award when she attended the Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop.

11-26-2024
Jeremy wins a TA award!

Jeremy Zheng received one of 5 Teaching Assistant awards

09-23-2024
BEST PAPER Award at ICANN!

Our paper was honoured with a ENNS Best Paper award at the Interational Conference on Artificial Neural Networks

09-20-2024
We made the cover of Neural Computation

Our paper on spiking phasor VSAs is published in Neural Computation

09-06-2024

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