The brain as a system. From theory to engineering.


Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering | Department of Neurosciences
Center for Engineered Natural Intelligence
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind

University of California San Diego


We aim to understand how the brain works as an engineered system. How geometric and dynamic constraints in brain networks give rise to the mathematical rules responsible for emergent computational and cognitive functions.

At the same time, we are using what we learn to understand how the brain differs in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and how we can use such mathematical models and brain algorithms to understand the inner workings of artificial neural networks.