Congratulations to Mary Rigdon for receiving a 300K NSF grant!
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Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2019 14:07
Congratulations to Mary Rigdon for receiving a 300K NSF grant from Decision, Risk, and Management Science at NSF, “Wanting to Control”, with Alessandra Cassar (USF)!
The research is a series of experiments grounded in evolutionary theory that investigates the role of incentives in gender differences in competitive preferences. Recent evidence suggests that women underperform relative to men when under competitive pressure and that women shy away from highly rewarding, yet risky, economic environments. Based on a cost/benefit analysis of specific strategic behaviors, we advance a new hypothesis: women and men are equally competitive, but motivated by different incentive mechanisms that run deep into both the genetic and cultural components at the root of human behavior.
Eddy Chen defends and receives Waterman Medal of Excellence
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Published: Friday, 10 May 2019 09:36
We are very proud to announce that Eddy Chen, graduate student in Philosophy and Cog Sci certificate student will receive the Waterman Medal of Excellence from the School of Graduate Studies. This prestigious award celebrates exceptional scholarly achievements across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Please join us in congratulating him on receiving this award, as well as defending his PhD in Philosophy, MS in Mathematical Physics, and accepting a tenure track position at UCSD starting in the Fall!
Konstantinos Michmizos (CS) awarded NIH CAREER Grant for Neurorehabilitation Robotics
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Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2019 10:42
Please join us in congratulating Konstantinos Michmizos (CS) in being awarded an NIH CAREER Grant for Neurorehabilitation Robotics. The NIH K Awards are given to Professors who have demonstrated abilities to become leaders in their field. The K Career Award ($250K, 2 years) will enable Konstantinos to combine Biological and Artificial Learning, in collaboration with Hermano Igo Krebs (MIT), Amy J. Bastian (JHU), and Matti Hamalainen (Harvard Medical School).
The overarching goal of Konstantinos's proposal is to systematically co-develop new methods and technology to personalize neurorehabilitation robots. Given the novel hypotheses, approach, expected findings, and potential for translation, the proposed research will enable further studies on the neural underpinnings of learning as well as contribute to developing intervention procedures that personalize recovery, further expanding the residual capacity for neuroplasticity for people in need.
Undergraduate Awards, Spring 2019
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Published: Thursday, 02 May 2019 13:53
To say we are proud is an understatement. The achievements of our undergraduates this year is something to celebrate! Below, we highlight their truly remarkable accomplishments.
Spirit of Rutgers Award:
Henry Rutgers Scholar:
- Noa Attali (advisor: Karin Stromswold) AND making history by also receiving a Henry Rutgers award for a thesis she completed in English!
Cognitive Science Thesis Award Recipient:
- Scott Hoberman (advisor: Jacob Feldman - Psychology)
- Noa Attali (advisor: Karin Stromswold - Psychology)
Paul Robeson Scholar:
- Karl Mulligan (advisor: Matt Stone - Computer Science) AND received an award for academic excellence from the Linguistics department!
- Aashana Patel (advisor: Kelvin Kwan - Cell Biology and Neuroscience)
- Scott Hoberman (advisor: Jacob Feldman - Psychology)
- Noa Attali (advisor: Karin Stromswold - Psychology)
Michael Lewis awarded the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research
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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2019 15:29
Please join us in congratulating Michael Lewis for being awarded the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research for the academic year 2018-2019. This has also been an eventful year for Michael, who received a Lifetime Distinguished Contribution Award from the International Congress of Infant Studies earlier this year.
