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David Cox

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Computer Science at Harvard University

Harvard University

Areas of expertise

  • - Computer vision
  • - Machine learning
  • - Neuroscience
  • - Vision
  • - Behavior
  • - Physiology
  • - Computation
  • - Robotics

Major works

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About me

David Cox is an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and of Computer Science, and is a member of the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT with a specialization in computational neuroscience. His laboratory seeks to understand the computational underpinnings of visual processing through concerted efforts in both reverse- and forward-engineering. To this end, his group employs a wide range of experimental techniques (ranging from microelectrode recordings in living brains to visual psychophysics in humans) to probe natural systems, while at the same time actively developing practical computer vision systems based on what is learned about the brain.