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Surya Ganguli
Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Neurobiology and of Electrical Engineering
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Bio
Bio
Research & Scholarship
Teaching
Publications
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor,
Applied Physics
Senior Fellow,
Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Associate Professor (By courtesy), Neurobiology Department
Associate Professor (By courtesy),
Electrical Engineering
Member,
Bio-X
Member,
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Honors & Awards
Schmidt Science Polymath Award, Schmidt Foundation (2023)
Outstanding Paper Award, Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation (2022)
NSF Career Award, National Science Foundation (2019)
Investigator Award in Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems, Simons Foundation (2016)
McKnight Scholar Award, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (2015)
Scholar Award in Human Cognition, James S. McDonnell Foundation (2014)
Outstanding Paper Award, Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation (2014)
Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2013)
Terman Award, Stanford University (2012)
Career Award at the Scientific Interface, Burroughs Wellcome Foundation (2009)
Swartz Fellow in Computational Neuroscience, Swartz Foundation (2004)
Professional Education
Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Theoretical Physics (2004)
M.A., UC Berkeley, Physics (2000)
M.A., UC Berkeley, Mathematics (2004)
M.Eng., MIT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1998)
B.S., MIT, Physics (1998)
B.S., MIT, Mathematics (1998)
B.S., MIT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1998)
Contact
Academic
sganguli@stanford.edu
Links
Curriculum Vitae PDF
Lab Website
Personal Website
Applied Physics Website
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Theoretical / computational neuroscience
2024-25 Courses
Statistical Mechanics of Learning and Computation
APPPHYS 229 (Spr)
Theoretical Neuroscience
APPPHYS 293 (Aut)
Independent Studies
Advanced Reading and Research
CS 499 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Advanced Reading and Research
CS 499P (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Curricular Practical Training
APPPHYS 291 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Directed Investigation
BIOE 392 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Directed Reading in Neurosciences
NEPR 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Directed Studies in Applied Physics
APPPHYS 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Graduate Research
NEPR 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Independent Work
CS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Ph.D. Research Rotation
CME 391 (Win)
Research
PHYSICS 490 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
Statistical Mechanics of Learning and Computation
APPPHYS 229 (Spr)
Theoretical Neuroscience
APPPHYS 293 (Aut)
Stanford Advisees
Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Vamshi Balanaga,
Aditya Cowsik
,
Niharika Gunturu
,
Ian Ho
,
Max Kanwal
,
Vasily Kruzhilin
,
Aditya Mahadevan
,
Daniel Wennberg
,
Yixiu Zhao
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Sam Ocko
,
Marine Schimel
,
James Whittington
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Mason Kamb,
Daniel Paul Kunin
,
Tamra Nebabu
,
Javan Tahir
, Atsushi Yamamura
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Feng Chen
,
Balint Kurgyis
,
Wanhee Lee
,
Jakub Smékal
, Cameron Sylber,
Linnie Warton
Postdoctoral Research Mentor
Sam Ocko
Doctoral (Program)
Eun Sun Song
Graduate and Fellowship Programs
Neurosciences (Phd Program)
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Publication Topics For This Person
Action Potentials
Cell Cycle Proteins
Clozapine
Computer Simulation
Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Decision Making
Feedback, Psychological
Gene Expression
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Information Theory
Learning
Logistic Models
Luminescent Proteins
Macaca
Mathematics
Memory
Memory, Short-Term
Mental Processes
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Models, Biological
Models, Neurological
Models, Statistical
Nerve Net
Neural Networks, Computer
Neural Pathways
Neurons
Nonlinear Dynamics